Past Events

Renowned expert in organic semiconducting polymers from Princeton University delivers PAIR lecture

Prof. Iain McCULLOCH from Princeton University, United States, delivered the 34th PAIR Distinguished Lecture titled “Designing Organic Semiconductors to Optimise Charge Transport” on 14 January 2025 on PolyU campus.

RISE: First International Conference on Digital Intelligence for Energy Systems

In the Conference, around 200 speakers and participants from different countries, such as Denmark, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, Mainland China etc. were invited to share their valuable insights and innovative ideas towards Smart Energy.

RIAM Seminar: Metaverse and Digital Twin Evolution

In this seminar, Prof. NEE Yeh Ching Andrew addresses the current developments of digital twins (DT) and the challenges of DT in the metaverse environment, where humans interact with avatars and DT facilities.

Prof Deborah D.L. CHUNG delivers PAIR Distinguished Lecture on 'Explorations on the fascinating realm of multifunctional carbon fiber'

Prof. Deborah D.L. CHUNG of The State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo delivered the 33rd PAIR Distinguished Lecture titled “Carbon Fiber Multifunctionality Enabled by Conductivity, Dielectricity and Inductance” on 17 December 2024 on the PolyU campus. The lecture attracted about 100 participants to join in person and captivated an online viewing audience of over 12,800 from different countries and regions who watched the live broadcast on multiple social media platforms, including Bilibili, WeChat, Weibo and YouTube.

Successful SCRI Distinguished Lecture on Remote Sensing Image Processing from Classical Approaches to AI-supported Approaches on 17 December 2024

On 17 December 2024, the Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Smart Cities Research Institute (SCRI) successfully hosted a Distinguished Lecture titled "Remote Sensing Image Processing from Classical Approaches to AI-supported Approaches". The seminar featured Professor Yun Zhang from the University of New Brunswick, Canada.

RiFood co-organises scientific meeting on turning “Healthy China 2030” vision into action

The Research Institute for Future Food (RiFood), in collaboration with Department of Food Science and Nutrition (FSN) and the Hong Kong Nutrition Association (HKNA), co-organised the HKNA 45th Anniversary Scientific Meeting at PolyU campus on 14 December 2024, attracting over 120 participants including students, researchers, industry experts and medical professionals from Hong Kong, Macao and Mainland China.

RISA Research Seminar- Addressing the Intergenerational Digital Divide in China: Progress, Challenges, and the Need for Inclusive Design and Social Regulations

Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA) and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) were honoured to have Dr. Lanning Tian, Chairwoman of the Zhongguancun SSIDC Smart Health and Senior Care Industrial Alliance as the speaker of the research seminar titled “Addressing the Intergenerational Digital Divide in China: Progress, Challenges, and the Need for Inclusive Design and Social Regulations”, which took place on December 12, 2024 at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

RCRE : ReACT2024 successfully held (11 Dec 2024 - 14 Dec 2024)

The 1st International Conference on Research and Application of Carbonation Technology for Wastes and Concrete (ReACT2024) was successfully held from 11 to 14 December 2024 on PolyU campus. The Conference was jointly organized by the Research Centre for Resources Engineering towards Carbon Neutrality (RCRE) and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) of PolyU together with the Solid Waste and Eco-material Subcommittee of the Chinese Ceramic Society. The Conference attracted more than 270 academics, researchers, industrial professionals, government officials and postgraduate students from all over the world, including Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mainland China, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, and United States.

Prof. CHEN Nanguang shared insights during PRI Research Seminar on 10 December 2024

The “Photonics Research Institute (PRI) Research Seminar Series: Deep learning approaches to advancing biomedical optical imaging techniques” was successfully held on 10 December 2024 (Tuesday).

RILS & RNUS Joint Public Lecture delivered by Professor Xiangrong WANG

On 9 December 2024, Prof. Xiangrong WANG, Director and Distinguished Professor, Centre for Urban Eco-Planning & Design, Fudan University, China, delivered an online Public Lecture titled “Urban Ecological Security and Green Development”. This lecture was co-organised by the Research Institute of Land and Space (RILS) and the Research Centre for Nature-based Urban Infrastructure Solutions (RNUS) of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.