Sir Gordon Y. S. Wu

Chairman, Hopewell Holdings Limited

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Sir Gordon Wu Ying-Sheung is the Chairman of Hopewell Holdings Limited. He formed the company in 1964 and listed it on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1972.

Hopewell is engaged in the development of properties, hotels, power stations and superhighways. It's operations covered Hong Kong, P.R.C., Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand.

Sir Gordon Wu has been involved in the design & construction of many building projects. His "slipform" method of construction enables one high-rise floor to be erected every three days. His 2x350MW coal-fired Shajiao B Power Station in Guangdong set a world record of sending the first electricity in month 22 after ground breaking -- a feat that earned the company the British Construction Award of 1988.

Sir Gordon is active in civil and community services, and has received many awards and honours-

Honorary Degree

Awards

Sir Gordon is also active on many philanthropic activities, supporting the Boy Scouts, medical and education institutions both in Hong Kong & P.R.C..  He is also a stalwart supporter of his alma mater Princeton University, U.S.A. where he earned his B.S.E. (Bachelor of Science in Engineering) degree in 1958.

Government by Consultation or by Consultants?

Sir Gordon Wu's main theme will be on "Government by Consultation or by Consultants?". He will critically review how major infrastructures are being planned and implemented by Hong Kong Government Bureaus, whether the current selection and appointment processes adopted by the Government allow the best ideas and the best people to surface and ultimately to be adopted in order that, we the Hong Kong people and its economy can reap the maximum benefits from any infrastructural projects, while at the same time satisfying all functional requirements.

Prof. Dirceu Maramaldo

President, DM-PRODUTIVISMO S/C LTDA

Civil and Automobile Engineer (Brazil & USA)

Doctor in Business Administration (Brazil)

Prof. Dirceu Maramaldo is a Brazilian, Civil Engineer graduated from Marckenzie University (Sao Paulo - Brazil) in 1964, Automobile Engineer graduated from General Motors Institute (Flint, MI - USA) in 1969, and has degrees in Business Administration, Psicology and Human Sciences. He is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences and SAVE International.

Prof. Maramaldo has received several Merit Awards, including the VALUE ENGINEERING MERIT AWARD from SAVE International in 1988.

Prof. Maramaldo has worked as High Executive for General Motors and Chrysler Corp. in Brazil, and was President and CEO of the Brazilian subsidiary of WABCO - Westinghouse Airbrakes Co. Currently he is the President of DM-PRODUTIVISMO S/C LTDA, a consulting company which he founded in 1982 in Brazil, specializing in corporate strategies and competitiveness and Value Management.

As a consultant, Prof. Maramaldo has worked for large Brazilian Companies like TRW Automotive, Robert Bosch, Petrobras, Alcoa, AMP, Beloit, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, Duracell, Embraer Aeronautica, Fiat, Garret, J.I. Case, Mannesman, Scania Vabis, Searle, Singer, Valmet, and many of the largest Brazilian Corporations.

Serendipity: The Way to Constant Innovation

Abstract
In contemporary business world, where continuous change is the key to competitiveness, companies and professionals must find the right behavior to provide for constant innovation. Consumers and clients are more and more expecting and demanding for new products, new ways for services provided, and new solutions for their needs.

All this calls for new functions, to use the VM terminology, or innovated use, esteem and aesthetic functions. The question which this paper intends to answer, is "how to provide for a continuing change process that will lead to constant function innovation?"

This is achieved through a new professional behavior, where all reasoning is directed to maintain an attitude of constant perception for opportunities for discoveries and innovative ideas, and their implementation.