Prof George Smoot, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of California at Berkeley; IAS Helmut & Anna Pao Sohmen Professor-at-Large, HKUST; Nobel Laureate in Physics
Prof Robin Grimes, Professor of Materials Physics, Imperial College London; Chief Scientific Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom
Prof Viswanath Venkatesh, Distinguished Professor and Billingsley Chair in Information Systems, University of Arkansas; Senior Visiting Fellow of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study