CUHK Chung Chi College’s flagship event for its 75th anniversary, the Excellence Talk Series, concluded on 11 July. The final two talks, themed “Future Innovation”, explored how cross-disciplinary medical-engineering collaboration is driving innovation in cancer treatment and how artificial intelligence is reshaping global economic frameworks respectively. The grant finale attracted over 600 faculty members, students and alumni at the CUHK campus.

The talks were delivered by two distinguished speakers: Professor Philip Chiu Wai-yan (top photo, front row, right), Dean of the CUHK Faculty of Medicine, CUHK Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund Professor of Robotic Surgery and Director of the CUHK Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Center; and Professor Herbert Chia Pun-kok (photo below), Senior Advisor of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Hong Kong & Macau, former Vice President of Alibaba Group and Adjunct Associate Professor of the Institute for China Business at the University of Hong Kong.

In his talk titled “Medicine-Engineering Innovative Breakthroughs Against Cancer”, Professor Chiu demonstrated how interdisciplinary integration between medicine and engineering is making cancer interventions significantly safer, more precise and more accessible, while highlighting Hong Kong’s advantages in this field. Professor Chiu pointed out: “I believe that the technologies of the next decade, including artificial intelligence, data medicine, quantum computing, and telemedicine networks, will significantly enhance the precision and efficacy of medical treatments, strengthen preventive healthcare, and comprehensively reshape the entire medical ecosystem.”

Professor Chia’s presentation, titled “Leading Change through Artificial Intelligence”, examined how AI is reshaping industries and society, and discussed how to maintain competitiveness in the AI era. Professor Chia emphasised the need to define clear boundaries for human-AI collaboration, stating that artificial intelligence should serve as a partner that enhances thinking and growth, rather than a tool that replaces human judgment.

As a cornerstone of Chung Chi College’s diamond jubilee celebrations, the Excellence Talk Series has successfully catalysed vital discourse on global trends throughout the academic year.