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The 2nd Annual Meeting of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Hong Kong (EDM HK) took place on October 26 and 27, 2019, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The conference was jointly organised by Department of Medicine’s Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, HKUMed, the KK Leung Diabetes Centre, and Osteoporosis Centre of Queen Mary Hospital. The event is a relatively new platform for practising clinicians to share expertise and research on endocrine diseases including diabetes, osteoporosis, thyroid and other metabolic disorders with their peers. 435 registrants attended the meeting, getting the opportunity to participate in a variety of exceptional plenary lectures and symposia. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, HKUMed, and the Reproduction Center of HKU-Shenzhen Hospital jointly organised the First Ovarian Disease and Reproductive Health Summit in Shenzhen on November 23 and 24, 2019. Professor Hextan Ngan Yuen-sheung ( 顏婉嫦 ) , Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, HKUMed, gave the opening speech, welcoming participants from across the world. A total of 31 leading speakers delivered talks covering basic and clinical studies of the ovary, as well as broad issues in reproductive health. The speakers included Nobel Committee member (Prize for Medicine or Annual Meeting of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Hong Kong (EDM HK) The First Ovarian Disease and Reproductive Health Summit in Shenzhen Physiology) Professor Kristina Gemzell Danielsson of the Karolinska Institute, Sweden; Professor Aaron Hsueh of Stanford University, US; Chinese academicians Professor Jie Qiao ( 喬杰 ) and Professor Huang Hefeng ( 黃荷鳯 ) , and many other leading experts. Attendees were treated to insights and new findings on specific topics such as in vitro oocyte maturation, mechanistic studies of premature ovarian failure and its treatment, in vitro activation of primordial follicles for clinical treatment, meiotic causations of ovarian defects, ovarian tissue cryopreservation for cancer patients, and more. The conference was well- received, garnering positive feedback from the reproductive biology society and drawing attendance numbers that exceeded expectations. The conference provided an effective and unique platform for knowledge sharing among clinicians and researchers in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and beyond. 30 Inside the Faculty