University Event Calendar - HKUSThttps://calendar.hkust.edu.hkUniversity Event Calendar - HKUST<![CDATA[National Security Exhibition Gallery]]>Where: Hong Kong Museum of History
Speakers / Performers:

Organizer: Office of the Vice-President for Institutional Advancement on behalf of Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region]]><![CDATA[Baylor New Venture Competition]]>Speakers / Performers:

Organizer: Entrepreneurship Center on behalf of The John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship]]><![CDATA[Cantonese for Food Culture & Dining Out]]>Time: 02:00pm - 04:30pm
Where: Room 3316/Room 3019A
Organizer: Center for Language Education, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[Connect Ambassador for Community Engagement (Connect ACE) 2026-27]]>Time: 12:00pm - 09:00pm
Where: HKUST Campus
Organizer: HKUST Connect, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[Reel Good 2026-27]]>Time: 12:00am - 08:15pm
Where: HKUST Campus
Organizer: HKUST Connect]]><![CDATA[2026 He Xianzhao Philosophy of Science Essay Prize ]]>Speakers / Performers:

Organizer: Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies]]><![CDATA[Shaw Auditorium Unit Presents: Stamp Your Way to a Surprise Fall Term 2026]]>Where: Shaw Auditorium
Speakers / Performers:

Organizer: Shaw Auditorium Unit]]><![CDATA[CAMPUS CINEMA - You cast your vote. We show.]]>Time: 09:00am - 05:00pm
Where: Main Hall, Shaw Auditorium
Organizer: Creative Media Zone | MTPC, Shaw Auditorium Unit]]><![CDATA[Cathay Hackathon 2026]]>Speakers / Performers:

Organizer: Entrepreneurship Center on behalf of Cathay Pacific]]><![CDATA["Well-Being · Start-Up 2.0" Programme]]>Speakers / Performers:

Organizer: Entrepreneurship Center on behalf of Hong Kong Housing Authority]]><![CDATA[Hong Kong Social Enterprise Challenge (HKSEC) 2026-27]]>Speakers / Performers:

Organizer: Entrepreneurship Center on behalf of Center for Entrepreneurship of The Chinese University of Hong Kong]]><![CDATA[HKUST TSSSU - Technology Start-up Support Scheme for Universities (TSSSU) @ HKUST 2027-28]]>Time: 12:00am - 5:00pm
Speakers / Performers:

Organizer: Office of Knowledge Transfer]]><![CDATA[Pathway to Social Inclusion 「智」趣科大遊]]>Time: 06:00pm - 01:00pm
Where: HKUST Campus
Organizer: HKUST Connect, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[Cantonese for Basic Socializing & Daily Life]]>Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Where: Room 3019A
Organizer: Center for Language Education, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[Marketing Research Seminar Series - Strategic Competition in Two Currencies: Dollars and Points]]>Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
Where: Room 3005, 3/F, LSK Business Building
Speakers / Performers:
  • Prof. Nanda Kumar - The University of Texas at Dallas

Organizer: Department of Marketing]]><![CDATA[Civil Engineering Departmental Seminar - From Separation to Recognition through Nanoconfinement: Precision Nanochannel Membranes]]>Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Where: Room 2303 (Lift 17/18), Academic Building, HKUST
Speakers / Performers:
  • Prof. Xiwang Zhang - University of Queensland

Organizer: Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering]]><![CDATA[Lunch Chat: Navigate AI Risks and Build Future-Ready Career Skills]]>Time: 12:30pm - 1:40pm
Where: Tsang Shiu Tim Art Hall, G/F, Academic Building, HKUST
Speakers / Performers:
  • Mr. Bill Fung - IT Security Officer and Head of the Cybersecurity Team, Information Technology Services Office, HKUST
  • Mr. Michael Yung - Strategic Advisor, Google Cloud
  • Mr. Kenneth Hui - Executive Director (Banking Conduct), Hong Kong Monetary Authority
  • Mr. Jared Jiang - General Manager of Financial Service Industry, Tencent Cloud Hong Kong and Macau

Organizer: Office of the Vice-President for Administration & Business, Information Technology Services Office, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[Utilizing AI for Scholarly Research]]>Time: 04:30pm - 06:00pm
Where: Room 3018 (Lift 2)
Organizer: Center for Language Education, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[35 for Life - 35 for Life - Blood Donation (21 Sep)]]>Time: 10:00am - 05:00pm
Where: Piazza, Mobile Blood Donation Vehicle
Organizer: HKUST Connect]]><![CDATA[Simulation Is Back: Scaling Contact-Rich, Long-Horizon Manipulation]]>Time: 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Where: Room 4621 (Lift31/32)
Speakers / Performers:
  • Prof. SHI, Fan - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore

