HONG KONG – The Hong Kong Sevens will return to Kai Tak Sports Park on Friday, marking the tournament’s golden 50th anniversary, where fans can enjoy not only thrilling matches but also live music, food and drink, to relax and soak up the atmosphere.
The three-day rugby tournament will feature 24 teams, with the Melrose Claymores invitational competition bringing the total to 30 sides, including men’s and women’s Hong Kong China Rugby sevens squads, battling in over 70 matches.
As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, a week-long rugby festival will kick off on Saturday with fresh highlights, including the new Hong Kong Football Club Youth 10s tournament, Racing with Rugby initiative at Sha Tin Racecourse, and the first Hong Kong 5s wheelchair rugby tournament.
Robots to take center stage in tech fair
InnoEX, one of the four major technology fairs organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council this April, is expected to bring together over 580 exhibitors from 21 countries and regions.
The event will also debut “RoboPark”, a new zone spread across InnoEX featuring a range of the world’s best-selling humanoid robot manufacturers.
Themed “Innovation · Automate · Elevate”, this year’s InnoEX will be held from Monday to Thursday at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, covering five key areas: artificial intelligence+, robotics, the low-altitude economy, property technology, and retail technology.
The InnoEX will continuously leverage Hong Kong’s unique advantage as a platform for “bringing in” and “going global” and support Hong Kong’s development into an international I&T hub, says Jenny Koo, deputy executive of the HKTDC.
Boosting digital development
The 2026 World Internet Conference Asia-Pacific Summit, set to be held from Monday to Tuesday at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, is expected to bring together global government leaders, international organization representatives, and tech executives to advance regional digital cooperation.
Centered on the theme “digital empowerment and innovative development – joining hands to build a community in cyberspace”, the summit’s key features include the first-ever ministerial-level meeting on AI-driven economic growth, plus six sub-forums covering intelligent agents, digital finance, AI safety, smart livelihoods, digital health, and digitized classics.
It will be complemented by a series of affiliated activities, including a government-enterprise dialogue, capacity-building events to be hosted by the WIC Digital Academy, and a new technology exhibition zone.
Comedy fest spotlights AI, industry voices
The 3rd Macau International Comedy Festival, taking place in Macao and Hengqin since Thursday, will end on Sunday. Shen Teng and Ma Li, a celebrated Chinese comedy duo, join as festival initiators for the third consecutive year.
This year’s festival features a series of activities, including open-air performances at Anim’Arte NAM VAN that are free for visitors to join, as well as industry forums.
The forums, which will be held on Saturday and Sunday, will focus on several topics, including the relationship between efficiency and comedy in the AI era and the women comedians who are making their stories heard.
