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HKSTS 2025 Pre-Conference Workshop: International Symposium on Smart Mobility Systems

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    2025 International Symposium on Smart Mobility Systems

    Pre-Conference (HKSTS) Workshop


    Jointly organized by

    Department of Civil Engineering & Department of Data and Systems Engineering & Institute of

    Transport Studies, The University of Hong Kong

    The Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS)

    Engineering Management (originally named as Frontiers of Engineering Management), a Springer Nature journal supervised by the Chinese Academy of Engineering


    Date: 6 December 2025 (Saturday)

    Time: 13:00 – 18:00

    Venue: CPD-3.04, Centennial Campus, Central Podium Levels - Three (CPD-3, Run Run Shaw

    Tower), The University of Hong Kong


    Aims and Scopes

    This workshop centers on Smart Mobility, emphasizing the integration of advanced technologies

    and intelligent systems to create efficient, sustainable, and user-centric transport solutions. With the rise of emerging modes such as urban air traffic and shared autonomous vehicles, new challenges are reshaping traffic operations and planning. The workshop aims to foster discussion on innovative approaches that enhance mobility accessibility and system resilience. We welcome both local and overseas scholars to attend the workshop for exchanging their ideas and insights!


    Co-chairs

    Dr. Jintao KE (kejintao@hku.hk), Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong

    Dr. Fangni ZHANG (fnzhang@hku.hk), Department of Data and Systems Engineering, The

    University of Hong Kong

    Dr. Ryan C. P. WONG (cpwryan@hku.hk), Department of Civil Engineering, The University of

    Hong Kong


    Secretary

    Dr. Bin ZHOU (binchou@hku.hk), Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong


    Registration: free admission but registration is required (Click Here). All are welcome. When you enter HKU,

    please show the registration confirmation page to the campus guard.

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    Tentative Workshop Programme on 6 December 2025


    13:00-13:05 Opening Address by Dr. Jintao Ke

    13:05 –13:45 Sensitivity of ITS Learning Models with Mobility Data- applications in transportation privacy and cybersecurity by Xuegang Ban, William and Marilyn Conner Endowed Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Washington

    13:45 –14:25 Exact Methods through Decomposition: Insights from Logic-Based Benders Decomposition by Roberto Baldacci, Professor, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

    14:25 – 15:05 Physics-informed data analytics - exploiting domain knowledge with hard data in a transportation network by Yueyue Fan, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis

    15:05 – 15:45 From Self-Driving to Self-Organizing: Connected Vehicles as Catalysts for Smart Mobility by Lina Kattan, Professor, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary

    15:45 – 16:00 Break

    16:00 – 16:40 Disturbance Mitigation Strategies for Scheduled Mobility Systems by Fang He, Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University

    16:40 – 17:20 Coordinated urban logistics: Combining public transit and drones for efficient distribution by Kai Wang, Associate Professor, School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University

    17:20 – 18:00 Joint Online Freight Allocation and Train Unit Scheduling with Reusable Resources for Emergency Logistics by Jiateng Yin, Professor, School of Systems Science, Beijing Jiaotong University


    For abstracts and biographies of speakers and more details, please check the details here.


     
     
     

    CPD Course: Fiscal Measures for Combatting Traffic Congestion in Hong Kong (Jan 10, 2026)

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      CPD Course: Fiscal Measures for Combatting Traffic Congestion in Hong Kong


      Organized by

      The Institute of Transport Studies

      The University of Hong Kong

       

      Date:   January 10, 2026

      Time:   2 p.m. – 6 p.m. 

      Format:  In-person Lecture


      SYNOPSIS 

      Traffic congestion adversely affects the development and productivity of cities and the livelihood of their residents and visitors. This course explores the rudimentary and sophisticated fiscal measures for addressing traffic congestion in Hong Kong and overseas.  The effectiveness of the first registration tax (FRT), vehicle license fee (VLF), fuel levy and passage tax is examined with regards to local transport policy. The merits of introducing time-varying tolling at the three road harbour crossings as of December 17, 2023 are explored. New measures, such as quota premium for controlling vehicle ownership and electronic road pricing for reducing traffic movement in an area, shall also be advanced. In addition to the planning and engineering analyses, a transportation economics approach is delved into. Starting from first economic principles, the efficacy of the pricing approach is investigated. Congestion pricing curtails excess traffic and results in travel time saved which otherwise would have been lost. A congestion charge aims to internalize the congestion externality. Since a congestion charge is calculated on the incremental congestion cost that a motorist causes other vehicles behind him to slow down, all vehicles should be charged rather than merely singling out the automobile. Emergency vehicles are the only ones to be exempted. As a proxy measure for congestion, a congestion charge should be based on the road space taken up by a vehicle when moving in a traffic stream. Congestion charging based on the road space taken up by a vehicle by time of day and location is both efficient and fair. A brief economic assessment of several overseas practices to date includes Singapore’s Area Licensing Scheme (1975) followed by its Electronic Road Pricing System (1998), London (2003), Stockholm (2007), Milan (2007), Gothenberg (2013) and New York City (as of January 5, 2025).


