On Friday's Backchat, we looked at the International Conference on Roads and Railways 2025, which is co-organised by the Highways Department and the Hong Kong Institution of Highways and Transportation. The theme of the event is “Building Smart and Green Transport Infrastructure”, and we spoke to an expert about Hong Kong's transport infrastructure blueprint beyond 2030.

We then heard from the organisers of the Hong Kong Streetathon about what runners can look forward to this November.

After the break, we learned more about Hong Kong’s inaugural Digital Education Week that will begin later this month.

Wrapping up the show, we heard from an expert about a symposium that explored the transformative power of stem cell science in healthcare and biotechnology.

9:05am-9-25am: International Conference on Roads and Railways 2025

9:05am-9-25am: Alok Jain, CEO and Managing Director of Trans-consult


9:25am-9:30am: Hong Kong Streetathon

9:25am-9:30am: Andes Leung, Co-founder and CEO of RunOurCity


9:32am-9:45am: Digital Education Week

9:32am-9:45am: Dr Tenny Lam, Executive Director of Hong Kong Education City


9:45am-10:00am: Stem cell conference

9:45am-10:00am: Rocky Tuan, Lee Quo Wei and Lee Yick Hoi Lun Professor of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong