​Registration

Opening Remarks

- 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

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

Keynote Speech 2

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

Keynote Speech 3

- Wei-Ying Ma, Director of Hong Kong Institute of AI for Science; Chair Professor of Computer Science Department, City University of Hong Kong; Huiyan Chair Professor and Chief Scientist of AI Industry Research (AIR) Institute, Tsinghua University; ACM / IEEE Fellow

Panel Discussion

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

Moderator:

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

Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)

- Jiaya Jia, Chair Professor of AI, Director of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Von Neumann Institute

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

- Wei-Ying Ma, Director of Hong Kong Institute of AI for Science; Chair Professor of Computer Science Department, City University of Hong Kong; Huiyan Chair Professor and Chief Scientist of AI Industry Research (AIR) Institute, Tsinghua University; ACM / IEEE Fellow

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

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

- Hao Chen, Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST); Director of Collaborative Center for Medical-Engineering Innovation

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 @William MW Mong Block

Physical Science @Main Library

Mathematics @Chow Yei Ching Building

Computer Science @Chow Yei Ching Building

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

- Dong Sun, Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

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: Mechanism-Based Catalyst Design and Evolution for Waste Polymer Recycling/Upcycling in a Circular Economy

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

10:45-11:10 Keynote Speech 2: ASYMMETRIC CARBENE INSERTION INTO N−H Bonds

- 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: New Methods and Technologies for Organic Electrosynthesis

- Song Lin, Tisch University Professor, Cornell University

11:35-12:00 Keynote Speech 4: Cu/Chiral Anionic Ligand-Catalyzed Enantioselective Radical Reactions

- 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: Microbiome in GI Cancer: From Scientific Discoveries into Clinical Applications

- 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

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

- 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: A story of two geometries

- 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: Canonical Metrics in Complex Geometry

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

16:30-16:55 Keynote Speech 3: A Brief Introduction to Algebraic Geometry

- Lawrence Ein, Distinguished LAS Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

16:55-17:20 Keynote Speech 4: A Journey through the Geometry of Einstein Metrics

- 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, Distinguished LAS 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, Bosch AI Professor, Tsinghua University; IEEE Fellow / AAAI Fellow; Associate Dean, Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Tsinghua University; 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: Exploring Parsimony in Learning

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

15:20-15:45 Keynote Speech 4: Understanding Visual Intelligence Through Physical Intrinsics

- 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, Bosch AI Professor, Tsinghua University; IEEE Fellow / AAAI Fellow; Associate Dean, Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Tsinghua University; 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; Chair, IEEE Medal of Honor Selection Committee; Council Member, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering; 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

- Thors Hans Hansson, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Stockholm University, Former Chairman of the Nobel Physics Committee

- 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

Opening Remarks

Science Talk Show - Life Science Prize Laureate Xing Xu

Science Talk Show - Physics Prize Laureate Zhonghe Zhou

Science Talk Show - Physics Prize Laureate Zhong Fang

Science Talk Show - Physics Prize Laureate Hong Ding

Science Talk Show - Mathematics and Computer Science Prize Laureate Chih-Yuan Lu

Future Science Prize Laureates’ Dialogue with the Youth

Host's summary and group photo

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)