Symposium on Interpretability of AI-Generated Content Copyright Infringement
12 December 2025 (Friday), 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower, The University of Hong Kong
Organizer: Law and Technology Centre, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Supporting Organization: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI)
Program
2:00 pm – 2:05 pm: Welcome remarks
Prof. Hualing Fu, Dean and Professor, HKU Faculty of Law
2:05 pm – 2:15 pm: Opening remarks
Moderator: Prof. Yahong Li, Associate Professor, HKU Faculty of Law
- Dr. Alan Cheung, Chief Director, ASTRI
- Prof. Benjamin Chen, Associate Professor & Director, Law and Technology Centre, HKU Faculty of Law
2:15 pm – 2:45 pm: Keynote Speech
Moderator: Prof. Hualing Fu, Dean and Professor, HKU Faculty of Law
Prof. Cui Guobin, Dean, Tsinghua University School of Law
AI 平台版權侵權的嚴格責任 (Strict Liability for Copyright Infringement by Generative AI)
2:45 pm – 3:15 pm Introduction to the HKU-ASTRI AIGC Copyright Project
Moderator: Prof. Benjamin Chen, Associate Professor & Director, Law and Technology Centre, HKU Faculty of Law
- Prof. Yahong Li, Associate Professor, HKU Faculty of Law
- Mr. Peter Wong, Principal Engineer, ASTRI
- Dr. Wayne Wang, Non-Resident Fellow, FGV Center for Technology and Society (Brazil)
- Mr. David Hong, Senior Engineer, ASTRI
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm Tea Break
3:30pm – 4:45 pm Panel One: Academic Views on AIGC Copyright Infringement (each 15 min)
Moderator: Mr. Ernest Southworth, Professional Consultant, Director of LLM in Common Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Law
3:30-3:45pm Prof. Tianxiang He, Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong School of Law
Different Layers of AI Training Copyright Infringement Risk
3:45-4:00pm Prof. Ryan Whalen, Associate Professor, HKU Faculty of Law
From Modicum to Human Required: Raising the Copyright Creativity Threshold for a Post-AI World
4:00-4:15pm Prof. Hua Jie, Associate Professor, Shanghai International College of IP
Collective Licensing of Copyright Works for Generative AI
4:15-4:30pm Prof. Guan Taorui, Assistant Professor, HKU Faculty of Law
檢索增强生成系統的版權規制 (Copyright Regulation for Retrieval-Augmented Generation Systems)
4:30-4:45pm Q&A: 15 min
4:45 pm – 6:00 pm Panel Two: Practical Views on AIGC Copyright Infringement (each 15 min)
Moderator: Dr. Garen Manukyan, Lecturer, University of Greenwich (Hong Kong Program)
4:45-5:00pm Dr. Sharon Wong, Executive Director, HK Reprographic Rights Licensing Society
Consideration of Exceptions to Copyright in AI Era
5:00-5:15pm Prof. Lai-Man Po, Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong Department of Electrical Engineering
AIGC Copyright: Practical Challenges and Opportunities
5:15-5:30pm Dr. Cao Jianfeng, Senior Researcher, Tencent Research Institute
Copyright Alignment for Generative AI: From model training to deployment
5:30-5:45pm Ms. Shen Fen, Deputy Director, IP Group, Huawei
The Boundaries of Copyright Infringement Liability for AIGC from an Enterprise Perspective
5:45-6:00pm Q&A: 15 min
Registration: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?guest=Y&UEID=103877
For inquiries, please contact Ms. Grace Chan at mcgrace@hku.hk / 3917 4727.
Acknowledgment of Support: This material / event is funded by the Professional Services Advancement Support Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Disclaimer: Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material/any event organised under this project do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or the Vetting Committee of the Professional Services Advancement Support Scheme.
