We are extremely lucky to have some of the world's most respected academics working on campus. In addition to the great work they do developing undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and guiding our students through their studies, their research teams undertake projects that have world-wide ramifications.

More often than not, interest in their work spreads across the boundaries of traditional subject areas. In the age of inter-disciplinarity, solutions to our most pressing problems often require a much broader perspective.

The President's Lecture Series: Excellence in Academia offers a platform for CityU academics to discuss wide-ranging academic investigations with students, faculty and staff across the CityU community.

I hope you can join us at these unique lectures and relish the opportunity to savour some of the outstanding scholarship undertaken at City University of Hong Kong.