Convocation Newsletter, Summer 2019

Professor Xiang Zhang President and Vice-Chancellor At The University of Hong Kong, we believe that InnoTech will be the driving force in advancing humanity and redefining the world. In the next five years, we will enhance both the physical space and human resources for InnoTech. The Tech Landmark, a complex of four towers, will be built to house new institutes dedicated to interdisciplinary studies and emerging fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, smart materials, quantum science, and biomedical engineering. The complex will serve as a hub for innovative thinking, learning, teaching, research, and entrepreneurship. We will enhance support for current talents at the University, while recruiting top academics from around the world. These efforts will help position HKU as a world leader seeking solutions to world problems. Together, we will take HKU to new heights. From the President HKU is proud to build on a foundation of academic excellence. According to Clarivate Analytics, 114 of our professors were ranked among the world’s top 1% of scientists, and 15 are among the world’s most highly cited researchers in 2018. Going forward, we shall work to nurture our talents and recruit top researchers from all over the world. Our goal is to add 50 new Endowed Professorships , and enhance a scheme that honours and supports eminent academics. A total of 116 Endowed Professorships have been established since 2005. Three new schemes have been created, with plans for 100 recipients each. · Outstanding Young Professorships (OYP) will be for rising talents at the Associate Professor and Assistant Professor levels. · Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowships will host the world’s finest post-doctoral talents to undertake frontier research. · The Presidential PhD Scholars scheme will support students with great potential to excel in their research fields. Growing the Talent Hub “InnoTech and humanity will redefine the world” 10 Summer 2019