Registration

Opening Remarks

- Harry Shum, Council member of the Future Forum, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Council Chairman, Dual-appointed professor at the Institute for Advanced Study of Tsinghua University, Foreign member of the National Academy of Engineering of the United States

- Yike Guo, Provost of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (MAE), Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE), Fellow of the Chinese Institute for Engineering Intelligence (FCAAI)

Keynote Speech 1

- Jiaya Jia, Chair Professor of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology;  Founder and Chairman of SmartMore, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Fellow)

Keynote Speech 2

- Yi Ma, Chair Professor in Artificial Intelligence, Inaugural Director of Institute of Data Science (IDS), Inaugural Director of the School of Computing and Data Science, The University of Hong Kong; Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(lEEE); Fellow, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SlAM)

Keynote Speech 3

- Qingfeng Liu, Representative, Future Forum Institutional Council; Chairman of iFLYTEK Co., Ltd.

Panel Discussion 1: Global AI Innovation and Technological Development Trends and Differences

- Yang Wang, Vice-President for Institutional Advancement, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Chair Professor, Department of Mathematics; Director of HKUST The Big Data for Bio Intelligence Laboratory; Associate Director of HKUST Big Data Institute

- Yike Guo, Provost of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (MAE), Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE), Fellow of the Chinese Institute for Engineering Intelligence (FCAAI)

- Yi Ma, Chair Professor in Artificial Intelligence, Inaugural Director of Institute of Data Science (IDS), Inaugural Director of the School of Computing and Data Science, The University of Hong Kong; Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(lEEE); Fellow, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SlAM)

- Jian Ma, Co-founder and CEO of XtalPi

Panel Discussion 2: AI Industry Strategic Trends, Innovative Practices, and Investment Development

- Yuan Xie, Chair Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); Member, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2024

- Qingfeng Liu, Representative, Future Forum Institutional Council; Chairman of iFLYTEK Co., Ltd.

- Qin Liu, Donor of the Future Science Prize, Founding partner of 5Y Capital

- Duncan Chiu, Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Photo Taking

Registration

Opening Ceremony 

• Opening Remarks by

- HKU Representative: Xiaobo Yin, Associate Vice President, The University of Hong Kong; Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong

- AYSF Representative: Hong Wu, Professor, School of Life Sciences, Peking University; Chair of 2023 Steering Committee, Asian Young Scientist Fellowship

• 2024 AYS Fellows Award Ceremony

• Group Photo

Session I - Life Science

Opening by Life Science Representative

- Jingke Weng, Inaugural Director, Institute for Plant-Human Interface; Professor of Chemistry, Chemical Biology, and Bioengineering, Northeastern University; Member of Steering Committee, Asian Young Scientist Fellowship

Presentation 1: Soft, Deformable Bioelectronics

- Mengdi Han, Assistant Professor, Peking University; 2024 AYS Fellow - Life Science

Presentation 2: Phase Separation in Biology

- Yi Lin, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University; 2024 AYS Fellow - Life Science

Presentation 3: Expanding the Neoantigen Space to Treat Low Tumor Mutational Burden Cancers

- Wei Wu, Principal Investigator, A*STAR Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN); 2024 AYS Fellow - Life Science

Presentation 4: Intelligent Drug Discovery in Practice

- Shuangjia Zheng, Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; 2024 AYS Fellow - Life Science

Session II - Physical Science

Opening by Physical Science Representative

- Dawei Ma,  Research professor, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry; chaired professor, Southern University of Science and Technology; 2018 Future Science Prize - The Physical Science Prize Laureate; Chair of 2024 Physical Science Sub-Committee, Asian Young Scientist Fellowship

Presentation 1: Delineating Genome Organization Using Single-Molecule Approaches

- Mahipal Ganji, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru; 2024 AYS Fellow - Physical Science

Presentation 2: Impact of Supramolecular Chemistry on Soft Material Science

- Jiheong Kang, Associate Professor,Seoul National University;  2024 AYS Fellow - Physical Science

Presentation 3: Molecularly Thin 2D Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite: Structure, Properties and Device Applications

- Kai Leng, Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; 2024 AYS Fellow - Physical Science

Presentation 4: Entanglement and Locality of Electrons in Solids

- Hoi Chun Po, Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; 2024 AYS Fellow - Physical Science

