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Invited Presentations
A Snapshot of Information,
Communications Technologies (ICT)
Applications to Power System
Control, Operation & Management
Dr N F Chin, IET (UK) Vice
President
Director, PowerNets Marketing
Limited, Hong Kong
Synopsis
The presentation is to review
the applications of ICT to the
different elements of a power
system for its control,
operation & management under the
present electricity market
environment. A look at how ICT
attempt to meet the challenges
of the 21st century for a
reliable and efficient operation
and to meet the needs of various
stakeholders.
Biography
The IET (UK) Vice
President, Dr N F Chin
graduated from
Strathclyde University
with a 1st Class Honours
BSc in electrical and
electronic engineering
in 1974 and a research
MSc in 1976.
In 1975 he started his
professional career in
power system protection,
communication and
control with GEC
Measurements, UK. In
1981 he started his
overseas tour of duty in
Hong Kong becoming
Deputy Vice President
for the Asia Pacific and
Middle East regions
before leaving the
company, then part of
Alsthom, in 2001. He is
currently a Director
with PowerNets Marketing
Limited in Hong Kong
providing technical
consultancy and
commercial sales and
marketing services.
Dr Chin served on the
IET Hong Kong Committee
since formation in 1988,
becoming Chairman in
1992. He is currently
IET International
Membership Advisor and
one of Registration
Panel members dealing
with professional
registration. He also
served a 3-year term
with EC(UK)
International Advisory
Panel. He has also
served in IEEE Hong Kong
Committee and was its
Chairman in 1997 & 1998.
Academically Dr Chin has
been External Examiner,
Advisor and
course-revalidation
panel member in Hong
Kong with Polytechnic
University; Honorary
Lecturer with City
University and reviewer
with the University
Grants Committee. In
1995 he received a PhD
from Bath University UK
for his research work in
power system protection.
Meeting
the Challenges of Global Warming with Eco Lighting
Mr Ravi Shukla, Senior Business Development Manager, Lighting
Electronics ASEAN
Synopsis
Global warming or climate change is one of our key
challenges in the 21st century. As global energy consumption
soars, and as greenhouse gas emissions grow, temperatures around
the globe increase, oceans are warming, fields are drying up,
snow is melting, more rain is falling, and sea levels are
rising.
The world needs to find realistic ways to cut energy waste and
to use our limited resources more wisely. It requires active
participation by the government, energy suppliers, businesses,
retailers and the public such as legislations, technological
know-how and maximise use of energy saving products to increase
energy productivity. Focusing on energy productivity can help
nations enjoy continued economic growth, save families money,
boost corporate profitability, and benefit the environment.
The international energy agency has calculated that worldwide
lighting uses about 19% of all electricity produced. Effective
lighting solution encompasses a good design, a selection of
energy efficient lighting products such as LEDs and the use of
smart lighting controls to manage lighting requirements at
different times of the day. Today, simple plug-and-play systems
like Actilume system which can easily enjoy 75% energy savings
are available. These energy savings lighting solutions can be
applied to streets, offices, buildings, industrial, hotels and
homes amongst others.
Join us to understand how quality lighting investments can gain
energy independence with lower energy costs and the impact on
climate change to create a sustainable energy future for our
future generations.
Biography
Ravi Shukla, Senior Business Development Manager, Lighting
Electronics ASEAN is responsible for growing business in
lighting Electronics for ASEAN countries, as well as propagating
the energy efficient lighting solutions through the state of the
art lighting electronics technology.
Ravi has started his career with Philips in LiDAC or Lighting
Design & Applications, almost 20 years back. During his working
in LiDAC, he was extensively involved in lighting designs of
various projects as well established Lighting Application
Centers. After almost 10 years of working in India and The
Netherlands as LiDAC Manager, he moved to Singapore as Regional
Product Manager - Outdoor Luminaires for Asia Pacific Region for
about 5 years. As a Regional Product Manger, he guided
development and launch of number of luminaires in various Asia
Pacific countries. He is holding on this position of Senior
Business Development Manager for Philips Lighting Electronics
ASEAN, for more than 5 years now.
Roles of
Design and Computer Technologies in Producing Green Energy
for Modern Transport Systems
Ir C S Chang, Past Chairman of IET Hong Kong
Ir Henry Cheung, Manager (Hong Kong) of Ansaldo Transportation
Ir C S Chang
Synopsis
Delivering people safely, efficiently and cost effectively from
one point to another has been the most fundamental objective for
any transport systems in the world for the past decades. With
the emerging global environmental problems, the same, if not
more stringent, requirements of such delivery in a “green” way
present a big challenge to the modern transport system designers
and operators.
