HKUST Annual Report 2017-18

A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 1 7 - 1 8 61 HKUST HKUST hosted the Hong Kong Joint School Biology Olympiad, the city’s first biology competition for senior secondary students. NOV Prof. BA Shusong, Chief China Economist of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and Chief Economist of the China Banking Association, provided insights into Hong Kong’s role in renminbi globalization at the inaugural lecture of the Open Classroom Lecture Series, organized by the School of Business and Management’s Executive MBA for Chinese Executives. NOV The University’s 25th Congregation conferred honorary doctorates on four distinguished academics and community leaders. NOV The Global University Fintech Education Forum, co-organized by HKUST Big Data Institute, Financial Data Technologies Ltd, and Microsoft Research Asia, gathered together local and international financial technology leaders and academic experts to discuss future trends in fintech and artificial intelligence. NOV Prof. LAW Kam-Tuen, Department of Physics, co-chaired a major seven-day conference on Topological Phases and Topological Quantum Computation. Local and international academic and industry researchers attended. DEC DEC HKUST received a donation from Dr. Lau Wah-Sum to support Chinese medicine research that seeks to overcome antibiotics abuse in fish and livestock feed.