United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)
International Council of Academies of Engineering and
Technological Sciences (CAETS)
Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
Conference Manual
Beijing, ChinaJune 2-3, 2014
International Conference on Engineering Science and Technology
International Conference on Engineering Science and Technology
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN). Its purpose is to
contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration
through education, science, and culture in order to further universal respect
for justice, the rule of law, and human rights along with fundamental
freedom proclaimed in the UN Charter. It is the heir of the League of
Nations’ International Commission on Intellectual Cooperation. UNESCO
has 195 member states and 9 associate members.
International Council of Academies of Engineering and
Technological Sciences
Established in 1978, CAETS, the International Council of Academies of
Engineering and Technological Sciences, Inc., consists of national academies
of engineering and technological sciences. The mission of CAETS is to foster
engineering and technological progress for the benefit of societies of all
countries. CAETS provides the organizational mechanism through which
engineering and technological sciences academies of the world can work
together on important issues at the intersection of technology and society.
CAETS now has 26 member academies around the world.
Chinese Academy of Engineering
Founded in 1994, the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) is a national
academic institution composed of elected members of the highest
caliber, and with the highest honor in the community of engineering and
technological sciences of the nation. Its missions are to initiate and conduct
strategic studies, provide consultancy services for decision-making on key
national issues in engineering and technological sciences, promote the
development of engineering and technological sciences in China and devote
itself to the benefit and welfare of society. Currently CAE has 802 members
and 42 foreign members.
Welcome Message
Program of Plenary Sessions
Plenary Speakers & Abstracts
Programs of Parallel Sessions
Delegations of Co-Sponsors
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Welcome Message from the Chair
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
On behalf of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and the
International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological
Sciences (CAETS), I would like to cordially welcome you to attend the
International Conference on Engineering Science and Technology 2014
(ICEST 2014) in Beijing.
The recent history of human civilization shows that engineering is a
powerful engine for the progress of humanity. Since the turn of the 21st
century we have witnessed an even more profound role engineering has
been playing on the development of human society.
The conference is a joint event of UNESCO, CAETS and CAE. With the
theme of "Engineering and the Future of Humankind", the aim of the
conference is to provide a forum for participants from engineering
academies, industries, research institutions and governmental agencies all
over the world to share insights in the frontiers of engineering, explore
orientation for future development and pool wisdom to meet challenges
for the predictable future years. Parallel sessions will be set up based on
key and increasing important issues for the sustainable economic and
social development of the world in future.
I look forward to meeting you at this exciting event in Beijing.
Sincerely yours,
ZHOU Ji
Chair, ICEST 2014
President, CAE
President, CAETS
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Program of Plenary Sessions
Monday June 2, 201408:30 Opening
Venue: Auditorium, Conference Building, Beijing Conference Center
Opening Remarks by Ji Zhou, Chair, ICEST 2014; President, Chinese Academy of Engineering;
President, CAETS
08:35 Plenary Session I
Co-chairs: Robert Pullen, President, South African Academy of Engineering
Kechang Xie, Vice President, Chinese Academy of Engineering
08:40 Innovations for a Changing and Challenging World
Charlotte Brogren, Director General, Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems
09:00 Engineering the Future: Universities and Education
Sir Keith O’Nions FRS, President and Rector, Imperial College London
09:20 Developing Sustainable Urban Infrastructure to Solve Gigaton Problems
John C. Crittenden, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology;
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Engineering
09:40 Science & Technology of Advanced Sodium Cooled Fast Spectrum Reactors in Context of Energy
Sustainability in 21st Century
Baldev Raj, President, Indian National Academy of Engineering
10:00 Panel Discussion / Q&A
Panelists: Charlotte Brogren
John C. Crittenden
Sir Keith O’Nions
Baldev Raj
10:30 Tea Break
10:45 Plenary Session II
Venue: Auditorium, Conference Building, Beijing Conference Center
Co-chairs: Alan Finkel, President, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences
and Engineering
Daiming Fan, Vice President, Chinese Academy of Engineering
10:50 Building Tomorrow's Industries - Supporting and Commercializing Strategic Emerging
Technologies: a UK perspective
Sir John Parker GBE FREng, President, Royal Academy of Engineering of the UK
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11:10 Guardian Angel Technologies: Providing Right Information to the Right People
Raj Reddy, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University;
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Engineering
11:30 Discovering Helicobacter
John Robin Warren, Emeritus Professor, University of Western Australia
Nobel Laureate in Medicine
11:50 ICT Technology Innovations Revolutionizing Human Society
Kinam Kim, President, Semiconductor Memory Business, Samsung Electronics
12:10 Panel Discussion / Q&A
Panelists: Kinam Kim
Sir John Parker
Raj Reddy
John Robin Warren
12:40 End of Plenary Sessions
13:00 Buffet Lunch
14:00 Parallel Sessions
(Please refer to the programs of Parallel Sessions for details)
• Session 1: The Future of Mechanical Engineering
• Session 2: Information Network and Social Development
• Session 3: The Future of Chemical, Metallurgy and Material Engineering
• Session 4: Sustainable Development of the Energy and Mining Engineering
• Session 5: Civil Engineering and the Future of Humankind
• Session 6: Environment and Green Development
• Session 7: Agricultural Science and Food Security
• Session 8: Translational Medicine and the Future of Human Health
• Session 9: Engineering Philosophy vs. Engineering Management
18:30 Conference Reception
Venue: East Dining Hall, Beijing Conference Center
Tuesday June 3, 20149:30 Keynote Session
Venue: Banquet Hall, 2nd Floor, the Great Hall of the People
Chair: Ji Zhou, President, CAETS; President, Chinese Academy of Engineering
Keynote Speech by Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO
Keynote Speech by a top state leader of China
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10:20 Break
10:30 Plenary Session III
Co-chairs: William C. Salmon, Secretary-General, CAETS
Yunhe Pan, Executive Vice President, Chinese Academy of Engineering
10:35 The Grand Challenges for Engineering
C. D. Mote, Jr., President, the U.S. National Academy of Engineering
10:55 Development of Hybrid Rice for Food Security in the World
Longping Yuan, Director-General, China National Hybrid Rice R&D Center; Member,
Chinese Academy of Engineering; Winner of State Supreme S&T Award of China
11:15 The Future of Energy
Carlo Rubbia, Scientific Director, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam;
Former Director-General of CERN; Nobel Laureate in Physics
11:35 Engineering and China’s Modernization
Ji Zhou, Chair, ICEST 2014; President, Chinese Academy of Engineering; President, CAETS
12:00 Close of Opening Session, transfer to Beijing Conference Center
13:00 Buffet Lunch
14:00 Parallel Sessions
(Please refer to the programs of Parallel Sessions for details)
• Session 1: The Future of Mechanical Engineering
• Session 2: Information Network and Social Development
• Session 3: The Future of Chemical, Metallurgy and Material Engineering
• Session 4: Sustainable Development of the Energy and Mining Engineering
• Session 5: Civil Engineering and the Future of Humankind
• Session 6: Environment and Green Development
• Session 7: Agricultural Science and Food Security
• Session 8: Translational Medicine and the Future of Human Health
• Session 9: Engineering Philosophy vs. Engineering Management
18:00 Conclusion of ICEST 2014
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Plenary Speakers & Abstracts
Irina BokovaDirector-General, UNESCO
Irina Bokova, born on 12 July 1952 in Sofia (Bulgaria), has been the
Director-General of UNESCO since 15 November 2009, and reelected for
a second term in 2013. She is the first woman to lead the Organization.
Having graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations,
and studied at the University of Maryland (Washington) and the John
F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University), Irina Bokova
joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria in 1977, where she was
responsible for human rights issues. Appointed in charge of political and
legal affairs at the Permanent Mission of Bulgaria to the United Nations
in New York, she was also a member of the Bulgarian Delegation at
the United Nations conferences on the equality of women in Copenhagen (1980), Nairobi (1985) and
Beijing (1995). As Member of Parliament (1990-1991 and 2001-2005), she participated in the drafting
of Bulgaria’s new Constitution, which contributed significantly to the country’s accession to the European
Union. She launched the first seminar of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the
European Convention on Human Rights.
Irina Bokova was Minister for Foreign Affairs and Coordinator of Bulgaria-European Union relations
(1995-1997) and Ambassador of Bulgaria (2005-2009) to France, Monaco and UNESCO and Personal
Representative of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria to the “Organisation Internationale de la
Francophonie” (OIF). As Secretary of State for European integration and as Foreign Minister, Irina Bokova
has always advocated for European integration. Active member of many international experts active
in civil society and especially President and founding member of the European Policy Forum, she has
worked to overcome European divisions and to foster the values of dialogue, diversity, human dignity
and human rights.
As Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova is actively engaged in international efforts to advance
quality education for all, gender equality, cultural dialogue and scientific cooperation for sustainable
development and is leading UNESCO as a global advocate for safety of journalists and freedom of
expression. Irina Bokova is Executive Secretary of the Steering Committee of the UN Secretary-General’s
Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) and co-Vice-Chair of the Broadband Commission.
Irina Bokova has received state distinctions from countries across the world and is Doctor honoris causa
of leading universities.
In addition to her mother tongue, she speaks English, French, Spanish and Russian.
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Charlotte BrogrenDr. Charlotte Brogren, Director General of the Swedish Governmental
Agency for Innovation Systems, VINNOVA. Charlotte Brogren joined
VINNOVA as Director General on September 1st 2009. Before joining
VINNOVA she worked for 15 years for the global electrical company
ABB in various management positions within research & development,
most recently, as Technology Manager for ABB’s Robotics Division.
She has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lund.
Charlotte Brogren is chairman of the board of the Swedish Industrial
Development Found and holds several other board positions. Since 2005
she is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
and since 2011 a member of the council board of the International
Electrotechnical Commission.
Innovations for a Changing and Challenging World
Abstract
We live in a rapidly changing world and in an era of increasing challenges on our societies, in the
form of an ageing population, climate change and a growing need to find ways to combat pollution
while allowing for sustainable development. Innovation, when it is successful, combines technological
advancement and know-how with concrete societal needs and consumer demands for new products,
services and processes. The presentation provides an insight into how innovation can effectively be
used as an instrument for developing solutions to global challenges. I provide insights from our work in
Sweden designing policies and programs for promoting challenge-driven innovation.
John C. Crittenden Dr. John C. Crittenden is the director of the Brook Byers Institute
for Sustainable Systems and a professor in the School of Civil and
Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He
holds the Hightower Chair and is a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent
Scholar in Environmental Technologies.Professor Crittenden received
his Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering and his Master’s and Ph.D. in
Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan. Since 1998 he has
been the Associate Editor of the journal Environmental Science and
Technology. Prof. Crittenden was elected to the National Academy of
Engineering in 2002. He is the co-holder of 5 patents and the primary
author of the text book, Water Treatment: Principles and Design, now in
its third edition. He is the author more than 145 articles in refereed journal articles, and more than 100
book chapters, reports and symposia. Prof. Crittenden has been invited to speak and present around the
world on sustainable urban systems and water treatment infrastructure.
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Prof. Crittenden’s current research focus is on the emergent properties of urban infrastructure systems.
His position as a director of the BBISS affords this research to include alternative energy technologies,
sustainable materials, advanced modeling of urban systems, sustainable engineering pedagogy, and
urban form and policy.
Developing Sustainable Urban Infrastructure to Solve Gigaton Problems
Abstract
Gigaton problems refer to those most severe problems challenging humanity, which can often be
measured at the “gigaton (billion tons)” scale. For example, the annual world energy consumption
is around 12 billion tons of oil equivalent (Gtoe), 80% of that from nonrenewable fossil fuels. The
combustion of these fossil fuels emits approximately 29 billion tons (Gton) of CO2. In addition, the world
uses more than 14 Gton of materials each year, only about 5% of which are renewable. These gigaton
problems call for solutions which can meet the gigaton scale, or gigaton solutions.
In response to the urgent need of solving the gigaton problems, the urban system plays a critical
role as the primary sink of resources and source of wastes. In particular, urban centers are complex,
adaptive systems that act like organisms: They process resources (water, energy, and materials) and
information, create infrastructure and services, and produce wastes. Worldwide, urban centers
dominate resource consumption as well as waste and pollution generation. By examining the complex
interactions among social decision making, economic drivers, (re)development, sustainability metrics, and
surface transportation, a simulation-based decision support tool and strategies are developed to allow
stakeholders to design and choose infrastructure solutions that consume fewer resources and generate
less waste. Case studies are presented for Atlanta, GA as an example to illustrate the ability of this tool
to support the decision-making in constructing more sustainable cities.
Kinam KimDr. Kinam Kim is currently the President of the Semiconductor Memory
Business of Samsung Electronics (SEC). Since he joined SEC in 1981, he
has been a key person to lead the successful development of DRAM
and NAND Flash technologies, which allowed SEC to stand as a global
company. In his previous posts, he was President of Samsung Advanced
Institute of Technology, the corporate R&D Center of Samsung from
2010 to 2012. He was also CEO of Samsung Display Co. in 2013.
Dr Kim serves as Chair of the Korea Semiconductor Industry Association
(KSIA) and the Korea Printed Electronics Association (KoPEA). He is
actively engaged in technical societies as well. He is an IEEE Fellow,
Samsung Fellow, a member of the Korean National Academy of
Engineering and a Foreign Associate of the US national Academy of Engineering. He is serving as the
Vice-Chair of the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST) and serves as a Board
Member of the Institute of Basic Science (IBS) of Korea.
Dr Kim received his B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering, with distinction, from Seoul National University
in 1981. He obtained his M.S. from KAIST (1983) and PhD from UCLA (1994) in Electrical Engineering.
He also conducts research in various water treatment (e.g., membrane, nanofiltration, advanced oxidative
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processes, photocatalytic oxidation, adsorption, etc.) and energy harvesting technologies (photocatalytic
water splitting and aqueous phase reforming of biomass).
ICT Technology Innovations Revolutionizing Human Society
Abstract
The global megatrend can be summarized into three different aspects, which are demographic shift,
resource scarcity and climate change, and finally accelerating urbanization. The ICT technology is fast
evolving in order to address issues that have arisen from the global megatrend. In this regard, we can
envision the future society to be smarter, healthier and greener as ICT technology continues to be
developed. Thus far, the remarkable evolution of ICT devices was enabled by the fast advancing silicon
technology.
The performances of devices such as CPU and memory as well as network speeds have improved
tremendously over the past 20 years. CPU performance improved 2400 times during this period, which
is approximately equivalent to the performance of the human brain that is running at 4.5% capacity
at around 1/83 real-time speed. CMOS technology innovation will enable exa-scale (1018) computing
which is potentially up to human-scale and real-time processing.
On the other hand DRAM (main memory) and NAND Flash (data storage) improved their performance
by a factor of 1000 and 32000, respectively. Silicon scaling technology, which is expected to reach
sub-10nm, will enable a cost effective ultra high density memories to satisfy future data storage
requirements.
Mobile network, which has been getting faster by a factor of 840 over the past 20 years, will open an
era of the internet of things where everything could potentially have a digital identity and be connected
to the internet and to each other, such that computers would be able to organize and manage them. The
internet of things would add value to existing applications as well as create new opportunities that could
revolutionize industries: for instance “smart” objects that use sensors to understand the environment
around them and data collection for things that have never been digitized before, from one’s morning
jogging to the hundreds of machines on a manufacturing facility. All these connected objects and devices
will generate exorbitant amount of data (traditional IT data as well as medical/health, bio informatics,
environment etc.), which need to be analyzed in order to produce meaningful data. Therefore, Big Data
analytics will also be an important technology in the future.
Display technology in the future will be more realistic and immersive as well as more intelligent as it has
started to become interactive. There are many technological challenges that need to be overcome in
order to realize a smarter future.
In addition to having an impact on the ICT industry, IT technology is bringing innovation to areas such
as bio/health and energy/environmental fields: extremely compact/efficient medical imaging devices and
energy efficient low cost lighting among others are a few examples. Technologies of the future that will
revolutionize the future and society will be discussed in more detail.
Furthermore, advances in nanotechnology when combined with the ICT technology will be providing
a boost that will accelerate the technological evolution. Some examples of nano + ICT technology are:
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graphene/CNT based devices, quantum dot displays etc. This fusion of fields will create vast opportunities
for technological advancements and open up a new era for the society.
C. D. Mote, Jr. C. D. (Dan) Mote is President of the National Academy of Engineering.
His science policy work includes serving on the committee that authored
the National Academies’ “Rising above the Gathering Storm” report and
chairing the committee on Global Science and Technology Strategies
and Their Effect on the U.S. National Security that published the report
“S&T Strategies of Six Countries” among others. He is internationally
recognized for his research on the dynamics of gyroscopic systems
and the biomechanics of snow skiing. He has produced more than
300 publications and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences, the American Academy of Mechanics, the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, the Acoustical Society of
America, and an Honorary Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He is the 2005
recipient of the Founders Award from the National Academy of Engineering and the 2011 recipient
of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME Medal in recognition of his comprehensive
body of work on the dynamics of moving flexible structures and his leadership in academia. He served
as President of the University of Maryland for 12 years and on the University of California, Berkeley
faculty for 31 years where he held an endowed chair in Mechanical Systems, was Chair of Mechanical
Engineering, and served as Vice Chancellor.
