29 June 2012 Exchange Meeting for Society of Fire Protection Engineers Asia-Oceania Chapters, Hong Kong, 23 June 2012 The Exchange Meeting of SFPE Asia-Oceania Chapters was successfully held on 23 June 2012, the Dragon Boat Festival, at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. About 50 participants from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, USA, Australia, Sweden, Poland and Iceland attended. Introduction by Professor Ai Sekizawa Introducing participants Professor Sekizawa was the facilitator. After self-introduction of the participants, presidents from each SFPE Asia-Oceania Chapter reported their activities held and future plans. Professor W.K. Chow President, SFPE-Hong Kong Chapter Professor Tzu Sheng Shen President, SFPE-Taiwan Chapter Mr. Peter Petrus President, SFPE-Indonesian Chapter Mr. Kiyoshi Fukui President, SFPE-Japan Chapter
Professor Woon Hyung Kim President, SFPE-Korean Chapter Dr. Daniel Bak President, SFPE-Singapore Chapter Professor B. Karlsson, Iceland Professor J. Quintiere Following the coffee break, a free discussion session was held. Before the closing of the morning session, some directions for the next exchange meeting were proposed. Participants then set off for lunch in a Chinese restaurant in East Tsim Sha Tsui. Discussion session 2
Enjoying Sichuan cuisine Group photo An open forum facilitated by Professor W.K. Chow was scheduled in the afternoon. The topic was For Improvement of Recognition and Qualification of Fire Protection Engineers, starting with a message from the Headquarters of SFPE by Mr. Morgan Hurley, Technical Director of SFPE. A keynote lecture titled Professional Licensing and Certification for Fire Protection Engineers was delivered by Mr. Chris Jelenewicz, Engineering Program Manager of SFPE. Introduction by Professor W.K. Chow Message from the Headquarters of SFPE 3
Keynote lecture by Mr. Chris Jelenewicz After the coffee break, there were two more lectures on special topics. The first one is Fire Safety Design of Tokyo Sky Tree by Mr. Kiyoshi Fukui, President of the SFPE-Japan Chapter. The other one Implementation of Registered Fire Protection Engineers in Hong Kong was presented by Mr. Leung Kwun-Hong, Acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer (Fire Safety), Hong Kong Fire Services Department. Coffee break Lecture by Mr. Kiyoshi Fukui Lecture by Mr. Leung Kwun-Hong 4
The one-day program came to an end at about 4:30 pm after the Questions and Answers session and a closing remark made by Professor Ai Sekizawa. Questions from audience Closing by Professor Ai Sekizawa Program Schedule Morning: Exchange Meeting for SFPE Asia-Oceania Chapters 9:30-12:00 Facilitator: Professor Ai Sekizawa, Tokyo University of Science (1) Opening address followed with self-introduction of the participants (2) Report on the activity and topics by each chapter along with the expectations to the regional exchange activity in the future Note1: Either of Oral presentation or PowerPoint presentation is acceptable. Note 2: Presentation by each chapter should be within 10 minutes, 90 minutes in total. (In alphabetical order for example) *China (Shanghai) 5
*Hong Kong *Indonesia *Japan *Korea *Malaysia *Singapore *Taiwan *Thailand (3) Free Discussion on the topics and items of concerns given in the above (4) Proposal for the next exchange meeting (by Indonesia chapter or others, if any) (5) Sum up of the meeting and confirmation of resolutions (6) Closing address Lunch Afternoon: Open Forum 13:30 16:40 Title: For Improvement of Recognition and Qualification of Fire Protection Engineers Venue: Room TU101, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Facilitator: Professor Chow Wan-Ki, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (1) Opening address by Professor Chow Wan-Ki (2) Address and Message from the HQ office of SFPE by Mr. Morgan Hurley, Technical Director of SFPE (3) Keynote Lecture by the guest speaker from the HQ with Q&A by Mr. Chris Jelenewicz, Engineering Program Manager of SFPE Title: Professional Licensing and Certification for Fire Protection Engineers Coffee Break (4) Lectures on Special Topics with Q&A 4-1) Fire Safety Design of Tokyo Sky tree by Mr. Kiyoshi Fukui, President, SFPE Japan Chapter 4-2) Implementation of Registered Fire Protection Engineers in Hong Kong by Mr. Leung Kwun-Hong, Acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer (Fire Safety), Hong Kong Fire Service Department (5) Free Discussion on the topics given in the above lectures (6) Closing address by Professor Ai Sekizawa BSE News AO-SFPE23Jun2012 6