Academics and industry professionals put their heads together

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UOW College Hong Kong (UOWCHK) played hosts to the 12^th Cross-Strait Shipping and Logistics Conference on 13 November 2025.   With this year’s theme of Steering the Maritime Future: Global Risks, Green Mandates and Intelligent Innovation, it was the second time that the conference was held at the College’s Tai Wai campus.   Welcoming the participants of the Conference, Ms Currie Tsang, UOWCHK President, called on the industry to take an active part in the development of the curriculum of the College and offer more internship opportunities for our students.  Three students from the Bachelor of Maritime Services and Operations Management, Miss Cora Lam (year 4), and Messrs Wai Kit Lau and Timothy Lee (year 2) helped in the proceedings, with Cora acting as the Master of Ceremony.    Organizers of the conference included the Institute of Seatransport, Hong Kong (香港海運學會), the Shenzhen Shipping Association (深圳海運協會), and the China Maritime Institute (中華航運學會).  Among papers presented in the conference were those from Dr Sik Kwan Tai, and Dr Fion Lee and Dr Peter Wong of UOW College Hong Kong. For more programme information, please access the link here.

From left to right:
1. 深圳代表團團長、深圳海運協會廖秋旺先生 Captain LIAO Qiuwang, the Leader of the Shenzhen Delegation, Representative of the Shenzhen Shipping Association
2. 研討會的大會主席任梓皓先生 Mr. Brian YAM, the Chairman of the Conference, Vice-Chairman of the Institute of Seatransport, Hong Kong
3. UOWCHK President
4. 台灣代表團、中華航運協會理事長呂錦山教授 Professor LU Chin-shan, the Leader of the Taiwan Delegation, Professor of the Taiwan Ocean University