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**\*\*\* IMPORTANT \*\*\*** **Please using the following to REGISTER offically, and please ignore the attendee limits here at meetup dot com:** [https://www.vantagemind.com/events/vLLM/260307/vLLM-HK-Meetup_vLLM.html](https://www.vantagemind.com/events/vLLM/260307/vLLM-HK-Meetup_vLLM.html) **\*\*\* IMPORTANT \*\*\*** **The global vLLM Meetup is coming to Hong Kong!** We’re bringing together vLLM core contributors and users locally from Hong Kong, Greater China, and around the world to share what’s next for LLM inference with **vLLM—an open‑source LLM inference and serving engine with over 60,000 stars on GitHub!** Join us to dive into the fundamentals of vLLM, get hands-on experience, discover proven techniques to optimize LLM performance, deployment cost and reliability, and connect in person with a vibrant community of vLLM contributors, developers and users. * Discover vLLM and the current landscape of LLM inference * Hear directly from vLLM core contributors to learn the latest vLLM developments and updates * Learn how vLLM integrates with AI hardware accelerators and state-of-the-art AI models **\*\*\* IMPORTANT \*\*\*** **Please using the following to REGISTER offically, and please ignore the attendee limits here at meetup dot com:** [https://www.vantagemind.com/events/vLLM/260307/vLLM-HK-Meetup_vLLM.html](https://www.vantagemind.com/events/vLLM/260307/vLLM-HK-Meetup_vLLM.html) **\*\*\* IMPORTANT \*\*\***

Reading is important because it develops your mind and gives you excessive knowledge and lessons of life. 開卷有益！大家最近有冇讀到一啲好書呢？不如出黎分享下讀書心得呀？參加呢個讀書活動，分享好書，分享喜悅。😊 有興趣參加可以WhatsApp我：95182994

(Partner's Event) BBQ Party at ShenZhen Time: Every Sat 19:00 - 23:00 (Usually) Location: The Crazy Coconut Bar, ShenZhen Longhua Baishilong, 3rd floor, 3N100, Above Metro Exit B2 (BaiShiLong Metro Station) 瘋狂酒吧， 深圳龍華白石龍地鐵站B2上方，3樓 Refer to the picture for details on the BBQ Sat event.

**General idea:** Join us for a relaxed people-drawing-people activity over coffee or a drink. Both newcomers and experienced participants are welcome to join. **💰 Price** : Only pay for your drink! We don't charge a fee. **✅ Guidelines**: * Bring your own paper, pencil, drawing tablet etc ✏️ * Greet the host(s)! * Buy yourself a drink (tea, coffee, sodas, etc) * Find a seat and start drawing your surroundings (especially the people). 📣 **Join our socials!** Follow [our official Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/people_drawing_people/) for event photos **@peopledrawingpeople** Grow the event by sharing your own drawings and tag us! 📸 **Photos** Hosts will also take descriptive shots of the event and your drawings to promote this meetup to new members outside. If you prefer not to appear in photographs just let them know. **[ Optional activities ]** For variety we may suggest optional activities which you can choose to participate in or not. These include volunteering as a model for the group, or partnering up with people for longer model/artist exchanges, skill sharing, etc.

(Partner's Event) English Corner Time: Every Wed, Fri & Sun 19:00 - 23:00 Location: The Crazy Coconut Bar, ShenZhen Longhua Baishilong, 3rd floor, 3N100, Above Metro Exit B2 (BaiShiLong Metro Station) 瘋狂酒吧， 深圳龍華白石龍地鐵站B2上方，3樓 Refer to the picture for details on the BBQ Sat event. Wechat ID: Pandoraparties

Language exchange@ My home Cafe Kindly at least pay for one food/ drink item for the cafe owner . Please come up stairs to 3/F .

*NOTE* ignore the reservation limit just come Grab a boba and pull up a chair — Hanley is hosting a chill office hours session at Central Market where you can ask anything, swap ideas, or just hang out. Whether you've got a burning question, a half-baked idea you want to talk through, or you're simply looking for a fun afternoon out, this is the place to be. ​Central Market is a great spot to wander before or after, so make a little afternoon of it. This is a public space so no promise on seating etc :) Specifically Hanley, who is known for his impactful event presentations, is helping a Lunatech member with her presentation this day so come help her put some amazing into her presentation!

