Technical Talk: A Technology Enabled Heritage Site in Hong Kong – The Tai Kwun Story
Organized by Electronics and Communications Section (ECS)
About
Located in Hollywood, Tai Kwun is one of the most important heritages of Hong Kong, comprising of Police Station, Magistracy and Prison which were built in Year 1864, dating back to the early Colonial days. . It has been awarded with Award of Excellence, the highest recognition in 2019 UNESCO Asia Pacific for Culture Heritage Conservation. Since opening in Year 2018, Tai Kwun has received more than 20 million visitors Effective Internet connection is part of our modern life. How to enable seamless internet communication without infringing the most stringent heritage conservation requirements become a major challenge to Communication and ICT Engineers
In this Technical Talk, the Tai Kwun Internet Infrastructural hardware provider RUCKUS Networks will demonstrate how they fulfill the target through the use of the following technologies: (1) Beamflex (2) Channelfly (3) Auto Power Transmission. After the Talk, we will also visit the IOT showroom of RUCKUS Networks
RUCKUS Networks (https://www.ruckusnetworks.com) is a leading supplier of Networking Solutions especially the cutting edge WiFi 7 solution. It is also a long term technology cooperation partner of ECS of IET 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.
30 Jan 2026
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Reasons to attend
Any inquiry, please feel free to email admin@theiet.org.hk or call 27781611
Programme
Speakers (Subject to Changes):
Wilson CHING (CEO, RUCKUS Networks), Henry HO, Leo CHENG (Solution Experts from RUCKUS Networks)
Moderator: Ben LI
Assembly at 2:15pm at the lobby of Millennium City 1 - Tower 1 (創紀之城1期- 第一座) Office Building, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong