Programme at a Glance | HKUST RGC Research Summit 2026

Programme at a Glance

Time	Program
08:15–09:00	Registration
09:00–09:20	Opening Ceremony Dr. the Hon CHOI Yuk-lin, JP, Secretary for Education Prof. Timothy W. Tong, SBS, JP, Chairman, Research Grants Council Prof. Nancy IP Yuk-yu, SBS, MH, JP, President, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
09:20–09:35	SRFS/RFS Award Presentation
	Plenary Session A—Keynote Speeches: "Pioneering Paradigms: Transforming Global Lives through Frontier Science and Technology"
09:35–11:05	Prof. Chenming Hu, TSMC Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley Prof. John Todd, Professor of Precision Medicine, University of Oxford Prof. Harry Shum, Council Chairman, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
11:05–11:20	Coffee Break
	Plenary Session B—Parallel Thematic Sessions
11:20–12:20	Funding Strategies for Global Impact and Collaboration Ms. Nicola Di Luzio, Director, UKRI China Mr. David Foster, Executive Director, Croucher Foundation Prof. Andy Hor, Deputy Chief Executive (Research), A*STAR Prof. Jianhua Lu, Vice President, NSFC Prof. James Tang, Secretary-General, UGC (Moderator)	Deep Tech Collaborations for Future Impact Prof. Chao-Yang Lu, Chair Professor of Physics, USTC Prof. Paul K L Yu, Chairman of CRPSC and TRS Selection Panel, RGC Prof. Alex Zhavoronkov, Founder and CEO, Insilico Medicine Dr. Jingren Zhou, Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President, Alibaba Group Prof. Tim Cheng, VPRD, HKUST (Moderator)
12:20–12:30	Transition
12:30–14:00	HSSPFS/ECA/JRFS Award Presentation Luncheon
	Parallel Thematic Sessions
14:00–17:20	TRS Project Presentation	CRF/RIF Project Presentation
17:20–17:35	Transition
17:35–18:00	Concluding Session Panel reflections by CRF, RIF, and TRS Committees Closing remarks by Chairman, Research Grants Council

Note: Programme, presentation topics, and speakers are subject to change.