The Grand Challenges for Engineering
Abstract
A diverse committee of eighteen experts from around the world, some of the most accomplished
engineers and scientists of their generation, proposed fourteen challenges for engineering for the 21st
Century that were published in 2008 by the U.S. National Academies Press. The panel, which was
convened by the National Academy of Engineering, did not rank the importance of each challenge
nor did it offer guidance to meeting them. The panel chose challenges that it concluded were both
achievable and sustainable to help humanity and the planet to thrive. The panel’s recommendations
were reviewed by subject-matter experts and input was received from prominent engineers, scientists
and the general public prior to publication.
The fourteen challenges, in no particular order, are: Make solar energy economical; Provide energy from
fusion; Develop carbon sequestration methods; Manage the nitrogen cycle; Provide access to clean
water; Restore and improve urban infrastructure; Advance health informatics; Engineer better medicines;
Reverse-engineer the brain; Prevent nuclear terror; Secure cyberspace; Enhance virtual reality; Advance
personalized learning; Engineer the tools of scientific discovery.
This lecture will discuss the grand challenges and the process of their development as outlined above.
But the greater focus will be on the broad impact on engineering of these grand challenges. While they
were created without an initial distribution plan, their uptake within engineering has been remarkable.
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The wisdom underpinning the challenges provided a welcomed focus that the engineering community
was probably seeking unknowingly. The grand challenges became an immediate attractor of attention
of engineers and engineering programs, a focus for modification of existing programs of study and
scholarship, a vision of engineering engagement between national academies and universities on a
global scale, and guidance for educational programs reaching down into primary and secondary schools.
The grand challenge solutions extend beyond engineering and science to public interests, humanistic and
social values, collaborations between cultures and the future of the planet. No other engineering vision
has ever engaged the greater engineering community so broadly and deeply.
The essence of engineering is “creating solutions to problems of humanity and society.” The strong
uptake of the grand challenges may be because they laid out some the long-term, largest scale and most
impacting problems for all of humanity and society in this century.
Sir Keith O’Nions Sir Keith joined Imperial College London in July 2008 and took up
the post of Rector in January 2010. He became President & Rector of
Imperial College in 2012. Sir Keith has previously held the positions of
Professor of Geology at Columbia University, Royal Society Research
Professor at Cambridge and Head of Earth Sciences at Oxford. Sir Keith
was Chief Scientific Advisor to the Ministry of Defence between January
2000 and July 2004. He then moved to the Department of Trade and
Industry, later known as the Department for Innovation, Universities and
Skills, to become Director General, Science and Innovation, and Chief
Scientific Advisor – a position he held until 2008.Sir Keith was knighted
for services to earth sciences in the 1999 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Engineering the Future: Universities and Education
Abstract
For centuries engineering has provided immense benefits to society and is now poised to address some
of the greatest challenges that the future holds.
Academies and professional institutions around the world have a shared vision for the experience, skills
and attributes that engineers will require in an increasingly globalised world. These include, in addition
to a deep understanding of engineering disciplines, an appreciation of entrepreneurship, innovation, and
global business.
The presentation will highlight examples of where engineering solutions will be required by both the
public and private sectors, and by grand challenges which are often of global significance.
Engineering operates in a ‘continuum’ ranging from basic scientific discovery through to market-ready
engineered solutions. At its best an engineering education offers opportunities for industrial experience
and takes place in an environment where discovery, science, and engineering are co-located. The future
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challenge for universities is to go beyond this world to produce an environment where entrepreneurship,
innovation, management and global business are embedded in the engineering education continuum.
Imperial College London, like many universities, is beginning to build an environment for the future
engineer. Imperial West is the College’s major new campus in west London, co-locating world class
researchers, businesses and higher education partners to create value from ideas, for the benefit of
society on a local, national and global scale. The new site will provide at scale multidisciplinary research
and education space for Imperial scientists and engineers to tackle some of the global challenges faced
today, together with state-of-the-art space for translating research ideas into direct applications and spin-
out companies.
Sir John ParkerSir John Parker studied Naval Architecture and Mechanical Engineering
at the Belfast College of Technology and Queens University Belfast. He is
currently Chairman of Anglo American (his 5th FTSE 100 Chairmanship)
and President of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He is Deputy
Chairman of DP World (World’s 3rd largest Container Port Operator)
and Non-Executive Director with EADS (Airbus) Group and Carnival
Corporation (the world’s number 1 Cruise Ship Group).
He stepped down after 9 years as Chairman National Grid at the end of
2011 and from Chairing the Court of the Bank of England in 2009. He
has served as CEO, Chairman or Non-Executive Director in over 20 major
UK and overseas Companies. (These have included Harland and Wolff – Belfast, Austin & Pickersgill,
Sunderland; British Shipbuilders Corporation; Babcock International Group; British Coal Corporation; BG
Group; Lattice Group; Firth Rixon; GKN; Fred Olsen (Norway); Brambles (Australia); P&O Princess Cruises;
RMC Group; P&O Group.
His extensive voluntary and charitable work has included Leading Young Offenders into Work; the
RNLI Council, the White Ensign Association, President Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Chancellor
of University of Southampton, Member of Prime Minister’s Business Council an Elder Brother of Trinity
House and a Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford.
He was Knighted in the New Year’s Honours List in 2001 for services to Shipbuilding and the Defense
Industries and was appointed GBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2012 for services to Industry and the
Voluntary Sector.
He has received Honorary Doctorates from a number of Universities in the UK & Ireland.
Building Tomorrow’s Industries - Supporting and commercialising strategic emerging
technologies: a UK perspective
Abstract
The UK, like many other countries, is investing strongly in strategic emerging technologies- but there is
little consensus on the measures which will be needed to commercialise these technologies and build
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a new industrial base in these areas. This presentation will identify the five issues which are vital for an
industrial strategy, and assess how these issues can be addressed in relation to emerging industries. It
will examine the portfolio of measures being taken in the UK to commercialise emerging technologies–
including investment in 8 Great Technologies, Catapult technology transfer centres, and sector-specific
industrial strategies. It will finally investigate the role a national academy of engineering can play in
supporting the commercialisation of emerging technologies, with a focus on the Royal Academy of
Engineering’s activities promoting sectoral policy strategies, building the UK’s skills base, and promoting
innovation and entrepreneurship among researchers.
Baldev Raj
Dr. Baldev Raj is President, International Institute of Welding and Indian
National Academy of Engineering. He has steered multidisciplinary,
multi-organizations and multi–country programmes on fast reactors with
closed fuel cycle.
He has pioneered research in non-destructive evaluation using acoustic
and electromagnetic techniques for variety of engineering, healthcare
and heritage applications.
Dr. Raj is President-Elect, CAETS, member, Scientific Advisory Council
Prime Minister, Scientific Advisory Council Cabinet Nano Mission
Council India and Search Group of Queen Elizabeth Prize in Engineering.
He is Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT, Gandhinagar. He was President, Asian Nuclear Forum and
International Committee on NDT.
He is Fellow of all sciences and engineering academies of India, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS),
German Academy of Sciences, International Nuclear Energy Academy and Academia NDT, International.
He is Hon. Fellow, International Medical Sciences Academy.
He has been conferred Distinguished Alumnus Award of Indian Institute of Science, Distinguished
Materials Scientist Award of Materials Research Society of India, National Metallurgist Award,
Government of India, Presidential Honour PadmaShri, Indian Nuclear Society, Life Time Achievement
Award, HomiBhabha Gold Medal Award Brahma Prakash Memorial Medal INSA , Eminent Engineering
Award by Engineering Council of India, etc.
970 Referred Publications, 60 Books,23 Patents, Editor in Chief of Three Series of Publications.
Science & Technology of Advanced Sodium Cooled Fast Spectrum Reactors in Context
of Energy Sustainability in 21st Century
Abstract
Energy Technology Perspective 2012, by International Energy Association, anticipates twice the electricity
production of ( 20,000 TWh to 40,000 TWh) from 2010-2050. Author explores Paradigm changes and
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ways to overcome challenges as we make transition to low carbon energy societies.
Essentialities of energy mix and impact of decisions on energy sustainability and climate change are
highlighted. The transitions to low carbon energy economies take different pathways in poor, emerging
and developed countries. The reasons being varied priorities, levels of technology, existing infrastructure
and energy mix, resources and commitments. Thus the policies are key to the transformation and
transition management. Design, engineering & technology, materials, sensors, simulation and modeling,
manufacturing etc are some of the key inter disciplinary domains to realize transition in an economical
and realistic manner.
