Conference Schedule

We look forward to welcoming you in Hong Kong on Tuesday night, 1 July 2025! The programme below outlines the core conference activities, including keynotes, paper sessions, and our experimental Catalytic Interfaces track.

Note: This schedule is tentative and may be updated. Social event details (tours, Shenzhen day trip, Junk Boat Party) will be announced soon. Tickets for these will be sold separately.

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

18:00 – 21:00: Welcome Drinks at HKU Senior Common Room

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

08:30 – 09:00: Registration
09:00 – 09:30: Welcome & Opening Remarks
09:30 – 09:50: Lion Dance
09:50 – 10:50: Keynote 1: MARIANA POPESCU
11:00 – 11:20: Catalytic Interfaces – Check In
11:20 – 12:30: Speaker-led Presentations 1: INTELLIGENT ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY
12:30 – 13:10: Lunch break / Poster viewing
13:10 – 14:00: Parallel Presentations 1
14:20 – 15:20: Special Collection Presentations 1: GENERATING BUILDING LAYOUT
15:40 – 16:25: Special Collection Presentations 2: AUGMENTING & ADVANCING DESIGN
17:00 – 18:00: Keynote 2: SHIGERU BAN
18:00 – 19:00: Catalytic Interfaces – Work Session
19:00 – 21:00: Victoria Peak at Night
20:30 – 22:00: Henderson by Zaha Hadid Architects

Thursday, 3 July 2025

08:30 – 09:00: Registration & Opening
09:00 – 10:00: Keynote 3: WANYU HE
10:10 – 10:30: Catalytic Interfaces – Check In
10:30 – 11:55: Speaker-led Presentations 2: URBAN PERCEPTIONS & PATTERNS I
11:55 – 12:45: Lunch break / Poster viewing
12:45 – 13:35: Parallel Presentations 2
13:55 – 15:20: Speaker-led Presentations 3: MORPHOLOGY ACROSS SCALES
15:40 – 16:25: Special Collection Presentations 3: URBAN PERCEPTIONS & PATTERNS II
16:45 – 17:45: Special Collection Presentations 4: STRUCTURAL, FABRICATION & MATERIAL LOGIC
17:45 – 19:16: Catalytic Interfaces – Work Session
19:00 – 21:00: Victoria Peak at Night

Friday, 4 July 2025

08:30 – 09:00: Registration & Opening
09:00 – 10:00: Keynote 4: DANIELA MITTERBERGER
10:10 – 10:30: Catalytic Interfaces – Check In
10:30 – 11:40: Speaker-led Presentations 4: PROMPTING ARCHITECTURE
12:00 – 12:50: Parallel Presentations 3
12:50 – 13:40: Lunch break / Poster viewing
13:40 – 14:50: Speaker-led Presentations 5: ARCHITECTURAL COMPUTING & REASONING
15:10 – 17:10: Catalytic Interfaces Presentation
17:30 – 18:30: Keynote 5: WILSON LU
18:30 – 19:00: Closing Remarks
19:30 – 22:30: Banquet Dinner

Saturday, 5 July 2025

08:30 – 20:30: Discovering Shenzhen
09:30 – 11:30: Mongkok & Yau Ma Tei
13:30 – 15:30: Henderson by Zaha Hadid Architects
13:30 – 15:30: Public Housing
14:30 – 16:30: M+ Art Museum by Herzog and de Meuron
14:30 – 16:30: Wan Chai Temple & Blue House
16:30 – 18:30: Henderson by Zaha Hadid Architects
19:30 – 20:30: North Point to Whitty Street Tram Depot
20:30 – 21:30: North Point to Whitty Street Tram Depot

Sunday, 6 July 2025

08:30 – 19:30: Junk Boat

Note again: This schedule is tentative and subject to change.