Chemistry Session - From Theory, AI, Machine Learning to Experimental Realization

09:30-09:35      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; Academician, The Chinese Academy of Sciences; Foreign Associate, US National Academy of Sciences; Foreign Member, Academia Europaea; Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences; Founding Member, The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences

09:35-10:05      Keynote Speech 1: Computational Biology Applied Globally

- Michael Levitt, Robert W. And Vivian K. Cahill Professor of Cancer Research And Professor, By Courtesy, of Computer Science, Stanford University; Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2013

10:05-10:35      Keynote Speech 2: Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Catalysis and Energy Conversion

- Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Sterling Professor of Chemistry, Yale University; Member of the National Academy of Sciences

10:35-11:05      Keynote Speech 3: First-Principles Theory for Water

- Donghui Zhang, Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

11:05-11:35      Keynote Speech 4: Towards Accurate and Efficient Theoretical Modelling of Heterogeneous Catalysis

- Xin Xu, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University

11:35-12:05      Keynote Speech 5: Artificial Intelligence and Automation for Modern Chemistry

- Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science, and Director, Acceleration Consortium, University of Toronto

Panel Discussion and Q&A 

Moderator: 

- Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)

- Alán Aspuru-Guzik

- Michael Levitt 

- Sharon Hammes-Schiffer 

- Xin Xu

- Donghui Zhang