**The booklet of the conference can be downloaded HERE
The abstracts of all the papers for concurring panels can be viewed in the following tabs.**
Event Title
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Registration⇨ Grand Hall |
| 13:00 – 13:15 | Welcome and Opening Remarks ⇨ Grand HallProfessor Michael Hor Dean of Faculty of Law, The University of Hong KongProfessor Gráinne de Búrca, New York University Professor Ran Hirschl, University of Toronto Co-Presidents, ICON-S |
| 13:15 – 13:30 | Opening Address ⇨ Grand HallThe Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Chief Justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal |
| 13:30 – 14:40 | Keynote Address ⇨ Grand Hall“Balancing National Security and Public Order with Human Rights: A Judicial Perspective”The Right Honourable the Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury Former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Non-Permanent Justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal |
| 14:40 – 15:00 | Coffee Break ⇨ Foyer outside Grand Hall |
| 15:00 – 16:30 | Plenary Panel I: Diversity, Identity and Human Rights⇨ Grand Hall“Respect for Diversity” Judge Navi Pillay Commissioner for the International Commission against the Death Penalty Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights“Diversity, Identity and Human Rights: Experiences in Asia and Africa” Professor Yash Ghai Director of Katiba Institute, Kenya Emeritus Professor of Law, The University of Hong Kong“Multicultural Human Rights Conflicts: We Need to Talk about Process” Professor Eva Brems University of GhentChair: Professor Johannes Chan The University of Hong Kong |
| 16:45 – 18:15 | Panel Sessions I: Sessions 1 – 29⇨ Cheng Yu Tung Tower and CPD Classrooms |
| 18:30 19:00 | Ceremony to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of HKU Law Faculty ⇨ Grand HallConference Opening Reception ⇨ Foyer outside Grand Hall |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Panel Sessions II: Sessions 30 – 60⇨ Cheng Yu Tung Tower and CPD Classrooms |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break⇨ Foyer outside Grand Hall |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Panel Sessions III: Sessions 61-92⇨ Cheng Yu Tung Tower and CPD Classrooms |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch Break⇨ Foyer outside Grand Hall |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | ICON·S Workshop: How to Supervise a PhD Thesis⇨ Grand Hall Professor Joseph H.H. Weiler New York University |
| 14:30 – 16:00 | Award Announcements: ICON·S Book Prize & ICON Best Paper Prize⇨ Grand HallPlenary Panel II: Courts and Democratization ⇨ Grand Hall“The Role of the Constitutional Court in Korea’s Democratization” Justice Ilwon Kang Constitutional Court of Korea“Why Populists Hate Judicial Independence” Professor Kim Lane Scheppele Princeton University“After Democratization: The Taiwan Constitutional Court at the Crossroads of Judicial Activism” Professor Lin Tzu-Yi Director & Distinguished Research Professor Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, TaipeiChair: Professor Richard Albert The University of Texas Law School |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee Break⇨ Foyer outside Grand Hall |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Panel Sessions IV: Sessions 93 – 118⇨ Cheng Yu Tung Tower and CPD Classrooms |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Panel Sessions V: Sessions 119 – 147⇨ Cheng Yu Tung Tower and CPD Classrooms |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Panel Sessions VI: Sessions 148 – 174⇨ Cheng Yu Tung Tower and CPD Classrooms |
| 12:15 – 12:45 | Snack Break⇨ Foyer outside Grand Hall |
| 12:45 – 14:15 | Plenary Panel III: Technology and Public Law⇨ Grand Hall“Public Law and Technology” Professor Christopher Yoo University of Pennsylvania“Legal Automation, Rule by Law and the Rule of Law” Professor Frank Pasquale University of Maryland“Big Data-driven Government: Towards a New Public Analytics in Public Administration?” Professor Karen Yeung University of BirminghamChair: Associate Professor Cora Chan The University of Hong Kong |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Closing Remarks⇨ Grand HallProfessor Rosalind Dixon, University of New South Wales Professor Lorenzo Casini, IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca Incoming Co-Presidents, ICON-S |
