Jing Wang is a scholar-practitioner. She possesses over a decade of professional experience in documentary filmmaking, serving as both a director and producer. Simultaneously, she combines academic scholarship with practical insights.

Candy Wong CFA is a sell-side equity sales specialist with over 25 years of experience in the Asia and Hong Kong China markets. Her career spans journalism, financial services, and education. She started her career as a journalist based in Hong Kong, covering political and business news for Sing Tao Daily, South China Morning Post, and the Hong Kong Economic Journal. In 1997, she joined Morgan Stanley as an Asian equity sales in the Institutional Equity Division.

Sohyun Lee is a Korean documentary filmmaker and production sound recordist. She has been teaching sound and documentary filmmaking at Pusan National University for over ten years. Alongside directing, she works professionally as a production sound recordist for documentary and commercial film productions.

Jeroen de Kloet (高伟云) is Professor of Globalisation Studies at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam. He is affiliated with the Beijing Language and Culture University. He is also a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Art and Sciences (KNAW).

Richard Allen is Chair Professor of Film and Media Art at the School of Creative Media, CityUHK, where he was previously Dean. He was formerly Professor of Cinema Studies at New York University. His research interests lie in film theory, aesthetics, and poetics. His books include Projecting Illusion (1995), Hitchcock’s Romantic Irony (2007), and Storytelling in Hindi Cinema (2026). His new research is on Affective Piety and Melodrama.

Jean-Francois joined the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at HKU in 2025. For most of his career, he was a business and technology journalist covering industries including pharmaceuticals, chemicals, electronics, and semiconductors across Asia. Over the years, he has interviewed thousands of sources, including hundreds of CEOs, CFO, CTOs, financial analysts, and other industry figures. A native of Montreal, Canada, JF has lived in Taiwan, Japan and China for four decades and considers Hong Kong his home.