AI+ Innovation Awards & Future Impact Summit 2026

2026 marks the opening year of the 15th Five-Year Plan. During the Fourth Session of the 14th National People’s Congress this year, the Government Work Report clearly proposed deepening and expanding the “Artificial Intelligence+” initiative, promoting the commercialization and large-scale application of AI in key industries, building high-quality datasets, and improving AI governance. This event aims to implement the spirit of the “Two Sessions” by empowering Hong Kong’s real economy through “AI+”, and supporting Hong Kong in leveraging its unique advantages in the country’s high-quality development.

The 2026/27 Budget continues to increase investment in innovation and technology (I&T) and artificial intelligence development, while strengthening the application of AI across industries. By leveraging technological innovation to drive industrial innovation, it seeks to promote cross-sector integration and financial empowerment. This event actively responds to the Budget’s initiatives on “artificial intelligence,” the “digital economy,” and “innovation and technology,” and aligns with the government’s efforts to develop the Northern Metropolis into a new international hub for innovation and technology.

Event Details

Date: 24 June 2026 (Wednesday)

Venue: Hong Kong Productivity Council

Time: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

🎙️ 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫:
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐨, 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧) 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐔, will be a guest speaker for 【Panel 2: Northern Metropolis Engine — AI Industry Cluster from the Perspective of HSITP】, where he will share his cutting-edge perspectives.

Additionally, PolyU will feature four distinguished scholars in a four-episode interview series on the Metro Finance programme AI Evolution. They will provide in-depth insights into the latest applications and future development of AI in the fields of finance, healthcare, elderly care, and education. Please stay tuned!

💰 [Episode 1: AI Empowering the Future of Finance]
Guest: Professor Lu Haitian (Director of the Mainland Development Office at PolyU; Hong Kong Sustainetech Foundation Professor in Accounting and Finance)

💊 [Episode 2: Innovative Breakthroughs in AI Healthcare]
Guests:
• Professor Zheng Yongping (Henry G. Leong Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Director of the Research Institute for Smart Ageing at PolyU, Director of the Jockey Club Smart Ageing Hub, and Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering)
• Dr. Edmond Lam (Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering at PolyU)

🩺 [Episode 3: AI in Healthcare ── Smart Ageing]
Guest: Professor Angela Yee Man Leung (Associate Head (Research) and Professor at the School of Nursing at PolyU)

🏫 [Episode 4: AI Driving Educational Transformation]
Guest: Professor Cao Jiannong (Vice President (Education) at PolyU, Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Professor in Data Science, Chair Professor of Distributed and Mobile Computing)