Event details

Date: Thursday 2 March 2017
Time: 09:00-17:00
Venue: The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Voting Members Box, 5/F,Members Stand 1, Happy Valley Racecourse

Language: English
CPD hour: 7

Registration fee: 
Early-bird (By 16 January 2017): 
HKD $1,300.00 for RICS members / Supporting organisation / Sponsors
HKD $1,500.00 for Non-member
Standard (After 16 January 2017):
HKD $1,500.00 for RICS members / Supporting organisation / Sponsors
HKD $1,600.00 for Non-member

RICS student member (Afternoon session only):

HK$50 (lunch excluded)

About the conference

“Sustainable social and economic benefits in built heritage conservation”

Heritage conservation in Hong Kong is a subject which generates diverse views in the community and presents a range ofchallenging issues. This conference aims to review the policy, planning and operation of preserving heritage buildings with case studies, discussions of key success factors and critical issues to be resolved by various stakeholders. Expert presenters and panellists will examine how heritage conservation contributes to economic, environmental and social sustainability of urban areas, and how adaptive reuse of architectural heritage structures of the past serves to benefit present and future generations.

The conference will also showcase overseas case studies, and provide a platform for regulators, businesses, operators, users and professionals to discuss the challenges, brainstorm potential solutions andcome up with recommendations to the government to reinforce built heritage conservation in Hong Kong.

Highlights of the conference

• Receive industry insights on adaptive reused design
• Learn how to successfully operate a heritage property
• Examine the roles of academics, professionals and policymakers in economic and environmental sustainability through built-heritage conservation
• Understand how to ensure economic viability in a heritage environment
• Discover how to use heritage development projects to affect sustainable social relationships and growth
• Review international case studies on heritage conservation and statutory planning policies

More details can be found at here