President Way Kuo (5th from right), CityU members (1st from left) Dr Zhanxi Fan, Dr Zonglong Zhu, Professor Jacob C. Huang, Professor Kenneth M.Y. Leung, Professor Alex Jen, (4th from right) Professor Michael Yang Mengsu, Professor Jian Lu, Professor Hua Zhang and Professor Xunli-Wang, were joined by conference speakers at the opening ceremony.