Young person’s must co-operate in a cohesive and inspired manner to undertake basic or directed
applications. The selection of a direction may depend on interest, capability, mandates and pursuits
of the group, funding, entrepreneurship and not the last; passion and commitment to the society.
Innovation ecosystems need to be nurtured and grown with more and more involvement of young
persons and gendre synergy.
The paper shall discuss , in brief challenges and opportunities, break through realizations in energy
technologies in a spectrum covering coal, solar, wind and nuclear. A few illustrations of energy efficiency
with thermo electric materials, products, nanofluids, etc are given as examples for the purpose of
comprehension.
The talk puts emphasis on design, materials and manufacturing of advanced nuclear energy systems.
Multifold increase in challenges of nuclear energy technologies are described as we progress from water
to fast spectrum and fusion reactors. The author, from his experience, elucidates fascinating insights of
serendipity, discoveries and solutions for meeting these challenges. Benchmark successes, in the global
context, are narrated.
Science based technologies, so developed are being used as building blocks of Advanced Ultra
Supercritical Thermal plants and Fusion Reactors.
Raj Reddy Dr. Raj Reddy is the Moza Bint Nasser University Professor of Computer
Science and Robotics in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie
Mellon University. He is one of the early pioneers of Artificial Intelligence,
has served on the faculty of Stanford and Carnegie Mellon University for
over 40 years and was the Founding Director of the Robotics Institute at
CMU.
He is the first person of Asian origin to receive the ACM Turing Award in
1994, the highest award in Computer Science, for his work in the field
of Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Reddy was awarded the Legion of Honor by
President Mitterand of France in 1984 and Padma Bhushan by President
of India in 2001. He was awarded the Okawa Prize in 2004, the Honda
Prize in 2005, and the Vannevar Bush Award in 2006.
He served as co-chair of the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) from 1999
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to 2001. He has been awarded honorary doctorates (Doctor Honoris Causa) from Universities of Henri-
Poincare, New South Wales, Massachusetts, Warwick and several other universities.
Guardian Angel Technologies: Providing Right Information to the Right People
Abstract
In the increasingly digital world of the 21st century, every person on the planet should be able to get
timely warning about unforeseen events in life such as Typhoons and Tornados. In this talk, we propose
the creation of Guardian Angel Technologies for providing right information to the right people that can
eliminate surprise and reduce human suffering and misery. Twenty years ago, my colleague, Professor
Jaime Carbonell, proposed a grand challenge for Computer Science that society should aspire to get the
right information to the right people at the right time in the right language in the right medium with the
right level of detail. He called it the Digital Bill of Rights. The concept of getting the right information
to every man, women and child on the planet is a big idea. It assumes that all seven billion of us on
the planet should be able to get only the information of direct interest, filtering out all the rest of data
glut. In this talk, we will review the state of the art, discuss the missing science, and propose a research
agenda to create The Guardian Angel Technology, to accomplish the vision of Digital Bill of Rights on a
global scale!
Carlo RubbiaCarlo Rubbia was born in Gorizia on 31st March 1934. He graduated
in Physics at Scuola Normale of Pisa. In 1959 he obtained his PhD from
Columbia University (USA). Since 1961 he has been working at CERN
(European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva, becoming its
Director General from 1989 to 1994. In 1984 he was awarded the Nobel
Prize for Physics for the discovery of the intermediate vector bosons
together with Simon van der Meer. From 1972 to 1989 Carlo Rubbia
has held the Higgins Professorship of Physics at Harvard University. He
was the President of the Synchrotron Light Radiation Source in Trieste
(1986 -1994 one of the first third-generation sources in the world, like
Berkeley and Grenoble. During the 1990s Rubbia proposed the concept
of an energy amplifier (ADS) – a novel and safe way of producing practically unlimited nuclear energy
exploiting present-day accelerator technologies from natural thorium and depleted uranium. The energy
resources potentially deriving from this technology, which is actively being studied worldwide, will be
practically unlimited and non-proliferating. During his term as President of ENEA, the Italian National
Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment (1999-2005), he developed a novel method
for concentrating solar power at high temperatures for energy production, known as the Archimedes
Project, which is presently being developed by industry for commercial use. Since June 2010 he is the
Scientific Director of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam. Member of
numerous scientific academies, Carlo Rubbia holds 33 honorary degrees.
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The Future of Energy
Abstract
The state of the art of the energy development in Europe and worldwide will be discussed, with specific
consideration on the need of stability of the climate and the existence and limits of an Anthropogenic
Era. The potentialities of curbing unwanted emissions with special consideration on innovative roles of
fossils and the realistic future roles of renewable energies will be addressed.
Several innovative methods to curb emissions from fossils will be described and in particular 1) very
high power and very long distance Superconducting electricity transmission; 2) vast and unconventional
Natural Gas sources like Shales and Clathrates; 3) Natural Gas burning without any CO2 emission; and
4) the use of Methanol as a liquid fuel for transportation combining hydrogenic fossils or eventually solar
hydrogen with already “spent” and recovered CO2 accumulation.
John Robin Warren Dr. Warren was born in 1937, in Adelaide, South Australia. He
graduated M.B., B.S. from the University of Adelaide in 1961. After
training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, he was admitted to the Royal
College of Pathologists of Australasia in 1967. Since then, he was a
senior consultant pathologist at the Royal Perth Hospital in Western
Australia, becoming emeritus consultant pathologist in 1998.
In 1979, Dr. Warren first observed the presence of small curved bacteria,
resembling Campylobacter, on a biopsy of the gastric mucosa. During
the next two years, Dr Warren found many more examples of the
bacteria on gastric biopsies, always on gastric-type epithelium and closely
linked to a specific variety of gastritis. He submitted this work as a thesis
to the AdelaideUniversity in 2000 and was granted an M.D.
In 1981, Dr. Warren met Dr. Barry Marshall, registrar in the gastroenterology department. A fruitful
partnership followed that demonstrated the clinical significance of the bacteria. They cultured the
organisms and identified a new species, now called Helicobacter pylori. A clear association was found
between H. pylori and peptic ulcers. Healed ulcers remained healed, without further medication after
eradicating the bacteria.
Dr. Warren was the guest of honour at the Sixth International Workshop Campylobacter, Helicobacter
and related organisms, in 1991 and he was guest speaker at the centenary meeting of the German
Society of Pathology, May 1997. He received: the Distinguished Fellows Award of the Royal College
of Pathologists of Australasia in 1995; the Inaugural Award of The First Western Pacific Helicobacter
Congress, February 1996; the medal of the University of Hiroshima, September 1996; the University
of Adelaide Alumni Association, Distinguished Alumni Award, October 1996; the degree of Doctor
of Medicine, honoriscausa, by the University of Western Australia, September 1997; the medal of
the University “La Sapienza” of Rome, 2005; the degree of Doctor of the University of Adelaide,
honoriscausa, 2006; Honorary fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Physicians, 2006; the gold
medal of the Australian Medical Association, 2006; and was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy
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of Science, 2006. Jointly with Dr. Marshall he received: the Warren Alpert Foundation prize at the
Harvard University in 1994; the Australian Medical Association (WA) award, 1995; the Paul Ehrlich and
Ludwig Darmstaedter Award, Paul Ehrlich Foundation, JohannWolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt
am Main, Germany, in March 1997; the Faulding Florey medal, Adelaide (SA), September 1998; included
in the Cavalcade of Australian Scientists of the 20th Century (Australian Institute of Political Science,
2000); and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 2005.
Discovering Helicobacter
Abstract
Before the 1970’s, well fixed specimens of gastric mucosa were rare. Then the introduction of flexible
endoscope enabled gastroenterologists to take numerous well-fixed small biopsies from the stomach.
Gastric histology and pathology were clearly demonstrated. In 1972, Whitehead accurately described
‘active’ gastritis involving only the superficial gastric epithelium, with polymorph infiltration and epithelial
cell distortion. In 1979 I was examining a gastric biopsy showing chronic inflammation and the active
change. A thin blue line on the surface showed numerous small curved bacilli, clearly visible with a
Warthin Starry silver stain. They appeared to grow on the surface of the foveolar epithelial cells. Over
the next two years I collected numerous similar cases. The changes were often much milder or more
focal than the original biopsy, but the main features were usually similar, with chronic gastritis and
usually some of the active change, showing considerable variation, from near normal to severe. In 1981
Barry Marshal and I completed a clinico-pathological study of 100 outpatients referred for gastroscopy.
