HKUST Economics: Past, Present, and Future – 35th Anniversary Conference

08 May 2026 (Fri)

May 8 (Fri) 8:30 - 18:30; May 9 (Sat) Time to be confirmed

New Business Central at the United Centre, Admiralty (tentative)

We invited amazing speakers in the field from around the world. View the complete schedule for details.

The Department of Economics is pleased to announce the 35th Anniversary Conference: “HKUST Economics: Past, Present, and Future”. Day One of the event features eight conference sessions, followed by a homecoming event and team-building activity on Day Two. This event brings together distinguished scholars and colleagues to celebrate the department’s achievements and foster the exploration of new frontiers in economic research.

Event Schedule

DAY 1 (May 08, Friday)
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration & Coffee
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM	Opening Remarks
9:10 AM - 10:50 AM	Session 1A: Micro Theory	Session 1B: Development
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM	Coffee Break (20 minutes)
11:10 AM - 12:50 PM	Session 2A: Behaviroal and Experimental	Session 2B: Macro
12:50 PM - 2:20 PM	Lunch (90 minutes)
2:20 PM - 4:00 PM	Session 3A: Empirical IO	Session 3B: International Trade
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM	Coffee Break (20 minutes)
4:20 PM - 6:00 PM	Session 4A: Econometrics	Session 4B: Health and Environment
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Wrap-up
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM	Dinner

DAY 2 (May 09, Saturday)
Homecoming Event (to be confirmed)

Session Chairs and Speakers (to be further updated)

Econometrics

Session Chair: Songnian Chen (Zejiang University)

Presenter 1: Ryo Okui (U Tokyo)

Presenter 2: Xun Lu (CUHK)

Presenter 3: Hanghui Zhang (SUFE) and

Presenter 4: Qian Wang (University of Nottingham Ningbo)

Micro Theory

Session Chair: Soo Hong Chew (SWUFE)

Presenter 1: Soo Hong Chew (SWUFE)

Presenter 2: Jiangtao Li (SMU)

Presenter 3: Shiyu Zhang Jake (CalTech)

Presenter 4: Vincent Mak (Cambridge, Marketing and Decision Science)

Macro

Session Chairs: Pengfei Wang (HSBC Peking) and Danyang Xie (HKUST GZ)

Presenter 1: Zhiwei Xu (Fudan),

Presenter 2: Sihao Chen (HK Bapist),

Presenter 3: Sichuang Xu (CUHK Shenzhen)

Presenter 4: Jing Zhou (Fudan)

Behavioral/experimental

Session Chair: Songfa Zhong (HKUST)

Presenter 1: Hong Fuhai (Lingnan University)

Presenter 2: Li King King (Hang Seng University of Hong Kong)

Presenter 3: Ernest Lai (University of Macau)

Presenter 4: Zhao Xiaojian (Monash University)

Empirical IO

Session Chair: Yasutora Watanabe (Tokyo)

Presenter 1: Yasutora Watanabe (Tokyo)

Presenter 2: Tanjim Hossain (Toronto)

Presenter 3: Sunny Huang (University of Macau)

Presenter 4: Kohei Kawaguchi (HKUST)

Development

Chair: Sujata Visaria (City St. George's, University of London)

Presenter 1: Sujata Visaria (City St. George's, University of London)

Presenter 2: Shu Cai (Jinan University)

Presenter 3: Xianqiang Zou (Renmin University of China)

Presenter 4: Arpita Khanna (NUS)

International/Trade

Chair: Larry Qiu (Lingnan)

Presenter 1: Amber Li (HKUST)

Presenter 2: Haichao Fan (Fudan)

Presenter 3: Heiwai Tang (HKU)

Presenter 4: Zhigang Tao (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business)

Health and Environment

Chair: Bryant Kim (Yonsei University)

Presenter 1: Yuhang Pan (Peking University)

Presenter 2: Tong Liu (NUS)

Presenter 3: Guojun He (HKU)

Presenter 4: Yatang Lin (HKUST)