Themed “Together We Dream, We Fly (追夢人生)”, the Dean of Students Talk Series encourages and inspires students to pursue their dreams, achieve their aspirations, and develop their full potential in all aspects of their lives by featuring the stories and the personal journeys of renowned leaders with remarkable accomplishments, including entrepreneurs, industrialists, academic experts, etc., who are invited to pass their nuggets of wisdom on to PolyU students, staff, alumni and friends.
Upcoming Talk

The Commercial Value of the Common Law to Hong Kong
Speaker:
Mr. Justice Jonathan Harris
Judge of the High Court and President of the Competition TribunalDate: 15 September 2025 (Monday)
Time: 16.30 - 17.30
Venue: Chiang Chen Studio Theatre (CCST), PolyU
Language: English
Recent Dean of Students Talks
All in All the Way: The Spirit of Olympism and the 15th National Games
The Hon. Kenneth FOK, BBS, JP (霍啟剛先生)
Vice President of the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China Olympic Academy
Ms AU Hoi Shun Stephanie
SF&OC’s inaugural “Olympic Ambassador”, five-time Olympian and Asian Games medallist (Swimming)
Mr Nicholas Edward Choi
SF&OC’s inaugural “Olympic Ambassador”, London 2012 Olympian and Asian Games medallist (Fencing)
11 Sep 2025

Spirit of the Two Sessions 2025 – Economy and Livelihood, Education for Talent and Innovative Technology
Ir Prof. CHAN Fan
HKSAR Deputy to the National People’s Congress, Vice President of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Mr Hendrick SIN
HKSAR Deputy to the National People’s Congress, Chairman of China Prosperity Capital Fund
30 Apr 2025

Guiding Lights: The Mentors Who Shaped My Journey
Ir YAU Kwok Fai
Executive Director of Able Engineering Holdings Limited, Esteemed PolyU alumnus, Recipient of the PolyU Fellowship in 2017
9 Apr 2025

Smiling Together, Striding On (微笑同行、駿步人生)
Ms Vivian Kong (江旻憓小姐)
Olympic Gold Medallist, Women's Épée Individual in 2024 Paris Olympic Games
2024 巴黎奧運會女子個人重劍金牌得主
31 Mar 2025

Developing A More Economically Inclusive Financial Market
Mr Charles Li
Founder and Chairman of Micro Connect, Former Chief Executive of HKEX, Recipient of the PolyU Honorary Doctorate in 2023
8 Apr 2024

No Poverty Land (無窮之路)
Ms Janis Chan (陳貝兒小姐)
Inspirational Role Model, Touching China Awards 2021
(感動中國2021年度人物)
23 Mar 2023

Splashing for Lights, Chasing our Dreams (撥水見光 追逐夢想)
Ms GUO Jingjing (郭晶晶女士)
Olympic Gold Medallist (奧運金牌得主)
22 Nov 2022

An Ordinary Dreamer: Live with a Dream in the Reality
Mr Bayern Chui
Audit Partner, KPMG China (Hong Kong Office),
Outstanding PolyU Young Alumni Award 2022
14 Oct 2022

The Dream Hunters
Mr Jack Chung
President and Co-founder
Mission Until Dawn (MUD),
PolyU Alumnus in Physiotherapy
16 Sep 2022

Spirit of the Two Sessions 2025 – Economy and Livelihood, Education for Talent and Innovative Technology
Ir Prof. CHAN Fan
HKSAR Deputy to the National People’s Congress, Vice President of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Mr Hendrick SIN
HKSAR Deputy to the National People’s Congress, Chairman of China Prosperity Capital Fund
30 Apr 2025

Guiding Lights: The Mentors Who Shaped My Journey
Ir YAU Kwok Fai
Executive Director of Able Engineering Holdings Limited, Esteemed PolyU alumnus, Recipient of the PolyU Fellowship in 2017
9 Apr 2025

Smiling Together, Striding On (微笑同行、駿步人生)
Ms Vivian Kong (江旻憓小姐)
Olympic Gold Medallist, Women's Épée Individual in 2024 Paris Olympic Games
2024 巴黎奧運會女子個人重劍金牌得主
31 Mar 2025

Developing A More Economically Inclusive Financial Market
Mr Charles Li
Founder and Chairman of Micro Connect, Former Chief Executive of HKEX, Recipient of the PolyU Honorary Doctorate in 2023
8 Apr 2024

No Poverty Land (無窮之路)
Ms Janis Chan (陳貝兒小姐)
Inspirational Role Model, Touching China Awards 2021
(感動中國2021年度人物)
23 Mar 2023

Splashing for Lights, Chasing our Dreams (撥水見光 追逐夢想)
Ms GUO Jingjing (郭晶晶女士)
Olympic Gold Medallist (奧運金牌得主)
22 Nov 2022

An Ordinary Dreamer: Live with a Dream in the Reality
Mr Bayern Chui
Audit Partner, KPMG China (Hong Kong Office),
Outstanding PolyU Young Alumni Award 2022
14 Oct 2022

The Dream Hunters
Mr Jack Chung
President and Co-founder
Mission Until Dawn (MUD),
PolyU Alumnus in Physiotherapy
16 Sep 2022

All in All the Way: The Spirit of Olympism and the 15th National Games
The Hon. Kenneth FOK, BBS, JP (霍啟剛先生)
Vice President of the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China Olympic Academy
Ms AU Hoi Shun Stephanie
SF&OC’s inaugural “Olympic Ambassador”, five-time Olympian and Asian Games medallist (Swimming)
Mr Nicholas Edward Choi
SF&OC’s inaugural “Olympic Ambassador”, London 2012 Olympian and Asian Games medallist (Fencing)
11 Sep 2025

Previous Talks
Date | Topic | Speaker |
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23 Feb 2022 | Understanding the GBA through Understanding HKSAR and Mainland China | Mr LEE Tsung Hei David Chris BBS, JP Chairman and CEO, DH Group |
26 Nov 2021 |
Bionic Human and the Quest for Transcendence | Prof. Arthur Fuk-Tat Mak, Adjunct Professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering |
22 Oct 2021 |
Reborn as an Astropreneur | Dr Gregg Li, the executive chairman of The Orion Astropreneur Space Academy (Hong Kong) |
19 Apr 2021 |
Tian Hou: One Woman, Two Names, Three Places | Dr Liu Tik-sang, Associate Professor of Division of Humanities and Director of the South China Research Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, |
9 Mar 2021 | Confucius on Entrepreneurship | Prof. Otto C. C. Lin, Senior Advisor to the President and Honorary Professor of Industrial and System Engineering |
26 Jan 2021 |
Laozi on Innovation | Prof. Otto C. C. Lin, Senior advisor to the President and Honorary Professor of Industrial and System Engineering |
30 Nov 2020 | The Silver Lining of COVID-19 | Mr Wing Mo Leung, the Former Assistant Director of Hong Kong Observatory |
28 Oct 2020 | Enhancing Immunity via Physical Relaxation Techniques | Mr Roy Ngai, the Vice-President of Executive Committee Physical Fitness Association, Hong Kong China |