For immediate release 4 June 1998
Experts on Global Warming Meet
in Hong Kong
The 9th Global Warming International Conference & Expo, co-hosted by GWIC (Global Warming International Center, USA) and HKUST, will be held at the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology from 9 to 11 June 1998.
This is the first time this policy and science-oriented international conference on the broad subject of global warming and its mitigation will convene in Asia.
The conference will be opened on 9 June 1998 by Prof Chia-Wei Woo, President of HKUST. Keynote presentations will be made on "Global Warming Science & Policy: Progress 1997-1998" by Prof Sinyan Shen, Chairman of GWIC, and "Hong Kong: An
Environmental Overview" by Mr Robert J. S. Law, Director of Environmental Protection, Hong Kong SAR.
More than 200 delegates from 26 countries in Asia, North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa will address issues relating to global and regional resource conservation and resource management methods, including agricultural, forestry, mineral, transportation, energy and water resources.
Details of the opening session are as follows:
EVENT: Opening Session
SPEAKERS: Prof Chia-Wei Woo, President of HKUST; Prof Sinyan
Shen, Chairman of GWIC; Mr Robert J. S. Law, Director of Environmental Protection, HKSAR
VENUE: Lam Woo Lecture Theatre, Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon
DATE: 9 June 1998 (Tuesday), 9 am - 10:15 am LANGUAGE: English
Note to Editors:
For further information, please contact Miss Natalie Ng in HKUST's Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development at 2358-6943 or email [email protected].
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