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  1. Conference Schedule

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

Time Description Host / Chair / Speaker Location
08:30 – 09:00 Registration & Opening CPD - LG Atrium
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome & Opening Remarks Prof. Dr. Kristof Crolla CPD - LG.08-09
09:30 – 09:50 Lion Dance Prof. Dr. Kristof Crolla CPD - LG.08-09
09:50 – 10:50 KEYNOTE 1: PROF. DR. MARIANA POPESCU Prof. Dr. Kam-Ming Mark Tam CPD - LG.08-09
10:50 – 11:00 Break CPD - LG.07-10
11:00 – 11:20 Catalytic Interfaces – Introduction Prof. Dr. Kristof Crolla CPD - LG.08-09
11:20 – 12:30 Speaker-led Presentations S-S1:
Intelligent Robotic Assembly
Prof. Dr. Victor Pok Yin Leung CPD - LG.08-09
12:30 – 13:10 Lunch Break / Poster Viewing CPD - LG.07-10
13:10 – 13:50 Parallel Presentation P-A1:
Urban Perceptions & Patterns
Prof. Dr. Hongshan Guo CPD - LG.08-09
13:10 – 14:00 Parallel Presentation P-B1:
Augmenting Design Generation
Prof. Dr. Tan Tan CPD - LG.18
13:10 – 14:00 Parallel Presentation P-C1:
Intelligent Robotics & Layout Planning
Prof. Dr. Peter Búš CPD - LG.34
13:10 – 14:00 Parallel Presentation P-D1:
Sustainable Building Design Processes
Dr. Provides Ng CPD - 1.21
14:00 – 14:20 Break CPD - LG.07-10
14:20 – 15:20 Special Collection S-1:
Generating Building Layout
Prof. Dr. Davide Schaumann CPD - LG.08-09
15:20 – 15:40 Break CPD - LG.07-10
15:40 – 16:25 Special Collection S-2:
Augmenting & Advancing Design
Dr. Garvin Goepel CPD - LG.08-09
16:25 – 17:00 Break / Relocate
17:00 – 18:00 KEYNOTE 2: PROF. SHIGERU BAN Prof. Dr. Kristof Crolla Rayson Huang Lecture Theatre
18:00 – 19:00 Catalytic Interfaces – Work Session CPD - LG.07-10
19:00 – 21:00 Victoria Peak at Night Offsite
20:30 – 22:00 Henderson by Zaha Hadid Architects Offsite

Thursday, 3 July 2025

Time Description Host / Chair / Speaker Location
08:30 – 09:00 Registration & Opening CPD - LG Atrium
09:00 – 10:00 KEYNOTE 3: DR. WANYU HE Mr. Haotian Zhang CPD - LG.08-09
10:00 – 10:10 Break CPD - LG.07-10
10:10 – 10:30 Catalytic Interfaces – Check In CPD - LG.07-10
10:30 – 11:55 Speaker-led Presentations S-S2:
Urban Perceptions & Patterns I
Prof. Dr. Rudi Stouffs CPD - LG.08-09
11:55 – 12:45 Lunch Break / Poster Viewing CPD - LG.07-10
12:45 – 13:35 Parallel Presentation P-A2:
Urban Infrastructure & Environmental Systems
Prof. Dr. Christiane M. Herr CPD - LG.08-09
12:45 – 13:35 Parallel Presentation P-B2:
AI for Design Evaluation
Prof. Dr. Hao Zheng CPD - LG.18
12:45 – 13:35 Parallel Presentation P-C2:
Structural, Fabrication & Material Logic
Prof. Dr. Cao Ting CPD - LG.34
12:45 – 13:25 Parallel Presentation P-D2:
Community & Collective Intelligence
Mr. Haotian Zhang CPD - 1.21
13:35 - 13:55 Break CPD - LG.07-10
13:55 - 14:40 Special Collection S-3:
Urban Perceptions & Patterns II
Prof. Dr. Hongshan Guo CPD - LG.08-09
14:40 - 15:00 Break CPD - LG.07-10
15:00 - 16:25 Speaker-led Presentations S-S3:
Morphology Across Scales
Prof. Dr. Kam-Ming Mark Tam CPD - LG.08-09
16:25 – 16:45 Break
16:45 – 17:45 Special Collection S-4:
Structural, Fabrication & Material Logic
Prof. Dr. Juan Jose Castellon CPD - LG.08-09
17:45 – 19:15 Catalytic Interfaces – Work Session CPD - LG.07-10
19:00 – 21:00 Victoria Peak at Night Offsite

Friday, 4 July 2025

Time Description Host / Chair / Speaker Location
08:30 – 09:00 Registration & Opening CPD - LG Atrium
09:00 – 10:00 KEYNOTE 4: PROF. DR. DANIELA MITTERBERGER Prof. Dr. Kam-Ming Mark Tam CPD - LG.08-09
10:00 – 10:10 Break CPD - LG.07-10
10:10 – 10:30 Catalytic Interfaces – Check In CPD - LG.07-10
10:30 – 11:40 Speaker-led Presentations S-S4:
Prompting Architecture
Prof. Dr. Christiane M. Herr CPD - LG.08-09
11:40 – 12:00 Break CPD - LG.07-10
12:00 – 12:40 Parallel Presentation P-A3:
Evaluating & Expanding AI
Prof. Dr. Frank Xue CPD - LG.08-09
12:00 – 12:50 Parallel Presentation P-B3:
Immersive Learning & Design
Dr. Garvin Goepel CPD - LG.18
12:00 – 12:40 Parallel Presentation P-C3:
Building Architectural Insights
Dr. Achilleas Xydis CPD - LG.34
12:50 – 13:40 Lunch Break / Poster Viewing CPD - LG.34
13:40 – 14:50 Speaker-led Presentations S-S5:
Architectural Computing & Reasoning
Prof. Dr. Immanuel Koh CPD - LG.08-09
14:50 – 15:10 Break CPD - LG.07-10
15:10 – 17:10 Catalytic Interfaces Presentation Prof. Dr. Kristof Crolla
Prof. Dr. Kam-Ming Mark Tam
CPD - LG.08-09
17:10 – 17:30 Break CPD - LG.07-10
17:30 – 18:30 KEYNOTE 5: PROF. DR. WILSON LU Prof. Dr. Kristof Crolla CPD - LG.08-09
18:30 – 19:00 Closing Remarks Prof. Dr. Kristof Crolla CPD - LG.08-09
19:30 – 22:30 Banquet Dinner City Hall Maxim’s Palace (Central)

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.

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