There was little relation between the infection and the patients’ symptoms. Peptic ulcers, particularly
duodenal ulcers, were very closely related to the infection. We cultured Helicobacter pylori. In 1986,
with Marshall et al, I studied the effect of eradication of H pylori on the recurrence of duodenal ulcer. I
graded the gastritis (0 – 36) using the features seen with active gastritis. The range was 15 – 35 before
treatment. After eradication of H pylori, this changed to 5 – 20 within 2 weeks. This provides powerful
evidence that H pylori causes the active change. Duodenal ulcer usually occurs in the duodenal cap.
Gastric mucosa normally extends through the pylorus. The proximal border of all ulcers was either
definite gastric mucosa, or scarred and consistent with a gastric origin. This suggests duodenal ulcer is
either actually a distal pyloric ulcer or gastro-duodenal. It may well arise in the damaged, inflamed and
infected mucosa in the position of maximum stress – the lip of the pyloric sphincter.
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Longping YuanProf. Longping Yuan, “Father of Hybrid Rice”, invented hybrid rice
technology in 1970s. Hybrid rice covers 57% of total rice area in China
and yields more than 20% over improved inbred varieties. Grain yield
increased by planting hybrid rice can feed 70 million more people a year,
thus help China solve food shortage problem successfully. Recently, he
has achieved developing super high yield hybrid rice which can yield
about 14.9 tons per ha on large scale. Prof. Yuan has not only made this
new technology to benefit China, but also has enthusiastically extended
hybrid rice technology to other countries, and the yield advantage is
15-40% higher than local varieties. Hybrid rice is now grown on a land
of 17 million hectares in China and 5.2 million hectares (2012) outside
China. Since 1980, he has trained more than 3000 of scientists and researchers from over 60 countries
and has served as a chief consultant to the FAO. Yuan’s excellent work on hybrid rice has benefited and
will continue to benefit more people in the world.
Prof. Yuan is now the Director-General of China National Hybrid Rice R&D Center. He was elected
member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1995, and foreign associate of the National Academy
of Sciences of U.S. in 2007. He was granted the State Supreme S&T Award of China in 2000.
Development of Hybrid Rice for Food Security in the World
Abstract
The current world population is 7 billion and will reach 8 billion in 2030. Meanwhile, the annual loss of
land to other use is 10 t0 35 million ha, with half of this lost land coming from cropland. It is expected
that 60% more rice should be produced in 2030 than in 1995. Currently, 1 ha for rice production
provides food for 27 people. By 2050, 1 ha will have to support 43 people. Facing such severe situation
of population growth pressure plus cropland reduction, it is obvious that the only way to solve food
shortage problem is to greatly enhance the yield level of food crops per unit land area through the
advance of science and technology.
Rice is a main food crop. It feeds more than half of the world's population. Therefore, rice plays a very
important role in food security and poverty alleviation. Theoretically, rice still has a great yield potential
to be tapped and there are many ways to raise rice yield. This could be achieved by: building irrigation
works; application of more fertilizer; improving soil conditions; cultural techniques and breeding of high
yielding varieties. Among them, it seems at present that the most effective and economic alternative is to
develop hybrid varieties based on the successful experience in China.
It has been proven practically for many years that hybrid rice has achieved more than 20% yield
advantage over improved inbred varieties. In recent years, hybrid rice coverd 58% or 17 million ha of the
total rice area in China. The nationwide average yield of hybrid rice is 7.5 t/ha, about l.4 t/ha higher than
that of inbred varieties (6.1 t/ha). The yearly increase of grains in China due to the growing of hybrid rice
can feed 70 million people annually. Therefore, hybrid rice has been playing a critical role in solving the
food problem in China, thus making China the largest food self-sufficient country.
China makes increasing progress in the development of hybrid rice technology. In order to meet food
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requirement for all Chinese people in the 21st century, a super rice breeding programme was set up by
the China Ministry of Agriculture in 1996. It is divided into three phases, and the yield targets are:
Phase I (1996-2000) 10.5t/ha
Phase II (2001-2005) 12t/ha
Phase III (2006-2015) 13.5t/ha
(Average yield at two locations with 6.7 ha each in two consecutive year)
Through morphological improvements plus the use of inter-subspecific (Indica/Japonica) heterosis, very
good results were achieved in developing super hybrid rice varieties.
Several pioneer super hybrids were developed by 2000 which met the Phase I yield standard and released
for commercial production since 2001. In recent years the area under these pioneer super hybrids is
around 1 million ha and the average yield is about 8.3 t/ha.
The breeding of Phase II super hybrids was successfully attained in 2004. The planting area of these
hybrids was near 1 million ha in 2013 and the average yield was 9 t/ha.
Excitingly, a super hybrid variety-Y Liangyou No. 2, yielded 13.9 t/ha on average in a 7.2 ha
demonstration location last year. It meant that the goal of phase III super rice breeding programme was
attained.
Based on the above progress, the phase IV super hybrid rice breeding program has been started. The
yield target is 15t/ha. Last year a new super hybrid rice variety (Y58S/900) yielded 14.82t/ha at a 6.8ha
demonstration location. So it is expected the phase IV yield tardet can be achieved by 2015.
The above facts indicate that the super hybrid rice has a very bright future. If super hybrid rice covers an
annual area of 10 million ha in China and with an yield increase of 2 t/ha, it is expected that the annual
increase grains will reach 20 million tons. This means another 70 million more people can be fed every
year.
Hybrid rice has been proven to be a very effective approach to greatly increase yield not only in China,
but also outside China. Vietnam and India have commercialized hybrid rice for years. In recent years,
about 600 000 ha were covered with rice hybrids in Vietnam. On average, the yield of rice hybrids is 6.3
t/ha while that of the inbred varieties is 4.5 t/ha. As a consequence of planting hybrid rice on large-scale
commercial production for years, Vietnam emerged as the second largest rice exporting country. Besides,
many other countries, such as the Philippines, Bangladesh, Indonesia and USA, have also achieved great
success in extending hybrid rice technology. For example, in the Philippines, under technical assistance
from the China National Hybrid Rice R&D Centre, hybrid rice was commercialized since 2002. In 2010,
the area under rice hybrids was increased to nearly 200 000 ha and the yield advantage was two tons
per ha. Based on this achievement, the Philippines government has lauched an ambitious plan. The
target is to expand the area of hybrid rice to one million ha. Even in USA, the super power country,
hybrid rice also has greater yield advantage (>20%) over their local varieties. The area under hybrid rice
was 440 000 ha in 2012.
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These facts clearly show that hybrid rice technology developed by China is also effective to greatly
increase rice yields worldwide. If 50% of the conventional rice is replaced by hybrid rice, and estimating
on a 2 t/ha yield advantage of hybrid rice, it is estimated that the total rice production in the world will
be increased by another 150 million tons of rice which can feed 400 million people each year.
Therefore, I firmly believe that hybrid rice, relying on scientific and technological advances, and the
efforts from all other aspects, including governments, private sectors, NGOs and particularly from FAO
and IRRI, will have a very good prospect for commercial production, and moreover continue to play a key
role in ensuring the future worldwide food security in the 21th century.
Ji ZhouDr. Ji Zhou , President of Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE),
specialized in mechanical engineering. He graduated from Tsinghua
University in 1970, and received Ph.D degree from State University
of New York at Buffalo in 1984. He successively served the posts as
President of HUST, Director-General of the Department of Science
and Technology of Hubei Province, Mayor of Wuhan, and Minister of
Education of China. Dr. Zhou was elected a Member of CAE in 1999,
as well as Foreign Member of Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering
Sciences (2010), Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and
Engineering (2011), the National Academy of Engineering of the U.S.
(2012) and the National Academy of Engineering of Korea (2013).
Dr. Zhou was actively involved in research and development of Optimal Design, Computer Aided Design,
and Numerical Control technology. He advanced the algorithm of direct interpolation for NC machining
and the algorithm of monotonism analysis for optimization. He and his team developed a series of
NC equipments and software packages on mechanical CAD, which has been widely used in various
industries like machinery, aeronautics, astronautics and energy. Dr. Zhou was honored several times with
the State Award for Science and Technology Progress.
Engineering and China’s Modernization
Abstract
Since the founding of the new China especially the reform and opening up, the country has achieved
rapid development of engineering technology and made great achievements in this field, which provides
important support for national security, economic development, social progress and improvement of
people’s livelihood. Engineering technology has become the main driving force of China’s economic and
social development. At present, China has come to a new stage of development and is in urgent need
of transformation of economic development pattern. For that, the foundation is technology, and the
key is capability of independent innovation. A new round of industrial revolution which is intensifying
worldwide is historically in tune with China’s transformation of economic development pattern, which
brings huge challenges and great opportunities to China. In future, China will stick to the new path of
industrialization with Chinese characteristics and implement innovation-driven development strategies to
achieve modernization of real economy and realize the Chinese dream.
