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Friday, December 17, 2004 Theatre 1, Hong Kong Convention
and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) |
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09:00 -
09:10 |
Welcome Remarks · Mr. Ronnie C. Chan, Co-Founder, THE MORNINGSIDE GROUP and Chairman, Hang Lung Group · Professor Shing-Tung Yau, Chairman, International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians |
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09:10 - 09:30 |
A
Tribute to Professor Shiing-Shen Chern · Professor Shing-Tung Yau |
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09:30 - 09:40 |
Remarks by Guest of Honor · Professor Yongxiang Lu, Vice-Chairman, Standing Committee of the 10th National People’s Congress, People’s Republic of China |
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09:40 - 09:50 |
Presentation
of the Morningside Gold Medal of Mathematics |
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09:50 - 10:00 |
Presentation
of the Morningside Gold Medal of Applied Mathematics |
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10:00 - 10:15 |
Presentation of the Morningside Silver Medal of Mathematics |
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10:15 - 10:25 |
Presentation of the Chern Prize |
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10:25 - 10:30 |
Presentation of the ICCM International Cooperation Award |
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10:30 - 10:45 |
Break |
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10:45 - 12:00 |
Presentation of the Morningside Medalists’ Research |
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12:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch (at Rooms 301 and 306-8, HKCEC) |
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14:00 - 17:45 |
Symposium |
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14:00 - 15:15 |
Session 1 Developing
Basic Science: Challenges for Universities Panelists · Professor H. K. Chang, President, City University of Hong Kong · Professor Paul C. W. Chu, President, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology · Professor Lawrence J. Lau, Vice-Chancellor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong · Professor Ching-fai Ng, President and Vice-Chancellor, Hong Kong Baptist University · Professor Chung-kwong Poon, President, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Moderator ·
Mr.
Ronnie C. Chan |
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15:15 - 16:00 |
Session 2 Applying Mathematics to Economic
Problems · Professor Lawrence J. Lau, Vice-Chancellor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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16:00 - 16:15 |
Break |
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16:15 - 17:00 |
Session 3 Mathematics in Poetry? Poetry in
Mathematics? · Professor C. L. Liu, William M. W. Mong Honorary Chair Professor Tsing Hua University, Taiwan |
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17:00 - 17:45 |
Session 4 What are my Odds? Historical and
Modern Efforts to Win at Games of Chance · Mr. William Benter, Chairman, Acusis LLC |