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ASHK:
YASHK:
Time:
Oct 23, 2022, 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM GMT+8
ABOUT
The Hong Kong Symposium
OVERVIEW:
Co-organised by the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences (ASHK) and the Future Science Awards Foundation, the Hong Kong Symposium - Science for the Future, a whole day event for around 200 on-site participants, will be organised at the Charles K. Kao Auditorium of the Hong Kong Science Park on 23th October 2022. Future Science Prize Laureates and other world-renowned scientists will give talks and discuss to explore how science will shape the future of humanity.
OBJECTIVE:
To showcase and promote Hong Kong as an international science and technology hub, and to strengthen cooperation in science and technology within the Greater Bay Area.
HK Symposium
Agenda
Speakers
Programme Schedule
9:00 Registration
9:40 Welcome Message
9:50 Opening Remarks
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Mr. Yuzhuo ZHANG (pre-recorded)
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Prof. Dong SUN (HK, on-site)
10:00 Photo Taking
10:05 Life Science Session – "Creating New Paradigms"
Introduction by Convener:
Keynote Speeches:
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Prof. Yuk-Ming Dennis LO (HK, on-site)
Circulating DNA Molecules in Plasma: Coming All Sizes and Shapes -
Prof. Nancy Yuk-Yu IP (HK, on-site)
Circulating Proteins: Potential Game Changers in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease -
Prof. Kwok-Yung YUEN (HK, on-site)
Tackling Emerging Infections: From SARS-03 to COVID-19 -
Prof. Ting ZHU (SZ, on-site)
Building Mirror-Image Biology Systems
Panel Discussion:
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Moderator: Prof. Yuk-Ming Dennis LO (HK, on-site)
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Panelists: All keynote speakers
12:00 Luncheon
13:20 Physical Science Session – “The Beauty, Tangible and
Intangible Impacts of Fundamental Physical Science”
Introduction by Convener:
Keynote Speeches:
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Prof. Kam-Biu LUK (HK, on-site)
Getting To Know The Ghostly Neutrino -
Prof. Qikun XUE (SZ, on-site)
How Unconventional is the Unconventional High-Temperature Superconductivity -
Prof. Dawei MA (SZ, on-site)
Organic Synthesis: What is Next -
Prof. Xueming YANG (SZ, on-site)
Free Electron Laser and Its Applications in Science and Technology
Panel Discussion:
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Moderator: Prof. Chi-Ming CHE (HK, on-site)
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Panelists: All keynote speakers, and Prof. Che Ting CHAN (HK, on-site), Prof. Fuk Yee KWONG (HK, on-site), Prof. Vivian Wing-Wah YAM (HK, on-site)
15:20 Break
15:40 Mathematics and Computer Science Session -
“Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperative Innovation”
Introduction by Convener:
Keynote Speeches:
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Prof. Burn J. LIN (online)
Outlook for Low k1 Lithography -
Prof. Monica S. LAM (pre-recorded)
Taming Neural Language Models into Trustworthy Conversational Virtual Assistants -
Prof. Ngaiming MOK (HK, on-site)
Complex Differential Geometry in Action
Panel Discussion:
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Moderator: Ms. Nisa Leung (HK, on-site)
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Panelists: Prof. Zexiang LI (online), Dr. Harry SHUM (SZ, on-site),
Prof. Dong SUN (HK, on-site), Dr. Youming WANG (SZ, on-site)
17:40 Closing Remarks
18:30 Banquet (by invitation only)
Language: English and Putonghua
Dress code: Business Casual
Keynote Speakers
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