HKBU-NVIDIA Joint Symposium 2025: Pioneering the Future of Art-Tech Innovation
12 Feb 2025
HKBU-NVIDIA Joint Symposium 2025: Art-Tech is successfully concluded on 11 February 2025, bringing together leading minds to explore the intersection of art, technology, and innovation.
The symposium commences with opening remarks by Professor Martin Wong, Provost and Chair Professor of the Department at HKBU (1st row, left), followed by three keynotes delivered by Professor Sarah Kenderdine (1st row, right), Professor Johnny Poon (2nd row, right) from HKBU, and Dr. Charles Cheung from NVIDIA (2nd row, left), offering visionary insights on the future of art-tech.
The symposium provided a dynamic platform for scholars, researchers, and industry leaders to exchange ideas and foster collaboration.
The symposium attracts nearly 100 participants and sparks dynamic discussions.
The first phase of the HKBU-NVIDIA Joint Symposium 2025 successfully concluded on 11 February 2025, spotlighting technological advancements in the creative industry. The symposium began with an opening remark by Professor Martin Wong, Provost and Chair Professor at HKBU, featured nine distinguished speakers, including three captivating keynotes, which provide profound insights into the transformative impact of AI-powered art technologies.
The keynote presentations commenced with Professor Sarah Kenderdine, Visiting Professor of the Department, who explored computational museology, highlighting how machine intelligence and data curation are transforming cultural organisations through interactive archives and participatory experiences. Followed by Dr. Charles Cheung, Senior Data Scientist and Deputy Director of NVIDIA AI Technology Center (Hong Kong), discussed the evolution of Artificial Intelligence, focusing on how generative AI is reshaping industries while introducing the emerging fields of agentic and physical AI. Subsequently, Professor Johnny Poon, Founding Dean of the School of Creative Arts at HKBU, delivered an engaging presentation titled “AI, Tell Me Where is Fancy Bred? Rethinking Human Creativity,” showcasing his research on human-AI collaborative orchestras and examining authenticity challenges in the age of AI.
The symposium also featured discussions on cutting-edge topics such as visual language models, 3D modelling, virtual avatars, and multimodal AI assistants. In addition, the poster session further facilitated vibrant exchanges among young scholars, researchers, and industry practitioners.
Jointly organised by HKBU and NVIDIA and hosted by the Department of Computer Science, the HKBU-NVIDIA Joint Symposium reinforced the vital connection between academia and industry, fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration since 2022.
