To accelerate digital supply chains future development, Hang Seng Management College (HSMC) and its Policy Research Institute for Global Supply Chain, Hong Kong Shue Yan University and E-Logistics Group co-organised the Symposium on Intelligent Supply Chain Management on 7 – 8 Jul 2017. The event was kicked off with a welcome speech by Prof Y V Hui, Vice-President (Academic and Research) of HSMC.

Various emergent topics for academic research and industrial innovation were covered including P2P lending, O2O capacity planning, IoT applications, Industry 4.0, global manufacturing and supply chain finance.

Eight keynote speakers were invited to share their remarkable insights and inspirations. They were: Prof Mitchell M Tseng, Visiting Professor from Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Prof  Vincent Lai Siu King, Professor from The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Prof Cheng Chun Hung, Associate Professor from The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Prof Dai Hongyan, Associate Professor from Central University of Finance and Economics; Dr Nelson Leung, Lecturer from Swinburne University of Technology; Mr Wen Jianjun, President of SJET Supply Chain Co Ltd; Ms Jenny Chen, Chief Executive Officer of ESiC International Limited; and Mr Chang Yung Tai, Assistant General Manager of American Tec Co, Ltd.

The symposium attracted over a hundred academics from different universities and colleges, practitioners from corporations and undergraduate students. After the talks delivered by the keynote speakers, a panel discussion was arranged for an exchange of views and ideas among speakers and participants.

This symposium was supported by the Research Grant Council of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China. (Project Reference No. UGC/IIDS14/E01/16)