Transport systems, irrespective of their mode of operations and
the types of technologies employed, consume significant amount
of energy. This, in turns, is a major contributor to the
environmental issues that we are now encountering. Global
warming and thus the user of greener energy as well as more
efficient use of energy becomes one of the key considerations in
the strategic planning for the transport system designers and
operators.
The presenters, with over twenty years of experience in the
transportation industry as expert engineers and project
managers, particularly in railway operation environment, are
going to share with the audience their views and experiences in
the aspects of applying design and computer technologies to
produce green energy for modern transport system using some of
the installations in the Hong Kong transport system as examples
for illustration.
Biography
Ir CS Chang obtained a BSc degree in Electrical Engineering
majoring in computer software from the University of Hong Kong
and an MBA degree from Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has
worked in France for the development of the software which was
used in the MTRC Island Line Train Control System. Since then,
he has been working as a project manager on various
multi-disciplinary control, communication and signaling projects
for both the operational railway and new railway lines for Mass
Transit Railway Corporation, Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation
and now MTR Corporation Limited after MTRC and KCRC merged into
one company in December 2007. In the mid eighties and early
nineties of last century, CS has worked in the IT industry on
both Sales & Marketing as well as Technical Support aspects.
CS is currently the Chairman Council Member of Institution of
Engineering and Technology and a Past Chairman of IET Hong Kong.
He also sits in various boards and panels on both industrial and
academic bodies in Hong Kong and overseas.
Ir Henry
Cheung
Biography
Henry Cheung was graduated from the Engineering Science
Division of the Engineering Department, University of Toronto,
Canada, with a major in electrical and electronics engineering.
He also studied at Deakin University, Australia and was admitted
to the degree of Master of Business Administration (Technology
Management). He is now pursuing a PhD level study, researching
into the application of fibre optics in railway and the
optimisation of energy consumption with intelligent train
control.
Mr Cheung had been working in the signal and telecommunications
industries in Canada, involved in various railway projects
around the world before his return to Hong Kong in 1992. Since
then he worked in both MTR Corporation Limited and
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, looking after the design of
the Automatic Train Control system for the urban lines and
airport railway, train control and signalling system for West
Rail, and as the design manager for the signal, control systems
and communications systems. Now he is working in Ansaldo STS
Hong Kong Limited, managing the Hong Kong office.
Mr Cheung has extensive experience on railway signalling design,
project management and railway operations. He lectured at the
Institution of Engineering and Technology Railway
Electrification Interface and Systems School and published
numerous papers in journals, magazines and conference
proceedings on railway signalling, electromagnetic compatibility
and project management. He is an industry mentor to students in
the local universities. He is also the engineering supervisor to
the graduate engineers under the Hong Kong Institution of
Engineers formal training scheme.
Mr Cheung is a Professional Engineer in Canada; Chartered
Engineer; Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and
Technology and the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers;
member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and the
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He is also
actively involved in the works of the professional institutions.
He is now the Chairman of the Institution of Engineering and
Technology Hong Kong.
Energy
Scenario & Malaysian Energy Efficiency Incentives
Mr K Phubalan, Programme Manager, Industrial Energy Efficiency
Division, Pusat Tenaga Malaysia
Synopsis
The presentation will focus on the gradual development of
Malaysia’s energy policy right up to its current ongoing
projects. The presentation will stress especially on the
benefits gained by implementing the various energy efficiency
projects implemented under MIEEIP, a 6 year project intended to
improve the Malaysian industrial sector’s energy efficiency
levels as means of curtailing green house gas emissions and
energy wastage especially.
Biography
Mr. Phubalan is a Programme Manager of the Industrial Energy
Efficiency division for Pusat Tenaga Malaysia. He holds a
Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from University
Teknologi Malaysia and a Master’s degree in Environmental
Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia.
He has been working in this field for the last 8.5 years within
the Malaysian Industrial Energy Efficiency Improvement Project (MIEEIP)unit
of PTM. As part of his duties; he has audited some 20 factories
from various industries including the glass, cement and food
sectors.
He is also the coauthor of the Industrial Energy Audit
Guidelines (IEAG), a book which serves as a reference point on
the conduct of energy audits within industries. He has also
contributed to various policy and research papers regarding the
application of energy conservation in this country for the 9th
Malaysia Plan among others.
