(From left) Prof. Johnny M Poon, Associate Vice-President (Interdisciplinary Research) of HKBU; Ms. Rosanna Choi, Treasurer of the Council and the Court of HKBU; Prof. James Tang Tuck Kong, Secretary-General of the University Grants Committee; Prof. Alexander Wai, President and Vice-Chancellor of HKBU; Prof. Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of the HKSAR; Dr. Clement Chen, Chairman of the Council and the Court of HKBU; Prof. Guo Yike, Vice-President (Research and Development) of HKBU; Ms. Zhu Yihua, Deputy Director-General, New Territories Sub-office of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR; Mr. Mohamed Butt, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Productivity Council; and Ms. Christine Chow, Vice-President (Administration) and Secretary of HKBU

Co-organised by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and the Hong Kong Productivity Council, “Human, Machine, Art, Creativity: International Symposium” was held on 9 August, at which world-renowned researchers and artists from academia and industry gathered to discuss the development of human-AI symbiotic art creativity. HKBU has also announced the launch of the world’s first “Turing AI Orchestra” as the next milestone in its visionary plan to broaden the scope and explore potential opportunities in art co-creation by humans and artificial intelligence (AI).

The Hon. John Lee Ka Chiu, GBM, SBS, PDSM, PMSM, Chief Executive of the HKSAR; Mr. Xu Jie, Deputy Director-General, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China; Dr. Zhang Zhihua, Director-General, Youth Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR, graced the occasion and gave video addresses. Professor Sun Dong, JP, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of the HKSAR also gave an opening address in person.

Other officiating guests of the opening ceremony included Professor James Tang Tuck Kong, Secretary-General of the University Grants Committee; Ms. Zhu Yihua, Deputy Director-General, New Territories Sub-office of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR; Mr. Mohamed Butt, MH, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Productivity Council as well as HKBU representatives including Dr. Clement Chen, GBS, JP, Chairman of the Council and the Court; Ms. Rosanna Choi, Treasurer of the Council and the Court; Professor Alexander Wai, JP, President and Vice-Chancellor; Professor Guo Yike, Vice-President (Research and Development); Ms. Christine Chow, Vice-President (Administration) and Secretary; and Professor Johnny M Poon, Associate Vice-President (Interdisciplinary Research).

A number of Foundation members also joined this occasion. They included Professor Roland T. Chin, President Emeritus of HKBU; Dr. Ronald Lu; Dr. Terence Chan; Dr. Vincent Ho; Mr. Philip Kan, MH; Mr. Alex Leung; Mr. Tyrone Siu; Professor James Tsien; Mr. Wong Nga Chung; Professor Bernard Wu; The Hon. Kenneth Leung, JP; Mr. Clarence Ling and Mrs. Fanny Hau. Mrs. Lily Chan, Director of University Advancement and Secretary-General of the HKBU Foundation, also attended the Symposium.

This international Symposium is one of the key deliverables of the “Building Platform Technologies for Symbiotic Creativity in Hong Kong” research project supported by HK$52.84 million in funding from the Theme-based Research Scheme under the Research Grants Council.