Welcome Note (by VIPs of the two schools and two Universities)

Collaboration Kick-off Ceremony

Keynote Speech

•    Prof. HONG Bo, Dean of Tsinghua Weixian Colleg

Keynote Speech

•    Prof. QU Hua Min, Dean of Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS), HKUST           

Panel Session 1: Life Science in the Future

Moderator:
Prof. LOU Dong, Associate Dean (Strategic Planning and Research) of HKUST Business School

Panelists:
•    Mr. CHEN Yuan Wei, Chairman of Hinovapharma
•    Mr. Carl WU, CEO of United Family Healthcare
•    Mr. CAO Pei Yan, Founder of Shenzhen XpectVision Technology Co., LTD     

Panel Session 2: AI in the Business World

Moderator:
Prof. LIU Bi Bo, Assistant of the Dean of Tsinghua PBCSF

Panelists:
•    Prof. QU Hua Min, Dean of AIS, HKUST 
•    Mr. LIU Hui, VP of Inspur Group
•    Ms. Cindy LIANG, Managing Director of Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group
•    Mr. HU Shi Wei, Co-founder of 4 Paradigm

Mr. CHEN Yuan Wei
Chairman
Hinovapharma

PhD in Chemistry of University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Postdoctoral Research at the Scripps Research Institute, USA. From 2019 to 2021, served as a part-time professor at Sichuan University.

Mr. Chen has served as a senior researcher of AbbVie Pharmaceutical Co., LTD., a senior research scientist of Bayer Pharmaceutical Co., LTD., Chief Scientific Officer of Egret Pharmaceutical Technology (Shanghai) Co., LTD., Vice President of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Research and Development of Shanghai ChemPartner Co., Ltd., General Manager of Chengdu ChemPartner Co., Ltd.. Since June 2013, he has been the Chairman and General Manager of Hinovapharma.

Professor HONG Bo
Dean
Tsinghua Weixian College
Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering
Tsinghua University

Prof. Hong received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2001 and was a visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2004 and MIT McGovern Institute for Brain Research in 2016.

Prof. Hong's research interests are Brain-Computer interface and neural engineering. The research team designed and developed a wireless minimally invasive brain-computer interface, and cooperated with the neurosurgery team to successfully conduct the first clinical trial.

He has made progress in the analysis of speech and language processing mechanisms and dynamic characteristics of brain networks, and his results have been published in Nature Communications, Nature Neuroscience, PNAS, etc. He led the team to develop high-precision EEG acquisition and brain-computer interface equipment with independent intellectual property rights, and 1024-channel high-frequency EEG products were approved for market.

Mr. HU Shi Wei
Co-founder
4 Paradigm

Mr. Hu has Led the research and development of the 4Paradigm Sage platform, which has ranked first in the market share of China machine learning platform since 2018. Hu Shiwei is the transformation consultant of the world's largest bank, chain restaurant group (China District), operator and generic drug company. Because of his rich successful practice in digital transformation, he was invited to be a member of APEC Digital Economy Committee.

Before joining 4Paradigm, Hu Shiwei was the head of the R&D department of LianJia, and promoted the transformation of LianJia business into Ke Holdings Inc., which was the earliest industrial Internet case in China. He used to be a senior R&D engineer of Baidu, and participated in the intelligent technical architecture of Baidu search system.

Ms. Cindy LIANG
Managing Director
Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group

Ms. Liang, Master of Chinese Academy of Sciences, EMBA of European Central International Business School. Joined Lenovo in 1995,over the past twenty-eight years, she has established two research institutes in Shen Zhen and Hong Kong as the President; established Lenovo's first robotics laboratory and computer vision laboratory as the Director; established the Hong Kong Cloud Computing and Big Data Center as the Director; and has been leading and responsible for research and industrial implementation of cutting-edge technologies such as SOC chip design, robotics, image and vision computing, big data, and artificial intelligence. She has also been in charge of the incubation and commercialization of innovative hardware products and innovative application software, such as Lenovo desktop computers, laptops, servers, smartphones, and smart TVs, and successfully introduced them into mass production.

Ms. Liang is currently the Executive Director of Lenovo Group and the Managing Director of Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group. She leads early-stage project investments in areas including original innovation, healthcare, manufacturing in the Greater Bay Area, and financial technology. As the General Manager of Lenovo Capital and Incubator Accelerator, she has pioneered a leading investment acceleration service methodology, establishing a unique competitive advantage for Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group in the early-stage technology investment field. She has turned the Lenovo Capital and Incubator Accelerator into a platform and hub connecting Lenovo Group's resources, Lenovo Capital and Incubator, universities, and entrepreneurs. She has invested in and incubated numerous stars technology projects, such as GoogolTech (301510), Bearrental (02436.HK), MicroConnect, Noah Medical, Changmugu Medical, UnionStrongTech, among others, make up more than 50 enterprises.

Mr. LIU Hui
Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, General Manager of overseas business
Inspur Group

Mr. Liu has served as General Manager of East China Region of Inspur Group, General Manager of Northern Region of Dell (China) , Global Vice President, and Vice President of Inspur Group.

As an expert in the field of big data and energy, and the leader of Inspur Strategic Ecology, Liu Hui has been invited to do digital transformation strategic planning and consulting for overseas countries along the Belt and Road and Chinese ministries, State owned enterprises, and provincial and municipal governments, contributing to China's digital economy and dual-carbon strategy.