2026 Summit on AI Ethics and Governance

◆ October 23, 2026 ◆ 09:30 – 18:00 ◆ Fund Roadshow Center, Qianhai Shenzhen - Hong Kong Fund Town, Shenzhen

About the Summit

The 2026 Summit on AI Ethics and Governance will be held on October 23, 2026, in the Qianhai Shenzhen - Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen. The Summit is jointly hosted by Lingnan University (Hong Kong) and Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), and co-organized by Qianhai Shenzhen - Hong Kong Fund Town. Focusing on key issues in AI ethics and governance, the Summit brings together academicians, university presidents and distinguished scholars from China and abroad for keynote speeches and panel dialogues. Discussions will center on frontier AI ethics, responsible governance from an ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) perspective, large models security, AI agent security, trustworthy embodied intelligence, and sustainable development. The Summit aims to foster an open and inclusive academic dialogue, pooling diverse expertise on frontier topics such as generative AI, AI agents, AI ethics norms, compliance and governance, technical security, and industrial deployment, so as to build consensus and jointly advance secure, trustworthy and sustainable AI.

Speakers

Academicians Forum (listed alphabetically by surname)
Guoliang CHEN
Guoliang CHEN, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shiyi CHEN
Shiyi CHEN, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenhua DING
Wenhua DING, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Guojie LI
Guojie LI, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
University Presidents Forum (listed alphabetically by surname)
Jianping FAN
Prof. Jianping FAN
President, Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology
Xinbo GAO
Prof. Xinbo GAO
President, Xidian University
Junwei HAN
Prof. Junwei HAN
Vice President, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Yu-Gang JIANG
Prof. Yu-Gang JIANG
Vice President, Fudan University
Ting Liu
Prof. Ting Liu
Vice President, Harbin Institute of Technology
Zhihong XIA
Prof. Zhihong XIA
Vice President, Great Bay University
Invited Speakers (listed alphabetically by surname)
Dr. Jonathan H. CHAN
Dr. Jonathan H. CHAN
Associate Professor, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
Sung-Bae CHO
Prof. Sung-Bae CHO
Professor, Yonsei University, Korea, IEEE Fellow, AAIA Fellow, Member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST) and the National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK)
Carlos Coello COELLO
Prof. Carlos Coello COELLO
Distinguished Professor, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico, IEEE Fellow
Anni LAI
Ms. Anni LAI
Co-Chair, Generative AI Commons, Board Member, LF AI & Data, Advisor, LF Europe
Xiaodong LI
Prof. Xiaodong LI
Professor, RMIT University, Australia, IEEE Fellow
Ah Hwee TAN
Prof. Ah Hwee TAN
Lee Kong Chian Professor and Dean, School of Computing and Information Systems, Singapore Management University
Ke TANG
Prof. Ke TANG
Chair Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education Distinguished Professor, IEEE Fellow
Cong WANG
Prof. Cong WANG
Chair Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, IEEE Fellow

Program

Morning
09:30 – 09:40
Opening CeremonyWelcome Address
09:40 – 09:50
Group PhotoGroup photo of all participants
09:50 – 10:20
Book LaunchAI for Good and Sustainable Development: Responsible AI Governance from an ESG Perspective
10:20 – 11:20
Academicians Forum, Moderator: Prof. Xin YAO, Vice-President (Research and Innovation), Lingnan University (Hong Kong)(listed alphabetically by surname)
  • Academician Guoliang CHEN
  • Academician Shiyi CHEN
  • Academician Wenhua DING
  • Academician Guojie LI
11:20 – 12:20
University Presidents Forum, Moderator: Prof. Ting LIU, Vice President, Harbin Institute of Technology(listed alphabetically by surname)
  • Prof. Jianping FAN, President, Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology
  • Prof. Xinbo GAO, President, Xidian University
  • Prof. Junwei HAN, Vice President, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
  • Prof. Yu-Gang JIANG, Vice President, Fudan University
  • Prof. Zhihong XIA, Vice President, Great Bay University
12:20 – 14:00
Lunch Break
Afternoon
14:00 – 15:40
Distinguished Speaker Presentations, Session Chair: Prof. Yuexian ZOU, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
  • 14:00 – 14:20Ms. Anni LAIFrom Open Source to Open Agency: Building Trust and Accountability in the Agentic AI Era
  • 14:20 – 14:40Prof. Carlos Coello COELLOAI Governance: Are we still on time?
  • 14:40 – 15:00Prof. Ke TANGThe Self-Evolving and Co-Evolving AI Agents
  • 15:00 – 15:20Prof. Cong WANGAI Security: Recent Work from CityUHK Computer Science
  • 15:20 – 15:40Prof. Sung-Bae CHOThe Korean Experience on AI Ethics Principles
15:40 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00
Distinguished Speaker Presentations, Session Chair: Prof. Liang-Jie ZHANG, Shenzhen University, IEEE Fellow
  • 16:00 – 16:20Dr. Jonathan H. CHANGoverning AI That Acts: From Ethical Principles to Agentic Engineering
  • 16:20 – 16:40Prof. Ah Hwee TANTowards Memory-Augmented and Value-Aligned Agentic AI
  • 16:40 – 17:00Prof. Xiaodong LIGeneralization, Ethics, and Governance in AI Driven Combinatorial Optimization
17:00 – 17:40
Plenary Panel Discussions, Moderator: Prof. Liang-Jie ZHANG, Shenzhen University, IEEE Fellow
  • The above invited speakers (30-min Discussion & 10-min Q&A)
17:40 – 17:50
Concluding Remarks

Organization

Xin YAO
Xin YAO
Vice-President (Research and Innovation), Tong Tin Sun Chair Professor of Machine Learning, Lingnan University (Hong Kong)
Wenjian LUO
Wenjian LUO
Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)

Registration

There is no registration fee for the Summit. Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation. All participants are kindly requested to register by scanning the QR code below before October 15, so that the organizing team can prepare conference materials and arrange seating and refreshments. For any enquiries, please feel free to contact the Organizaing Committee. Contact: Haoran LIU, Tel: +86 198 2449 0950, Email: haoranliu0950@163.com.

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