​Registration

Welcome Message by Program Committee Co-Chair

- Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Philip Wong Wilson Wong Professor (Chemistry and Energy) and Chair Professor of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong; Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; International Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Co-Chair of the Program Committee of the 2026 Future Science Prize Week

Opening Remarks

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

Photo Taking

- Omar Yaghi, Distinguished Chair Professor, Founding Director of AI Chemistry and Materials Research Institute (AIMATRY), Tsinghua University; 2025 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

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

- Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Philip Wong Wilson Wong Professor (Chemistry and Energy) and Chair Professor of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong; Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; International Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Co-Chair of the Program Committee of the 2026 Future Science Prize Week

10:20-10:40 Keynote Speech 1: Supramolecular Plastics for a Sustainable Future

- Takuzo Aida, University Distinguished Professor, The University of Tokyo; Group Director, Center for Emergent Matter Science, RIKEN

10:40-11:00 Keynote Speech 2: Life-Like Materials through Supramolecular Chemistry

- Samuel I. Stupp, Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University; Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

11:00-11:20 Keynote Speech 3：Electrifying Enzymes: Achieving Exquisitely Controlled Catalysis – from Long-range Electron Transfer to Channelled Cascades

- Fraser Armstrong, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford; Emeritus Research Fellow, St John’s College, Oxford; Fellow of the Royal Society; Member of Academia Europaea; Laureate of the 2012 Davy Medal (Royal Society)

11:20-11:40 Keynote Speech 4: Liquid Sunlight^®, Made from CO₂

- Peidong Yang, Professor of Chemistry, S.K. and Angela Chan Distinguished Chair Professor in Energy, University of California, Berkeley; Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

11:40-12:00 Keynote Speech 5：Live-Cell Chemistry: New Frontiers in Chemical Reactions and Molecular Creation

- Peng Chen, Qiantang-Boya Distinguished Professor, Executive Deputy Dean of Graduate School, Peking University

12:00-12:20 Panel Discussion

Moderator: Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

Panelists: (arranged in alphabetical order of last name)

- Takuzo Aida, Fraser Armstrong, Peng Chen, Samuel I. Stupp, Peidong Yang, Omar Yaghi

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

- Che Ting Chan, Daniel C K Yu Professor of Science, Chair Professor of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Member, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences

13:35-13:55 Keynote Speech 1: When things move faster than light

- John Brian Pendry, Chair in Theoretical Solid State Physics at Imperial College London, Fellow of the Royal Society, Kyoto Prize Laureate

13:05-14:15 Keynote Speech 2: Light-Driven Processes for a Sustainable Future

- Naomi J. Halas, Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University; Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering; Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

14:15-14:35 Keynote Speech 3: A New Era of Lasers: Photonic-Crystal Surface-Emitting Lasers (PCSELs)

- Susumu Noda, Distinguished Professor, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS); Fellow of IEEE and JSAP, the Rank Prize and the Japan Academy Prize Laureate

14:35-14:55 Keynote Speech 4: Quantum computing with photons and atoms

- Chaoyang Lu, Executive Dean of the Shanghai Research Institute and Professor, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

Nobel Laureate Keynote Speech: 

- Andre Geim, 2010 Nobel Laureate in Physics; Chair Professor at the Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong; Regius Professor and Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Manchester; Fellow of the Royal Society; Foreign Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Che Ting Chan

Panelists: (arranged in alphabetical order of last name)

- Andre Geim，Naomi J. Halas, Chaoyang Lu, Susumu Noda, John Brian Pendry

15:45-15:50 Introduction by the Session Chair (Convener):

- Song Sun, Chair Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, Zhejiang University

15:50-16:10 Keynote Speech 1: A New Construction of Semisimple Lie Algebras

- Ngô Bảo Châu, Chair Professor, Department of Mathematics, The University of Hong Kong; 2010 Fields Medalist; Member of 2026 Mathematics Sub-Committee, Asian Young Scientist Fellowship

16:10-16:30 Keynote Speech 2: The Shape of Space

- Bing Wang, Professor, the School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

16:30-16:50 Keynote Speech 3: Laplace eigenfunctions: from Chladni Plates to Quantum Scars

- Semyon Dyatlov, Professor of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 2026 American Mathematical Society Bôcher Memorial Prize Laureate

16:50-17:10 Keynote Speech 4: Periodicity in Homotopy Theory

- Guozhen Wang, Professor, Shanghai Center for Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University

17:10-17:30 Panel Discussion

Moderator: Song Sun

Panelists: (arranged in alphabetical order of last name)

- Ngô Bảo Châu, Semyon Dyatlov, Bing Wang, Guozhen Wang

Welcome Dinner (by invitation only)

Registration

Opening of the Event & Opening Remarks 

- Yike Guo, Provost of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering; Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences; IEEE Fellow; Fellow of the Chinese Institute for Engineering Intelligence 

- Program Committee Representative (TBC)

Keynote Speech 1: Interdisciplinary Humanities

- Yike Guo, Provost of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering; Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences; IEEE Fellow; Fellow of the Chinese Institute for Engineering Intelligence