Organizer: Division of Integrative Systems & Design]]><![CDATA[Computer Science and Engineering Seminar - "On the Opportunities of Exploiting LLM Agents for ML System Design and Implementation"]]>Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Where: Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theater (LT-F), near lift 25/26, HKUST
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Organizer: Department of Computer Science and Engineering]]><![CDATA[SENG MSc Info Week 2026]]>Speakers / Performers:

Organizer: School of Engineering]]><![CDATA[Tap Dance Workshop: For Beginners & Advanced Beginners]]>Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Where: G19 Multi-Purpose Room, The Jockey Club Global Graduate Tower (GGT)
Speakers / Performers:
  • Mandy PETTY

Organizer: Shaw Auditorium Unit, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[HKUST Engineering Research for Global Innovations cum Info Webinar on Postgraduate Studies - Session 2]]>Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Where: Zoom Webinar
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Organizer: School of Engineering]]><![CDATA[Civil Engineering Departmental Seminar - Assessing structural integrity and traffic load of bridges using distributed fiber optic sensing]]>Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Where: Changed of Venue: Room 3584A (Lift27/28), HKUST
Speakers / Performers:
  • Prof. Werner Lienhart - Graz University of Technology, Austria

Organizer: Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering]]><![CDATA[Hope by Design: How human‑centered, data‑driven solutions break the poverty trap]]>Time: 06:00pm - 07:15pm
Where: HKUST Campus
Organizer: HKUST Connect, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[Department of Chemistry Seminar - Chirality Effects: Spin-Switchable Magneto-Optical Properties of Chiral Excitons in Helical Structures]]>Time: 10:30am - 11:30am
Where: Room 3598, 3/F (Lifts 27-28), Academic Building
Speakers / Performers:
  • Prof. Bin HU - Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Organizer: Department of Chemistry]]><![CDATA[Physics Department -  Domain Walls by Design: From Ferroic Interfaces to Topological Quantum Matter]]>Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
Where: Room 2303, 2/F, Academic Building, HKUST (Lifts 17-18)
Speakers / Performers:
  • Dr. Xiangbin Cai - Nanyang Technological University

Organizer: Department of Physics]]><![CDATA[Wu Hung x Yu Long - A Dialogue on Art, Music and Creativity in the Age of AI 巫鴻 x 余隆：共振的邊界 - 藝術、音樂與人工智能時代的能力對談]]>Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Where: Main Hall, G/F, Shaw Auditorium, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Organizer: Office of the Dean of Humanities & Social Science]]><![CDATA[Department of Chemistry Seminar - Steroid and Terpenoid Chemistry: Efficient and Scalable Synthesis]]>Time: 10:30am - 11:30am
Where: Room 4472, 4/F (Lifts 25-26), Academic Building
Speakers / Performers:
  • Prof. Jinghan GUI - State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, China

Organizer: Department of Chemistry]]><![CDATA[35 for Life - 35 for Life - Blood Donation (22 Sep)]]>Time: 10:00am - 05:00pm
Where: Piazza, Mobile Blood Donation Vehicle
Organizer: HKUST Connect]]><![CDATA[MSc(DDM) Expert Sharing Seminar Series - Fireside Chat with a Goldman Sachs Expert: Insights into Data, AI, and Finance]]>Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Where: Lecture Theatre F, HKUST
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Organizer: Department of Physics, MSc Program in Data-Driven Modeling]]><![CDATA[School of Engineering Information Session for MSc Programs (Shandong University 山東大學)]]>Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Where: Shandong University 山東大學 興隆山校區興隆山群樓A座1402d
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Organizer: School of Engineering]]><![CDATA[Deciphering Host–Microbe Interactions in Cancer: From Mechanism to Clinical Translation]]>Time: 3:00pm - 3:45pm
Where: Room 4472, 4/F (Lift 25-26), Academic Building, HKUST
Speakers / Performers:
  • Dr. Jessie Qiaoyi LIANG

Organizer: School of Medicine]]><![CDATA[Joy with elderly 樂在「耆」中 (Sep 2026)]]>Time: 12:45pm - 03:00pm
Where: Hang Hau
Organizer: HKUST Connect, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[IP Seminar - Search, Protect and Innovate: IP Essentials for Technology Start-ups]]>Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Where: 5/F InnoBay, Martin Ka Shing Lee Innovation Building
Speakers / Performers:
  • Mr Yannick TANG - Consultant, Intellectual Property Management, HKPC

Organizer: Office of Knowledge Transfer]]><![CDATA[Reborn from Grief: Learning to Cherish Life and Face Adversity through Suicide Bereavement]]>Time: 12:30pm - 02:00pm
Where: Multi-purpose Room, Counseling and Wellness Center, Room 5003, Academic Building (via Lift 3)
Organizer: Counseling & Wellness, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[Department of Mathematics - Seminar on Applied Mathematics - Fast Evaluation of Convolution Potentials and Linear Response Problems]]>Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Where: Room 3598 (near Lift 27/28)
Speakers / Performers:
  • Prof. Yong ZHANG - Tianjin University

Organizer: Department of Mathematics]]><![CDATA[IAS Distinguished Lecture 高等研究院傑出學人講座 - 唐宋之間：中國繪畫史上的關鍵百年]]>Time: 04:00pm - 05:30pm
Where: Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
Speakers / Performers:
  • 巫鴻 - 芝加哥大學斯德本特殊貢獻講座教授；美國藝術與科學院院士

Organizer: HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study]]><![CDATA[Department of Chemistry Seminar - Organosilicon compounds as unique salt-free reducing reagents of metal compounds, generating catalytically active species]]>Time: 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Where: Room 2303, 2/F (Lifts 17-18), Academic Building
Speakers / Performers:
  • Prof. Kazushi Mashima - Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Osaka, Japan

Organizer: Department of Chemistry]]><![CDATA[Department of Chemistry Seminar - Sustained Electrophilic Catalysis for Cross-Coupling Chemistry and Beyond]]>Time: 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Where: Room 2303, 2/F (Lifts 17-18), Academic Building
Speakers / Performers:
  • Prof. Takashi Niwa - Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan

Organizer: Department of Chemistry]]><![CDATA[Students Wellness Day: DIY Stress Clicker Workshop]]>Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Where: Engineering Commons, 2/F Academic Building
Speakers / Performers:

Organizer: Center for Engineering Education Innovation]]><![CDATA[唐宋之間：中國繪畫史上的關鍵百年]]>Time: 04:00pm - 05:30pm
Where: 香港科技大學李兆基校園盧家驄薈萃樓佳兆業集團演講廳（高研院演講廳）
Organizer: Division of Humanities]]><![CDATA[PPOL Divisional Seminar Series - Neuro Public Administration: Advancing Public Management and Policy through Neuroscience]]>Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Where: Room 2405 (Lifts 17-18), Academic Building, HKUST
Speakers / Performers:
  • Bert George - Professor, Department of Public and International Affairs, City University of Hong Kong

Organizer: Division of Public Policy]]><![CDATA[HKUST Information Session on MPhil & PhD Studies]]>Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Where: Lam Woo Lecture Theater (LT-B), HKUST, Clear Water Bay or Online via Zoom
Speakers / Performers:

Organizer: HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School]]><![CDATA[HKUST Information Session on MPhil & PhD Studies]]>Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Where: Lam Woo Lecture Theater (LT-B), HKUST, Clear Water Bay or Online via Zoom
Speakers / Performers:

Organizer: HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School]]><![CDATA[Decoding French Elegance: A Journey Through Literature and Iconic Fashion]]>Time: 12:00pm - 02:00pm
Where: Room 3019A (Lift 2), Academic Building
Organizer: Center for Language Education, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[Materials Beyond Limits: Multiscale Mechanics, Additive Manufacturing, and AI Enabled Discovery for Extreme Environments]]>Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Where: Room 4475, HKUST (4/F, Lift 25/26)
Speakers / Performers:
  • Dr. Yu Zou - University of Toronto

Organizer: Department of Materials]]><![CDATA[35 for Life - 35 for Life - Blood Donation (23 Sep)]]>Time: 10:00am - 05:00pm
Where: Piazza, Mobile Blood Donation Vehicle
Organizer: HKUST Connect]]><![CDATA[School of Engineering Information Session for MSc Programs (Ocean University of China 中國海洋大學 )]]>Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Where: Ocean University of China 中國海洋大學 嶗山校區行知大樓204
Speakers / Performers:

Organizer: School of Engineering]]><![CDATA[Acrylic Painting Workshop by Apple Wong]]>Time: 6:15pm - 8:15pm
Where: Room 209, Shaw Auditorium
Speakers / Performers:
  • Apple WONG Hiu Fung

Organizer: Shaw Auditorium Unit]]><![CDATA[STITCH — Students Together Interweaving Threads for Community Health]]>Time: 12:00am - 09:00pm
Where: HKUST Campus
Organizer: HKUST Connect]]><![CDATA[Kindness Walk with the Street Sleepers 愛在街頭 - 探訪露宿者服務]]>Time: 05:35pm - 07:30pm
Where: Tai Kok Tsui / Sham Shui Po
Organizer: HKUST Connect, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[香港中樂團 X 香港科技大學樂映秋色 HKCO X HKUST MID-AUTUMN SYMPHONY]]>Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Speakers / Performers:
  • 香港中樂團 Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (HKCO)
  • 指揮：胡栢端 Conductor: Rupert Woo Pak Tuen
  • 環保高胡：麥嘉然 Eco-Gaohu: Dick Mak
  • 琵琶：張瑩 Pipa: Zhang Ying

Organizer: Shaw Auditorium Unit]]><![CDATA[New marine sulfur chemistry amplifies natural aerosol cooling and increases estimated anthropogenic climate impact ]]>Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Where: Room 3598 (Lift 27/28), 3/F Academic Building, HKUST
Speakers / Performers:
  • Dr. Yao GE - Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge

Organizer: Division of Environment and Sustainability]]><![CDATA[Moonlit Delights @ Shaw Auditorium 歡聚逸堂慶中秋 2026]]>Time: 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Where: Piano Foyer, Shaw Auditorium
Speakers / Performers:

Organizer: Shaw Auditorium Unit]]><![CDATA[IAS Distinguished Lecture - Reflections on Musical Loss and Dynastic Time Across the Ming-Qing Divide]]>Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Where: Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
Speakers / Performers:
  • Judith ZEITLIN - William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor of East Asian Languages & Civilizations, The University of Chicago

Organizer: HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study]]><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship 101 Fall 2026 Cohort (10 Week Training program)]]>Time: 06:00pm - 07:00pm
Where: The Base, The Base
Organizer: Entrepreneurship Center]]><![CDATA[From Waste to Nature: Architectural Experiments in Sustainability]]>Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Where: Library LG4 Multi-Function Room
Speakers / Performers:
  • Mr. Otto Ng - LAAB

Organizer: Library, Habits, Mindsets, and Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[Joint Seminar by SKL, SID and ECE Department - Nano-printing Colloidal Nanocrystal Optoelectronics]]>Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Where: Classroom 3598 (via Lifts 27/28)
Speakers / Performers:
  • Dr. Tianshuo Leo Zhao - University of Hong Kong

Organizer: Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering]]><![CDATA[Chinese Paper Cutting and Cultural Storytelling]]>Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
Where: Room 3316 (Lifts 17/18), Academic Building
Organizer: Center for Language Education, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[Short, Sweet, & Addictive: Craft your Compelling Reels & Shorts]]>Time: 03:00pm - 05:00pm
Where: Room 3018
Organizer: Center for Language Education, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[Reflections on Musical Loss and Dynastic Time Across the Ming-Qing Divide]]>Time: 04:00pm - 05:30pm
Where: Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
Organizer: Division of Humanities]]><![CDATA[CBE Colloquia - Computational Molecular Design Across Scales]]>Time: 9:30am - 10:30am
Where: Room 2303
Speakers / Performers:
  • Prof. Hanyu GAO - HKUST

Organizer: Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering]]><![CDATA[HKUST MSc in Data-Driven Modeling Virtual Information Session (Putonghua)]]>Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Speakers / Performers:
  • Prof. Ding PAN - Department of Physics, HKUST

Organizer: Department of Physics]]><![CDATA[Otto Poon Lecture - From Global Change to Ecological Civilization: Rethinking Humanity’s Future on a Changing Planet]]>Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Where: Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
Organizer: Development and Alumni Office, Office of the Vice-President for Research & Development]]><![CDATA[Welcome to Emoji-nation:Let's decode Chinese Humor]]>Time: 02:30pm - 03:30pm
Where: Room 3018
Organizer: Center for Language Education, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[Welcome to Emoji-nation:Let's decode Chinese Humor]]>Time: 02:30pm - 04:00pm
Where: Room 3018 (Lift 2)
Organizer: Center for Language Education, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[Accessible Adventure@HKUST 科大無障探索之旅 (Oct 2026)]]>Time: 06:00pm - 05:00pm
Where: HKUST Campus
Organizer: HKUST Connect, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[Your Voice, AI's Voice: Gender, Language & Workplace Communication in the AI Era Series-English Session 1]]>Time: 03:00pm - 04:30pm
Where: Room3401 (Lift 17/18)
Organizer: Center for Language Education, Habits, Mindsets, & Wellness Programs]]><![CDATA[CSE Distinguished Seminar   - "Improving the Resilience of Wireless Communication and Computing"]]>Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Where: Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theater (LT-F), near lift 25/26, HKUST
Speakers / Performers:

Organizer: Department of Computer Science and Engineering]]><![CDATA[My journey from architectural design to digital fabrication to construction robotics and beyond.]]>Time: 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Where: RM4621 (Lift31/32)
Speakers / Performers:
  • Prof. LEUNG, Pok Yin Victor - School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong

Organizer: Division of Integrative Systems & Design]]>