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Session 1: 14:00 – 14:45｜BioBlitz and Citizen Science
Speaker: Dr. Xoni MA
Founder and Education Director, Outdoor Wildlife Learning Hong Kong

Dr. Ma is one of the few local environmental education and ecology researchers, with his research focuses on the utilization of outdoor education for school environmental education, and also terrestrial forest ecology. Dr. Ma has involved in the field of environmental education for many years, with various roles for pushing the development of Hong Kong environmental education from different perspectives.
He is keen on applying his professional knowledge and experiences in community services and he is now being the part-time Lecturer of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. And serving as a member of the Board of Directors of Ocean Park Corporation, Advisory Board for Science Unit of the Lingnan University, and the Endangered Species Advisory Committee of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, etc.

Session 2: 15:00 – 15:45｜Butterflies in Hong Kong Country Parks
Speaker: Mr. Yuet Fung LING
PhD Candidate, School of Biological Sciences, HKU

PhD Candidate in the Area of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences, HKU. His research uses butterflies and moths as a study system to understand insect physiological and ecological responses under global climate change, and seeks to learn about the migration and overwintering behaviour of danaid butterflies. Before becoming obsessed with butterflies, he majored in Environmental Science and Geography in his Bachelor degree. Beyond research, he actively assisted in local butterfly surveys and nature education, where he has led outdoor field trips and given talks for multiple organisations.

Session 3: 16:00 – 16:45｜Spiders in Hong Kong Country Parks
Speaker: Mr Dickson WONG
Biology Teacher, Ho Koon Nature Education cum Astronomical Centre

Graduated in the Master of Philosophy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. With over 15 years of experience in outdoor education, Dickson is currently a biology teacher at the Ho Koon Nature Education cum Astronomical Centre. He published "A Guide to the Spiders of Hong Kong" in 2016. In 2017, he created the "Hong Kong Spiders" project on iNaturalist, providing a platform to record the distribution of spiders in Hong Kong. In 2020, he was invited to become a member of the Spider and Scorpion Specialist Group by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Session 1：14:00 - 14:45｜Amphibians and reptiles in Hong Kong Country Parks
Speaker: Dr. Michael LAU
Founder, Hong Kong Wetlands Conservation Association
 

Dr Michael Lau is the Founder of the Hong Kong Wetlands Conservation Association. He is now an Adjunct Professor at the School of Biological Sciences, the University of Hong Kong. Previously, he had worked for World Wide Fund for Nature - Hong Kong as the Wetlands Conservation Director and for Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden as the Department Head of the South China Biodiversity Programme.

Michael has wide experience in studying biodiversity – especially the amphibians and reptiles – in Hong Kong, and the South China region, the threats they faced, and, formulating conservation strategy and implementing projects. He is also a member of several IUCN Species Survival Commission specialist groups and has contributed to the Red List assessment of amphibians, reptiles and mammals.

Session 2：15:00 - 15:45｜Moths in Hong Kong Country Parks
Speaker: Ms. Hoiling CHENG
Founder, Project CROW

Co-founder of Project CROW, a nonprofit organisation focusing on nature education. She is a proud 'moth-er' who shows unabashedly biased love towards the less understood relatives of the butterflies. Upon completing MSc in Environmental Management, Hoiling has promoted the fascinating lives of insects through imagery and storytelling. She is currently dedicated to developing interdisciplinary nature education syllabus for primary schools.

Session 3：16:00 - 16:45｜Beetles in Hong Kong Country Parks
Speaker: Mr. Vor YIU
Vice-chairman, Hong Kong Entomological Society

Dr. Ma is one of the few local environmental education and ecology researchers, with his research focuses on the utilization of outdoor education for school environmental education, and also terrestrial forest ecology. Dr. Ma has involved in the field of environmental education for many years, with various roles for pushing the development of Hong Kong environmental education from different perspectives.
He is keen on applying his professional knowledge and experiences in community services and he is now being the part-time Lecturer of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. And serving as a member of the Board of Directors of Ocean Park Corporation, Advisory Board for Science Unit of the Lingnan University, and the Endangered Species Advisory Committee of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, etc.