Day 1: 28 May 2025 (Wednesday)

09:00-09:15

Welcome by Prof Kai-lung Hui

09:15-10:00

Session 1: Towards Trustworthy Large Language Model Systems (Shuai Wang, HKUST)

10:00-10:45

Session 2: From Gigabytes to Megabytes: Overcoming the Excessive Space Usage of Modern Zero-knowledge Systems (Dimitrios Papadopoulos, HKUST)

10:45-11:00

Break

11:00-11:45

Session 3: Using AI, a double-edge sword, in Cybersecurity World (Ricci Ieong, HKUST)

11:45-12:30

Session 4: Detecting Machine-Generated Fake News Using LLM-Driven Rationales and Adversarial Contrastive Learning (Boris Ng, Poly U)

12:30-13:15

Session 5: Managing Algorithm Manipulation through Human-AI Collaboration (Jiali Zhou, American U)

13:15-14:15

Lunch

14:15-15:00

Session 6: Merchants of Vulnerabilities: How Bug Bounty Programs Benefit Software Vendors (Muhammad “Zia” Ziauddin Hydari, Pittsburg U)

15:00-15:45

Session 7: Cybersecurity as a Credence Good: Market Impact and Policy Solutions (Ping Fan Ke, SMU)

15:45-16:00

Break

16:00-16:45

Session 8: Negative Reputation Spillover in Sensitive Product Markets : Evidence from a Hacker Marketplace (Jiali Zhou, Seung Hyun Kim & Kai-lung Hui)

16:45-17:30

Session 9: Breached and Denied: The Cost of Data Breaches on Individuals as Mortgage Application Denials (Min Seok Pang, Wisconsin Madison)

17:30-17:45

Wrap-up of first day by Prof Kai-lung Hui

Day 2: 29 May 2025 (Thursday)

09:00-09:15

Welcome by Prof Kai-lung Hui

09:15-09:45

Cybersecurity Strategy of the HKSAR Government

Jimmy Lau, Senior Systems Manager, Digital Policy Office

09:45-10:15

Sharing from Hong Kong Police Force

Ruby Chan, Chief Inspector, Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau, Hong Kong Police Force

10:15-10:45

Sharing from Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Terrance Fung, Senior Manager, Supervisory Technology, Hong Kong Monetary Authority

10:45-11:00

Break

11:00-11:30

Panel Session: Combating scams through analytics and education

Clarence Cheung, Global Head of CIB Business Risk Analytics, HSBC

Ada Wong, Regional Head of Fraud, CIB, HSBC

11:30-12:00

Recent AI application development in Cybersecurity

Pike Wong, Managing Director, Data Voyager Limited (a member of eWalker Group)

12:00-12:30

The impact to the role of Cyber Security with the rapid growth of A.I.

Dicky Wong, CEO, Syber Couture

12:30-12:45

Wrap-up of second day by Prof Kai-lung Hui

12:45-14:00

Closing and Lunch

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