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Programs of Parallel Sessions(For details, please refer to the booklets of Parallel Sessions)
Session 1: The Future of Mechanical Engineering Venue: Meeting Room 2, No.6 Building, Beijing Conference Center
Co-chairs: Guo Dongming, Lin Zhongqin, Jin Donghan, Yin Zeyong
Monday June 2, 2014
14:00 Opening Ceremony
14:10 China Manufacturing 2025
Peigen Li, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Advanced materials technology for eco-friendly mechanical engineering
Władysław Włosiński, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Advanced Manufacturing and the US National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
S. Jack Hu, University of Michigan, America
15:55 Coffee Break
16:15 The interdisciplinary future of mechanical engineering
Gang Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), America
Mechanical Engineering: the Lane that Lies Ahead
Souvik Bhattacharyya, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Technology Development of Carbody of Chinese High-speed Train
Jun Wang, CSR Corporation Limited, China
17:50 (Topics to be determined)
Preben Terndrup Pedersen, Professor emeritus, Technical University of Denmark, Danish
Tuesday June 3, 2014
14:00 Challenges in marine technology with a hydrodynamic and structural perspective
Odd Magnus Faltinsen, Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (AMOS),
Department of Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU),
Norway
Technical and Technological Development: Role and Social Responsibility of Engineers
György (George) SZOKOL, Hungarian Academy of Engineering, Hungary
Czech mechanical engineering prospects
Miroslav Václavík, VÚTS, a.s. Czech Republic
15:45 Coffee Break
16:05 The Chinese Lunar Exploration and the Future Deep Space Exploration Techniques
Zezhou Sun, China Academy of Space Technology, China
Evolution of microstructure and mechanical properties of materials and components in
manufacturing and in-service
Jianguo Lin, Imperial College London, England
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Future of Manufacturing Engineering
Andrew Y C Nee, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Engineering Technologies for Future Air Transportation System
Jun Zhang, Beihang University, China
18:05 Conclusion Remarks
Session 2: Information Network and Social Development
Monday June 2, 2014
Venue: 19th Conference Room, Conference Building
Co-chairs: Mr. Li Guojie, Mr. Koizumi Hideaki
14:00 On Mining Big Data and Social Network Analysis
Philip S. Yu, University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S
14:30 Q&A
14:35 The Research of Online Social Network Analysis
Fang Binxing, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
15:05 Q&A
15:10 Coffee Break
15:30 Tackling Internet Challenges
Jari Arkko, Chair of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
16:00 Q&A
16:05 A Human View of the Internet
Stephen Wolff, Internet2 Interim Vice President and CTO
16:35 Q&A
16:40 Engineering and Technology Innovation of the Next Generation Internet Architecture
Wu Jianping, Tsinghua University
17:10 Q&A
Tuesday June 3, 2014
Venue: 19th Conference Room, Conference Building
Co-chairs: Ms. Wei Yu, Mr. Stephen Wolff
14:00 Engineering toward Human Security and Well-Being
Koizumi Hideaki, Vice President, Engineering Academy of Japan
14:30 Q&A
14:35 Internet Evolvable Using SDN
Scott Shenker, UC Berkeley, U.S
15:05 Q&A
15:10 SDN Enabling Network Innovation from Edge
Xie Gaogang, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
15:40 Q&A
15:45 Coffee Break
16:05 Data Network Deployment, Ceibal Program and Social Development in Uruguay
Fernandez Julio, Member of the National Academy of Engineering of Uruguay; Dean, Academic
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Development at Universidad ORT Uruguay
16:35 Q&A
16:40 The Future of Internet Search: Intent, Knowledge and Interaction
Shen Xiangyang, Microsoft Executive Vice President, Technology and Research
17:10 Q&A
17:15 Intelligent Processing of Internet Visual Media
Hu Shimin, Tsinghua University
17:45 Q&A
Session 3: The Future of Chemical, Metallurgy and Material
Engineering
Monday June 2, 2014
14:00 Opening Ceremony
Speech: Tu Hailing
Member of CAE, Deputy Director of Division of Chemical, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Plenary lectures: Session1
Co-chairs: Tan Tianwei, Ulrich W. Suter
14:10 Xue Qikun, Member of CAS, Tsinghua University, China
Atomic level control of quantum material growth: From quantized anomalous Hall effect to high
temperature superconductivity
14:40 Cato T. Laurencin, University of Connecticut, USA
Regenerative Engineering, a New Field: Theory and Practice
15:10 Aibing Yu, Monash University, Australia
Simulation and Modelling of Particulate Systems
15:40 Coffee Break
Plenary lectures: Session2
Co-chairs: Liu Jiongtian, Aibing Yu
16:00 L.- S. Fan, Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
The Ohio State University, USA
Chemical Looping Technology for Fossil Energy Conversions
16:30 Fu Xianzhi, Member of CAE, Fuzhou University, China
Photocatalysis-based Novel Technologies for Clean Energy and Environment
17:00 Discussion
Tuesday June 3, 2014
Plenary lectures: Session3
Co-chairs: Xu Huibin, Xu Zhenghe
14:00 Zhang Xingdong, Member of CAE, Sichuan University, China
Biomaterials for inducing tissue regeneration: The new era of biomaterials
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14:30 Helen Valerie Atkinson, University of Leicester, University Rd., Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
Cornflour, Ketchup and Parts for Cars: A Review of Semi-Solid Processing
15:00 K V Raghavan, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, India
The Future Product/Process Development Challenges in Chemical and Material Engineering Fields
15:30 Coffee Break
Plenary lectures: Session4
Co-chairs: Zhou Yu, Robin J Batterham
15:50 Xu Zhenghe, University of Alberta, Canada
Energy and Mineral Resource Development and Utilization: Past, Present and Future
16:20 Qiu Guanzhou, Member of CAE, Central South University, China
Biohydrometallurgy: the biotech key to unlock the mineral resource
16:50 Arthur Ruf, Switzerland University, Switzerland
Systems approach for process excellence
17:20 Discussion
Session 4: Sustainable Development of the Energy and Mining
Engineering
Monday June 2, 2014
Venue: Banqueting Hall, 1/F, No. 8 Building
Session 1
Co-chairs: Qizhen Ye, CAE; Joel Guidez, French Atomic Energy Commission
14:00 Sustainable Nuclear Power is Wealth of Humankind
Xiangwan Du, Member of CAE
14:30 Fast Reactor: the Key to Sustainable Nuclear Energy
Joel Guidez, French Atomic Energy Commission
15:00 Wide Field Electromagnetic Method and Its Application
Jishan He, Member of CAE
15:30 Coffee Break
Session 2
Co-chairs: Shiyi Yuan, CAE; Mark Zoback, National Academy of Engineering, USA
15:45 Opportunities and Challenges of Shale Gas Development
Mark D. Zoback, Member of National Academy of Engineering
16:15 Prospects of China’s Unconventional Natural Gas Resources
Wenzhi Zhao, Member of CAE
16:45 BP Oil Spill Tragedy Lessons for Improving Offshore Drilling Safety
Arnold Stancell, Member of National Academy of Engineering, USA
Tuesday June 3, 2014
Venue: Banqueting Hall, 1/F, No. 8 Building
Session 3
Co-chairs: Suping Peng, CAE; Richard Goldfarl, U.S. Geological Survey
14:00 Sustainable Gold Mining in a Developing World
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Richard Goldfarl, U.S. Geological Survey
14:30 Technological Achievements and Challenges in Metal Mining Industry of China
Runcang Yu, Member of CAE
15:00 Scientific Coal Mining and Technical Innovations in China
Heping Xie, Member of CAE
15:30 Coffee Break
Session 4
Co-chairs: Qili Huang, CAE; Ke Liu, Shenhua Research, China
15:45 Case Study on Clean Coal Power in China –1000MW Ultra-Supercritical PC and 600MW
Supercritical CFB
Guangxi Yue, Member of CAE
16:15 Smart Grid Reliability Analyses in Macro Energy Perspective
Yusheng Xue, Member of CAE
16:45 The Environmental Challenges of China & Future Picture of Energy
Ke Liu, Shenhua Research Institute
Session 5: Civil Engineering and the Future of Humankind
Monday June 2, 2014
Venue: Building 8
14:30 Professor Cui Junzhi (Chairman speech)
Organizer’s speech
14:40 Session 1: Hydraulic Engineering
Co-chairs: Jianyun Zhang, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
Jerome Delli Priscoli, Senior adviser of the army corps of engineers of water
resources research institute
1. Current Situation and Future of Chinese dam construction
Hongqi Ma, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
2. The future of engineering and sustainable development
Humberto Marengo, President of Mexico's Academy of Engineering
16:20 Coffee Break
16:40 Session 2: Anti Seismic and Disaster Mitigation
Co-chairs: Lili Xie, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
B. F. Spencer, Professor of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1. Learn from earthquakes and recent development of technology for hazard reduction in China
Fulin zhou, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
2. Essential elements of urban disaster mitigation
Willfred Iwan, Member of National Academy of Engineering, USA
3. Innovative concrete for Sustainable construction
Jacques Lukasik, Member of National Academy of Technologies of France
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Tuesday June 3, 2014
14:30 Session 3:Energy saving, ecological and livable city development
Co-chairs: Deci Zou, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
Hok-Lin Leung, Professor of Queen's University, Canada
1. TBC
Baoxing Qiu, Vice-minister of Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the
People's Republic of China
2. Standardized technologies and the specialized differences of cities
Saskia Sassen, Professor of Columbia University, USA
16:10 Coffee break
16:30 Session 4:Geotechnical Engineering
Co-chairs: Qihu Qian, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
Gareth Mainwaring, Business Development Director for the Metros & Civil
Division Mott MacDonald Corporation
1. Current Status and Future Trend of High Speed Railway
Huawu He, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
2. Contributions of rock mechanics and rock engineering to humankind in the past and
potential contributions in the future
E.T. Brown, Member of Royal Academy of Engineering
Session 6: Environment and Green Development
Monday June 2, 2014
Venue: Room 20, Conference Building
14:00 Opening
Speech on behalf of the Division of Environment & Light and Textile Industries Engineering
Jiming Hao
Session I Climate Change and Environment
Phase 1
Co-chairs: Yihui Ding, Robert Pullen
14:10 Climate Change: Too Late for 2°C?
