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Conference Gallery

TRACES 2025

📅 Date: 28th June, 2025

🕒 Time: 0900-1900

📍 Location: CPD 4.36, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

Summary

The inaugural Transdisciplinary Academic Conference for Emerging Scholars brought together budding researchers to explore knowledge beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries. Centered on three key themes—Discourse and Humanity, Saga and Statecraft, and Mind and Innovation—the conference fostered dynamic discussions through presentations and panel sessions.

Prof. Javier Cha (University of Hong Kong) delivered a keynote on "Automating the Past: Artificial Intelligence and the Next Frontiers of Digital History," exploring the fusion of big data and humanities in historical research.

24 undergraduate researchers from Hong Kong, New Zealand, France, Korea, and beyond showcased transdisciplinary projects spanning psychology, history, and more. Their work exemplified innovative methodologies, merging multiple disciplines to tackle real-world challenges.

The conference celebrated transdisciplinary scholarship, encouraging intellectual exchange and collaborative problem-solving among emerging academics.

Session Recap

1 - Opening

2 - Keynote Speech

3 - Theme I: Discourse and Humanity - First Presentation Session

Reconsidering Literary Excellence: When AI Imitates an Award-winning Poem

YUM Wang Ngai
Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR

4 - Theme I: Discourse and Humanity - First Panel Discussion

5 - Theme II: Saga and Statecraft - Second Presentation Session

Reassessing the Composition Era of Mu Tianzi Zhuan: A Transdisciplinary Evaluation of Evidence

GAO Xinyue
School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

6 - Theme II: Saga and Statecraft - Second Panel Discussion

7 - Theme III: Mind and Innovation - Third Presentation Session

Social Support is Associated with More Abstinence in a Community Smoking Cessation Program in Hong Kong

WONG Seng Ying Amber 1, GUO Ziqiu 2, TONG Sau Chai Henry 3, LAI Wai Yin Vienna 3, and WANG Man Ping 2
1 Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
2 School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
3 Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health, Hong Kong SAR