Albert Wong

Albert has over 23 years of consulting experience and has served a wide range of local and international clients in both the public and private sector, covering business areas such as innovation and technology, economic development, education, health and welfare, and media and communication. He has extensive experience in policy formulation and review, feasibility study and business planning in the areas of innovation and technology (I&T) and economic development.

Albert directed a project to assist the Hong Kong Government with developing a Smart City Blueprint in 2017 – the first ever attempt in Hong Kong to articulate the vision and roadmap of how Hong Kong should transform itself into a smart city. He also led a development strategy of a Common Spatial Data Infrastructure, which is a key element underpinning the Smart City development in Hong Kong. In addition, he led a number of projects for the Government related to smart tourism, spatial data applications and measures supporting the development of local I&T ecosystem. Albert also assisted the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation and Cyberport with strategic projects on areas related to innovation and technology, digital infrastructure and reindustralisation.

Albert is invited regularly to speak on smart city, innovation and technology, spatial data infrastructure and application of AI. He holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and was elected a Junior Research Fellowship of Wolfson College, Cambridge.