THE Global AI Forum 2024 | Times Higher Education | 28 November 2024 | Silverbox Ballroom at Hotel ICON, 17 Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

The Forum will bring together leading academics, researchers and thought leaders working in AI to share and discuss the latest developments in AI ethics, horizons and how universities will be impacted. Delegates will discover the latest advancements in AI and the opportunities and potential challenges that AI may present for their institution.

The forum will facilitate unparalleled knowledge exchange and networking that will help to elucidate and shape some of the most critical and unexplored areas of AI:

This unmissable event will give higher education leaders the opportunity to connect with peers and support institutional growth as we enter a new era of AI in education.

Agenda themes:
• What is the role of AI in higher education?
• What does the future hold for AI in higher education?
• How can AI be leveraged to address societal change?

2024 Speakers

Simon Bates
Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, The University of British Columbia

Joanna Batstone
Director of the Data Futures Institute, Monash University

Tony Chan
Immediate Past President, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Simon Chesterman
Vice-Provost of Educational Innovation, National University of Singapore

Mark Daley
Chief AI Officer, Western University

Simone Dilena
President (APAC), THE

Dawn Freshwater
Vice-Chancellor, University of Auckland

Yike Guo
Provost, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Xiangen Hu
Director of the Institute for Higher Education Research and Development, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Marcus Im
Rector, Macao Polytechnic University

Gerd Kortemeyer
Member of the Rectorate and AI Centre, ETH Zurich

Chi-Kin John Lee
President, The Education University of Hong Kong

Christoph Lindner
President, Royal College of Art

Zhang Liqun
President, XI'an Jiaotong University

Leo Lo
Dean of the College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences, University of New Mexico

Miranda Lou
Executive Vice-President, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Jie Lu
Director of the Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute, University of Technology Sydney

Tim Lui
Chairman, University Grants Committee

Peter Mathieson
Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Edinburgh

Susan McCahan
Vice-Provost of Innovations in Undergraduate Education, University of Toronto

Julie McMahon
Regional Director (APAC), THE

Iman Megahed
Associate Vice-President of Digital Transformation, American University of Cairo

Peggy Oti-Boateng
Executive Director, African Academy of Sciences

S Joe Qin
President and Wai Kee Kau Chair Professor of Data Science, Lingnan University

Venky Shankararaman
Vice-Provost of Education and Professor of Information Systems (Education), Singapore Management University (SMU)

Harry Shum
Council Chairman, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Jason Si
Vice-President of Tencent Group and Dean, Tencent Research Institute

Yonghua Song
Rector, University of Macau

Michael Spence
President and Provost, University College London

Jeff Sze
Under Secretary for Education in the Education Bureau, Government of Hong Kong

Jin-Guang Teng
President and Chair Professor of Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Rocky Tuan
President and Vice-Chancellor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Alex Wai
President and Vice-Chancellor, Hong Kong Baptist University

Yonah Welker
Public Technologist, EU Commission projects

Wong Wing Tak
Deputy President and Provost, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hongxia Yang
Professor in the Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Xiang Zhang
President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong

Ya-Qin Zhang
Chair Professor of AI Science and Dean of the Institute for AI Industry Research, Tsinghua University

2024 Partners

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University