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2024 Future Science Prize Week
Science Symposium I
World-renowned scientists are invited to share scientific discoveries on cutting-edge topics and to explore interdisciplinary and innovative academic insights.
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Location:
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1 November, 2024
Hong Kong Science Museum
9:00AM to 4:00PM
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“2024 Future Science Prize” series of events
“2024 Future Science Prize” series of events
Science Symposium I Guest Speaker
Agenda
Agenda
09:00-09:30
Registration
09:30-09:35
Welcome Message by Program Committee Co-Chair: Vivian Wing-Wah YAM
09:35-09:40
Opening Remarks
09:40-09:45
Photo Taking
09:45-12:00
Chemistry - The Central Science Towards Interdisciplinary Research
Introduction by the Convener
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Vivian Wing-Wah YAM, Philip Wong Wilson Wong Professor in Chemistry and Energy and the Chair Professor of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong; Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Foreign Associate, U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Foreign Member, Academia Europaea; Fellow, World Academy of Sciences; Founding Member, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences
Keynote Speech 1: The Universality of Acid Catalysis
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Benjamin LIST, Director, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research; Member, German National Academy of Sciences; Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2021
Keynote Speech 2:
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Yi CUI, Director, Precourt Institute for Energy; Founding Director, Sustainability Accelerator; Fortinet Founders Professor, Stanford University; Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Member, Science Committee of the Future Science Prize
Keynote Speech 3: Single-molecule Chemistry
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Peng CHEN, Peter J.W. Debye Professor of Chemistry, Cornell University; Member, U.S. Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Keynote Speech 4: Active Phase Transition and New Material on Move
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Jinyao TANG, Professor, The University of Hong Kong
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Moderator
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Vivian Wing-Wah YAM
Panelists (Alphabetized by last name)
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Peng CHEN
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Yi CUI
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Benjamin LIST
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Jinyao TAN
12:00 -13:30
Luncheon
13:30-16:00
Life Science Session - Transformative Science for Human Biology and Health
Introduction by the Convener
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Tony Shu Kam MOK, Chairman, Department of Clinical Oncology, Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor of Clinical Oncology, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Honorary Secretary of the Board of Directors and Member, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences
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Kathryn Song Eng CHEAH, Chair of Biochemistry, Jimmy and Emily Tang Professor in Molecular Genetics, The University of Hong Kong; Associate Member, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO); Member, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences; Fellow, World Academy of Sciences
主持致辭
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黃定發，香港浸會大學常務副校長、電腦科學系講座教授，美國電腦協會會士，美國電機及電子工程師學會和香港工程科學院院士
Keynote Speech 1
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Anne FERGUSON-SMITH, Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and International Partnerships, University of Cambridge; Executive Chair, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC); Member, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO); Member, UK Academy of Medical Science; Fellow, the Royal Society
Keynote Speech 2: Realizing the Potential of Biomedical AI
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Euan ASHLEY, Associate Dean, School of Medicine, Roger and Joelle Burnell Professor of Genomics and Precision Health, Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), of Genetics, of Biomedical Data Science and, by Courtesy, of Pathology, Stanford University
主旨演講 1
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王曉剛，香港中文大學電子工程系教授，商湯科技聯合創始人、首席科學家
Keynote Speech 3
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Lorenz STUDER, Director, the Center for Stem Cell Biology (CSCB); Member, the Developmental Biology Program at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Keynote Speech 4
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Haifan LIN, Eugene Higgins Professor of Cell Biology, Yale University; Founding Director, the Yale Stem Cell Center; Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Member, U.S. Academy of Arts and Sciences
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Moderators
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Kathryn Song Eng CHEAH
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Tony Shu Kam MO
Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)
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Euan ASHLEY
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Haifan LIN
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Anne FERGUSON-SMITH
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Lorenz STUDER
主旨演講 2
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賈佳亞，香港中文大學電腦科學與工程系教授，思謀集團創始人及董事長，美國電子電氣工程師學會會士
主旨演講 3
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周以真，哥倫比亞大學常務副校長兼電腦科學教授
主旨演講 4:加速計算和數據訪問助力人工智能應用爆炸式增長
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胡文美，英偉達（NVIDIA）高級傑出研究科學家和高級研究主任，伊利諾大學厄巴納-香檳分校AMD Jerry Sanders特聘講座教授，美國電腦協會會士，美國電子電氣工程師學會會士
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