​Registration

​Opening Remarks

- Yike Guo, Provost, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering (UK); Fellow, European Academy of Sciences; Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); Fellow, Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI)

Keynote Speech 1

- Qian Zhang, Chair Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences

- Jun Zhu, Professor, Tsinghua University; Director, Tsinghua University-Bosch Joint Research Center for Machine Learning; Member, Future Forum Young Scientist Innovation Alliance

Keynote Speech 3

- Mengdi Wang, Director and Professor, Center for AI Innovation, Princeton University; Member, Future Forum Young Scientist Innovation Alliance

Keynote Speech 4

- Weiying Ma, Director, Hong Kong Institute of AI for Science (HKAI-Sci); Chair Professor, City University of Hong Kong; Huiyan Chair Professor and Chief Scientist of Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (AIR), Tsinghua University

Panel Discussion 1: 

Frontier Convergence of “AI+X” Technologies: Pioneering Interdisciplinary Explorations and Innovations

​Moderator:

- Yang Yang, Director, Shanghai Industry-Education Integration Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)

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

- Mengdi Wang, Director and Professor, Center for AI Innovation, Princeton University; Member, Future Forum Young Scientist Innovation Alliance

- Weiying Ma, Director, Hong Kong Institute of AI for Science (HKAI-Sci); Chair Professor, City University of Hong Kong; Huiyan Chair Professor and Chief Scientist of Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (AIR), Tsinghua University

- Jun Zhu, Professor, Tsinghua University; Director, Tsinghua University-Bosch Joint Research Center for Machine Learning; Member, Future Forum Young Scientist Innovation Alliance

​Panel Discussion 2:

“AI+X” Implementation: The Deep Waters of Paradigm Reconstruction and Application Revolution

Moderator:

- Eric Chen (TBC), Partner, SoftBank Vision Fund; Council Member, The Future Forum

Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)

- Le Cong, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine; Member, Future Forum Young Scientist Innovation Alliance

- Qian Zhang, Chair Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences

- Hao Chen, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST); Director, HKUST - Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) Joint Innovation Center for Medical-Engineering Interdisciplinary Research

- Shuhao Wen (TBC), Co-Founder, Executive Director and Chairman of the Board, XtalPi; Council Member, The Future Forum

​Photo Taking

​2025 Asian Young Scientist Fellowship General Assembly 

Opening Remarks

HKU Representative

AYSF 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 2025 Steering Committee, Asian Young Scientist Fellowship

​Keynote Address

- Randy Schekman, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2013; Professor at UC Berkeley, PI at Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Life Science Session 

Opening by Committee Representative

- TBC

Award Presentation 

Group Photo 

Acceptance Speech by 4 AYS Fellows

Physical Science Session

Opening by Committee Representative

- Hongming Weng, Professor of Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chair of 2025 Physical Science Sub-Committee, Asian Young Scientist Fellowship

Award Presentation 

Group Photo

Acceptance Speech by 4 AYS Fellows

​Mathematics

Opening by Committee Representative

- Jong Hae Keum, Professor, School of Mathematics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study; Chair of 2025 Mathematics Sub-Committee, Asian Young Scientist Fellowship

Award Presentation 

Group Photo 

Acceptance Speech by 2 AYS Fellows

Computer Science 

Opening by Committee Representative

- Akihiro Nakao, Professor, Department of Systems Innovation, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo;  Chair of 2025 Computer Science Sub-Committee, Asian Young Scientist Fellowship

Award Presentation 

Group Photo

Acceptance Speech by 2 AYS Fellows

​Group Photo for all Committee Chairs, Donors and Fellows

AI for Science - Panel Discussion 

Opening

- Dr. Eric Chen, Chairman of BaseBit Technologies; Founding Donor of Asian Young Scientist Fellowship

Panel Discussion 

- Moderator: Dr. Eric Chen

- Panelist: TBC

Subject-Based Academic Seminars and Visits hosted by Faculties (By Invitation Only)

