A/Prof. Lim Kok Hwa is currently the Director, Professional Officers Division and Programme Director (Pharmaceutical Engineering), Chemical Engineering and Food Technology Cluster in Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). He completed his MSc. (Chemical Engineering) in National University of Singapore, and his Doctorate in Technische Universität München (TUM), Germany. A/Prof. Lim is a registered Professional Engineer and Chartered Engineer (Chemical & Process Engineering). He is the Programme Director and trainer for the Specialist Certificate in Process Safety. His research interests are Process Safety; Engineering Education; QSAR Analysis of Biological Activity; Computational Chemistry and Material Sciences; as well as Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions and Surface Sciences. A/P Lim has over 200 publications and International Peer Reviewed Journals, Conferences’ Proceeding and invited talks. He has been invited as Editorial Board Member of scientific journals and act as judge for various competitions.

A/P Lim is currently serving as Council Member and Vice President of The Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES). A/P Lim acted as Member of the Board of Inquiry, Technical Expert and Member of Workgroup to various agencies on safety related matters. A/P Lim is frequently invited as speaker/ panelist in local and regional seminars/ conferences on Process Safety. He helped to organize various annual local seminars/ conferences (e.g. Major Hazard Symposium, Safety Case Symposium, etc.) with industries and professional societies. A/P was the organizing chair for World Engineers Summit 2019.