We are pleased to announce that the ITS Hong Kong has organised its Annual Forum for Hong Kong, and this year the theme is on “Incident Management System (IMS) Technologies and Applications”.  The event is scheduled to be held on Wednesday 24 September 2008, at Room 404-405 of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.  To launch the Forum, to gather your views and to introduce other coming activities of ITS HK, we have organised a Networking Reception with details as follows:

Date        :       Thursday, 4 September 2008

Time        :       6:00 – 8:00pm, complimentary cocktails included

Venue      :       Pumpernickel

                        4/F Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong

You are cordially invited to the above ITS Networking Reception, free of charge.  I do hope you could attend and contribute to the ITS development in Hong Kong as a whole.

We should be grateful if you could confirm your attendance by returning the enclosed reply slip to us on or before 27 August 2008, or contact our event secretariat Ms May Ho at Tel: 2796 1638 / Email : info@crpd-hk.com for details.

Looking forward to seeing you in the event, to jointly develop our ITS future for Hong Kong .

Intelligent Transportation Systems – Hong Kong is supporting InfoComm Asia 2008 to bring AV technology to user industries. InfoComm Asia 2008 is the inaugural showcase of pro AV technologies for the Pan Asian market. The trade event will be held from 19-21 November, 2008 in the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. More than 250 world leading companies will put together a comprehensive display of the latest pro AV, home automation, entertainment technology and systems integration solutions and products from all over the world. There are four dedicated pavilions to meet the specific needs of various industries; Intelligent Home Solutions Pavilion; Entertainment Technology for Establishments, Public Spaces, Theme Parks and Integrated Resorts Pavilion; Digital Signage Pavilion; and Collaborative Conferencing Pavilion.

InfoComm Asia 2008 is focused on educating professional end users on AV technology applications in their respective industry. Target visitors include real estate developers, architects and building contractors, facility managers, command and control center operators in the transportation industry, educationists, entertainment event managers and leisure park operators, corporate IT managers, and systems integrators.

Towards this end, the organizer of InfoComm Asia is working with Intelligent Transportation Systems – Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers,, and The Institute of Measurement and Control Hong Kong Section are co-organizing for the Transportation Industry Conference. The Hong Kong Chapter of the IFMA International for the Facility management Industry conference; and AIIB is co-organizing the Building Industry Conference.

In conjunction with these conferences, visits to interesting sites will also be organized, to give participants a first-hand behind-the-scene appreciation of AV technology in application. The InfoComm Asia 2008 Summit program also encompasses education seminars and manufacturers’ presentations.

Following the success from last year and to further encourage closer connection among the ITS industry players, a networking cocktail has been organized for all ITS-HK members and friends to participate and exchanges latest news.  The event is scheduled as follows:

Date        :                Friday, 14 December 2007

Time        :                6:00 – 8:00pm, complimentary cocktails included

Venue      :                Pumpernickel

                                4/F Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong

You are cordially invited to the above ITS Networking Cocktail and share together before this Christmas, free of charge and include a lucky draw with some small gifts!  We hope you could attend and contribute to the ITS development in Hong Kong as a whole.

Date : 31 July, 2007 (Tuesday)

Time : 6:30pm

Venue : Shing Hin Restaurant, Lee Ka-Shing Building, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

After the AGM event, a dinner will be held as a social gathering between the Council and our members at a modest price of HK$220 each for member; HK$280 for non-member; and HK$3,300 per table of 12 to cover the basic costs. Corporate Members are strongly encouraged to reserve table for networking with potential clients and industrial partners. Should you wish to reserve a seat or table please fill in the reply slip and return it promptly to us, as reservation will be on first-come-first-serve basis.

ONLY LIMITED SEATS LEFT. PLEASE REGISTER NOW!

Date : 19 April, 2007 (Thursday)

Time : 9:00am - 5:30pm

Venue : The Hong Kong Productivity Council

Application Form can be download HERE!

Main Sponsor:

Supporting Organisations:

Thank you very much for supporting the ITS development of Hong Kong and the Society. The new memship form for 2007 is now available for download. Please check out the Membership Section to renew your membership. If you are new to ITS and would like to learn more, you are also welcome to our big family.

To address the overwhelming response and also the positive comments received in the networking event, it is gathered that more time is needed for your active participation and planning to further enrich our coming forum. It is therefore agreed that we would re-schedule the event for you, and taking into account the coming Christmas period and also Chinese New Year periods, the revised date is now confirmed as:

Date : 19 April, 2007 (Thursday)

Venue : The Hong Kong Productivity Council

Application Form can be download HERE!