Keynote Speech 2: AI technology-oriented

- Zheng Zhang, Professor at School of Computing & Data Science, The University of Hong Kong; Founder and Chief Scientist of The HKU Shanghai Cross Innovation Lab

Panel Discussion

Moderator 

- Yuan Xie, Chair Professor of the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering and Fang Professor of Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Panelists (arranged in alphabetical order of last name):

- Yungang Bao, Deputy Director and Research Professor, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chief Scientist, Beijing Institute of Open Source Chip

- Peng Cui, Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University; IEEE Fellow

- Meng Su, Vice Director (Commercial Space) of the Laboratory for Space Research, The University of Hong Kong; Founder of Origin Space

- Haoyi Wang, Research Professor, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Group Leader of Genetic Engineering Technology Research Group 

- Yu Wang, Tenured Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University; IEEE Fellow

Reflective Debate 

Debate Panelists (*arranged in alphabetical order of last name):

- Yungang Bao, Deputy Director and Research Professor, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chief Scientist, Beijing Institute of Open Source Chip

- Peng Cui, Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University; IEEE Fellow

- Meng Su, Vice Director (Commercial Space) of the Laboratory for Space Research, The University of Hong Kong; Founder of Origin Space

- Haoyi Wang, Research Professor, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Group Leader of Genetic Engineering Technology Research Group

- Yu Wang, Tenured Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University; IEEE Fellow

Commentary Panelists (*arranged in alphabetical order of last name):

- Yike Guo, Provost of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering; Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences; IEEE Fellow; Fellow of the Chinese Institute for Engineering Intelligence

- Yuan Xie, Chair Professor of the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering and Fang Professor of Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

- Zheng Zhang, Professor at School of Computing & Data Science, The University of Hong Kong; Founder and Chief Scientist of The HKU Shanghai Cross Innovation Lab

Summary & Group Photo

09:30-09:35 Introduction by the Session Chair (Convener):

- Guojun Bu, Lo Ka Chung Charitable Foundation Professor of Science; Head, a Chair Professor, Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

09:35-09:55 Keynote Speech 1: Healthy Ageing: the Hype and the Hope

- Linda Partridge, Professor, UCL Institute of Healthy Ageing, University College London; Fellow of the Royal Society; Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Germany

09:55-10:15 Keynote Speech 2: Targeting the Cell’s Stress Pathways for Therapeutic Benefit 

- Peter Walter, Professor & Director, Cell Health Initiative, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute 

10:15-10:35 Keynote Speech 3: What Have Epigenetic Clocks Taught Us about Aging, and Can We Reverse it?

- Steve Horvath, Professor, Medicine and Director of Aging Biology Research, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 

10:35-10:55 Keynote Speech 4: Leverage Adult Stem Cells for Tissue Regeneration

- Yi Arial Zeng, Principal Investigator at the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

10:55-11:30 Panel Discussion

Moderator: Guojun Bu

Panelists: (arranged in alphabetical order of last name)

- Linda Partridge, Peter Walter, Steve Horvath, Yi Arial Zeng

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

- Ya-Qin Zhang, Founding Dean and Chair Professor of AI Science, Institute for AI Industry Research (AIR), Tsinghua University; Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Former President of Baidu; Former Corporate Vice President of Microsoft

13:35-13:55 Keynote Speech 1: Brain–Computer Interfaces and Artificial General Intelligence

- Fan-Gang Zeng, Chancellor’s Professor, University of California, Irvine; Director of the Center for Hearing Research; International Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering

13:55-14:15 Keynote Speech 2: The Development and Future Prospects of Physical AI

- Shaoqing Ren, Chair Professor, University of Science and Technology of China; Director of the Institute for General Artificial Intelligence, USTC; Senior Vice President, NIO; 2023 Future Science Prize - Mathematics and Computer Science Prize Laureate

14:15-14:35 Keynote Speech 3: 

- Shunyu Yao, Chief AI Scientist of Tencent, Former Researcher at OpenAI

14:35-14:55 Keynote Speech 4: The AI-Native Lab: Engineering Drugs with Loop Intelligence

- Yanyan Lan, Professor and Deputy Dean at the Institute for AI Industry Research (AIR), Tsinghua University

14:55-15:15 Panel Discussion

Moderator: Ya-Qin Zhang

Panelists: (arranged in alphabetical order of last name)

- Yanyan Lan, Shaoqing Ren, Shunyu Yao, Fan-Gang Zeng

Moderator: 

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

Panelist: (arranged in alphabetical order of last name)

- Ingrid K. Glad, Member of the Future Science Prize Advisory Committee; Professor of Statistics, University of Oslo; Former Chair of the Board, The Abel Prize (online)

- Yike Guo, Provost of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering; Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences; IEEE Fellow; Fellow of the Chinese Institute for Engineering Intelligence

- Thors Hans Hansson, Member of the Future Science Prize Advisory Committee, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Stockholm University, Former Chairman of the Nobel Physics Committee (online)

- Ehud Keinan, Member of the Future Science Prize Advisory Committee; Benno Gitter Professor of Chemistry, Technion, Israel; Council Member at the Wolf Foundation