Life Science

Physical Science

Mathematics

Computer Science

Asian Young Scientist Fellowship Cocktail Reception (By Invitation Only)

​Registration

​Welcome Message by Program Committee Co-Chair: 

- Yuk-Ming Dennis Lo, Vice-Chancellor and President, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Li Ka Shing Professor of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; President, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences; Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Foreign Associate, U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Fellow, Royal Society; 2016 Future Science Prize - Life Science Prize Laureate; Co-Chair, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2025

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

Photo Taking

​Keynote Speech: Perspective on The Past and Future of Computational Biology

- Arieh Warshel, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2013; Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Fellow, The Royal Society of Chemistry; Distinguished Professor at Large, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen); Director, Warshel Institute for Computational Biology, CUHK-Shenzhen

​Chemistry Science Session - Chemistry for Sustainable Development

10:15-10:20 Introduction by the Session Chair (Convener):

- Zuowei Xie, Chair Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology; Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Member, the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences; Fellow, Chinese Chemical Society; Fellow, The Royal Society of Chemistry; Member, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2025

10:20-10:45 Keynote Speech 1: 

- Tobin J. Marks, Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry and Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University

10:45-11:10 Keynote Speech 2: 

- Qilin Zhou, Professor, Nankai University; Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2018 Future Science Prize - Physical Science Prize Laureate

11:10-11:35 Keynote Speech 3: 

- Song Lin, Tisch University Professor, Cornell University

11:35-12:00 Keynote Speech 4: 

- Xinyuan Liu, Chair Professor and Department Head of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology

​Panel Discussion and Q&A 

Moderator: 

- Zuowei Xie, Chair Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology; Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Member, the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences; Fellow, Chinese Chemical Society; Fellow, The Royal Society of Chemistry; Member, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2025

Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)

- Song Lin, Tisch University Professor, Cornell University

- Xinyuan Liu, Chair Professor and Department Head of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology

- Tobin J. Marks, Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry and Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University

- Qilin Zhou, Professor, Nankai University; Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2018 Future Science Prize - Physical Science Prize Laureate

​Life Science Session - Gut Microbiome: The Living Nexus of Human Health & Disease

13:30-13:35 Introduction by the Session Chair (Convener):

- Jun Yu, Assistant Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Director, Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Member, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences; Foreign Member, European Academy of Sciences; Member, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2025

13:35-14:05 Keynote Speech 1: Understanding the Human Microbiome with Ecology, Machine Learning, and AI

- Rob Knight, Wolfe Family Endowed Chair in Microbiome Research at Rady Children’s; Director, Center for Microbiome Innovation; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, and Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, University of California, San Diego

14:05-14:35 Keynote Speech 2: Liver Inflammation in the Pathogenesis and as Therapeutic Target in MASH

- Herbert Tilg, M.D., Professor Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria

14:35-14:55 Keynote Speech 3: 

- Changtao Jiang, Professor and Chair, Department of Immunology, Peking University School of Basic Medical Sciences; Associate Dean, Peking University School of Basic Medical Sciences

14:55-15:15 Keynote Speech 4: The Ins and Outs of Intratumor Bacteria in Breast Cancer Malignancy

- Shang Cai, Principle Investigator, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University

​Panel Discussion and Q&A 

Moderator: 

- Jun Yu, Assistant Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Director, Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Member, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences; Foreign Member, European Academy of Sciences; Member, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2025

Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)

- Shang Cai, Principle Investigator, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University

- Changtao Jiang, Professor and Chair, Department of Immunology, Peking University School of Basic Medical Sciences; Associate Dean, Peking University School of Basic Medical Sciences

- Rob Knight, Wolfe Family Endowed Chair in Microbiome Research at Rady Children’s; Director, Center for Microbiome Innovation; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, and Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, University of California, San Diego

- Herbert Tilg, M.D., Professor Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria

