| Dr. LIAO Sau Tung, Sarah, JP is Secretary
for the Environment, Transport and Works of the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region Government. Under
the recently launched ¡§Action Blue Sky¡¨ as well as the
strategy and specific measures to flight pollution outlined
by Chief Executive¡¦s Policy Address, Dr. Liao had steered
the environmental policy based on polluter pays principle.
These policies included raising community awareness,
introduction of legislative tools and implementation
of market incentatives. |
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| Hon. Audrey EU Yuet-mee, SC, JP, Chairperson of Environmental
Affairs Panel, Legislative Council |
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| Dr. LEUNG Priscilla is the Associate Dean of School
of Law in City University of Hong Kong and has been involved
with numerous community services. Dr. Leung is the Chairperson
of Green Council since its establishment in 2000. |
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| Congress Speakers (in alphabetical order) |
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| Mr. AFSHAR Peter is Technical Manager of Glory Team
Industrial Co. Ltd. (GTI). Mr. Afshar holds an international
patent relating to GTI's process design and has played
an instrumental role obtaining the related bio-related
standards that entitled GTI to be the first HK Company
registered with HK EPD. Currently, he is the head of
a joint HKUST/GTI research project working on a novel
bio-based composite. |
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| Mr. BOZOWSKY Evan is the Secretariat Manager of Global
Ecolabelling Network and worked in the environmental
labelling and management area for over twenty-three years.
Mr. Bozowsky had played a lead role in managing and operating
the Canadian Environmental ChoiceM Program. He has served
as a Canadian representative and/or international expert
regarding environmental labelling at ISO, United Nations
and World Bank events. |
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| Mr. CASE Scot is an internationally recognized expert
on responsible sourcing with more than a dozen years
of professional experience. As President of Responsible
Sourcing Solutions, marketing director for the Green
Electronics Council, and former Director of Procurement
Strategies at the Center for a New American Dream, Scot
helps large organizations integrate human health, environmental,
and social considerations into their strategic planning,
purchasing, and other critical business decisions. |
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| Dr. CHAI John is Managing Director of Fook Tin Technologies
Ltd., and a Member of Supervisory Boards of its subdiaries
Terraillon SAS (France) Scaime SAS (France) and Arpege
Master K SAS (France). As a qualified medical health
care professional, he has also been awarded fellowship
to several professional organizations. Dr. Chai is also
Professor Emeritus of Northwestern University, USA. |
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| Mr. FAN Wai Ming, Raymond, Deputy Director of Environmental
Protection Department. His portfolios include Waste Management
Policy and Water Policy. Before this posting, he was
in charge of port, maritime and logistics development
in the Economic Development and Labour Bureau. Prior
to that, he was the Director of the Hong Kong Economic
and Trade Office in New York responsible for leading
the development and expansion of Hong Kong's economic
and business partnership throughout the eastern half
of the United States. |
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| Mr. DE LEEUW Bas is the Head of Strategy
Unit, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics,
Production and
Consumption Branch, United Nations Environment Programme.
His current responsibilities include supervising UNEP's
work
on a ten-year framework on sustainable consumption and
production (the Marrakech process) and on developing
policies and tools for governments, business and civil
society to achieve tangible results in areas such as
industrial development, emergency preparedness, sustainable
lifestyles, human development through the market (including
SCP in poverty reduction strategies) and resource and
waste management. He represents UNEP in the Board of
the UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on
SCP, and is acting chair of the International Life Cycle
Panel (ILCP). |
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| Mr. HARADA Kazuyuki is the Deputy Director of Environment
and Economy Division, Environmental Policy Bureau, Ministry
of Environment, Japan. Mr. Harada was responsible for
the establishment of evaluation criteria to purchase
under Green Purchasing Law for public sector and promotion
of the network of Green Purchasing. |
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| Ms HO Wai Ping, Linda is Chief Executive Officer of
Green Council, an environmental non-governmental organization
(NGO) established in May 2000 with a mission of promoting
environmental awareness amongst local communities through
education and community participation programmes. Ms.
