"How to enhance Asian animation and transform it as the aesthetics of our everyday life?" will be one of the major topics in this forum. Hong Kong Arts Centre has invited six prominent and veteran animation practitioners to share with us the current position of Asian animation industry in the international scene, as well as its opportunities and challenges in the cultural, educational and commercial perspectives, and how animation can bring beauty and flavor to our life.

• Ms. Elizabeth WONG Lo-tak (a.k.a. Liz WONG)  Commissioning Editor, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK)'s Animation Commissioning Project, Hong Kong

• Mr. KWAI Bun  Animation Director/Founder and Creative Director, ManyMany Creations Limited, Hong Kong
• Mr. Raman HUI  Director/Animator
• Mr. Joon Yang KIM  Critic and Researcher in Animation, Korea
• Ms. Connie LAM  Executive Director, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
• Dr. Eric LI, GBS, JP  Independent Non-Executive Director, Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited, Hong Kong
• Prof. Mitsuko OKAMOTO  Department of Animation, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan
• Mr. Gabriel PANG  Managing Director, Firedog Computer Entertainment Limited (a.k.a. Firedog), Hong Kong