Networking Break

Session III - Mathematics

Opening by Mathematics Representative

- Kaoru Ono, Professor, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, Chair of 2024 Mathematics Sub-Committee, Asian Young Scientist Fellowship

Presentation 1: A Brief Introduction for the K-Stability of Fano Manifolds

- Kento Fujita, Associate Professor, Osaka University; 2024 AYS Fellow - Mathematics and Computer Science

Presentation 2: PDE and Geometry

- Man-Chun Lee, Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; 2024 AYS Fellow - Mathematics and Computer Science

Session IV - Computer Science

Opening by Computer Science Representative

- Tim Cheng, Vice-President, Research and Development, Chair Professor of Departments of Electronic and Computer Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST); Chair of 2024 Computer Science Sub-Committee, Asian Young Scientist Fellowship

Presentation 1: Multi-Modal Generative AI with Foundation Models

- Ziwei Liu, Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University; 2024 AYS Fellow - Mathematics and Computer Science

Presentation 2: Dynamic Neural Networks for Efficient Visual Learning

- Gao Huang, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University; 2024 AYS Fellow - Mathematics and Computer Science

Asian Young Scientist Fellowship Cocktail Reception (by invitation only)

Registration 

Welcome Message by Program Committee Co-Chair: Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

Opening Remarks by Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Dong Sun

Photo Taking

Chemistry - The Central Science Towards Interdisciplinary Research

09:45-09:50  Introduction by the Convener 

- 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; Fellow, World Academy of Sciences; Founding Member, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences; Co-Chair, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2024

09:50-10:20  Keynote Speech 1: The Universality of Acid Catalysis

- Benjamin List, Director, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research; Member, German National Academy of Sciences; Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2021

10:20-10:50  Keynote Speech 2: 

- 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

10:50-11:10  Keynote Speech 3: Single-molecule Chemistry

- Peng Chen, Peter J.W. Debye Professor of Chemistry, Cornell University; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

11:15-11:40  Keynote Speech 4: Active Phase Transition and New Material on Move

- Jinyao Tang, Professor, The University of Hong Kong; Member, Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences

Panel Discussion and Q&A 

Moderator: 

- Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)

- Peng Chen

- Yi Cui 

- Benjamin List

- Jinyao Tang

Life Science Session - Transformative Science for Human Biology and Health

13:30-13:35  Introduction by the Convener 

- 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; Member, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2024

13:35-14:05  Keynote Speech 1: Epigenetics - What Is It and Why Is It Important?

- Anne Ferguson-Smith, Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics, 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

14:05-14:35  Keynote Speech 2: Realizing the Potential of Biomedical AI

- Euan Ashley, Chair of the Department of Medicine and Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor of Medicine and Professor of Genetics, of Biomedical Data Science and, by courtesy, of Pathology at Stanford University

14:35-14:40  Introduction by the Convener 

- Kathryn Song Eng Cheah, Emerita Chair of Biochemistry and Professor, The University of Hong Kong; Member, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO); Member, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences; Fellow, World Academy of Sciences; Member, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2024

14:40-15:10  Keynote Speech 3: Directing cell fate, developmental time, and brain repair using human stem cells

- Lorenz Studer, Director, the Center for Stem Cell Biology (CSCB); Member, the Developmental Biology Program at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

15:10-15:40  Keynote Speech 4: Uniting the Genome: The function of Piwi-piRNA Pathway in Genetic Regulation

- 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, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Science

Panel Discussion and Q&A 

Moderator: 

- Tony Shu Kam Mok

- Kathryn Song Eng Cheah

Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)

- Euan Ashley 

- Anne Ferguson-Smith 

- Haifan Lin

- Lorenz Studer 

Hong Kong Science Museum Guided Tour - Visit the 2024 Future Science Prize Exhibition and HKScM Permanent Exhibitions (by invitation only)

Welcome Dinner (by invitation only)

Welcome Message by Program Committee Co-Chair: Douglas Nelson Chao Lin

Physics Session - Quantum Information

09:35-09:40 Introduction by the Convener 

- Douglas Nelson Chao Lin, Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz; Distinguish Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies, Tsinghua University; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Member, Science Committee of the Future Science Prize; Co-Chair, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2024

