Workshop on AI Agents and Companions

Date: April 23-24, 2026 (Thur – Fri) 

Day 1 – Apr 23, 2026 Thur

Time: 9:30am – 5:10pm

Venue:  Floor 11, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

Day 2 – Apr 24, 2026 Fri

Time: 9:30am – 4:00pm 

Venue: Rm 4.36, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

Co-Organized by: HKU Master of Arts-AI, Ethics and Society (MAAIES) and HKU AIH Lab

Registration: Here

Speakers/Titles:

Prof. Henry Shevlin, University of Cambridge, (Title TBD)

Prof. Diana Acosta Navas, Loyola University Chicago, The Question of Paternalism in Agentic AI Systems

Dr. Jennifer Munt, The Australian National University, Trustworthy AI: Norm Responsiveness and Accountability

Prof. Brian Earp, National University of Singapore, (Title: TBD)

Prof. Bella Pei Wang, The University of Hong Kong, (Title TBD)

Dr. James Lim & Dr Kathryn Muyskens, National University of Singapore, What Companion Bots Can’t Give Us

Dr. Roberta Fischli, Stanford University, Personal Agents and the Many Faces of Autonomy

Dr. Zohar Lederman, The University of Hong Kong, (Title: TBD)

Panelists – LLM Agent Based Modeling

Dr. Kangyu Wang, The University of Hong Kong (Moderator)

Dr. Yuqi Chen, The University of Hong Kong
 
Prof. Zheng ZhangThe University of Hong Kong
 
Prof. Henry Shevlin, University of Cambridge
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