Digital World Conference: AI STR Forum (Artificial Intelligence: Safety, Trust, and Responsibiility Forum) 

The 3rd Global AI Action Summit 2025, hosted by the French government and co-organized by the Indian government, will take place in Paris on February 10-11, 2025. The summit will bring together leaders from nearly 100 countries to reach a consensus on the secure development of artificial intelligence.As a subforum of the AI Action Summit in Hong Kong, the Artificial Intelligence Safety, Trust, and Responsibility Forum (AI STR Forum) will be held at Cyberport, Hong Kong. The forum will gather academicians, executives from leading tech companies, and representatives from international organizations to directly address the security concerns arising from large AI models such as ChatGPT, Sora, and DeepSeek. Discussions will focus on how to balance technological innovation with security risks in the AI era and promote the secure implementation of AI in industries.

 

 Basic Information：

  • Forum Name:AI STR (Safety, Trust, and Responsibility) Forum
  • Co-organizers: World Digital Technology Academy（WDTA）,  International Academician Science & Technology Innovation Centre (IASTIC)，Cyberport Hong Kong，Invest Hong Kong
  • Date:February 27, 2025, 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
  • Location: CyberArena,Cyberport
  • Languages:Putonghua, Cantonese, English

 

 Proposed Agenda：

 09:30-10:00 Registration

 10:00-10:12 Welcome Remarks

  • Mr Simon Chan, BBS, JP，Chairman, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited
  • Prof. Yale Li，Executive Chairman of WDTA, Chairman of CSA GCR
  • Prof. C.C. Chan, GBS，Founder, International Academicians Science & Technology Innovation Centre (IASTIC), The first Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering, H.K., Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, U.K., 2022 Touching China Character
  • Prof. Peter Major，Vice-Chair of the United Nations Commission on Science & Technology for Development

 10:12-10:18 Keynote Remarks

  • Minister Science and Education of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR (TBC)
  • Prof. Dong Sun, JP，Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

 10:18-10:25 Official Landing： WDTA Asia-Pacific Research Institute (In Preparation)

  • Prof . Dong Sun, JP, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 
  • Ir Tony Wong, JP, Commissioner for Digital Policy, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative RegionOfficiation Guests：
  • Prof. C.C. Chan, GBS，Founder, International Academicians Science & Technology Innovation Centre (IASTIC), The first Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering, H.K., Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, U.K., 2022 Touching China Character
  • Prof. Yale Li, Executive Chairman of WDTA, Chairman of CSA GCR
  • Mr Simon Chan, BBS, JP, Chairman, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited 
  • Dr Rocky Cheng, CEO, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited

 10:25-10:30 Trustworthy AI - A perspective by HKGAI

  • Prof. Yike Guo，Director, Hong Kong Generative AI R&D Center (HKGAI), Provost, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

 10:30-10:55 MoU Signing

  • Cyberport x WDTA x IASTIC
  • Cyberport x City University of Hong Kong
  • Cyberport x Hong Kong Metropolitan University
  • Cyberport x The Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong
  • Cyberport x The University of Hong Kong
  • Cyberport x Hong Kong Institute of Information Technology

 10:55-11:00 Guest Sharing：The Principle of Boltzmann Machines and AI in FinTech

  • Prof. Deng Li，Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, former Microsoft AI Chief Scientist, and Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer of Vatic Labs.One of Hinton's Nobel Prize research co-authors

 11:25-11:35 WDTA Work Announcement

 11:35-12:10 Panel Discussion: Balancing Development and Risk in AI

  • Prof. Hui Li,Professor Emeritus, Peking University
  • Prof. Haitao Zhao, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Dr. Meng Shusen, Chairman & CEO, China Unicom Global Limited
  • Mr Cai Mingjie, Chief Executive Officer, China Everbright Bank (Hong Kong Branch) 

(Moderator: Du Lan, Expert of the WDTA AI Committee, Founding President of the Guangdong Artificial Intelligence Industry Association)

 12:15-13:45 Luncheon @ Le Meridian Cyberport

 

 13:45-14:15 Registration

 14:15-14:20 Welcome Speech

  • Dr Rocky Cheng,CEO, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited

 14:20-14:35 Federated Collaborative Learning of Large and Small Language Models

  • Prof. Yang Qiang,Professor Emeritus, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, WeBank 

 14:35-14:50 Trustworthy practice of Large VLMs and their implication

  • Dr. Weiqiang Wang，General Manager of the Machine Intelligence Department, Ant Group

 14:50-15:05 Risk Intelligence: The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Risk Management

  • Mr Alvin Li，Head (Supervisory Technology), Banking Supervision Department, Hong Kong Monetary Authority 

 15:05-15:30 Panel Discussion 1(Trustworthy AI Transformation with Security at the Core)

  • Ms Rachel Hui, Superintendent of Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau, Hong Kong Police Force 
  • Mr Dicky Wong, Head of Cyber Security and Technology Risk, New World Development 
  • Mr Donald Pang, Sales Manager, Baidu Inc

(Moderator:Dr. Crystal Fok, Director of AI Applications, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited） 

 15:30-15:40 Break

 15:40-15:55 Balancing innovation with responsible AI development 

  • Mr Herbert Chia, JP，Convener, Institute of Big Data Governance (iBDG)

 15:55-16:10 Interdisciplinary approaches to AI ethics

  • Prof. Janet Hsiao，Division of Social Science and Department of Computer Science & Engineering, HKUST，Co-Director, AI Ethics and Governance Lab, HKUST

 16:10-16:45 Panel Discussion 2(Balancing Innovation and Risk in the AI era)

  • Ms Joanne Wong, Assistant Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Compliance, Global Affairs and Research), Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
  • Mr Nicholas Chan, BBS, MH, JP, Member of the National People’s Congress of the People's Republic of China, Board Member of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited 
  • Ms Sabrina Chan, Senior Executive Director, The Hong Kong Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry (HKAPI) 
  • Prof. Guo Yike, Director, Hong Kong Generative AI R&D Center (HKGAI), Provost, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 

（Moderator:Dr. Crystal Fok, Director of AI Applications, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited）

 16:45 onwards Event End / Networking