Hong Kong-born, research-led artist and adjunct associate professor in the Urban Studies program at CUHK, Amy explores ecological and societal fractures through her work. Her transdisciplinary approach is rooted in her academic background in art history and studio practice (BA, Goldsmiths, University of London), mixed media art (MFA, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL), and psychology in education (MA, Columbia University). This diverse foundation enables her to merge poetic thinking with scientific rigor, radical empathy, and a drive for experimentation. Amy’s pedagogical and artistic practices converge in exploring art’s infrastructural potential. She has taught courses such as Forensic Architecture, Designing Care in the Commons, and Socially Engaged Art, examining how how creative practices can uncover hidden truths and cultivate care within systems shaped by structural injustice and complex socio-political-ecological conditions. Amy has participated in more than 40 exhibitions. She was selected as Beck's New Contemporaries in the UK, represented Hong Kong for the 52nd Venice Biennale, and recognised as an UNESCO-Aschberg Laureate by UNESCO’s International Fund for the Promotion of Culture. Her work has been supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (Outstanding Young Artist Award, Visual Arts), the Asian Cultural Council (Lee Hysan Foundation Fellowship), and the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation (Art and Environment Award). She recently completed the 2025 Spring Fellowship at the Institute for Public Architecture, NY and 2026 Winter Residency at Helsinki International Artist Programme.

Co-founder and Executive Creative Director of yucolab, Kwan is a multimedia artist and designer. After graduating from The Chinese University of Hong Kong followed by Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (2000), he has dedicated his practice to exploring new media technologies across artistic, commercial exhibition, and museum contexts. His works consistently investigate how digital media and spatial design interact with and transform human perception.


Maggie Hui is an architect, educator, and cultural practitioner with over a decade of experience in heritage conservation, community engagement, and interdisciplinary teaching across Hong Kong, New York, and Australia. She currently works in historic building conservation and has previously taught architecture and heritage studies at university level. Her interests lie in the intersection of built heritage, community wellbeing, and culturally grounded practices. Maggie serves as a Community Collaboration Advisor, supporting community partnerships and collaborative initiatives.

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Farmer / Artist / Architect

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Game Theorist

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  • Laurent Gutierrez (Prof., Ph.D.) is a farmer, artist, architect (DPLG), academic, and co-founder of MAP Office artistic practice (Gutierrez + Portefaix 1995-2021). He exhibited at over 150 exhibitions globally including, MoMa, Guggenheim, and Venice Biennale among many other museums, galleries, and venues such as 40 participations to the Biennale and Triennale. He earned a Ph.D. in Architecture from RMIT (2015). Currently, he is a Professor at the School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University where he founded and leads the Master of Transitional Environments Design (TED) where he is teaching seminars, and studios about Systems Thinking for Design, Design for Transition, and Regenerative Development. In addition to his teaching and research engagement, he has recently been studying courses by Fritjof Capra and following the Gaia Education program for a full year as well as developing a regenerative farm (4,000 sqm) in Hong Kong - R-FARM HK to experiment and apply techniques of Permaculture and Regenerative Farming.

  • Juha Merilä is Chair Professor of Ecology and Biodiversity at School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong.  His main research interests are centred around animal adaptation to varying and changing environmental conditions, including on-going climate change. He is also interested in illegal wildlife trade and the utility of genetic tools in solving and reducing wildlife crimes. After work he can be found either from hiking trails or squash courts.

  • Jussi Holopainen is an Associate Professor at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. He holds a PhD in Digital Game Development from Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden. He has been researching game design and gameplay experiences since 1998, having authored or co-authored scores of academic publications and patents. His PhD thesis, Foundations of Gameplay, focused on understanding how to construct conceptual frameworks to aid game design. One of these frameworks is the influential gameplay design patterns approach, which he has developed together with Prof. Staffan Björk. Jussi is a member of the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) executive board and has served as a member of several program committees such as Games and Culture, Game Studies, CHI PLAY, and the DiGRA annual conference.

    Before joining City University of Hong Kong in 2021, he was a senior lecturer of Games Computing at University of Lincoln, UK, in the School of Computer Science. Before Lincoln he worked at Centre for Game Design Research, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology as an associate researcher. He has also served in senior research management positions at the Nokia Research Center (NRC) and has been involved in coordinating several industry and academia collaboration projects. His latest research has focused on principles of game design, playful design, and aesthetics of gameplay.

  • Daisy Tam is Associate Professor at the Academy of Language and Culture and Associate Dean (development) of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Hong Kong Baptist University. With a PhD in Cultural Studies, her research focuses on the ethical practices of care particularly around issues of food security and migrant domestic labour.

    Her academic inquiry combines critical thought with practice and is driven to community action. She founded HKFoodWorks and Breadline, a registered charity dedicated to sustainable food futures. Breadline is the city's first public food rescue platform and is a web application that connects volunteers to bakeries to collect surpluses just-in-time for those who need it. It is Hong Kong's largest bread collection operation and is 100% volunteer driven.

    She advocates for a sustainable and equitable future and leads the way through research and community action for a hopeful tomorrow.