We would thus encourage you to actively participate in the event as follows, in view that more time is now provided as requested:

- Prepare to display your services / products in the exhibition
- Place advertisement in our proceeding (sponsorship)
- Register for the event as attendance
- Express your views at the forum panel session

We expect that the event would be well attended, to enable a common direction to be established from the industry on this subject. Hence please act soonest.

Please contact our forum secretariat Ms. May Ho for participation and details (tel. 2796 1638, e-mail: info@crpd-hk.com)

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year 2007.

Once again, thank you for your positive supports on ITS in the past and looking forward for your wider involvement in 2007 - for ITS in Hong Kong.

Best Regards
Jason Wong
President, ITSHK

We have a very constructive and overwhelming response on the ITSHK forum networking event held last Tues (12 Dec 06). Thank you to all who have attended and gave us all the supports and ideas, to further promote the wider application of ITS in Hong Kong - including the specific topic of our coming ITSHK Forum & Exhibition 2007 - Exploring GPS and Other Location Based Applications in HK.

We are pleased to announce that the ITS Hong Kong has gained the support from the Transport Department of the HKSAR Government to organise a Forum & Exhibition on “Exploring GPS and Other Location Based Applications in Hong Kong” on 12 January 2007. To launch the event promotion, gather your views and introduce details of the event, we have organised a Networking Reception as follows:

Date : Tuesday, 12 December 2006

Time : 6:00 – 8:00pm, complimentary cocktails included

Venue : Pumpernickel

4/F Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong

You are cordially invited to the above ITS Networking Reception, free of charge. I do hope you could attend and contribute to the ITS development in Hong Kong as a whole.

We should be grateful if you could confirm your attendance by returning the reply slip below to us on or before 6 Dec 2006, or contact Ms May Ho at Tel: 2796 1638 / Email : info@crpd-hk.com for details.

8th Asia Pacific Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Forum and Exhibition 10-13 July 2006, for Hong Kong

- Connecting the World

Collaboration with ITS Asia Pacific

In the ITSAP06 closing session, we have signed an updated MoU for colloboration with ITS Asia Pacific, among all other Asia Pacific representing countries/cities.

8th Asia Pacific Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Forum and Exhibition 10-13 July 2006, for Hong Kong

- A SUCCESS!

As the representative of ITS industry of Hong Kong, ITS Hong Kong has successfully delivered the 8^th Asia Pacific Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Forum and Exhibition in Hong Kong on 10-13 July 2006, for Hong Kong.

The event has attracted around 320 delegates (around 1/3 from Hong Kong and 2/3 overseas). It is noted that participants are not just from within the Asia Pacific region, but also from other European / North American countries/cities as well. The ITS Asia Pacific organization is also very pleased with the event.

Overall, the event has featured a 2-day forum (with 1 Executive Session and 2 Technical Sessions running in parallel), a ½-day special workshop on business with China on the third day, technical visits on the third day, and also a 4-day free entry exhibition.

It is recorded that delegates are from 19 different countries. There are 33 papers presented in the Executive Sessions, 66 papers presented in the Technical Sessions, and also 28 booths participated in the exhibition. There are also a total of 10 local technical visits arranged, which are well attended by around 150 delegates.

The event has offered excellent opportunities for delegates and professions to learn and exchange the latest ITS developments and technologies from across the world, and provided strong reference for Hong Kong to establish our own ITS development focus for the future.

We have also managed to include newspaper features in the local newspapers (Ming Po and Hong Kong Economic Times) on the opening day (10 July 2006), to attract more public awareness on ITS matters.

To follow from the great success of ITS in Hong Kong, we would thus sincerely call upon your continual support to us, to commonly foster ITS development in Hong Kong and provide your key support to this emerging industry in Hong Kong.

Opening

It is delighted that the event was opened by the following important persons:

Mr. Joshua LAW

Permanent Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works (Transport)

Environment, Transport and Works Bureau

The Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Prof. Yong Hua PAN

Director General

Education, Science & Technology Department

Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government China

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Mr. Jason WONG

President, ITS Hong Kong

Chairman, Board of Directors, ITS Asia Pacific

Mr. K K LAU

Deputy Commissioner for Transport / Planning and Technical Services

Transport Department

The Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Mr. X J WANG

Director

National Intelligent Transport System Centre

Ministry of Communications, China

Dr. Raymond Chung-tai HO

Honorary Advisor of ITS Asia Pacific 2006 Forum & Exhibition /

Legislative Councillor, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Ms. Teresa CHENG

Honorary Advisor of ITS Asia Pacific 2006 Forum & Exhibition /

Chairman of the Transport Advisory Committee

The Call for Paper leaflet for the ITS Asia Pacific Forum 2006 for your reference. Please consider sharing your experience in next year's forum targetted at attracting 1000 speakers and audiences.

ITS-HK website is ready!