​Mathematics Session - Perspectives on Geometry

15:35-15:40 Introduction by the Session Chair (Convener):

- Ngaiming Mok, Chair Edmund and Peggy Tse Professor in Mathematics, Chair of Department of Mathematics, and Director of the Institute of Mathematical Research, The University of Hong Kong; Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Member, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences; 2022 Future Science Prize - Mathematics and Computer Science Prize Laureate

15:40-16:05 Keynote Speech 1:

- Chenyang Xu, Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University; Fellow, American Mathematical Society (AMS); 2021 Cole Prize in Algebra; 2017 Future Science Prize - Mathematics and Computer Science Prize Laureate

16:05-16:30 Keynote Speech 2: 

- Sébastien Boucksom, CNRS Senior Researcher, IMJ-PRG, Sorbonne Université

16:30-16:55 Keynote Speech 3: 

- Lawrence Ein, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

16:55-17:20 Keynote Speech 4: 

- Song Sun, Professor, Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, Zhejiang University; 2014 Sloan Research Fellow; 2019 Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry; 2021 Breakthrough New Horizons in Mathematics Prize

17:20-17:45 Keynote Speech 5: Learning the Differential Equation of Tumour Density in a Breast Cancer Patient Under Treatment

- Arnoldo Frigessi, Professor of Statistics, University of Oslo; Director, Research Centre TRUST, Norwegian Centre for Trustworthy AI; Member, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters; Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS); knighted Cavaliere Ordine al Merito of the Republic of Italy

Panel Discussion and Q&A 

Moderator: 

- Ngaiming Mok, Chair Edmund and Peggy Tse Professor in Mathematics, Chair of Department of Mathematics, and Director of the Institute of Mathematical Research, The University of Hong Kong; Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Member, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences; 2022 Future Science Prize - Mathematics and Computer Science Prize Laureate

Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)

- Sébastien Boucksom, CNRS Senior Researcher, IMJ-PRG, Sorbonne Université

- Lawrence Ein, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

- Arnoldo Frigessi, Professor of Statistics, University of Oslo; Director, Research Centre TRUST, Norwegian Centre for Trustworthy AI; Member, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters; Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS); knighted Cavaliere Ordine al Merito of the Republic of Italy

- Song Sun, Professor, Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, Zhejiang University; 2014 Sloan Research Fellow; 2019 Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry; 2021 Breakthrough New Horizons in Mathematics Prize

- Chenyang Xu, Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University; Fellow, American Mathematical Society (AMS); 2021 Cole Prize in Algebra; 2017 Future Science Prize - Mathematics and Computer Science Prize Laureate

Welcome Message by Program Committee Co-Chair:

- Harry Shum, Council Chairman, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Presidential Chair Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen); Jointly Appointed Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University; International Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering; International Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering (UK); Council Member, The Future Forum; Co-Chair, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2025

​Physical Science Session - Microscopic and Macroscopic World

09:35-09:40 Introduction by the Session Chair (Convener): 

- Kam-Biu Luk, Paul C. W. Chu Endowed Chair Professor of Physics, Institute for Advanced Study, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of California, Berkeley; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Member, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences; Fellow, American Physical Society; 2019 Future Science Prize - Physical Science Prize Laureate; Member, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2025

09:40-10:05 Keynote Speech 1: A 40-Year Journey

- Reinhard Genzel, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics 2020; Director, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching; Professor of the Graduate School, Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley; Honorary Professor in Physics, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich

10:05-10:30 Keynote Speech 2:

- David Gross, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics 2004; Chancellor’s Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), University of California, Santa Barbara

10:30-10:55 Keynote Speech 3: Big and Small Meet in Dark Matter

- Hitoshi Murayama, MacAdams Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley; Hamamatsu Professor, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), University of Tokyo