Thomas Stocker
14:40 Control of Sulfur Emissions from Fossil Fuels – Successes and Challenges
Wayne T Davis
15:10 Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosol on Aquated Haze-Aerosol Water
Michael R. Hoffmann
15:40 Coffee Break
Phase 2
Co-chairs: Yi Qian, Michael R. Hoffmann
16:00 Ecological Civilization and Water Environment Protection Strategy
Wei Meng
16:30 Sustainable Water Management
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Peter Wilderer
17:00 The Role of Oceans in Global Climate Changes
Norden E. Huang
17:30 Panel Discussion
Yihui Ding, Mike Shand (5 minute speech)
Tuesday June 3, 2014
Venue: Room 20, Conference Building
Session II Green Development and Food Safety
Phase 1
Co-chairs: Jianyong Yu, Bi Shi
14:00 Green Development on Biomass Biorefinery: A Holistic Approach Targeting, Bio-materials,
Chemicals and Fuels
Yonghao Ni
14:30 Frontier and Future of Eco-textiles
Peter J. Hauser
15:00 Agricultural Wastes and Byproducts for the Sustainable Growth of Textile Industry
Yiqi Yang
15:30 Coffee Break
Phase 2
Co-chairs: Baoguo Sun, Jiuhui Qu
15:50 Development and Prospect of Monitoring Technology for Pesticides and Chemical Contaminants
in Edible Agricultural Products
Guofang Pang
16:20 How Does Food Constitute the Dominant Exogenous Factors on Human Biology?
Pingfan Rao
16:50 Panel Discussion
Baoguo Sun, Peter J. Hauser
17:30 General Discussion (Topic: Environment and Green Development)
Jiming Hao, John Crittenden
Session 7: Agricultural Science and Food Security
Monday June 2, 2014
Opening Ceremony
Chair: Qisheng Tang
14:00 Guests Introduction
Qisheng Tang, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Director of Division of Agriculture,
Professor of Yellow Sea Fisheries
Research Institute
14:10 Welcome Address
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Weilun Yin, Mebmer of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor of Beijing Forestry University
Session 1: Sustainable Development and Safety of Aquaculture in China
Co-chairs: Qisheng Tang , Karl Andreas Almås
14:20 New Technological Development for Utilization of Marine Resources
Karl Andreas Almås, Vice President of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences
14:50 Challenges and Sustainable Development of Aquaculture and Aquafeed Industry in China
Kangsen Mai, Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor of Ocean University
of China
15:20 Panel Discussion
15:50 Coffee break and Group Photo
Session 2: Sustainable Development of pasture and animal industry
Co-chairs: Ning Li, German Spangenberg
16:20 Applied Systems Biology: from Biomass to Bioeconomy
German Spangenberg, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and
Engineering, Executive Director of the Centre for AgriBioscience of DEPI Victoria, Professor of La
Trobe University
16:50 Advanced Biotechnology in the Development of Novel Vaccines against Major Farm Animal
Infectious Diseases in China
Xiufan Liu, Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor of Yangzhou University
17:20 Panel Discussion
17:50 Dinner
Tuesday June 3, 2014
Session 3: Biological breeding and food security
Co-chairs: Xiuxin Deng, Kaye Basford
14:00 The Use and Safety of Advanced Genetic Technologies in Agriculture
Roger Beachy, Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Professor of Washington
University in St. Louis
14:30 Breeding Elite Rice by Molecular Design
Jiayang Li, Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Vice Minister of Ministry of
Agriculture, President of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
15:00 Genomic Exploitation of Genetic Variation for Crop Improvement
John Yu, Research Geneticist of USDA-ARS Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center,
Professor of Texas A&M University
15:30 Panel Discussion
16:00 Coffee Break
Session 4: Agricultural Engineering and Food Security
Co-chairs: Maohua Wang, Nick Sigrimis
16:20 Robotic Agriculture
Simon Blackmore, Professor of Harper Adams University, UK
16:50 Knowledge Engineering for Securing Food and the Environment
Nick Sigrimis, Professor of Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
17:20 Biofuels and Food Security
Dmitry Strebkov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Academician
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of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute for
Electrification of Agriculture
17:50 Panel Discussion
Session 8: Translational Medicine and the Future of Human Health
Monday June 2, 2014
Venue: Multi-functional Hall (North), 3/f, No. 9 Building
Co-chairs: Prof. Jacqures P.Caen, Prof. Shengli Yang
14:00 The Role of the NIH Clinical Center in Translational and Clinical Research
Dr. John I. Gallin, NIH Clinical Center, US.
14:20 Catalyzing Translational Innovation
Dr. Christopher Austin, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences,National Institutes
of Health, US.
14:40 The Genome-Analysis Based Cancer Translational Medicine
Prof. Qimin Zhan, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China
Co-chairs: Dr. John I.Gallin, Prof. Xuetao Cao
15:00 Long-Acting Antibodies and Drugs as HIV Prevention Agents
Dr. David D. Ho, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, The Rockefeller University, US
15:20 Biochips for the Prevention and Personalized Treatment of Diseases
Prof .Jing Cheng, Tsinghua University, China.
15:40 Tea Break
16:00 ICT for Brain, Body & Behavior: A New Model for co-creation of innovative Measurement and
Analysis Tools for Translational Health Research
Lucas P.J.J. Noldus, Ph.D. ,Noldus Information Technology, Netherlands
16:20 The Ageing Brain Project, International Brain Grids :Tissue Mechanics as a Key to Healthy
Lifespan for a Greying World
Prasun K. Roy, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Delhi NCR, India
16:40 Panel Discussion
Tuesday June 3, 2014
Venue: Multi-functional Hall (North), 3/F, No. 9 Building
Co-chairs: Prof. Honghao Zhou, TBD
14:00 Harmonization between Natural Products and Organic Synthesis for Drug Discovery
Toshiaki Sunazuka, Kitasato University, and The Kitasato Institute, Japan
14:20 Translational Medicine and Drug Discovery
Dr. Willard H.Dere, Amgen Ltd, US.
