SCL Hong Kong

SCLHK One Day International Conference 2025

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Innovation In Construction: How the Construction Industry is Adapting to the Challenges and Opportunities of the Current Environment Welcome to a new era of construction – where tradition meets transformation, and “innovation” isn’t just a buzzword, it is now the blueprint. 2025 is a milestone year for the construction industry in Hong Kong – the long-anticipated Construction Industry Security of Payment Ordinance (CISOPO) came into effect on 28 August 2025. Coupled with the rapid adoption of innovative technology in our workspace (such as Large Language Models, drone technology, and 3D scanning) – the very ground beneath our contracts, workflows (whether on-site or off-site), and dispute mechanisms are shifting. The question is no longer if we adapt – but how fast and how well we adapt. Join our annual international conference in exploring innovation in construction, from deepfakes in dispute resolution, to CISOPO effects on the supply chain (e.g. for modular construction), and let us explore together how technology is reshaping responsibility, risk, and resolution. Whether you are a contractor, consultant, developer, counsel or coder – this is your forum to rethink how we build, resolve, and evolve.

Keynote Address: 
Mr Tai Sheung Shing, Victor, Under Secretary for Housing, Housing Bureau, The Government of Hong Kong


Morning Session 1
Managing Technology used in Construction Projects and Disputes
Panellists include Vincent Moran KC (Keating Chambers); Prof Thomas Ng (City University
of Hong Kong); Robert Dickson (Leighton Asia); Anne Zhang (AAL Innovation);

 

Morning Session 2
CISOPO – Adapting to the challenges and opportunities at the Front End
Panellists include Calvin Cheuk (Des Voeux Chambers); (Pacific Chambers);
Franki Yeung (Hong Kong Housing Society); John McMillan (Gammon Construction
Limited);


Afternoon Session 3
Annual Update on Construction Law
Panellists include (Atkin Chambers); Julian Cohen (Resolution Chambers); Karah Howard
(Pinsent Masons); May Ng (DLA Piper);


Afternoon Session 4
CISOPO Adjudication – Adapting to the challenges and opportunities at the
Back End
Panellists include Lindy Patterson KC (39 Essex Chambers); Thomas Lee (Rede
Chambers); Eliza Jiang (Lawdify); Timothy Hill (Arbitrator);

Please note: SCLHK will be taking photographs at the event for use on LinkedIn and other
publicity purposes.

When
November 7th, 2025 from  9:00 AM to  5:30 PM
Location
Hong Kong Football Club
Sports Road
Happy Valley
Hong Kong, WC
Hong Kong
Event Fee(s)
SCLHK members (EB) HK$2,500.00
Members of supporting organisations (EB) HK$2,700.00
Non-members (EB) HK$2,950.00
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