China Research Day 2012 - Global Engagement for Global Impact
On Friday 1 June, UCL will host Professor Chunli Bai, the
recently appointed President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Professor Bai is well known both as a chemist and as a leading nano-scientist.
His most recent research focus is scanning tunnelling microscopy and molecular
nanotechnology.
CAS is China’s national academy for research and
development, supporting the natural sciences, technological sciences and
high-tech innovation, not only through its own institutes and spin-out
companies in China, but also through collaborations with international research
partners like UCL.
Professor Bai will be accompanied on his visit to UCL by a number of directors from key CAS institutes to discuss future cooperation between CAS and UCL. UCL will also welcome eight Chinese research partners who are independently collaborating with UCL colleagues across the university.
As part of China Research Day, there will be an open forum of presentations from the CAS team with discussion about the work of CAS. This will take place from 9am-12.30pm and all members of UCL are welcome to attend. During the afternoon, each of the guests will be hosted by individual UCL departments to meet staff and students and hear more about research at UCL.
At 4pm Professor Bai will be awarded a UCL Doctor of Science
degree (honoris casua), following which he will present an address: Progress
and Prospective: Science, Technology and Innovation in China. This will be followed
by an open discussion and a reception. The CAS team and UCL’s visiting Chinese
research partners will attend this event, and members of the UCL community are
invited to attend.
This event is generously supported by the UCL ESPRC-funded project Global Engagement for Global Impact: Strategic Interaction with China, India, Germany and USA.
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Useful links
Professor Chunli Bai http://english.cas.cn/Administration/Adators/200908/t20090825_33929.shtml
Chinese Academy of Science: http://english.cas.cn/
Research Forum details and schedule
Location: Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Theatre (G06), UCL Roberts Engineering Building (REB), Malet Place, WC1
8.30-9.00 Registration and coffee in REB Foyer (the
remainder of the morning is based in the adjacent Robert Lecture theatre)
9.00-9.10 Welcome - Professor Z. Xiao Guo, UCL Pro-Provost for China, and Professor of Materials Chemistry
9.10-9.30 Introduction to UCL and highlights from UCL Faculties of the Built Environment, Engineering Sciences & Mathematical & Physical Sciences (BEAMS) - Professor Richard Catlow, FRS, Dean of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
9.30-9.50 CAS' research work in the area of environment and its international cooperation - Professor Lu Yonglong, Director General of Bureau for International Cooperation, CAS
9.50-10.10 Highlights from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS - Professor Zhang Tao, Director
10.10 -10.30 Highlights from UCL School of Life and Medical Science (SLiMS) - Professor Vince Emery (Pro-Provost, Africa and the Middle East), Professor of Virology UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences
10.30-10.50 Highlights of Institute of Biophysics, CAS - Professor Xu Tao, Director
10:50-11:10 CAS solution and Action to China Energy Challenge - Professor Sun Yuhan, Deputy Director, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, CAS.
11.10-11.30 Refreshment break
11.30-11.50 Highlights from UCL Social Sciences - Professor Jonathan Holmes, UCL Geography
11.50-12.10 Highlights from National Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, CAS - Professor Wang Chen, Director
12.10-12.30 Questions and answers chaired by Professor Xiao Guo
Honorary degree ceremony and reception details and schedule
Location: UCL Darwin Lecture Theatre, Gower Street, WC1
15.50 Guests to be seated
16.00 Professor Chunli Bai; Professor Xiao Guo; Professor Richard Catlow Professor Michael Worton, Vice-Provost, International
16.30 Address by Professor Chunli Bai: Progress and Prospective: Science, Technology and Innovation in China
17.15 Response by Professor Z Xiao Guo
17.30 Audience discussion with Professor Bai, chaired by Professor Worton
18.00 Reception: Roberts Engineering Building, Foyer
CAS attendees
- Professor Chunli Bai, President of the Chinese Academy of Science
- Professor Tan Tieniu, the Deputy Secretary-General of CAS
- Professor Lu Yonglong, the Director-General of Bureau of International Cooperation of CA
- Ms. Wang Dongyao, the Program Officer, Bureau of International Cooperation of CAS
- Professor Yuhan Sun, Deputy Director of Shanghai Advanced Research
- Professor Xu Tao, Director, Institute of Biophysics
- Professor Chen Wang, Director, National Centre for Nanotechnology
- Professor Tao Zhang Director of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
UCL Chinese research partners
- Professor Gou-Qiang Chen: the Vice President of Shanghai Jiao-Tong University, Chancellor of the Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine
UCL Host: Prof Tariq Enver, Prof Stem Cell Biol UCL Cancer Institute
- Professor Zhan Guo, Vice-President of ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites)
UCL host: Professor Stephen Shennan, Director, UCL Institute of Archaeology
- Professor Xiaofan Wang, Vice Dean of School of Electronic, Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University
UCL host: Dr Shi Zhou (UCL Computer Science)
- Professor Bing-Hong Wang, Director of Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
UCL host: Dr Cheng Shi Zhou (UCL Computer Science)
- Professor Xue-Qi Cheng, Director of Key Laboratory of Network Science and Technology, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
UCL host: Dr Shi Zhou (UCL Computer Science)
- Professor Chen Fahu, Director, CAEP, Key Laboratory of West China’s Environmental System, (Ministry of Education), Lanzhou University
UCL host: Professor Jonathan Holmes (UCL Geography)
- Professor Xinggang Lin, Tsinghua University Academic Affairs Committee and the Degree Conferral Committee of Tsinghua University, a key researcher in video/image analysis
UCL Host: Dr Jinghao Xue, Lecturer, Department of Statistical Science
- Professor Ziwei Yu, Professor of Otolaryngology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated First People's Hospital, 100 Haining Road, Shanghai 200080, China
UCL host: Professor Xiao Guo with Professor Martin Birchall (UCL Ear Institute
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