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IAS Conferences/Programs

These advanced activities feature in-depth discussions on specific research topics, often spanning multiple days.

	Date	Event	Organizer
2 0 1 9		IAS Program on Chinese Creative Writing	LIU Jianmei HKUST LIU Zaifu University of Colorado Boulder; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow
	October 25	Lecture by CHAN Koon-Chung [陳冠中] 我的文學和思想之路：從香港出發
	November 15	Lecture by LO Yi-Chin [駱以軍] 夢裡尋夢
	November 21	International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 香港國際詩歌之夜
	December 2 - 5	Asia-Pacific Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (APCIEE)	Gary CHAN HKUST CHAN Wai-Yee The Chinese University of Hong Kong Andy HOR The University of Hong Kong Joseph H. W. LEE HKUST (Co-Chair) Maximilian MA MaBelle Jewellery Co. Ltd. Naubahar SHARIF HKUST Christopher TREMEWAN Association of Pacific Rim Universities (Co-Chair) WU Xun HKUST
	December 2 - 6	Industrial and Applied Mathematics	Alfred CHEUNG NeoUnion LI Dong HKUST QIAN Tiezheng HKUST QIAO Zhonghua The Hong Kong Polytechnic University TAI Xuecheng Hong Kong Baptist University WANG Xiaoping HKUST (Chair) XIANG Yang HKUST YUAN Xiaoming The University of Hong Kong
	December 11 - 13	Nanomaterials and Their Applications in Displays and Photonics (NanoDisP)	Jonathan HALPERT HKUST KWOK Hoi-Sing HKUST Abhishek K. SRIVASTAVA HKUST
2 0 2 0	January 6 - 23	IAS Program on High Energy Physics	Andrew G. COHEN HKUST John ELLIS European Organization of Nuclear Research (CERN); King’s College London; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow Roberto FRANCESCHINI Roma Tre University GAO Jie Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Chinese Academy of Sciences Paolo GIACOMELLI National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN Bologna) Joao GUIMARAES DA COSTA Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Chinese Academy of Sciences Michael KORATZINOS European Organization of Nuclear Research (CERN) LIU Tao HKUST (Chair) LOU Xinchou Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Chinese Academy of Sciences LUK Kam-Biu University of California, Berkeley; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow QIN Qing Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Chinese Academy of Sciences RUAN Manqi Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Chinese Academy of Sciences Toshiaki TAUCHI High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) Henry TYE HKUST WANG Liantao The University of Chicago
2 0 2 0	January 14 - 16	Emerging Scales in Granular Media	ZHAO Jidong HKUST YIN Zhenyu The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Lectures

Usually lasting for 1 - 2 hours, these lectures focus on topics of interests for a general or specific

	Date	Event	Speaker
2 0 1 9	October 14	From the Atoms to Functional Nanomaterials	Manuel Ricardo IBARRA GARCÍA University of Zaragoza; IAS Senior Visiting Member
	October 18	The Long Journey from Phosphotyrosine to Phosphohistidine, and New Cancer Targets	Tony HUNTER Salk Institute for Biological Studies; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow
	November 12	Biomarker Research on Dietary Carcinogens	Robert J. TURESKY University of Minnesota
	November 22	中國繪畫發展概略	PAN Gongkai [潘公凱] Fudan University and Central Academy of Fine Arts
	December 5	Einstein’s Light Quanta: Then and Now	Douglas STONE Yale University
	December 6	Catalytic Alkyne Chemistry: New Paradigms and Applications	Alois FÜRSTNER Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
2 0 2 0	January 7	Analysis of Massive Health Data: Challenges and Oppotunities	LIN Xihong Harvard University

The above activities were last updated on Oct 15, 2019 and may be subject to change. For the latest details of events, please visit ias.ust.hk/events.

The Bright Sheng Partnership: Composers Meet Performers in Hong Kong 2020

Hailed by the Financial Times as a festival with a “finely hewn sense of craft,” Intimacy of Creativity — The Bright Sheng Partnership: Composers Meet Performers in Hong Kong returns for another innovative season from April 20 to May3, 2020, co-presented by the HKUST School of Humanities and Social Science and HKUST IAS together with institutional partner Curtis Institute of Music.

Call for Scores

We are now accepting applications from talented emerging composers for the 2020 season. Up to six selected Composer Fellows will join Prof. Bright SHENG, IAS Helmut & Anna Pao Sohmen Professor-at-Large, and distinguished guest artists and composers from the Curtis Institute of Music to present and revise their music compositions through in-depth on-campus open discussions and concerts held at HKUST and in downtown Hong Kong.