The Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems (RI-IWEAR) hosted the PAIR Conference on 10 May 2023, with theme of Intelligent Wearable Systems. The conference was attended by experts, researchers, and professionals from various fields. The whole conference featured talks by eight speakers' presentation, two panel discussion, and one poster presentaion section.
The first speaker, Prof. Dinggang SHEN, founding dean from the School of Biomedical Engineering, ShanghaiTech University, presented on the topic of Fast Development and Deployment of AI Techniques for Real Medical Applications. The second speaker, Prof. Feng YAN, ADoRI of IWEAR and Chair Professor of Organic Electronics from Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, presented on the topic of Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Sensing Applications. The thrid speaker, Prof. Yang CHAI, Associate Dean of Faculty of Science and Professor of Department of Applied Physics, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University presented on the topic of Retina-inspired Vision Sensors. The fourth speaker, Dr Xinge YU, Associate Professor of Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, presented on the topic of Intelligent Skin Electronics for Healthcare Monitoring and XR. The fifth speaker, Prof. ZHENG Zijian, ADoRI of IWEAR and Chair Professor of Soft Materials and Devices of Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Science, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, presented on the topic of Textile Composite Electrodes for Extreme-Flexible Batteries and Beyond. The sixth speaker, Prof. Robert YOUNG, Professor of Polymer Science and Technology, Department of Materials, The University of Manchester, presented on top of Multifunctional Nanocomposites: Achievements and Prospects. The seventh speaker, Dr Lin SHU, Senior Engineer of Associate Head, School of Future Technology, South China University of Technology, presented on topic of Research and Application of Wearable Physiological and Psychological Computing Technology. The eighth speaker, Prof. Wei ZENG, Professor of Institute of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, presented on topic of Ionic Thermoelectric Generator with a Giant Output Power Density and High Energy Density Enabled by Synergy of Thermodiffusion and Redox-pair Transfer Effect.
After the experts' sharing on the theme of Intelligent Wearable Systems, Dr Olga BUBNOVA, Chief Editor of Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, presented on topic of Publishing in Nature Portfolio – from Nature Research journals to Nature Reviews journals. After, the other panel discussion on the topic pf Challenges and Opportunities of Intelligent Wearable Systems was held, with Prof. Feng YAN, Prof. Wei ZENG, and Dr Lin SHU as main speakers and Prof. Xiaoming TAO as moderator. At the end of the conference, there was the poster presentation section.
Overall, the conference was a great success, providing a platform for experts and researchers to share their knowledge and experiences on intelligent wearable systems. The Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems will continue to organise similar events in the future, to continue promoting research and development in the field.
