Dr. Chi Kin Lawrence POON

Head of Innovative Technology & CEO Advisor of Applied R&D, Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI)
香港應用科技研究院 創新科技總監及行政總裁應用科技顧問

As a leader of innovative technology and advisor of CEO on the applied R&D in ASTRI, Dr Poon took lead of the overall planning and development of ASTRI’s new initiatives in Smart City, Smart Mobility and PropTech R&D. Before joining ASTRI in Feb 2023, Dr Poon had served HKPC and APAS R&D Centre for 17+yrs and managed to growth the R&D team from 9 staff to 140+ scientists and researchers over the past 10 years, and took lead of the overall planning and development of HKPC‘s two new divisions - Smart City Division and APAS to steer the applied research activities and commercialization of R&D results in Hong Kong and GBA markets with focus on A.I, Robotics, Smart mobility, EV, Autonomous driving, GeronTech and Metaverse.

Dr Poon is the winner of many international award over the years in the areas of A.IoT, Electric Vehicles, Autonomous Driving etc. He is the owner of 10+ patents covering wide range of smart city applications.

作為創新技術的領導者和應科院行政總裁應用科技顧問，潘博士領導了應科院在智慧城市、智慧交通和房地產科技研發方面的整體規劃和發展。在2023年2月加入應科院之前，潘博士曾為香港生產力促進局和香港汽車科技研發中心服務超過17年，並在過去10年將研發團隊從9名員工發展到140多名科學家和研究人員，並領導香港生產力促進局的兩個新部門 - 智慧城市部和香港汽車零部件研究及發展中心的整體規劃和發展，引導應用研究活動和研發成果在香港和大灣區市場的商業化，重點是人工智慧、機器人技術、智慧交通、電動汽車、自動駕駛、樂齡科技和元宇宙。

潘博士多年來在物聯網、電動車、自動駕駛等領域獲得了許多國際獎項。他擁有10多項專利，涉及廣泛的智慧城市應用。