Manufacturing Forum 2026
Organized by Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Section, The Institution of Engineering and Technology Hong Kong
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Continuing Professional Development
This event can contribute towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours as part of the IET's CPD monitoring scheme.
24 Oct 2026
9:00am - 1:10pm
Programme
09:00 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 09:40 Opening Address (Dr. KF Tsang Chairman, The Institution of Engineering and Technology Hong Kong)
09:40 - 09:50 Welcome Address (Prof. Xiaowen Fu
Professor and Head of Department, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
09:50 - 10:00 Welcome Remarks (Eddy Wu Chairman, PolyU MILES Alumni Association)
10:00 - 10:10 Souvenir Presentations and Group Photos
10:10 - 10:30 Talk 1 - Digital Innovation Journey by Adopting Emerging Technologies in the Printing Industry
Mr. Patrick Cheung
IT Director, QP Group
10:30 ~ 10:50 Talk 2 - Cyber Breaches: A Reality Check for Manufacturers
AI – Faster Threats, Greater Complexity
Mr. Tim Toa
CEO, Tiger Forensics Ltd
10:50 - 11:10 Talk 3 - Embodied AI and Flexible Robotics: Reshaping the Future of Manufacturing
Dr Benny Drescher
Director of Technology, AI Solution Engineering of INC Innovation Center
11:10 - 11:40 Panel Discussion
11:40 - 12:10 Tea break
12:10 - 12:30 Talk 4 - From Artificial Intelligence to Enterprise Intelligence — The Transformation Strategy
Mr. Edward Lau
Chairman, Innovation & Transformation Committee of HKAIIA
12:30 - 12:50 Talk 5 - Shift from Machine Learning, Generative AI, to Agentic AI and beyond
Mr. Lok Yeung
Partner Solutions Architect, AWS
12:50 - 13:00 Q&A
13:00 - 13:10 Closing Remarks (Mr. Olaf Li
Chairman, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Section,
The Institution of Engineering and Technology Hong Kong)