Programme

Morning Session

09:30 – 10:00
Registration
10:00 – 10:10

Opening Speech

Prof. Rocky TUAN, Vice-Chancellor and President, CUHK

10:10 – 10:30

Kick-off Ceremony

Officiating Guests

  • Prof. Dong SUN, JP, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, HKSAR
  • Prof. John CHAI, BBS, JP, Chairman of the Council, CUHK
  • Prof. Rocky TUAN, Vice-Chancellor and President, CUHK
  • Prof. Alan CHAN, Provost, CUHK
  • Prof. Mai-har SHAM, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Vice-President, CUHK
  • Prof. Benny ZEE, Director, Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services, CUHK

Thematic Session 1: Vaccinology

10:30 – 10:50
Design of Lipid Nanoparticles for mRNA Vaccine 
Dr. Linxian LI, Ming Wai Lau Centre for Reparative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
10:50 – 11:10
Predicting Vaccine Effectiveness Against New Genetic Variants and Reverse Vaccinology
Prof. Maggie Haitian WANG, The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
11:10 – 11:30
Computational and Structural Biology Approaches to Address Challenges of an Effective Vaccine
Prof. Peter Pak Hang CHEUNG, Department of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
11:30 – 11:45
Break
11:45 – 12:30
Panel Discussion on Vaccinology

Moderator: 
Prof. Benny Zee, Director, Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services

Panelists (listed in alphabetical order):
12:30 – 13:30
Innovation Day Elevator Pitch Competition
13:30 – 14:00
Break

Afternoon Session

14:00 – 14:15
Welcome Remarks and Award Presentation 
Prof. Mai Har SHAM, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Vice-President, CUHK 

Thematic Session 2: Microelectronics

14:15 – 14:35
Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
Prof. Martin D. F. WONG, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, CUHK
14:35 – 14:55
Silicon Photonics: Advances in Communications, Sensing and Computing beyond Moore’s Law with the use of Photons in Silicon Chips
Prof. Hon Ki TSANG, Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, CUHK
14:55 – 15:15
New Generation Medical Devices Enabled by Hybrid and Nanostructured Semiconductors 
Prof. Ni ZHAO, Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, CUHK
15:15 – 15:25
Break

Thematic Session 3: Carbon Neutrality

15:25 – 15:45
Safe and Low Cost Aqueous Energy Storage Technologies and Their Applications
Prof. Yi-Chun LU, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, CUHK
15:45 – 16:05
Learn to Fabricate High-performance Third-Generation Solar Cells with Grazing Incidence Scattering Techniques
Prof. Xinhui LU, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, CUHK
16:05 – 16:25
Pathways Towards Carbon Neutral Chemical Industries
Prof. Ying WANG, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, CUHK
16:25 – 16:30
Closing Remarks
Prof. Benny ZEE, Director, Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services, CUHK