DATE:
2021-09-24
TIME:
17:40-18:30 (China)
11:40-12:30 (Germany)
LOCATION:
Shanghai Institute for Advanced Study of Zhejiang University (SIAS)
Building # 5, Zhangjiang Guochuang Center Phase Ⅲ, No.799 Dangui Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai
VENUE:
Hybrid
SPEAKER(S):
SCHIMANOWSKI Ruth (Moderator)
Chief Representative of DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
LI Ruicheng
Senior Vice President, SAP
DRESSLER Ulf
Vice President, Corporate Communications APAC, LANXESS
ZHOU Ruhong
Dean, Shanghai Institute for Advanced Study of Zhejiang University (SIAS)
TIEHM Andreas
Head of the Department of Water Microbiology, German Water Technology Center
BALKE Benjamin
Head of Department of Energy Materials, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies IWKS
TAN Rong
Vice Dean, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University
SPONSOR(S):
Zhejiang University
DAAD China (German Academic Exchange Service China)
ABSTRACT:
At the end of 2020, the German government announced a massive €4 billion budget to support research projects addressing global warming and sustainability under its FONA (Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit) strategy over the coming five years. China’s new five-year plan, released this March, confirms the country’s commitment to sustainability including peaking carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060.
Covid-19 has demonstrated that scientific collaboration plays a critical role in tackling complex challenges. In the same vein, environmental problems require a diversity of solutions based on scientific insights. Guided by its Sustainability Action Plan: A Global ZJU for Social Good (Z4G), Zhejiang University is working to enhance sustainability-related education, research and operations through a variety of programmes and activities, such as the inaugural Sino-German Sustainable Development Forum (SGF).
For the roundtable discussion, Ms. Ruth Schimanowski, Chief Representative of DAAD China, will speak with 6 leading scholars and top managers about their views on the sustainability associated with their own academic or industrial backgrounds. Together, they will discuss how their respective institutions commit to sustainability goals and how academia and industry could work together on this global topic.
Registration & Contact:
Please register by 23:59 CST, September 13, 2021 by sending email to zhiwei.xing@zju.edu.cn
ABOUT SIAS
Shanghai Institute for Advanced Study of Zhejiang University (SIAS) is a jointly launched new institution of research and development by Shanghai Municipal Government and Zhejiang University in June, 2020. The platform represents an intersection of technology and economic development, serving as a market leading trail blazer to cultivate a novel community for innovation amongst enterprises.
SIAS is seeking top talents working on the frontiers of computational sciences who can envision and actualize a research program that will bring out new solutions to areas include, but not limited to, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Biology, Computational Engineering and Fintech.