Date: 26 – 27 Nov 2026

Time: 9:30 am – 6:00 pm

Venue: Charles K. Kao Auditorium, HKSTP

This Global Summit convenes leading experts from academia, industry, clinical practice, and investment communities to advance high-level exchanges at the intersection of AI-powered biomedical innovation and industrial translation. The Summit will feature keynote speeches, thematic panels, round-table discussions, and strategic presentations addressing critical topics such as AI-driven translational medicine, industrial-academic collaboration, regulatory and commercialization pathways, and emerging biomedical technologies. 

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International speakers
Prof. Anderson Shum, MH
Chair Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering

Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)

The University of Hong Kong

Founding Centre Director and Co-Director
Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre
Prof. Paddy Chan
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering

The University of Hong Kong

Managing Director and Centre Co-Director
Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre
Prof. Andreas Bausch
Heinz Nixdorf Chair in Biophysical Engineering of Living Matter
TUM School of Natural Sciences

Technical University of Munich
Prof. Gonçalo Bernardes
Professor of Chemical Biology
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

University of Cambridge
Prof. Joseph Chan
Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology

The University of Hong Kong
Prof. Aviva Chow
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

The University of Hong Kong
Prof. Liangyin Chu
Professor
School of Chemical Engineering

Executive Vice President

Sichuan University
Prof. Xuexin Duan
Full Professor
College of Precision Instrument and Opto-electronics Engineering

Tianjin University
Prof. Shery Huang
Professor of Bioengineering
Department of Engineering

University of Cambridge
Prof. Dayong Jin
Distinguished Professor
Institute for Biomedical Materials & Devices (IBMD)

University of Technology Sydney
Prof. Maximilian Reichert
Professor for Translational Pancreatic Cancer Research
TUM School of Medicine and Health

Technical University of Munich
Prof. Zhigang Suo
Allen E. and Marilyn M. Puckett Professor of Mechanics and Materials
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University
Prof. Julian Tanner
Professor
LKS Faculty of Medicine

The University of Hong Kong
Prof. Kevin Tsia
Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The University of Hong Kong
Prof. Lei Xu
Professor
Department of Physics

The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. David A. Weitz
AcademicMallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics
Department of Physics
Harvard University
Prof. Ryuji Yokokawa
Professor
Department of Micro Engineering

Kyoto University
Prof. Nanjia Zhou
Professor
School of Engineering

Westlake University
Prof. Yongguan Zhu
Professor of Environmental Health
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
AI Experts
Prof. Xin Gao
Professor, Computer Science
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology
Dr. Charleston Sin
Head of AI and Data
Hong Kong Science and Technology Park
Prof. Juexiao Zhou
Assistant Professor
School of Data Science

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Industry & Capital Markets Leaders
Mr. Terry Wong
Chief Executive Officer
Hong Kong Science and Technology Park
Mr. Collin Lau
Co-Founder and Group CEO
Virtus Medical Group
Mr. Clarence Tan
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Origgin Capital
Dr. Adrian Cheong
Specialist in Cardiology
Virtus Medical Group
Mr. Leslie Chow
Chief Financial Officer
PHASE Scientific International Limited
Mr. James Yip
Chief of Clinical Translation
Virtus Medical Group
Mr. Tony Yung
Chief Commercial Officer
Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre
Mr. Fred Li
Managing Director
Gobi Partners
Dr. Glorian Qi
Hong Kong Science and Technology Park

Rundown

26 Nov 2026 (Day 1)
09:30 – 10:10
Opening Session		 09:30 Registration
10:00 Welcoming Address (HKSTP Representative, HKSTP CEO)
Opening Speech
Welcoming Remarks (Conference Chair: Prof. Anderson Shum)
10:10 – 10:30 10:10 MoU Signing Ceremony

Collaboration with Virtus Medical Group Signing Ceremony

Dr. CC Luk, Vice Chairman and Chief Medical Officer, Virtus Medical Group
Prof. Paddy Chan, Managing Director and Centre Co-Director, ABIC
Witness:

