The 1st Carbon-Strategic Catalysis International Conference cum Inauguration Ceremony of Research Centre for Carbon-Strategic Catalysis has been successfully completed, with the participation of more than 350 scholars, researchers and professionals in-person and online.
Prof Christopher CHAO, Vice President (Research and Innovation) of PolyU, delivered the welcome speech for the conference opening. The Hon Hailong SHANG, Legislative Council Member of HKSAR, was invited for the remark. Mr Bryan PENG, Vice President (AI and Data Science) of the Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises, HKSAR Government, was invited as a VIP guest to join the ceremony.
International renowned scholars joined the conference to share their research, strategic, conceptual and technical insights towards carbon neutrality goal. During the three days conference, frontier scientists made thoughtful discussion on advanced research, promoting interdisciplinary collaborations and innovations.
Dr Bolong Huang, Director of Research Centre for Carbon-Strategic Catalysis and Associate Professor of Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology at PolyU, said, “All the talks are very inspiring, constructive, and helpful for the development of our research centre and the future research of us and all on-site and online participants. It has been very fruitful two days because we have learned from all the valuable talks, exchanged our research ideas, and discussed the research advances in various topics of energy, catalysis, and carbon neutrality.”
Research Centre for Carbon-Strategic Catalysis was established in June 2022 as the first research centre that focuses on carbon-strategic energy research among Hong Kong universities. It focuses on research for the in-depth exploration of catalysts and their applications in different chemical reactions related to multi-scale energy conversion and supply systems under the carbon neutrality goals.
