Postgraduate Research & Learning Symposium 2025

Programme

Day 1 23 April 2026 (Thu)

Time Programme
09:00 Registration
09:20 Welcoming Speech Prof. Anthony So Dean Graduate School (User Education Room)
09:35 Opening Remarks
Prof. Cecilia Chun Director Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research (CLEAR)
(User Education Room)
09:45 Parallel Session 1a Manuscript Preparation for Publication: Practical Strategies from a Stroke Neurologist’s Research Journey Dr. Bonaventure Ip(User Education Room) Parallel Session 1b Don’t Panic! The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Preparing a Manuscript in the Sciences Dr. Sarah E. Webb(Digital Scholarship Lab)
11:15 Networking Break
11:30 Parallel Session 2a Structuring a Thesis Introduction: How to Get Readers Hooked at the Beginning Dr. Yvonne Loong(User Education Room) Parallel Session 2b Turning a PhD Thesis into a Book Dr. Fong Yoke Sim(Digital Scholarship Lab)
13:00 Networking Lunch (User Education Room)
14:15 Parallel Session 3a Navigating the AI Labyrinth in Research: From “Is This Allowed?” to Best Practices — Smart Literature Search, Resource Discovery, and Beyond Ms. Iris WaiMr. Wikie Chan(User Education Room) Parallel Session 3b Planning a Manuscript to Read Like a Research Paper Mr. Paul Nerney(Digital Scholarship Lab)
15:45 Networking Break
16:00 Parallel Session 4a Unlock the 3 Keys to Award-Winning Oral Presentations! Dr. Paula Hodgson(User Education Room) Parallel Session 4b Journal Impact Assessment and Predatory Journal Detection: Essential Strategies for Researchers Ms. Bernice Chan(Digital Scholarship Lab)
# Each parallel session lasts for 90 minutes (including a 10-minute Q & A)

Day 2 24 April 2026 (Fri)

Time Programme
09:30 Registration (User Education Room)
10:00 Parallel Session 5a Writing in the Mathematical Sciences: Some Do’s and Don’ts Prof. Anthony So(User Education Room) Parallel Session 5b Systematic Review or Not? Dr. Suzanne Lo(Digital Scholarship Lab)
11:30 Networking Break
11:45 Parallel Session 6a Salient Features of (Publishable) Academic English Ms. Susan Lopez-Nerney(User Education Room) Parallel Session 6b 人工智能與中文學術寫作的反思與應用
Reflections and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Chinese Academic Writing
Dr. Felix ChaoDr. Ocean Siu(Digital Scholarship Lab)
13:15 Closing Remarks
Mr Benjamin Meunier University Librarian CUHK Library
(User Education Room)
# Each parallel session lasts for 90 minutes (including a 10-minute Q & A)