09:00 – 09:30
Guests and Media Registration
Agenda
2026 . 11 . 30
09:30 – 16:50
HKPC Building, 4/F Conference Hall and G/F SME One Foyer
Opening Session
09:30 – 10:00
Welcoming Speech
Hon Sunny TAN, BBS
Chairman, Hong Kong Productivity Council
Opening Speech
Professor Dong SUN, JP
Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of HKSAR
Keynote Sessions
10:00 – 10:25
Opening Keynote
Embodied AI: Strategic Outlook and What's Next
Dr Tilman BUCHNER
Partner & Director, Digital Operations,
Boston Consulting Group
10:25 – 10:50
Keynote 1
Embodied Intelligence: Serving Humanity, Shaping the Future
Prof Tao ZHANG
Dean of the Institute for Embodied Intelligence and Robotics, Head of the Department of Automation, Tsinghua University
10:50 – 11:05Break
11:05 – 11:30
Keynote 2
Embodied AI in Action: How Robots Learn, Interact, and Act in the Real World
Prof Abhinav VALADA
Full Professor and Director, Robot Learning Lab, University of Freiburg
11:30 – 11:55
Keynote 3
Towards a Future of Human-Robot Integration
William ZHANG
President, Asia-Pacific Division, AgiBot Innovation (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd.
11:55 – 12:30
Panel Discussion: AI and Robotics: What's Next for Industry and Society
Moderator
Dr Lawrence CHEUNG
Chief Technology Officer,
Hong Kong Productivity Council
Panellist
Dr Tilman BUCHNER
Partner & Director, Digital Operations,
Boston Consulting Group
Prof Tao ZHANG
Dean of the Institute for Embodied Intelligence and Robotics and Head of the Department of Automation, Tsinghua University
Prof Abhinav VALADA
Full Professor and Director, Robot Learning Lab, University of Freiburg
William ZHANG
President, Asia-Pacific Division,
AgiBot Innovation (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd.
12:30 – 14:15Lunch Break
14:15 – 14:40
Keynote 4
Agents for Intelligence Systems: The Intelligence Behind the Action
Yongjian WU
Vice President and Head of Intelligent Product R&D, Tencent Cloud
14:40 – 15:05
Keynote 5
From Perception to Production: Engineering the AI-Powered Ecosystem and the Robotic Factory
David HOU
Co-founder/Board Director,
Changzhou Microintelligence Co., Ltd.
15:05 – 15:30
Keynote 6
Scaling Embodied AI: From Hong Kong Smart Retail to Cross-Scenario Commercial Applications
Hui ZENG
Vice President, Beijing Galbot AI Co., Ltd.
15:30 – 15:55
Keynote 7
Embodied AI for Public Services: From Transparent Decisions to Trusted Collaboration
Kristine MO
Vice President, Global Market and Ecosystem,
AI Squared Robotics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd
15:55 – 16:20Break
16:20 – 16:50
Panel Discussion: Beyond Automation: The Symbiosis of Digital Agents and Embodied AI
Moderator
Chuck FUNG
General Manager, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Division, Hong Kong Productivity Council
Panellist (In no particular order)
David HOU
Co-founder/Board Director,
Changzhou Microintelligence Co., Ltd.
Hui ZENG
Vice President, Beijing Galbot AI Co., Ltd.
Kristine MO
Vice President, Global Market and Ecosystem,
AI Squared Robotics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd