Human, Machine, Art, Creativity: An International Symposium

Organisers

Organisers

Human, Machine, Art, Creativity

Artificial Intelligence is revolutionizing numerous fields of knowledge, giving great impetus to the digital transformation of related industries. Among the various domains, there is also the one for art. Machines are playing more and more significant roles in many creative processes, like music, visual arts, architecture, etc. Machine intelligence has given us a much greater understanding of the richness and subtlety of human creativity. Machine creativity can be augmented through interactions with humans, meanwhile inspiring human creativity to unleash more creative power. Human beings and machine beings can co-create artworks and art values with symbiotic art creativity.

This international symposium will gather world-renowned researchers from academia and industry, crossing different expertise areas, to jointly discuss emerging topics in Human-Machine symbiotic art creativity, including the enabling technologies of symbiotic art creation and manifestation, the aesthetics and cognitive values of symbiotic art creativity, a new trend of art economy with Web 3.0, new issues raised in the new form of art society, and the impacts on art community stakeholders, etc. We aspire to push the creative boundaries by unveiling the future of art with Artificial Intelligence. We cordially invite you to join us and witness this happening in any possible way.

This Symposium is supported by a major research grant from the Research Grants Council of the HKSAR to an international consortium, led by Hong Kong Baptist University, for a five-year project entitled “Building Platform Technologies for Symbiotic Creativity in Hong Kong”. For more information about the project, please visit HERE.

INSIGHTFUL SHARING

World-renowned
Scholars & Experts

NETWORKING

800+ Attendees

INFINITE INSPIRATIONS

∞ Novel Ideas

Co-Chairs of Organizing Committee

Prof GUO Yike
Project Coordinator of the "Building Platform Technologies for Symbiotic Creativity in Hong Kong"
Vice-President (Research and Development), Hong Kong Baptist University
Co-Director of Data Science Institute,
Imperial College London
Fellow of the Royal Academic of
Engineering of the UK
Member of Academia Europaea
Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences

Prof Johnny M POON
Deputy Project Coordinator
Associate Vice-President (Interdisciplinary Research)
Dr. Hung Hin Shiu Endowed Professor in Music
Founding Dean, School of Creative Arts
Hong Kong Baptist University

Prof Henrik Jeldtoft JENSEN
Co-Principal Investigator of the Project
Professor of Mathematical Physics
Leader of the Complexity & Networks Group
Imperial College London

Prof Maosong SUN
Member of Academia Europaea
Co-Principal Investigator of the Project
Professor of Computer Science and Technology
Executive Vice Dean, Institute for Artificial Intelligence Tsinghua University

Speakers

Prof Harry SHUM
The Founding Chairman of International Digital Economy Academy (IDEA)
Fellow of National Academy of
Engineering of the US
Fellow of the Royal Academy of
Engineering of the UK

Prof Marcus du SAUTOY
Simonyi Professor for
the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford

Ms Helen SO
Lead, Arts & Culture,
Our Hong Kong Foundation

Prof Sarah KENDERDINE
Professor of Digital Museology at
the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland

Prof Jeffrey SHAW
Chair Professor, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University

Prof dr. Johan F. HOORN
(D. Litt., D. Sc.)
Professor, School of Design and Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Prof Mark d’INVERNO
Professor of Computer Science at Goldsmiths
University of London

Mr Mathias WOO
Co-Artistic Director, Zuni Icosahedron
Artistic Director, "Architecture is Art Festival"
Artistic Director, "Z Innovation Lab"

Dr Caleb Chen CAO
Technical Lead, AI Framework and Data Technology Lab, Huawei Hong Kong Research Center

Ms HUANG Chengzi

Mr LI Kefu

Agenda

Below is the programme of the “Human, Machine, Art, Creativity: An International Symposium”. We will update the details from time to time. Please stay tuned!

Human, Machine, Art, Creativity: International Symposium
9 Aug 2022 (Tue) Theater 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)

AM

09:00	Registration Emcee: Mr. LI Kefu, Ms. HUANG Chengzi

09:30	Welcoming Speech Dr. Clement C.J. CHEN, GBS, JP Chairman of the Council and Court, Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)

09:35	Opening Speech Mr. John LEE Ka-chiu, GBM, SBS, PDSM, PMSM, JP (Online Speech) Chief Executive, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR） Dr. XU Jie (Online Speech) Deputy Director-General, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China Dr. ZHANG Zhihua (Online Speech) Director-General, Youth Department, the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR Prof. SUN Dong Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, the Government of the HKSAR Prof. GUO Yike Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Symposium Vice-President (Research and Development), HKBU
09:55	Opening Ceremony Officiating Guests Prof. SUN Dong Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, the Government of the HKSAR Dr. Clement CHEN Cheng-jen, GBS, JP Chairman of the Council and Court of HKBU Prof. WONG Yuk-Shan, SBS, BBS, JP Chairman of Research Grants Council Prof. TANG Tuck Hong, James Secretary-General of University Grants Committee Prof. Alexander Ping-kong WAI, JP President and Vice-Chancellor, HKBU Prof. GUO Yike Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Symposium / Vice-President (Research and Development), HKBU Ms. ZHU Yihua Deputy Director-General, New Territories Sub-office, the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR Ms. Rosanna Y. T. CHOI Treasurer of the Council and Court of HKBU Mr. Mohamed BUTT, MH Executive Director of Hong Kong Productivity Council Prof. Johnny M POON Co-chair of the Organising Committee of the Symposium Associate Vice-President (Interdisciplinary Research), HKBU

10:00	When AI Meets Art: The Birth of Turing AI Orchestra (with AI Art Performance and Report Presentation) Prof. GUO Yike Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering of the UK; Member of Academia Europaea; Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences; Project Coordinator; Vice-President (Research and Development), HKBU; Co-Director of Data Science Institute, Imperial College London Prof. Johnny M POON Deputy Project Coordinator, Associate Vice-President (Interdisciplinary Research), Dr. Hung Hin Shiu Endowed Professor in Music, Founding Dean, School of Creative Arts, HKBU


10:45	Break

11:00	Keynote Speech: Creating AI Beings: Challenges and Opportunities Prof Harry SHUM Fellow of National Academy of Engineering of the US; Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering of the UK; The Founding Chairman of International Digital Economy Academy (IDEA)

11:30	Keynote Speech: The Creativity Code: How AI Is Learning to Write, Paint and Think? Prof Marcus du SAUTOY Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford

12:00	Keynote Speech : Ecology and development of Art Technology in Hong Kong Ms Helen SO Lead, Arts & Culture, Our Hong Kong Foundation

PM

12:30	Lunch Break
	Theater 1	Theater 2
14:00	Keynote Speech: Deep Fakes – Art and Its Double Prof Sarah KENDERDINE Professor of Digital Museology at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland Prof Jeffrey SHAW Chair Professor, Academy of Visual Arts, School of Creative Arts, HKBU	Keynote Speech: HK Arts Tech PEA Parctise + Experiment + Application Mr Mathias WOO Co-Artistic Director, Zuni Icosahedron; Artistic Director, "Architecture is Art Festival"; Artistic Director, "Z Innovation Lab"

14:30	Keynote Speech: Creative Confluence Theory: Computational Biomimetics as a Cognitive Anti-Fixative Prof Johan F. HOORN Professor, School of Design and Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Keynote Speech: Deep Learning over MindSpore: Mind, Vision and Beyond Dr Caleb Chen CAO Technical Lead, AI Framework and Data Technology Lab, Huawei Hong Kong Research Center

15:00	Keynote Speech: AI for Musical Creativity – Some Design Challenges Prof Mark d’INVERNO Professor of Computer Science at Goldsmiths, University of London

15:30	Closing Remark Prof GUO Yike and Prof Johnny M POON

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Funding Organisation

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Supporting Organisations

Event Venue

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong

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