Integration of Energy, Information, Transportation and Humanity

Prof. C. C. Chan holds BSc, MSc, PhD, HonDSc, HonDTech degrees. He is an authority on the integration of humanityworld, cyber world, and physical world, and an honorary professor at the University of Hong Kong. He is the founder ofInternational Academicians Science and Technology Innovation Centre; Visiting Professor of MIT, UC Berkeley, University ofCambridge, and others; founding and Rotating President of the World Electric Vehicle Association; Senior Consultantto governments, academia and industries; Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Fellow of Royal Academyof Engineering, U.K., Fellow of Ukraine Academy of Engineering Sciences, Honorary Fellow of Hungarian Academyof Engineering, Life Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of IET, and Honorary Fellow of HKIE; Recipient of the Royal Academy ofEngineering Prince Philip Medal, Chinese Academy of Engineering Guang-Hua Prize; World Federation of Engineering(WFEO) Medal of Engineering Excellence; Silver Bauhinia Star Medal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative RegionGovernment; Gold Medal of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers; IEEE Transportation Technologies Award; and “Fatherof Asian Electric Vehicles” by Magazine Global View. His major research field includes the philosophy and key technologiesof electric vehicles and intelligent energy systems. He has published 17 books, over 450 technical papers and holds10 patents. Dr. George You Zhou received the BSc and MSc degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing,China, in 1995 and 1998 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, in 2001. From2001-2013, he was a senior staff engineer with Honeywell Aerospace, Toronto, Canada, where he worked on the conceptand implementation of electric, thermal, and kinetic energy control and conversion via integrated controller designcross electric power system, environmental control system and engine control system for various more electric aircrafts.He has won a technical achievement award and outstanding engineer award in Honeywell. From 2013-now, heis Principal Scientist with National Institute of Clean and Low Carbon Energy at Beijing, China. His current researchinterests include the development of energy storage, green hydrogen, smart energy system and industrial IoT drivenAI technologies. Dr. Wei Han received the Ph.D. degree from The University of Hong Kong and worked as the postdoctoral fellow atUniversity of Toronto. He is currently an assistant professor at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(Guangzhou). He published over 60 papers and acted as a guest editor in some journals.

• 1. Challenge and Trend on Energy Digitalization2. Human-Centered Renaissance from Energy Digitization3. Integration of Energy, Transportation and Information with Humanity4. Strategy of integrated Humanity for specific applications5. Framework of Digital Renaissance with Human-In-the-Loop6. Examples of Energy, Transportation and Information with Humanity

"… Furthermore, the advent of electric vehicles will play a pivotal role in the development of smart cities. By reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting sustainable transportation, we can create urban environments that are cleaner, healthier, and more livable. Electric vehicles, when combined with renewable energy sources, contribute to carbon neutrality, paving the way for zero carbon cities and ultimately a zero-carbon society. Prof. Chan’s recent book on Integration of Energy, Information, Transportation and Humanity – Renaissance from Digitization by top publisher Elsevier laid down the fundamental theory and practice in this area, pointed out the significance of the philosophy of the integration of humanity world, cyber world and physical world." --From Address by Mr. Neil Bush at the Inaugural Ceremony of Research Center for Electric Vehicles at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 26 February, 2024