Prof Yoshihiro Iwasa, Professor of Applied Physics and Quantum-Phase Electronics Center, University of Tokyo; Team Leader of the Emergent Bioengineering Materials Research Team, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
Prof Surendra P. Shah, Walter P. Murphy Emeritus Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University; Visiting Professor of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study
Prof Shuji Nakamura, Professor of Materials, University of California at Santa Barbara; Visiting Professor of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study