Events
Futures by Design: Human-Centred AI and Transformative Possibilities – International Foresight Conference 2025
Step to the forefront of the Design·AI revolution. Join us as we bring together global visionaries and changemakers to explore how we can harness AI to serve humanity, reflect diverse cultures, and support collective flourishing in both Asia and beyond.
AI foresight pre-conference session
AI Ethics Reading Group – This reading group session is organised in conjunction with the AI Foresight Conference on Oct 3rd (Fri).
The poet as experiencer – poetic consciousness and nonhuman intelligence
HASS Talk by Adam Staley Groves – Presenting his recent monograph, The Poet as Experiencer: Wallace Stevens and Nonhuman Intelligence (Punctum Books, 2025) which proposes modernist poet Wallace Stevens as a perceiver of nonhuman intelligence (NHI).
HASS Human-Centred AI Seminar
There will be two talks during this seminar by speakers from the University of Rome Tor Vergata and University of Sussex. Refreshments will be provided, so do register!
Chinese maritime trading networks in Southeast Asia during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, 1567 – 1722
HASS Colloquium by Ryan Holroyd – This presentation will map the structure of Chinese maritime trade in Southeast Asia from about 1570, during the Ming dynasty. It will then compare this structure to the Chinese shipping network that was re-established after the Qing dynasty’s conquest of Taiwan and the legalisation of private maritime trade in 1684.
International Roundtable on Human- centered AI and the Future of Smart Cities
Human-centered AI Series – This round table brings together experts in AI, urban studies, ethics, public policy, and design to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and ensure that future smart cities remain human-centered, inclusive, and sustainable.
Reprogramming inequality: rethinking AI’s role in the fight against poverty
JHU Center on Global Poverty Speaker Series by Nilanjan Raghunath – This talk explores AI not merely as a set of tools, but as part of a broader system shaped by social, institutional, and ethical considerations.
Innovation through the principles of human-centred design
Dialogues with Leaders by Neal Cross – This lecture will provide students with insights on how human-centred design can be applied across a wide range of project scales.
Cantonese opera sound and colour
Gain exclusive insights about the art of Cantonese Opera, the design of the costumes, make-up, sets and movements from Ms Yow Wei Meng and Ms Sally Low from the Chinese Opera Society.
Design for growth
Dialogues with Leaders by Liu Hanmo – This lecture introduce students to the principles of the growth hacker model and the importance of data-driven thinking in modern product design.