The 2nd Carbon-Strategic Catalysis International Conference was successfully completed on 30th-31st March 2024 at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). During the conference, frontier scientists from Australia, Mainland China, and Hong Kong gathered at the PolyU to give inspiring talks and sharings. This two-day conference brought together more than 400 attendees and had active communications and discussions with all the invited speakers. During the two-day meeting, all the invited speakers shared their cutting-edge research in the fields of energy and catalysis under the Carbon-Strategic framework. They have also proposed novel strategies to further promote the goal of carbon neutrality, providing many valuable insights and suggestions for the development of carbon neutrality in the future.
This conference was hosted by Dr. Huang Bolong, Director of the Research Center for Carbon-Strategic Catalysis (RC-CSC) and Associate Professor of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology of PolyU. The conference has invited nearly 30 plenary/keynote speakers including Prof. Li Yuliang (Member of CAS), Prof. Yan Chun-Hua (Member of CAS), Prof. Chen Xiao-Ming (Member of CAS), Prof. Wang Zhonglin (Foreign Member of CAS), Prof. Cheng Huiming (Member of CAS) and Prof. Guo Zaiping (Australian Laureate Fellow). Mr. Chen Yulin, Director of the Department of Educational, Scientific and Technological Affairs of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR, and Mr. Chen Youlin, General of the Science and Technology Innovation Department of the Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Centre were also invited to attend the opening ceremony. The conference topics have covered cutting-edge research fields including energy, catalysis, and materials, which received enthusiastic responses from the on-site and online audiences. This international conference not only provided the most cutting-edge scientific research progress but also supplied valuable suggestions and support to guide the further development of RC-CSC. In addition, through this meeting, a comprehensive cross-disciplinary research platform has been established, supplying new opportunities and possibilities for achieving the goal of carbon neutrality in Hong Kong in the near future.
As the first research center among Hong Kong academic institutions focusing on carbon-strategic catalysis research, RC-CSC will seize this opportunity to further improve our research level and practical application prospects. This will also enhance communications and collaborations between PolyU and frontier international scientists. This conference will make unremitting efforts to achieve sustainable energy development under the Carbon-Strategic framework, contributing to the carbon neutrality goal of Hong Kong.
第二屆碳策略催化國際會議於2024年3月30日至31日在理大主校園圓滿舉辦。 會議期間，來自澳大利亞，內地及香港本地的頂尖學者齊聚理大校園，進行了精彩的報告與分享。延續去年第一屆會議的成功，本次為期兩天的會議匯集了超過400名聽眾和學者參與，並與主講嘉賓們進行了熱烈的交流和探討。在兩天會議過程中，主講嘉賓們基於碳戰略框架分享了他們各自在能源催化相關領域的前沿成果，並且共同暢談進一步推動實現碳中和目標的策略，為未來碳中和的發展提供了許多寶貴的建議與暢想。
本次會議由理大的碳戰略催化研究中心（RC-CSC）主任、應用生物及化學科技學系副教授黃勃龍博士主辦，邀請了包括李玉良院士、嚴純華院士、陳小明院士、王中林院士、成會明院士、 郭再萍院士在內的近30位主講嘉賓，並邀請到了中聯辦教科部創高處的陳玉林處長與自京港交流中心科技創新部的陳宥霖副經理參與會議開幕式。本次會議內容涵蓋了能源、催化與材料等前沿領域，現場和線上的大量聽眾反應熱烈。 這次國際會議不僅提供了最前沿的科學進展，也為指導RC-CSC的進一步發展和未來工作提供了重要的建議和支持。此外，透過這次會議也建立起一個複合型多學科交叉的研究平台，為早日在香港實現碳中和目標提供了更多的契機與可能性。
RC-CSC作為香港大專院校中首個專注於碳戰略催化研究的中心，也會抓住這樣的契機，進一步提升自身研究水平和實際應用前景，增強理大與國際頂尖學者間的交流與合作，為實現碳戰略框架下的可持續能源發展和香港碳中和的發展做出不懈努力。