大家好, 我們誠摯地邀請大家於3月08日下午 2：30點 來參加我們的聚會。請大家各自帶一本最近閱讀的書 (中英文也可以)，分享您對這本書的想法和感受。這將是一個輕鬆愉快的環境，讓我們一起交流和啟發。 日期: 3月 08日 (星期日) 時間： 下午2:30-4:30點 費用: 免費 聚會地址是：上環文咸西街44-46號903室 Whatsapp booking: 4449 0049 Website: https://midnightbliss-studio.com/ IG: midnight_bliss_studio 期待與大家見面。 祝好, Cultural Hub Hello, We sincerely invite you to our book club member meetup on 08 Mar, 2:30-4:30 PM. Please bring a book you've recently read (in Chinese or English, it's fine), and share your thoughts and feelings about it. This will be a relaxed and enjoyable environment for us to exchange ideas and inspire each other. Date: 08 Mar Time: 2:30-4:30 PM Fees: Free Whatsapp booking: 4449 0049 Location: Suite 903, 44-46 Bonham Strand West, Sheung Wan

**\*\*\* IMPORTANT \*\*\*** **Please using the following to REGISTER offically, and please ignore the attendee limits here at meetup dot com:** [https://www.vantagemind.com/events/vLLM/260307/vLLM-HK-Meetup_vLLM.html](https://www.vantagemind.com/events/vLLM/260307/vLLM-HK-Meetup_vLLM.html) **Event Details** **Date:** March 7, 2026 (Sat) **Time:** 10:00am - 5:30pm (subject to update) **Venue:** The Hong Kong Polytechnic University [[Map](https://share.google/7POjPvJkStZAuNWQb)] **Language:** English (Primary) / Mandarin **Event Co-organizer:** Red Hat, vLLM, EmbeddedLLM, PolyU Department of Computing (COMP), AMD, MetaX, Python User Group/OSHK, MiniMax

Why not start the morning with special boba tea \*? (menu in the bottom of description) * **Date & Time**: Saturday, 7 March, 2026, 10:00 am – Chill until 13:00 PM ***Meeting Point & Venue****: a bar with coffee provided in the morning in Sheung Wan (exact details and map shared after payment)* * \**Promotional price*: HK$100 including one cup of tea, boba tea or coffee excluding any snacks or extra drinks at cost A token will be provided in order to exchange for tea or coffee. *\- PAYMENT : Please provide the payment slip $100 FPS or Payme to 55073213 to secure your place\. Payme :[https://payme.hsbc/lincolncflam](https://payme.hsbc/lincolncflam)\*\*\** * *Highlights*: Casual tea or coffee options; light chit chat prompts to spark cross-cultural conversations; * *Vibe*\*: Easy-going and welcoming, focused on mingling and making new friends in a laid-back bar atmosphere * \*\*\* Why Join?\*\*: In the spirit of our cross-cultural community, sharing experiences from hikes, food tastings, or daily HK life—ideal for building lasting friendships. * \*- SMOKED MILK TEA: evaporated & whole milk, Hibiscus, tapioca pearls \- FRESH CITRUS JASMINE HIGHBALL TEA : Jasmine green/ bright citrus\, honey\, tapioca or mango pearls \- GRAPEFRUIT HIBISCUS TEA: Hibiscus\, grapefruit black tea\, milk or oat\, tapicoa pearls \- ICE LEMON CITRUS BOBA : HK\-style lemon tea or jasmin tea\, fresh lemon\, citrus\, mango pearls #HongKongChill #CoffeeMeetup #ExpatChitChat #LocalHangout #F2FHANGOUT#CrossCulturalVibes #WeekendChill #CasualConnections #bobatea

**You need to register in the below link to attend the meetup** **NOTE: This meetup is exclusive and the final list of attendees is at the discretion of the host. You will receive an invitation via email before the meetup date.** We are delighted to announce that our next meetup will be in cooperation with **aeonea** . Special thanks to our sponsor, **aeonea**, for making this event happen. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **Speaker 1:** Gautier Marti **Topic:** Detecting Evasive Answers in Financial Q&A with NLP and Large Language Models **Summary:** Earnings calls and other financial Q&A sessions are a critical source of information for investors, yet executives often respond evasively without explicitly lying. This talk presents recent research, led by Khaled Al Nuaimi, on evasive answer detection as a standalone NLP task, distinct from sentiment or factuality. Gautier will introduce psychology-informed taxonomies of evasiveness, annotated datasets covering earnings calls and central bank press conferences, and both lightweight and large-model-based detection approaches. He will also discuss how recent benchmark efforts, including work by researchers based in Hong Kong, are shaping large-scale evaluation, and why automated detection of evasive language matters for transparency, market analysis, and downstream financial NLP applications. **Bio:** Gautier Marti is a quantitative researcher with experience in equity statistical arbitrage and credit trading strategies. He has a strong background in machine learning and its applications to alpha research. Alongside his professional work, Gautier actively follows and experiments with advanced research to evaluate its practical impact on portfolio performance. He also mentors several PhD students on topics including modern NLP and multimodal techniques for finance, explainability of trading models, and forecasting using large language models and network-based approaches. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **Speaker 2 :** Yizhi Song **Topic:** Deep Tangency Portfolio **Summary:** This talk introduces a deep learning framework for estimating tangency portfolio weights by augmenting benchmark factors with a long–short deep factor learned from high-dimensional firm characteristics. The deep factor is optimized to maximize Sharpe ratio, hedging benchmark risks while capturing nonlinear signals across multiple markets. Applied to U.S. corporate bonds using 132 firm-level characteristics spanning bond, equity, and option data, the resulting deep tangency portfolio achieves an out-of-sample Sharpe ratio above 2 when benchmarked to the market factor, outperforming portfolios based on common observable or latent factors. The results suggest that bond risk premia are dense and require nonlinear, multi-market integration to effectively span the efficient frontier. **Bio:** Yizhi Song is a Quantitative Researcher at Squarepoint Capital in Hong Kong, where he focuses on systematic fixed income strategies. He holds a PhD in Empirical Asset Pricing from City University of Hong Kong (2024), with research applying statistical methods and machine learning to asset pricing. Yizhi also earned an M.S. in Applied Mathematics from Northwestern University and a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-

