The conference brought together a number of internationally renowned scholars, and attracted a large number from the Hong Kong philosophy community. Speakers included Stathis Psillos of the University of Western Ontario (Canada), author of the book Scientific Realism: How Science Tracks Truth, a must-read for anyone studying philosophy of science; Catherine Elgin of Harvard University, one of the world's most distinguished philosophers working in areas such as metaphysics, pragmatism, and the philosophy of science; Kyle Stanford of the University of California, Riverside; Anjan Chakravartty of the University of Notre Dame; Greg Frost-Arnold of Hobart and William Smith Colleges; Bence Nanay of the University of Cambridge; Johanna Wolff from the University of Hong Kong; and Darrell Rowbottom and Jamin Asay, the co-organisers from Lingnan University.