Optimizing Sustainable Energy
Management through People,
Strategy and Integrated Service
Delivery
Mr Brian Galbraith,
Chairman, Optimise
International, Melbourne,
Australia
Synopsis
For energy management to be truly sustainable, energy
organizations of all kinds -
whether regulators, generators,
transmitters or retailers - must
make a conscious commitment to
be truly great in everything
they do; in every element of
their thinking, strategy and
operations.
This means they need to re-think
their role in the industry and
the contribution they make to
the industry’s survival and
profitability while
simultaneously promoting the
well being of their various
internal and external
‘communities’, including the
natural environment
As leading business thinker Jim
Collins (Built to Last and Good
to Great) has said, for an
organization to be truly great,
it must make a distinctive
impact and deliver superior
performance over a long period
of time.
For a business, according to Collins, ‘performance’
principally means financial
results, specifically return on
invested capital.
For a public sector energy organization - a regulator or
government agency, for example –
‘performance’ must be assessed
first and foremost relative to
the organization’s mission or
purpose, not its financial
results.
Mr Galbraith’s presentation will
explore the notions of
‘greatness’ and ‘sustainability’
for private and public sector
energy organizations and will
propose practical examples of
how both sectors can optimize
sustainable energy management
through policies that focus on
Collins’ core principles of
disciplined people, disciplined
thought, disciplined action and
building greatness to last.
Biography
On the day of the global crash in 1987, Brian Galbraith
resigned his university post to
join his wife, national sports
coach and sports and arts
development consultant, Gayle
Watson-Galbraith, in creating
Galbraith Management Group
(GMG), an international business
development consultancy
specialising in whole business
transformation. In 1999,
following assignments with
clients in the US, India,
Thailand and elsewhere overseas,
Brian and Gayle established a
new global enterprise, Optimise
International, specialising in
the application of lean thinking
principles in whole business
optimisation.
Brian has significant experience
with Lean Business and Lean
Government transformations in
major private and public sector
enterprises in Australia, the
US, New Zealand, India,
Singapore and Thailand. Brian's
professional profile includes 30
years executive and senior
management roles in commerce,
tertiary education and business
development; 8 years design and
delivery of executive and senior
management leadership
development programs for the
Western Australian Government;
and 10 years university level
teaching and research in
thinking, leadership and
business skills; marketing;
business growth; strategy
development and execution;
people development and
personal. Amongst other
projects involved are the whole
of State transformation with the
Premier, State Cabinet and
business, community, public
sector and trade union leaders
(State of Tasmania, Australia)
and organisational
transformation with the
Australian Graduate School of
Management (AGSM), University of
New South Wales; Curtin
University Business School and
the Graduate School of
Management (GSM), University of
Western Australia.
Electronic Systems Protection
from Lightning and Power Surge
Mr Lawrence Lai, Managing
Director of Lightning Power
Surge Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Synopsis
With the proliferation of modern
electronics and computer systems
in building facilities and
factory automations system,
power surge problem that cause
damages in electronics cards is
one of the most painful concern
and loss in business. Apart of
monetary loss, the business is
suffering from other losses such
as loss of productivity and
valuable data.
The talk aims to introduce a
brief concept of power surge
protection, which recommended by
IEEE Standard 1100, and industry
practice on how to apply the
solutions to comply to the
standard requirement.
Biography
Mr Lawrence Lai is the Managing
Director of Lightning Power
Surge Sdn Bhd, a company that
specialises in critical
equipment support systems where
power systems for computer
equipment and power quality is a
focused area. He leads a team of
highly qualified professionals
who specialise in advising
consultants and end users on
power quality strategies to
accommodate today’s information
technology and telecommunication
equipment. He worked as a
manufacturing engineer for Sony
Electronics in Penang. He also
spent some time with Cegelec
Projects UK, a subsidiary of
Alcatel Alsthom, as a Market
Researcher. He holds an
electrical and electronics
professional degree and a
Masters degree in Engineering
Business Management from Warwick
University UK.
Lawrence has been awarded
“Chartered Engineer”
professional status by
Engineering Council United
Kingdom (UK) in recognition of
him contributions to the
electrical and mechanical (M&E)
industry for last 10 years. He
is currently the event Chairman
for the Institute of Engineering
and Technology UK. He has
involved in the Malaysian
Standard MS939 committee in
drafting the code of practice
for lightning protection. He has
conducted many technical
seminars and presented in many
business conference on power
quality, TVSS and Data Center
Solutions to JKR, JBE, MIS and
factory facilities managers.
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