      Language:  English


      CPD Credit: This short course is recommended for four CPD-hour credits.

      e-Certificate of Attendance will be issued to attendees.


      Rundown:                  2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Lecture by Alfred C.Y. Lam

                                          3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Break                                      

                                          3:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Lecture by Timothy D. Hau

                                          5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Q&A session                        

      (This program is subject to minor modifications without further notice.)


      Registration fee:        HK$880 per person

      All payments are non-refundable.

       

      Registration:              Please visit our website:

      https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=104111 for online registration. The deadline for the registration will be on 8 January 2026 (Thursday).

       

      Enquiries:                  For general enquiries, please contact Dr. Mingxuan CHEN (email: hkits@hku.hk).


      ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

      Ir Alfred C.Y. Lam is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and the Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong. He was Chief Engineer (Transport Planning) in the Transport Department and has been working as a transport planner and engineer in government departments and consultancy firms for over four decades. He worked on a wide range of transport planning and traffic engineering projects in Hong Kong and overseas and garnered extensive experience in planning for new highways and formulating transport policies. He is conversant in developing and applying transport and traffic models to produce traffic and transport demand forecasts for assessing alignment, configuration and tolling. He conducted and managed numerous traffic impact studies and transport projects involving traffic and transport surveys, travel demand analyses, traffic engineering designs and assessments. He continues to teach transport planning and supervises dissertation work at the master’s degree level at the University of Hong Kong.


      Dr Timothy D. Hau is Honorary Associate Professor of Economics, HKU Business School. He obtained his B.A. from Stanford, and M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from U.C. Berkeley. He taught at U.C. Davis before joining HKU. The World Bank invited him to work as an economist in its Transport Division, Infrastructure and Urban Development Department in the nineties. He also worked in its Public Economics Division, Policy Research Department. His World Bank papers on the theory and mechanisms of road use charging have been widely circulated and cited in the academic and professional literature. He was once awarded the Faculty Outstanding Teacher Award. His single-authored papers have appeared in journals such as Economica, Economics Letters, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Built Environment, Transportation Research B, and Transportmetrica. The International Encyclopedia of Transportation 2021 carries his four entries on congestion pricing, public transportation pricing, road investment, and an Electronic Road Pricing proposal for Hong Kong. Besides the WB, he provided policy advice to the ADB, IADB, UN, and the National Research Council (US).


      Non-financial sponsor:

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      The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (Hong Kong Branch)


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      The Chartered Institution of Logistics and Transport

       
       
       

      Future Cities Symposium 2025: Nov 14-15 @ Hong Kong, Nov 17 @ Dubai

        The symposium will theme at “Innovate to Elevate through Digital Urbanism”, which highlights the pivotal role of innovation and technology play in reshaping urban environments. By focusing Mobility, Construction, and Innovation, this theme underscores the necessity of collaborative efforts in creating sustainable and efficient ecosystem.


        Jointly organised by HKU’s Joint Lab on Future Cities (JLFC) and the Royal College of Art’s Future Cities Lab, and the strategic partners, the symposium will translate years of academic research regarding the development of future cities, from Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area to GCC countries and the UK and EU countries, into actionable insights for industry leaders, policymakers, and an international delegation, fostering a dialogue that moves from theoretical discovery to practical, ethical, and regenerative implementation. Through targeted exhibitions, presentations, and networking forums, the symposium will connect these innovators with a global audience of policymakers, industry leaders, and investors, showcasing the tangible value and commercial potential of interdisciplinary academic collaboration.


        The symposium has invited more than 40 prominent international speakers, 30 engaging showcase exhibitors, and 300 participants from diverse industries. The date, venue, and registration information are as follows:


        Date: Nov 14,&15 (Hong Kong), Nov 17 (Dubai)

        Venue: CyberArena, Cyberport & Motto by Hilton Hong Kong SoHo (Hong Kong), Palace Downtown (Dubai)

         
         
         
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