Professor Lui Tai-lok, JP: He was the Vice President (Research and Development) and Chair Professor of Hong Kong Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). Before joining EdUHK, he was Chair and Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at The University of Hong Kong. He co-authored City-States in the Global Economy, Hong Kong, China: Learning to Belong to a Nation and Hong Kong: Becoming a Chinese Global City. He also co-edited Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Hong Kong and Hong Kong as a Global Business and Financial Hub. For publications in Chinese, he is the author of the award-winning The Story of Hong Kong in the 1970s Re-told and The Hong Kong Model. His academic writings also appear in Environment and Planning A, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, The Sociological Review, Urban Studies, etc.

Chief Creative Officer and Deputy Director of Shenzhen Design Bay (Shenzhen Bay Culture Square); Registered Auctioneer of China; Academic Advisor at Tsinghua University Academy of Arts & Design Training Center. Former Director and Head of Modern Art at Sotheby’s Asia, where he auctioneered the two most valuable Chinese paintings ever sold by Sotheby’s globally. Named one of the “Most Influential People in Art” by Observer (New York, 2024) and i “40 Under 40 Asia Pacific” by Apollo The Art Magazine (London, 2022).

Lei Wang is the Dean, Professor, and a Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Animation and Digital Arts, Communication University of China (CUC). A leading figure in digital creativity in China, he also serves as the Principal Investigator (PI) of the Intel-CUC Generative AI Creativity Lab and a Honorable Professor of School of Future Media, Hong Kong University.

Anna di Luce is an award-winning AI-native filmmaker with 10+ years of experience as a storyteller, working with brands across all industries. In her AI commercials and short films, she blends her background as a trained cinematographer with a story- and character-driven approach that pushes the edge of how AI can make you feel.

Tony Jones is Managing Director & Creative Director of Adaptive Media Partners, an AI-driven video innovation agency that produces multilingual films using generative AI and digital-human avatars. Based primarily in Hong Kong and serving the APAC region, AMP also operates a sister office in London (Kernel Content Studios) supporting UK and EMEA clients.

Colombian audiovisual storyteller and producer working at the intersection of cinema, memory, and female perspectives. Catalina founded URUA FILMS, a production house and creative space that connects Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean through films and knowledge-exchange projects.

Christoph Rohrscheidt is an award-winning cinematographer, filmmaker, and interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of cinema, artificial intelligence, and immersive media. With a strong background in classical cinematography, his practice explores how emerging technologies transform visual authorship, memory, and cinematic language.