Jointly organized by the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology; Stem Cells and Regeneration Programme, School of Biomedical Sciences; the Stem Cells and Regeneration Centre; the SMART Programme, Institute of Innovative Medicine; and the Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine (CUHK – Jinan University), the Third CUHK International Symposium on Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine was held on 11 and 12 November. Some 40 scholars from the US, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Singapore, Australia, mainland China and Hong Kong were in attendance. During the conference, Prof. Rocky Tuan of the University of Pittsburg delivered a keynote speech titled ‘New Frontiers of Skeletal Regeneration: Stem Cells, Extracellular Matrix and Biomaterial Scaffolds’ which was well received by an audience of over 300.