主題講員簡介

Morning Plenary: Discipleship in the Age of Rapid AI Advancement
上午講題: 人工智能快速發展時代的門徒訓練
鄭詩哲博士 Dr Edward Cheng

講者簡介:
鄭詩哲博士在香港出生成長,並在美國和英國接受高等教育。詩哲從事高科技研發工作,專注於研究生成式人工智能和其他機器學習技術,以及大數據、知識、智能和智慧的管理。他發明的 LSM-Tree 算法被當今許多著名數據系統廣泛使用,包括Google、Meta、微軟、甲骨文、Twitter (X)、Cassandra、Hadoop 和 RocksDB。他是甲骨文公司人工智能副總裁,曾任香港大學資訊科技長及香港大學深圳醫院資訊科技總經理。詩哲擁有倫敦大學電腦科學博士學位,以及紐約哥倫比亞大學和加州大學柏克萊分校工商管理碩士學位。

鄭詩哲隨從韓力生先生學習基督教神學和研讀聖經。韓力生曾是基督教導航會的宣教士和門徒訓練導師,也是《息息不斷的門徒訓練法》一書的作者。鄭博士的出版書籍包括《五個問題 – 帶出豐盛的人生意義和目的》、《生死之旅 – 與所羅門一起走過傳道書》和《神與人工智能》。

Profile of Plenary Speaker:
Edward Cheng (鄭詩哲) was born and raised in Hong Kong and received his higher education in the US and UK. Edward is a technologist and visionary who specializes in the research and development of Generative AI and other Machine Learning initiatives, as well as the management of big data, knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom. He is credited with inventing the LSM-Tree algorithm which is widely used today by many prominent Database Systems including Google, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, Twitter (X), Cassandra, Hadoop, and RocksDB. He is the Vice President of Artificial Intelligence at Oracle Corporation. He was the CIO of the University of Hong Kong, and the General Manager of IT at the HKU-Shenzhen Hospital. Edward has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of London, as well as MBAs from Columbia University in New York and UC Berkeley in California. He lives in California with his beloved wife, Gem, and two dogs, Clive and Red.

Edward studied Christian theology and the Bible under Walt Henrichsen, a former missionary and disciple-maker with the Navigators and the author of the Book ‘Disciples are Made, Not Born’. Edward’s Amazon published books include ‘Five Questions Towards Enriching the Meaning and Purpose of Life’ (2020), ‘Journey of Life or Death – a Journey with Solomon Through the Book of Ecclesiastes’ (2021), and “God and AI” (2023).

Afternoon Plenary: Disciple making for a lifetime - are there disappointments and doubts!?
下午講題: 終生門徒訓練之旅 - 失望與疑慮!?
司徒永康醫生 Dr W H Seto

講者簡介:
司徒永康醫生 - 七十年代,當司徒永康醫生是新加坡基督教導航會的一員時,他已經開始訓練門徒。數十年來,他不斷帶領各行各業的弟兄查考聖經,並在教會講道和教誨。最近,他專心致志,於網上為每章聖經都編寫一頁概要,裏面常常參照原文來闡釋意思(網址:www.onepagebiblesummary.com)。到目前爲止,司徒醫生不但已經完成了新約,而舊約也只剩下智慧書尚未寫成,他期望於有生之年完成整本聖經。他是六個孫子的祖父,他們是他的心肝寶貝。