【歡迎只作旁聽，會作分享的書友優先】 1. 活動目標：希望大家能夠分享閱讀心得，開開心心共渡週末。 2. 地點：歡迎參加者提議，消費自付。 3. 時間：下午2時至5時（3小時） 4. 活動流程：以廣東話為主，輪流分享閱讀所見所聞，其他人輪流發問。希望各人藉此更能深刻了解書本知識，用更多不同角度探索書本， 互相啟發及學習。 5. 參加者需帶備一本已經閱讀80%或以上的書本 （中英文書皆可），歡迎絕大部分主題：勵志、心理、商業、股票、旅遊、運動、健美、中西醫療、哲學、散文、美術、種植、歷史、學習方法等等。不接受漫畫、雜誌、報章及任何淫褻不雅之讀物。 6. 活動在午餐 / 下午茶中進行。 7. 失約和習慣性最後一刻退出的成員，將從成員名單中刪除。 8. 若有候補名單，曾經失約和曾經最後一刻退出的成員，他們當次出席的名額將給予其他候補成員。 9. 其他事項：活動期間，參加者應小心看管個人財物，如有任何損失，本會概不負任何責任。

Presented by： “一舖清唱”專業無伴奏合唱藝術家團隊、進階無伴奏合唱訓練班、人聲口技工作坊(二) 、形體工作坊(二)之學員 [Yat Po Singers (Professional A Cappella Artists), the participants of the Advanced A Cappella Classes, Beatbox Workshops II, and Physical Theatre Workshop II] #當中有我Isa+組員Lawrence演出。如果想參加“一舖清唱”下期訓練，可以問我哋。 [One member and I will show up in the performance.] ##此次活動為個別進場。[This event is without group seat arrangement.] 日期：2026年3月15日(星期日) 時間：3:00pm-4:30pm 地點：荃灣大會堂演奏廳 座位: 自由劃位(先排隊入場就可獲取好座置) 主辦單位：一舖清唱, 康文署 Date: 15 March, 2026 (Sunday) Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm Address: Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall Seating: No seating is set and seats are served on first-come-first-served basis Organization: Yat Po Singers, LCSD MeetUp費用：免費,(亦接受捐贈) 報名：按Attend-> 填寫1)聯絡電話號碼, 2)男/女, 3)電郵地址(予QR code碼入場), 4)你想參與唱歌/舞蹈/作曲/編劇/其他藝術?-> 確認入選活動 MeetUp fee: Free,(also receive donation) Join: Click ‘Attend’-> Write down your 1)Contact number, 2)Male/Female, 3)Email address( for QR code entry ticket) 4)Would u like to learn some music/ dance/ song-composing/ film production/ any arts issue? \*\*\*a) Welcome foreigners. Please remark your language if you are foreigner. [歡迎外地本地人一同熱鬧.請外地人指明語言.] \*\*\*b) Participants are required to follow instruction of the venue. [參與者要遵守場地規則,違者則有可能被邀離開.] \*\*\*c) Late comer may be restricted to admit and continue in the activity. [主辦組織不作逾候,逾時者有可能不被參加,請預早抵達.] \*\*\*d) No refund or seat transfer after payment, unless is the cancellation of activity or by our group. [交費後若未能出席參與者,繳款不獲退回及轉讓.(除非活動取消而全數退款).] \*\*\*e) Photos taken by our group during activity will be as record and promotion. [活動如有拍照,以作記錄和宣傳用途.] \*\*\*f) When there are 3 No Show, we have the right to ban you out from our groups. [凡超過3次No Show者,本組有權將該組員移離本群組.]