HKU INNOVATION WEEK 2025

VIP Tour of the Exhibition Area

Opening Address 

• Prof. Xiang ZHANG, President and Vice-Chancellor of HKU

• Mr. Peter T.S. WONG, Council Chairman of HKU 

• Prof. Dong SUN, JP, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of HKSAR 

• Ms. Clara CHAN, Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Investment Corporation 

• Prof. Max SHEN, Vice-President & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) of HKU 

Ceremony & Group Photos 

• Dreams Unbounded Kick-off Ceremony 

• Entrepreneurship Engine Fund: HKU-Gobi & DEFTA Joint Funds Agreement Signing Ceremony  

• Global Hub for Future Dentistry Launch Ceremony 

Keynote Speech 1:
“To Build Well-educated, Healthy Middle Class by Establishing Technology 
Industry in Hong Kong”

Ambassador. George HARA
Group Chairman and CEO of DEFTA Partners
Chairman of the Board of Alliance Forum Foundation (in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council) and Special Advisor to Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation

Keynote Speech 2:
“From MIT Labs to Global Biotech Breakthroughs: The XtalPi Journey of Transforming AI and Physics into Start-up Success”

Dr. Shuhao WEN
Co-founder, XtalPi

Start-up Panel Discussion:
“Fail Forward: Why Universities Should Teach Resilience, Not Just Results”

Moderator:

• Jason Chiu, JP, Council Member of HKU & CEO of Cherrypick

Panellists:

• Crystal Fung Ying Ying, Founder of UbiFood

• Prof. Chan Zhiwei, Co-founder of ImmunoCure

• Prof. Paddy Chan, Director, Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre

• Lamia Sreya Rahman,  Co-founder of Seekr

Transportation to Qianhai & Quick Lunch at HKU TEA Qianhai