Ho is the founder of both the Green Council and the internationally
recognized Hong Kong Green Label Scheme. |
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| Ms IM Hyun-Jung is Manager of Green Purchasing
Support Team, Korea Eco-Products (KOECO), affiliated
organization of Ministry of Environment, Republic of
Korea, which is established to make their society a sustainable
society by facilitating production and consumption of
eco-products. Ms IM takes executive charge of promoting
green purchase in public sector and industrial sector
in Rep. of Korea. |
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| LAM Yanta is a Professor of Design in The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University. He is a Fellow of the UK Chartered
Society of Designers (CSD), Hong Kong Designers Association
(HKDA), and a member of the Bureau of European Designers
Associations (BEDA). Lam is active in promoting design
in Hong Kong and China and holds various positions such
as: Honorary Advisor for the Museums of Hong Kong, Assessor
of DesignSmart Funds for Hong Kong ITC, Senior Advisor
of Guangdong Provincial Industrial Design Association
and Advisor of Beijing Institute of Art and Design (PRC). |
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| Mr. LEE Felix is Supplies Manager of The Hong Kong
and China Gas Company Limited. Mr. Lee heads a team of
70 in the Supplies Department which purchases a range
of products and services to a value of more than HK$4
billion and is also responsible for the logistic operations
of the Company. In addition to HK business, also responsible
for establishing the purchasing system, identifying the
good quality suppliers and price negotiation for more
than 40 Joint Ventures in China. |
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| Mr. LI Lihua, General Manager of China Environmental
United (Beijing) Certification Center Co. Ltd., State
Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), People¡¦s
Republic of China. Mr. Li has over 20 years of experience
on construction and manufacturing industries, as well
as ecolabel certification. Since 2001 Mr. Li joined Fujian
branch of Fangyuan Labeling Certification Center and
currently worked in the China Environmental United (Beijing)
Certification Center Co. Ltd |
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| Mr. LIU Zunwen is Director of R&D Department, Environmental
Development Centre, State Environmental Protection Administration
(SEPA), People¡¦s Republic of China. Mr. Liu has worked
in the field of Environmental Labeling for 13 years as
the initiator of China Environmental Labeling with some
works such as ¡§Environmental Labeling¡¨, ¡§Criteria of
China Environmental Labeling Products¡¨, and ¡§Training
courses on auditors of China Environmental Labeling¡¨.
Mr. Liu also published more than 30 academic papers and
compiled over 20 standards of environmental labeling
products. |
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| Mr. MAZHAR Muhammad Ilyas is the Project Associate
of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and with PhD
in Manufacturing Engineering at the University of New
South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Mr. Mazhar had worked
as a Production Engineer, Engineering Lecturer and Consultant. |
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| Mr. MIYAZAWA Yoshinori is General Manager of Environmental
Strategy Planning, Trust-based Management Department,
Seiko Epson Corporation, Japan. Mr. Miyazawa had joined
Seiko Epson Corporation since 1975 and is responsible
for had planning and promoting company-wide environmental
policy and activities in the field of creating green
products. |
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| Ms MORTON Barbara is Manager of Sustainable Procurement
Task Force of Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Affair (DEFRA), UK. Ms Morton has worked in the field
of sustainable procurement for over 15 years and has
long-established networks of contacts throughout the
UK and internationally. She is also the founder and co-ordinator
of the Sustainable Supply Chain Forum ¡V a network of
practitioners in procurement and supply chain management,
sustainable development and corporate responsibility. |
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| Prof. NAKAHARA Hideki is Council Member
of International Green Purchasing Network; Chair of Green
Purchasing Network, Japan. Nakahara is professor of Faculty
of Environmental & Information Studies of Musashi
Institute of Technology and also professor of graduated
course of Musashi Institute of Technology (both in the
Japan). Nakahara¡¦s current research is on subjective
sustainable consumption & quality of life. He is
Chairman of the Green Purchasing Network in Japan. Major
publications are: ¡§ Wither Human Ecology (2004)", "Sharing
the World (2000)", "Eco-label and Green Marketing (1998)"and
so on. 'Nakahara also is the executive director of Academy
of Environmental Management. |
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| Mr. NOHRSTEDT Peter is responsible for the Swedish
tool for ecological procurement (EKU) at the Swedish
Environmental Management Council. As biologist, Mr. Nohrstedt
worked as secretary for the Swedish Governmental Committee
for Ecologically Sustainable Procurement and was responsible
for developing EKU. Currently, Peter is also a member
of the International Green Purchasing Network (IGPN)
council. |
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| Ms PETERSON Dana is Senior Advisor of Ministry of Environment,
New Zealand and has been instrumental in developing their "Govt3" sustainable
practise programme for government agencies. Her career
in environmental management spans over 30 years, both
inside and outside government. |
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| Dr. YU Ning is the Former Chair of Global Ecolabelling
Network (GEN), a non-profit association of ecolabelling
organizations from around the World. Dr. Yu has extensive
experience on pollution control R&D, technology transfers
as well as environmental management and is the President
of the Environment and Development Foundation and Project
Director of the Green Mark ecolabelling program. |
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| Closing Remarks Speakers |
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| Prof. POON Chi Sun is Chairperson of the Organizing
Committee of International Green Purchasing Congress
2006. Professor Poon works in Department of Civil and
Structural Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
He is also a Member of the Advisory Council on the Environment. |
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