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HKUST 15th Anniversary Distinguished Lectures Speaker: David Henry Hwang,
Y K Pao Distinguished Visiting Artist Date: 22 June 2006 Tony Award-winning Broadway playwright David Henry Hwang traces
his evolving views Hwang is the only Asian dramatist ever to have his works produced
on Broadway. His A Closer Encounter with
China's Lunar Exploration Program Speaker: Luan Enjie, General Director of China's Lunar Exporation Program Date:26 April 2006 Asian Infrastructure: Yesterday's
Achievements - Tomorrow's Challenges Speaker: Sir Gordon Ying Sheung WU Date:26 April 2006 Sir Gordon
Ying Sheung Wu, Chairman of Hopewell Holdings, will trace the role
that Beginning with the announcement of the
Open Door policy by Deng Xiaoping in 1978 and His main focus will be China where he
saw the huge potential before most people in
Meeting the
Challenges of the 21st Century Speaker: Prof Yuen-Tseh LEE, President, Academia Sinica,
1986 Nobel Laureater in Chemistry Date: 29 March 2006 Abstract:
During the
long history of the development of mankind, the planet of earth
seemed to be an infinitely large place where one could never reach
its end. Even after the discovery of the "New World" The earth was so immense, with limited population, that the impact of human activities to the biosphere seemed quite negligible. But in the twentieth century things have changed dramatically. World population increased from in this century 1.5 billion to 6 billion and with the advancement of communication technologies and transportation equipment, the earth has shrunk in relative terms, and now it is almost possible to communicate with people anywhere, and it takes only a day and a half for a commercial jet plane to fly all around the world. This sudden transition from "unlimited
space"to "limited space" has extremely significant
consequences, yet the development of human society, moving along
the track of infinity for a long time, has not seemed to be able
to adapt to the new reality that the earth is “limited.”
How to pursue “unlimited dreams” in a “limited
earth” is certainly a great challenge for all of us in the
21st century. Speaker: Mr Tom Standage,
Technology Editor, The Economist Date: 11 March 2006 Abstract: How developing countries can most effectively benefit from information technology has been controversial - is the access to personal computers (PCs) the most crucial? If PCs are not affordable, what kind of IT could close the "digital divide". Hence enable developing countries to attain more significant economic growth? Tom Standage, renowned writer on science
and technology, argues that developing countries will not necessarily
follow the same path as the developed world, where the use of PC
is prevalent. Instead, mobile phones could be the answer to encourage
entrepreneurship and economic activity and to raise GDP growth rates. Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body Speaker: Dr. Armand Marie
Leroi, Author of Mutants, Winner of the Guardian First Book Award
2004, Reader in Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Imperial College
London Date: 8 March 2006 Abstract: Why are most of us born with one nose, two legs, ten fingers and twenty-four ribs - and some of us not? Why do some of us have heads of red hair - and others no hair at all? The human genome, we are told, makes us what we are. But how? Award-winning author and scientist Armand Marie Leroi argues that there is no such thing as genetic perfection and each of us carries hundreds of mutations, and looks at how the human body works around - and hides - these misprints in our DNA. He will take us on a fascinating and bizarre journey of genetic mutation and irregularity, with this amazing exploration of the human form in all its beautiful and unique guises. Shenzhen-Hong Kong Innovation Zone: Idea and Prospect Speaker: Mr LIU Yingli, Shenzhen Deputy Mayor Date: 17 February 2006 Abstract:
After more than 20 years of rapid development as one of the first
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