  
    The Hong Kong x New York
Urban Planning Symposium 2025

Planning for New Generation World Class City: Opportunities and Challenges of Urban and Rural Regeneration from Urban Planning Perspective

Last year, the Institute successfully organised the Hong Kong Planning Professionals’ Delegation to New York in mid-October 2025. The Delegation was fully supported by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York of the Hong Kong Government and funded by the “Professionals Participation Subsidy Programme” of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (CEDB) of the HKSAR Government.

Embracing the theme as “Planning for New Generation World Class City: Opportunities and Challenges of Urban and Rural Regeneration from Urban Planning Perspective”, the Delegation facilitated professional exchanges between Hong Kong’s practising planners and members of the planning firms, academic and professional institutions in New York. It also enabled us to keep abreast of the latest planning issues and policies, and infrastructure projects in New York through office and project site visits, walking tours and our anchor event - the Hong Kong x New York Urban Planning Symposium.

The Symposium aimed to compare and contrast the latest planning strategies for new generation world-class cities, specifically Hong Kong and New York, and explore the opportunities and challenges of urban and rural regeneration from urban planning perspective.

Morning Session

Planning in New York
Mr. David GREEN, Principal, Master Planning and Urban Design Leader, ARUP New York

Making Density Desirable: Urban Design Strategies from New York
Mr. Jack ROBBINS, Partner, Director of Urban Design, FXCollaborative

Streetscape Integration of New Developments in Urban Regeneration: Flushing, New York and Fuzhou, China
Mr. Toh Tsun LIM, AIA, Partner, PEI Architects

400 Years of Innovative Planning and Building New York
Dr. Ivan Shumkov Founder, Build Tours

Roundtable Discussion:
Panelists
- Mr. David GREEN, Principal, Master Planning and Urban Design Leader, ARUP New York
- Mr. Toh Tsun LIM, AIA, Partner, PEI Architects
- Mr. Jack ROBBINS, Partner, Director of Urban Design, FXCollaborative
- Dr. Ivan Shumkov, Founder, Build Tours
Moderator
- Dr. Peter Cookson SMITH, Past President of the HKIP

Afternoon Session

The Northern Metropolis - A Pioneer for New Planning and Development Approaches for Hong Kong
Mr. Steven SIU, Former Council Member of the HKIP

Rising to Challenges with Flexibility and Creativity to Sustain Urban Renewal: Insights from Yau Mong District Study to the Waterway Park Project
Ms. YT Li and Ms. Clarice HO, Representatives from Urban Renewal Authority, Hong Kong

Revitalizing Rural Areas - Our Hands-On Journey
Ms. Rebecca WONG, Planning Director of Sun Hung Kai Real Estate Agency

Application of Spatial Data Infrastructure and Advanced Technology in Urban Planning
Mr. Stanley NG, Chief Executive Officer of MapKing

Full Recording

Organiser:
The Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP)
Co-organiser:
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (New York), HKSAR Government (New York ETO)
Venue:
Museum of Arts and Design, New York

For queries, please contact us at eac@hkip.org.hk.

The Hong Kong x New YorkUrban Planning Symposium 2025

Planning for New Generation World Class City: Opportunities and Challenges of Urban and Rural Regeneration from Urban Planning Perspective

Morning Session

Afternoon Session

Full Recording

The Hong Kong x New York
Urban Planning Symposium 2025