| 10 Nov 2025 |
| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Guests and Media Registration |
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Opening Session |
| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Welcoming Speech
Hon Sunny Tan
Chairman, Hong Kong Productivity Council
Opening Speech
Professor Dong Sun, JP
Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of HKSAR
Group Photo
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Keynote Sessions |
| 10:00 - 10:25 |
From AI to Embodied Intelligence: The Next Step in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Professor Dario Floreano
Professor and Director, Laboratory of Intelligent Systems
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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| 10:25 - 10:50 |
Building components of human-robot interaction on the iCub humanoid robot
Professor Giorgio Metta
Scientific Director, Italian Institute of Technology
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| 10:50 - 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00 - 11:25 |
Physical AI Empowering Quadruped Robots: Pioneering Surveillance and Safety
Professor Jong-Hwan Kim
Professor Emeritus, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Board Chairman, dSPECTER
IEEE LIFE FELLOW; President, IROC
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| 11:25 - 11:50 |
From Skill Learning to Embodied Intelligence
Professor Jan Peters
Professor, Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Computer Science Department
Technical University of Darmstadt
Head, Research Department on Systems AI for Robot Learning
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
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| 11:50 - 12:15 |
Exploration and Practice of Embodied AI in Industrial Assembly Scenarios
Dr Dahai Yu
General Manager, TCL Corporate Research (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd
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| 12:15 - 14:30 |
Lunch Break |
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Industry Keynote Sessions
Venue: Conference Hall |
Technology Keynote Sessions
Venue: SME One Foyer
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| 14:30 - 14:55 |
Humanlike Avatars and the Future Society
Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro
Professor, Department of Systems Innovation, Osaka University
Visiting Director, Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories, the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute
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Bayesian Learning and Bio-Inspired Autonomous Search in Aquatic Environment
Professor Fumin Zhang
Director, Cheng Kar-Shun Robotics Institute
Acting Head, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Director, HKUST-Bright
Dream Robotics Joint Research Institute; Associate Director of Low Altitude Economy Research Center
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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| 14:55 - 15:20 |
Embodied AI for Manufacturing Supply Chain
Mr Jason Chen
Vice President, Industry Business, Flexiv Ltd
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Embodied Intelligence: Intelligent Technologies Originating from and Serving the Physical Industries
Dr Ning Ding
Executive Associate Director
Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society
Director, Guangdong Innovation Center for Embodied Intelligent Robotics
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| 15:20 - 15:45 |
Bridging Stimulation and Real World for Embodied AI
TBC - Management from Agibot
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Embodied AI and Robotics:
Morphological Intelligence in Robotics
Professor David Navarro
Associate Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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| 15:45 - 16:10 |
Exploration and Practice in the Industrialisation of Embodied AI Robotics
Mr Xuanlai Tang
Chief Technology Officer, Shanghai KEENON Robotics Co.Ltd.
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Data-Driven Learning for Robot
Professor Max Yin
Founder, CyberOrigin.AI
Assistant Professor, Department of Data Science
City University of Hong Kong
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| 16:10 - 16:25 |
Break |
| 16:25 - 17:00 |
Panel Discussion:
Harnessing Embodied AI
for the Future of Industrial Innovation
Compere
Mr Chuck Fung
General Manager
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Division
Hong Kong Productivity Council
Forum Panellist (in no particular order):
Professor Hiroshi ISHIGURO
Mr Jason Chen
Mr Xuan Tang |
Panel Discussion:
Bridging Theory and Practice:
Real-World Insights into Advanced Robotic Skills
Compere
Dr Lawerence Cheng
Chief Technology Officer,
Hong Kong Productivity Council
Forum Panellist (in no particular order):）
Professor Fumin Zhang
Professor David Navarro
Professor Max Yin |
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| 17:00 |
End of the Programme |
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