Mr. Collin Lau, Co-Founder – Virtus Medical Group
Prof. Anderson Shum, Founding Centre Director and Co-Director, ABIC
Mr. James Yip, Chief of Clinical Translation, Virtus Medical Group
Mr. Tony Yung, Chief Commercial Officer, ABIC
10:30 – 11:30
Session 1
Keynote Speech		 10:30 Keynote Speech 1 Prof. Liangyin Chu
11:00 Keynote Speech 2 Prof. Yongguan Zhu
11:30 – 13:00
Session 2
High-Precision Instruments for Clinical Science		 11:30 Talk 1 Building Digital Twin of Cells from a Street View of Organelles and Cellular Networks
Prof. Dayong Jin
12:00 Talk 2 GHz Hypersonic Acoustic Streaming for Precision Biofabrication and Biomedical Instrumentation
Prof. Xuexin Duan
12:30 Talk 3 TBC by AI Expert
13:00 – 14:10    Break
14:15 – 15:50
Session 3
Capital Markets and Investments – From Asia to Global for Bioengineering		 14:15 Opening Session Opening Remarks (Prof. Paddy Chan)
14:20 Panel Discussion 1 Investing in the Future of AI-Powered Biomedicine: What Makes a Fundable Breakthrough?
Panelists: Mr. Collin Lau, Mr. Clarence Tan, Ms. Lily Ma
Moderator: Mr. Tony Yung
15:05 Panel Discussion 2 From Venture to IPO: Capital Markets Strategies for AI-Driven Biomedical Companies
Panelists: Mr. Leslie Chow, Dr. Adrian Cheong
Moderator: Mr. James Yip
15:50 – 18:15
Session 4
AI in Health & Life Sciences		 15:50 Panel Discussion 3
Powered by HKSTP AI Biotech Division		 Artificial Intelligence for Life Sciences and Healthcare
Moderator: Dr. Charleston Sin
16:50 Talk 4 Trustworthy, Explainable and Ethical Intelligent Healthcare
Prof. Juexiao Zhou
17:45 Talk 5 AI-driven Peptide Drug Development
Prof. Xin Gao
18:15 – 18:20
Closing Session		 18:15 – 18:20 Closing Remarks of Day 1
End of Day 1
27 Nov 2026 (Day 2)
09:30 – 09:50
Opening Session		 09:30 Registration
09:45 Welcoming Remarks (Prof. David Weitz)
09:50 – 10:20
Session 5
Keynote Speech		 9:50 Keynote Speech 3 Prof. David Weitz
10:20 – 12:20
Session 6
Organoid and Micro-physiological Systems		 10:20 Talk 6 Prof. Andreas Bausch
10:50 Talk 7 Prof. Maximilian Reichert
11:20 Talk 8 Vascular Microphysiological Systems (MPS) Integrating iPSC-Derived Organoids and Tumor Microenvironments for Disease Modeling and Drug Assessment 
Prof. Ryuji Yokokawa
11:50 Talk 9 Biofabrication x AI for Translational Bioengineering
Prof. Shery Huang
12:20 – 13:30  Break
13:45 – 15:45
Session 7
Novel Materials for Bioengineering		 13:45 Talk 10 Prof. Zhigang Suo
14:15 Talk 11 Precision Electronic Additive Manufacturing: Materials, Equipment, and Applications
Prof. Nanjia Zhou
14:45 Talk 12 Translational Chemical Biology
Prof. Gonçalo Bernardes
15:15 Talk 13 A Platform Technology for Drug Solubility Enhancement Based on Competitive Adsorption
Prof. Lei Xu

15:45 – 18:15
Session 8
Industry-oriented Innovation cum Pitching Corner (Final Round)


Expert Advisory Panel:
Mr. Rock Deng
Mr. Fred Li
Dr. Shaolin Liang
Dr. Glorian Qi
Mr James Yip

 Time Scientific Content Spin-off's Commercialization Plan
15:45 Session Opening Session Introduction
Session Chair: Mr. Tony Yung
15:50 Engineering Deep Biophysical Cytometry: Decoding Cell State Beyond Molecules
Prof. Kevin Tsia		 Dr. Michelle Lo
CEO of AxileLife
16:25 Nose-to-Brain Drug Delivery for Advancing Management of Neurological Disorders
Prof. Aviva Chow		 Dr. Zitong Shao
CEO of CereThera
17:00 Biosensing and Diagnostics in an AI World
Prof. Julian Tanner		 Dr. Wang Lin
CEO of LifeSpectrum
17:35 From Infection to Cancer: An All-in-one Simple Treatment Strategy to Tackle Various Ocular Surface Diseases
Prof. Joseph Chan		 Mr. Daniel Ng
CEO of IVECS
18:15 – 18:20
Closing Session		 18:15 – 18:20 Closing Remarks
End of the Summit

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