Topics and Panelists:

Modern Mathematics and Society
Professor Yau Shing Tung
Siu Lien Ling Wong Visiting Fellow 2000/2001, Chung Chi College
Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University, U.S.A.
Fields Medallist


Plant Biotechnology: Process and Prospect
Professor Emeritus
 University of California, Davis, U.S.A.
 Member, National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.
 Recipient of Wolf Prize


Promises and Challenges of the Information Age
Professor Wong Wing Shing
 Chairman and Professor of Information Engineering
   Department of Information Engineering
   The Chinese University of Hong Kong
 Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
 Fellow, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers


University and the Knowledge Economy
Professor Min Wei Fang
 Executive Vice-president, Peking University, China
 President, China Research Association on Study Abroad
 Vice-president, China National Association for
   Economics of Education


Greeting the Brave New World, with Doubts and Expectations
Dr. Chen Fong Ching
 Director, Institute of Chinese Studies
   The Chinese University of Hong Kong
 Founder, Twenty-first Century Bimonthly


Moderator:

Professor Lai Hong Ming
Professor
  Department of Physics
  The Chinese University of Hong Kong