10:55-11:20 Keynote Speech 4: Surveying the Universe

- Steve Kahn, Dean of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley

11:20-11:45 Keynote Speech 5: Unlocking the Mysteries of Dark Matter and Neutrinos Deep Underground

- Jianglai Liu, Hongwen Distinguished Professor, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

​Panel Discussion and Q&A 

Moderator: 

- Kam-Biu Luk, Paul C. W. Chu Endowed Chair Professor of Physics, Institute for Advanced Study, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of California, Berkeley; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Member, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences; Fellow, American Physical Society; 2019 Future Science Prize - Physical Science Prize Laureate; Member, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2025

Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)

- Reinhard Genzel, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics 2020; Director, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching; Professor of the Graduate School, Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley; Honorary Professor in Physics, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich

- David Gross, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics 2004; Chancellor’s Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), University of California, Santa Barbara

- Steve Kahn, Dean of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley

- Jianglai Liu, Hongwen Distinguished Professor, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

- Hitoshi Murayama, MacAdams Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley; Hamamatsu Professor, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), University of Tokyo

​Computer Science Session - Exploring the Principles of Artificial Intelligence

14:00-14:05 Introduction by the Session Chair (Convener): 

- 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); Member, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2025

14:05-14:30 Keynote Speech 1: 

- Jun Zhu, Professor, Tsinghua University; Director, Tsinghua University-Bosch Joint Research Center for Machine Learning; Member, Future Forum Young Scientist Innovation Alliance

14:30-14:55 Keynote Speech 2:

- Saining Xie, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

14:55-15:20 Keynote Speech 3: 

- Qing Qu, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Michigan

15:20-15:45 Keynote Speech 4: 

- Jiajun Wu, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and, by courtesy, of Psychology at Stanford University

​Panel Discussion and Q&A 

Moderator: 

- 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); Member, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2025

Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)

- Qing Qu, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Michigan

- Jiajun Wu, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and, by courtesy, of Psychology at Stanford University

- Saining Xie, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

- Jun Zhu, Professor, Tsinghua University; Director, Tsinghua University-Bosch Joint Research Center for Machine Learning; Member, Future Forum Young Scientist Innovation Alliance

​The Future Science Prize 10th Anniversary Special Session - How to Run a Successful Prize

Panel Discussion Moderator:

- Mau-Chung Frank Chang, Wintek Chair and Distinguished Professor, UCLA; Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering; Academician, Academia Sinica; Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts; Rotating Chairman, Advisory Committee of the Future Science Prize

Panelists:

- Jenn-Chuan Chern, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University; Academician, International Academy of Engineering; Chief Executive Officer, Tang Prize Foundation

- Nim Kwan Cheung, Honorary Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Board of Director, IEEE Foundation

- Ingrid K. Glad, Professor of Statistics, University of Oslo; Director, Research Centre Integreat, Norwegian Centre for Knowledge-driven Machine Learning; Member, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters; Fellow, International Statistical Institute (IS); Chair of the Board, The Abel Prize

- Ehud Keinan, Benno Gitter Professor of Chemistry, Technion, Israel; AAAS Fellow, ACS Fellow, Council Member at the Wolf Foundation, ICS President, IUPAC President

- Ovid J. L. Tzeng, Chair Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Taiwan Normal University & Taipei Medical University; Academician, Academia Sinica; Board Member, Tang Prize Foundation

Registration

Life Science Prize Laureate’s Lecture

Physical Science Prize Laureate’s Lecture

Mathematics and Computer Science Prize Laureate’s Lecture

Future Science Prize Laureates’ Dialogue with the Youth

Victoria Harbour Red Carpet (Including Pre-Ceremony VIP Networking & Grand Entrance Ceremony)

​Ceremonial Opening

Awarding Life Science Prize

Awarding Physical Science Prize

Awarding Mathematics and Computer Science Prize

10th Anniversary Celebration Concert

Future Science Prize Science Gala (By Invitation Only)