- Richard Liu, Permanent Donor of the Future Science Prize, Founding Partner of 5Y Capital

- Victor Wang, Permanent Donor of the Future Science Prize, Co-founder of ZhenFund

- Zhihong Jeff Xia, Co-chair of the Program Committee, 2026 Future Science Prize Week; Member of the Future Science Prize Advisory Committee; Vice President and Chair Professor of Great Bay University; Pancoe Professor of Mathematics, Northwestern University

Welcome Message by Program Committee Co-Chair

- Zhihong Jeff Xia, Co-chair of the Program Committee, 2026 Future Science Prize Week; Member of the Future Science Prize Advisory Committee; Vice President and Chair Professor of Great Bay University; Pancoe Professor of Mathematics, Northwestern University

Registration

Opening Remarks

Science Talk Show

- Hong Zhang, 2026 Future Science Prize-Life Science Prize Laureate; Professor at the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; President, Biophysical Society of China; Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

- Dongyuan Zhao, 2026 Future Science Prize-Physical Science Prize Laureate; Dean of College of Smart Materials and Future Energy, Fudan University; Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

- Xinyi Yuan, 2026 Future Science Prize - Mathematics and Computer Science Prize Laureate; Chair Professor at Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research, Peking University

​2026 Future Science Prize Laureates and Olympic Champion in Dialogue with the Youth

- Hong Zhang, 2026 Future Science Prize-Life Science Prize Laureate; Professor at the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; President, Biophysical Society of China; Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

- Dongyuan Zhao, 2026 Future Science Prize-Physical Science Prize Laureate; Dean of College of Smart Materials and Future Energy, Fudan University; Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences  

- Xinyi Yuan, 2026 Future Science Prize - Mathematics and Computer Science Prize Laureate; Chair Professor at Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research, Peking University

- Yang Yang, China’s First Winter Olympic Gold Medalist; Bachelor of Economics, Tsinghua University; Honorary Doctorate, Hong Kong Baptist University

Closing Remarks & Group Photo

Red Carpet (Entrance Ceremony)

- Ceremonial Opening

- Awarding Life Science Prize

- Awarding Physical Science Prize

- Awarding Mathematics and Computer Science Prize

Concert 

Future Science Prize Science Gala (By Invitation Only)

Opening Remarks

- Anderson Shum, President, The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences; Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), The University of Hong Kong

AYSF Remarks 

- Jong Hae Keum, Professor, School of Mathematics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS); Chair of the 2026 Steering Committee, Asian Young Scientist Fellowship (AYSF)

2026 AYS Fellow Award Ceremony 

Life Sciences Session

- Xiaofan Wang, Professor, School of Medicine, Duke University; Chair of 2026 Life Sciences Sub-Committee, Asian Young Scientist Fellowship

Award Presentation

- Jaekyung Kim, Assistant Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

- Aditya Nair, Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

- Chun So, Associate Professor, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing

- Leo Speidel, Principal Investigator, RIKEN

Physical Sciences Session

- Zhaomin Hou, Chief Scientist and Deputy Center Director, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science; Chair of 2026 Physical Sciences Sub-Committee, Asian Young Scientist Fellowship; Member, Selection Committee of the Future Science Prize

Award Presentation 

- Mikyung Shin, Associate Professor, Sungkyunkwan University

- Jijian Xu, Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong

- Baiqing Lyu, Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Mathematics and Computer Science Session 

- Bao Chau Ngo, Chair Professor, Department of Mathematics, The University of Hong Kong; 2010 Fields Medalist; Member of 2026 Mathematics Sub-Committee, Asian Young Scientist Fellowship

- Vijaykrinan Narayanan, Jae S. Lim Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology，Atherton Professor and Evan Pugh University Professor Emeritus at The Pennsylvania State University，Chair of 2026 Computer Sub-Committee, Asian Young Scientist Fellowship

Award Presentation

- Hokuto Konno, Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo

- Jialun Li, Associate Professor, Fudan University

- Mike Zheng Shou, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore

- Raghuvansh Saxena, Assistant Professor, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

2026 Fellows Research Showcase 

Life Sciences

- Jaekyung Kim, Assistant Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

- Aditya Nair, Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

- Chun So, Associate Professor, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing

- Leo Speidel, Principal Investigator, RIKEN

Physical Sciences

- Mikyung Shin, Associate Professor, Sungkyunkwan University

- Jijian Xu, Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong

- Baiqing Lyu, Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

- Chia-Hsien Shen, Assistant Professor, Taiwan University（Video）

Mathematics

- Hokuto Konno, Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo

- Jialun Li, Associate Professor, Fudan University

Computer Science

- Mike Zheng Shou, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore

- Raghuvansh Saxena, Assistant Professor, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Keynote Sharing by Fields Medalist (including 5 mins Q&A) 

- Bao Chau Ngo, Chair Professor, Department of Mathematics, The University of Hong Kong; 2010 Fields Medalist; Member of 2026 Mathematics Sub-Committee, Asian Young Scientist Fellowship

AYSF Donor Remarks (Opening Session Closing Remarks)

AYS Fellow Thematic Dialogues by Category (by invitation only)