The Microelectronics Technology Forum, held 3–5 August 2021, was organised to gather brilliant minds from universities in the top echelon, promising tech start-ups, investors and world-leading corporations to share their views on the latest trends and opportunities in microelectronics. The three-day forum covered global microelectronics trends, business opportunities in emerging technologies and critical research infrastructure.
Prof. H.-S. Philip WONG, Stanford University, and Faculty Co-Director, Stanford System X Alliance, and the following members presented flash talks at the forum:
• Prof. Martin WONG, Dean of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Prof. Tei-wei KUO, Dean of College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
• Prof. Xiao-ming TAO, Chair Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Prof. Tim CHENG, Dean of Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Prof. Lance LI, Chair Professor, The University of Hong Kong
RI-IWEAR Director Prof. Xiaoming TAO presented on the topic of “Microelectronics and Intelligent Wearable Systems”. She displayed a video showing RI-IWEAR’s research achievements and discussed the relationship between intelligent wearable systems and microelectronics as well as intelligent wearable technology based on microelectronics.
The session also included a panel discussion related to critical research infrastructure. Prof. Xiaoming TAO participated in the discussion as a panelist and provided her opinions on this topic.
