Keynote Speakers

Prof. Meng Ni
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Prof. Meng Ni received his Bachelor (2000) and Master (2003) degrees in Aero-engine Engineering. He joined The University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2003 as a research student and received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from HKU in 2007. Then Prof. NI stayed in HKU as a Post-doctoral researcher for 2 years, before joining the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as an Assistant Professor in July 2009. Prof. Ni was promoted to Associate Professor in July 2012 and Full Professor in July 2016. Prof. Ni conducted collaboration research at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany in 2017, as a Humboldt Fellow. Prof. Meng Ni’s research interests include fuel cells, rechargeable metal-air batteries, electrochemical water-splitting and energy recovery from wastes. Prof. Ni is serving as an active reviewer for over 60 academic journals including Science and Nature Communications. He served as Associate Editor for Science Bulletin in 2015-2017. Currently, he is an Associate Editor for Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments(Elsevier).

Prof. Tiong Sieh Kiong
Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, University Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia

Dr. Ir. Tiong Sieh Kiong is currently a professor in the College of Engineering. He is also the Director for Institute of Sustainable Energy (ISE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional. He received his B.Eng.(Hons), MSc and PhD, in Electrical, Electronic and System Engineering from the Nasional University of Malaysia (UKM) in year 1997, 2000 and 2006 respectively. His research interests are renewable energy, artificial intelligence, data analytics, microcontroller system and communication system. In his capacity, he has led and involved in more than 40 research and consultancy projects for industries. He has published more than 200 technical papers in his research field. Besides, he has been also actively conducting workshops and short courses that are involving artificial intelligence and microcontroller system in the application of communications, renewable energy and machine system. He is currently a Professional Engineer registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM). He is also a Member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and he was the Chair of its Communication & Vehicular Technology Society (Malaysia Chapter) in the year of 2011 and 2012.

Assoc. Prof. Danny H.W. Li
City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Dr. Danny H. W. Li is an associate professor of the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. He obtained his first degree at the University of Bath, United Kingdom and PhD from the City University of Hong Kong. His research interests include building, energy and the environment in general, solar radiation and daylight illuminance in energy-efficient building designs in particular. He has been the examiner of a number of PhD candidates both locally and internationally. He has published more than 200 publications including international journal articles and conference papers and received a total of around 4800 citations with h-index of 41 from SCOPUS and 3800 citations with h-index of 38 from Web of Science.