Prof. Akmal Abdelfatah

the American University of Sharjah, UAE

Akmal Abdelfatah worked as a teaching/graduate research assistant at Cairo University, American University in Cairo, and UT-Austin. He has taught several graduate and undergraduate courses in civil engineering, engineering systems management and urban planning. His areas of research and teaching interest areas are Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), traffic operations, transportation planning and operations research. In addition to his academic experience, he has worked as a part-time transportation planning and traffic expert for companies in the UAE.

Prof. Rita Yi Man Li

Hong Kong Shue Yan University, HK China

Prof. Rita Yi Man Li now serve as a Professor in Dept of Economics and Finance, Hong Kong Shue Yan University (HKSYU). She is the founder and director of Sustainable Real Estate Research Center and Real Estate and Economics Research Lab. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in China-Australia Centre for Sustainable Urban Development, Tianjin University in China. Her major field of research interests lie in construction safety, sustainable development, real estate economics and finance. Over the years, she won many local and international awards and grants. She also hold a few visiting positions in overseas university, such as University of South Australia, RMIT and Feng Chia University. Her papers are published in Journal of Cleaner Production, Sustainability, Journal of Environmental Health etc. She is also the editor in chief of the International Journal of Sustainable Real Estate and Construction Economics.