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Venue: Council Chamber, Academic Building, 7/F, Lifts 13-15, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
12 November 2026 (Thursday)
09:00–09:30: Registration and welcoming coffee
09:30–10:00: Opening remarks and group photo
- • Florence PADOVANI, Director of the French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC)
• Yike GUO, Provost, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
PART 1: How Is the Human Defined and Protected by Law?
10:00–10:20: Keynote – Fabien FIESCHI, Consul General of France in Hong Kong and Macau
10:20–12:20: Panel discussion: How Is the Human Defined and Protected by Law?
- • Michel CANNARSA (UCLy – Lyon Catholic University, Lyon, France)
• Xinhua FU (Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China)
• Wenlong LI (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China)
• Frédérique MICHEA (University of Rennes, Rennes, France)
• Chair: Yongshun CAI (School of Social Science, HKUST, Hong Kong SAR)
12:20–14:00: Lunch
PART 2: Production of Knowledge, Authorship, and Agency
14:00–14:30: Keynote – Jean-Claude RUANO-BORBALAN: “Knowledge Production in the Age of AI: Narratives, Scientific Judgment and the Human”
14:30–16:15: Panel discussion: Human Intellectual Work in the Age of AI
- • Matthieu HUSSON (CNRS, Paris, France)
• Thorben PELZER (Division of Humanities, HKUST, Hong Kong SAR)
• Celine Yunya SONG (Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas, HKUST, Hong Kong SAR)
• Chair: James WONG (School of Social Science, HKUST, Hong Kong SAR)
16:15–16:35: Coffee break
16:35–18:20: Panel discussion: Rethinking the Human: Creativity, Reality, and Human–Machine Relations
- • Tristan BRAUD (Division of Integrative Systems and Design, HKUST, Hong Kong SAR)
• Vennes CHENG (Division of Arts and Machine Creativity, HKUST, Hong Kong SAR)
• Camille SALGUES (CEFC, French Centre for Research on Contemporary China)
• Zhen WU (Division of Integrative Systems and Design, HKUST, Hong Kong SAR)
• Chair: James SIMPSON (Division of Humanities, HKUST, Hong Kong SAR)
18:30: Artistic performance and cocktail reception
13 November 2026 (Friday)
PART 3: Medicine and Ethical Challenges Raised by AI
09:30–10:00: Registration and welcoming coffee
10:00–10:45: Keynote and Q&A – François BERGER: “AI, Health and the Human: From Augmented Intelligence to Single-Patient Focus”
10:45–12:45: Panel discussion: Medicine and Ethical Challenges Raised by AI
- • Joffrey BECKER (École Nationale Supérieure de l’Électronique et de ses Applications (ENSEA), Cergy, France)
• Roger CHUNG (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong SAR)
• Jean-Marc VAN GYSEGHEM (University of Namur, Namur, Belgium)
• David C.C. LAM (School of Engineering, HKUST, Hong Kong SAR)
• Malo MOFAKHAMI (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Paris, France)
• Chair: Carl HILDEBRAND (LKS Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR)
12:45–13:00: Concluding remarks: Florence PADOVANI, Director of the French Centre for Research on Contemporary China.
Additional Event
14:30–16:30: Seminar – Matthieu HUSSON: “Governing the Memory Engine: A History of AI Through its Governance”
