Introduction to the conference

Prof. Ray Forrest, Prof. Yip Ngai-ming and Prof. Janet Smith

Prof. Ray Forrest is the Chair Professor in the Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong. (For more details, please visit: http://www6.cityu.edu.hk/pol/faculty_academic_teaching_detail.asp?id=3.)
Prof. Yip Ngai-ming is the subject leader of urban studies in the department as well as a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing, honorary fellow of Hong Kong Institute of Housing. (For more details, please visit:http://www6.cityu.edu.hk/pol/faculty_academic_teaching_detail.asp?id=51)
Prof. Janet Smith is co-Director of Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement
Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago. (For more details, please visit:https://cuppa.uic.edu/profiles/smith-janet/)