09:40-10:10  Keynote Speech 1: Quantum Simulation with Atoms and Ions

- Peter Zoller, Professor, Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck; Emeritus Research Director, Austrian Academy of Sciences Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information; Member, German National Academy of Sciences; Wolf Prize Laureate in Physics 2013; Dirac Medal Laureate 2006

10:10-10:40  Keynote Speech 2: Origin of Light (and other Elementary Particles) -- an Unification of Matter and Information

- Xiao-Gang Wen, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics, MIT; Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Dirac Medal Laureate 2018; Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize Laureate 2017

10:40-11:10  Keynote Speech 3: Learning in the Quantum Universe

- Hsin-Yuan Huang (Robert), Assistant Professor, Theoretical Physics at Caltech in 2025; Visiting Scientist, MIT; Senior Research Scientist, Google Quantum AI

11:10-11:40  Keynote Speech 4: Progress of Chinese Pulsar Timing Array

- Kejia Lee, Professor, Peking University; Researcher, National Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Panel Discussion and Q&A 

Moderator: 

- Douglas Nelson Chao Lin

Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)

- Hsin-Yuan Huang  

- Kejia Lee

- Xiao Gang Wen

- Peter Zoller

Mathematics Session – Insights into Mathematics

13:30-13:35  Introduction by the Convener 

- Xuhua He, Chair Professor and New Corner Stone Investigator, Department of Mathematics, The University of Hong Kong; Member, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2024

13:35-14:00  Keynote Speech 1: A Glimpse at Statistical Physics from Percolation

- Jian Ding, Chair Professor, Peking University; Laureate of the 2023 Loève Prize in Probability

13:55-14:20  Keynote Speech 2: From natural numbers to infinity categories

- Yifeng Liu, Chair Professor, Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, Zhejiang University; SASTRA Ramanujan Prize Laureate 2018

14:20-14:50  Keynote Speech 3: 3d Quantum Field Theories and Langlands Duality

- Hiraku Nakajima, Professor, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), The University of Tokyo; President, International Mathematical Union (IMU)

14:50-15:15  Keynote Speech 4: Evariste Galois and Communication Technology

- Efim Zelmanov, Director, Shenzhen International Center for Mathematics, Southern University of Science and Technology; Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Fields Medal Laureate 1994

Panel Discussion and Q&A 

Moderator: 

- Xuhua He

Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)

- Jian Ding

- Yifeng Liu

- Hiraku Nakajima

- Efim Zelmanov

Coffee Break

Computer Science Session – AI & Chips  (There will be a 5-minute Q&A session after each speaker’s speech)

15:35-15:40  Introduction by the Convener

- Yuan Xie, Chair Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); Member, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2024

15:40-16:10  Keynote Speech 1: Memory-Centric Computing

- Onur Mutlu, Professor of Computer Science, ETH Zurich; Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); Member, Academia Europaea

16:10-16:40  Keynote Speech 2: Delivering Compute for AI in a Post-Moore’s World

- Gabriel Loh, Senior Fellow, AMD Research and Advanced Development at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

16:40-17:10  Keynote Speech 3: Towards Energy Efficient Circuit and System Design for AI 2.0 Era

- Yu Wang, Professor and Chair of the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University; Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

17:10-17:40  Keynote Speech 4: Pursuing the Nature of Intelligence

- Yi Ma, Chair Professor in Artificial Intelligence, Inaugural Director of Institute of Data Science (IDS), Inaugural Director of the School of Computing and Data Science, The University of Hong Kong; Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(lEEE); Fellow, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SlAM)

Hong Kong Science Museum Guided Tour - Visit the 2024 Future Science Prize Exhibition and HKScM Permanent Exhibitions (by invitation only)

Registration

2024 Public Lecture of the Future Science Prize - Life Science Prize Laureate Hongkui Deng 

2024 Public Lecture of the Future Science Prize - Physical Science Prize Laureate Tao Zhang

2024 Public Lecture of the Future Science Prize - Physical Science Prize Laureate Yadong Li 

2024 Public Lecture of the Future Science Prize - Mathematics and Computer Science Prize Laureate Binyong Sun

Dialogue: Laureates with the Youth

Registration and VIP Group Photo

Red Carpet Session

Ceremonial Opening

Awarding Life Science Prize

Awarding Physical Science Prize

Awarding Mathematics and Computer Science Prize

Ceremonial Closing

Future Science Prize Science Gala（by inviation only）