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Future-Ready Hong Kong Summit 2026

  • Date: 12 June 2026 (Friday)
  • Time: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Venue: 7/F, Nina Hotel, Tsuen Wan West
  • Organisers: Chinachem Group, City University of Hong Kong, Hang Seng Bank
  • Language: English (with Mandarin real-time interpretation)

Agenda/Programme Rundown

9:00am - 9:30am

Registration

9:30am - 9:45am

Opening and Welcome Session

  • Welcome remarks by the Organiser
  • Welcome remarks by the Guest of Honour
9:45am - 10:05am

White Paper Launch Ceremony

Speaker

Mr Lawrence Iu

Executive Director, Civic Exchange

10:05am - 10:50am

Nobel Laureates’ Keynote Addresses

Professor Omar M. Yaghi

James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Professor Susumu KITAGAWA

Executive Vice President and Distinguished Professor, Kyoto University

10:50am - 11:10am

Networking Tea Break

11:10am - 11:35am

Industry Forum

Moderator

Mr Angus Wong

Managing Director, Head of Corporate Banking of Hang Seng Bank Limited

Speaker

Dr Cheung Tin-cheung, SBS

Chairman of Hong Kong Green Building Council

Ms Chaoni Huang

Head of Sustainable Finance & Transition, Asia, Corporate and Institutional Banking, HSBC

Professor Rebecca Choy

Founding Chair, Golden Age Foundation

11:35am - 12:00pm

Forward-looking Forum

Moderator

Professor Benjamin Horton

Dean of the School of Energy and Environment and Chair Professor of Earth Science, City University of Hong Kong

Speaker

Professor Colm Durkan

Deputy Head of Department of Engineering and Professor of Nanoengineering Science, University of Cambridge

Professor Nigel Brandon

Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Professor of Sustainable Development in Energy, Imperial College London

Professor Wang Peng

Chair Professor and Founding Director of the Institute of Carbon Neutrality and Green Development, Sun Yat-sen University

12:00pm - 12:20pm

Special Guest Dialogue

Ms Dodo Cheng

Artiste

Professor Wong Kam-sing, GBS, JP

Former Secretary for the Environment of Hong Kong SAR Government and Chairman, Wu Zhi Qiao (Bridge to China) Charitable Foundation

12:20pm - 2:00pm

Networking Luncheon and Knowledge-sharing sessions (concurrent)