14:40 A Glance on Current Progress of Innovative Drug R&D in China
Prof. Guowei Sang, Chinese Pharmaceutical Association, China
15:00 Tea Break
Co-chairs: Prof. Zhengguo Wang, Prof.John Tooke
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15:20 Bioprinting - Scaffolds, Cells and Tissue
Prof. Brian Derby, School of Materials, University of Manchester ,UK
15:40 Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Enrichment Technique Used in Regenerative Medicine
Kerong Dai, Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
16:00 Panel Discussion
Session 9: Engineering Philosophy vs. Engineering Management
Monday June 2, 2014
Plenary Session I
Venue: East Dining Room, Beijing Conference Center
Co-chairs: Wang Jiming, Member of CAE
Magnus Breidne, Vice- President, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering
Sciences
14:00 Openning Remarks by Prof. Wang Jiming
14:10 Engineering and the Future of Philosophy
Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines,USA
14:40 Engineering and Philosophy of Engineering
Yin Ruiyu, Member of CAE
15:10 Coffee Break
15:25 New Developments in International Translational Research - The Fraunhofer International Model
Gerald Byrne, Fraunhofer UK Research Limited
15:55 Engineering Technology Innovation Management Practice for Petroleum Enterprises
Wang Yupu, Member of CAE
16:25 Megaprojects and Mankind
Naomi Brookes, The University of Leeds,UK
Tuesday June 3, 2014
Thematic Forum 1: Engineering•Innovation•Information
Venue: No.4 Room, Conference Building, Beijing Conference Center
Co-chairs: Sun Yongfu, Member of CAE
Lida Xu, Old Dominion University,USA
14:00 Study on Functional Mechanism of Petrochemical Engineering Construction Project
Management
Wang jiming, Member of CAE
14:30 Situational Awareness for Effective Construction and Infrastructure Management
Burcu Akinci, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
15:00 Coffee Break
15:15 Exploration on Project Management Practice of China High Speed Railway
Sun Yongfu, Member of CAE
15:45 Engineering Informatics: State-of-the-Art and Future Trends
Lida Xu, Old Dominion University,USA
16:15 Panel
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Tuesday June 3, 2014
Thematic Forum 2: Engineering• Ecology• Safety
Venue: No.11 Room, Conference Building, Beijing Conference Center
Co-chairs: Fu Zhihuan, Member of CAE
Peter E.D Love, Curtin University, AU
14:00 The Environmental Impact of the Three Gorges Project and Countermeasures
Lu Youmei, Member of CAE
14:30 Whole-life thinking and engineering the future
Roger Flanagan, University of Reading, UK
15:00 Coffee Break
15:15 How to Choose a Systems Engineering Standard: Analysis and Comparison of Standards
Claude BARON, National Institute of Applied Sciences of the University of Toulouse
15:45 The Delivery of Infrastructure Projects: Future Proofing Assets
Peter E.D Love, Curtin University, AU
16:15 Panel
Tuesday June 3, 2014
Thematic Forum 3: Engineering• Theory• Education
Venue: No.14 Room, Conference Building, Beijing Conference Center
Co-chairs: Yang Shanlin, Member of CAE
David A. Wyrick, Former-President of the American Society for
Engineering Management
14:00 China’s Engineering Education: Situation & Outlook
Zhu Gaofeng, Member of CAE
14:30 ASEM Certification Programs
David A. Wyrick, President of the American Society for Engineering
15:00 Coffee Break
15:15 On the Core Essence of Engineering Management Theory
He Jishan, Member of CAE
15:45 Evaluation of Corporate Sustainability
Jian-Bo Yang, The University of Manchester, UK
16:15 Panel
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Delegations of Co-Sponsors
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO)Irina Bokova, Director-General
Qian Tang, Assistant Director-General for Education
Qunli Han, Director, Division of Ecology and Earth Sciences
Rovani Sigomoney, Assistant Programme Specialist
International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences
(CAETS)William C. Salmon, Secretary General
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences
and Engineering
Alan Finkel, President
Kaye Basford, Chair of ATSE International
Robin Batterham, Former-President
Ted Brown, Fellow
Vaughan Beck, Fellow
Royal Belgium Academy of Applied Sciences
Achiel Van Cauwenbergh, Former-President
Canadian Academy of Engineering
Robert Evans, Fellow
Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic
Miroslav Václavík, President
Petr Zuna, First Vice-President
Hayer Milos, Secretary General
National Academy of Technologies of France
Bruno Revellin-Falcoz, Honorary-President
Jacques Lukasik, Fellow
German Academy of Science and Engineering
Frank Behrendt, Fellow
Hungarian Academy of Engineering
Ernő Rubik, Honorary-President
George Szokol, Fellow
István Králik, Fellow
Indian National Academy of Engineering
Baldev Raj, President
Sanak Mishra, Vice-President
Kondapuram Vijaya Raghavan, Vice-President
Prasun Kumar Roy, Fellow
Souvik Bhattacharyya, Deputy Director
Brig Rajan Minocha, Secretary General
The Engineering Academy of Japan
Hideaki Koizumi, Vice-President
Masayuki Kamimoto, Fellow
The National Academy of Engineering of
Korea
Chung Joon Yang, President
Dongwha Kum, Vice-President
Seung Bin Park, Chair of International Affairs
Seung-a Jin
Narai Kim
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Academy of Engineering, Mexico
Humberto Marengo, President
Sergio Manuel Alcocer Martinez De Castro,
Fellow
Netherlands Academy of Technology and
Innovation
Lucas P.J.J. Noldus, Vice-President
Norwegian Academy of Technological
Sciences
Karl Andreas Almas, Vice-President
South African Academy of Engineering
Robert Pullen, President
Mike Shand, Fellow
Trueman Goba, Fellow
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering
Sciences
Magnus Breidne, Vice-President
Johan Weigelt, Fellow
Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences
Ulrich W. Suter, President
Arthur Ruf, Vice-President
Hugli Rolf, Fellow
Royal Academy of Engineering, UK
Sir John Parker, President
Sir William Wakeham, Senior Vice-President
John Loughhead, Fellow
Philip Greenish, Fellow
Mchugh Shane, Officer
Cuong Dang, Officer
National Academy of Engineering of
Uruguay
Adriana Gambogi, Secretary General
Julio Fernández, Fellow
National Academy of Engineering, US
C. D. Mote, President
Lance Davis, Executive Officer
Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Foreign Secretary
Arnold Stancell, Member
Chinese Academy of EngineeringJi Zhou, President
Yunhe Pan, Executive Vice-President
Yupu Wang, Vice-President
Bou Shorgan, Vice-President
Kechang Xie, Vice-President
Yong Gan, Vice-President
Daiming Fan, Vice-President
Yuliang Bai, Secretary-General
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General Information
Simultaneous InterpretationSimultaneous Interpretation will be provided in all sessions.
For the Great Hall of the People, the headphone receivers will be placed in advance on the seats.
Please leave them in the same place when you leave after the morning sessions. For other sessions, the
headphone receivers can be obtained at the meeting room entrance.
Please set to channel 2 for English and channel 1 for Chinese.
Shuttle Bus ScheduleMonday June 2
V-Continent Beijing Parkview Wuzhou Hotel (V-Continent) → North Entrance of Beijing Conference
Center (BCC)
Departure: 07:40 16:00 17:45
North Entrance of BCC → V-Continent
Departure: 14:00 20:30
Shuttle within BCC on June 2
Route: No. 8 Building → East Conference Hall → No. 6 Building → Conference Building → No. 6 Building →
East Conference Hall → No. 8 Building
Continuous: 07:50 – 08:30
12:20 – 14:30
17:00 – 18:00
Fixed Time: 10:00 11:00 15:00 16:00
Tuesday June 3
V-Continent → The Great Hall of the People
Departure: 07:20
The Great Hall of the People → BCC
Departure: 12:00
North Entrance of BCC → V-Continent
Departure: 14:00 19:30
Shuttle within BCC on June 3
Route: No. 8 Building → East Conference Hall → No. 6 Building → Conference Building → No. 6 Building →
East Conference Hall → No. 8 Building
Continuous: 13:30 – 14:30
17:00 – 18:00
Fixed Time: 10:00 11:00 15:00 16:00
Thursday June 5
Technical Tour (For those who have signed up before May 14)
9:00 V-Continent → Beijing Aerospace City
13:00 Beijing Aerospace City → V-Continent
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Beijing Aerospace City → Great Wall (sightseeing tour)
Complimentary Transport to AirportComplimentary transport from V-continent to Capital International Airport is provided from June 3 to 6
at 06:30, 09:30 and 13:30. Those who wish to take this service please sign up at the registration desk in
the lobby of V-Continent Beijing Parkview Wuzhou Hotel two days before the date of departure. Those
who cannot please make their own transport arrangement.
Note: It takes about one hour to get to the airport, and it would be better to arrive at the airport three
hours before the departure time.
Registration DeskThe registration desk will be open in the lobby of V-Continent Beijing Parkview Hotel in the following
hours:
June 1: 8:30-20:00
June 2: 7:00-18:00
June 3: 7:00-18:00
June 4: 8:30-16:00
Working Lunch VouchersWorking lunch vouchers will be provided for June 2 and 3. Lunch is served in No.6 Building in BCC.
Welcome ReceptionWelcome Reception will be held on June 2 at 18:30, at East Dining Hall, BCC (by invitation only).
Internet AccessFree WiFi is available in V-Continent
WiFi is regrettably not provided in meeting rooms in BCC.
BankingMoney can be exchanged at V-Continent or at China Merchants Bank in the basement of Beijing
International Convention Center, to the west of the hotel.
InsuranceThe conference organizers cannot accept liability for personal injuries sustained, or for loss or damage
of property belonging to conference participants (or their accompanying persons), either during, or as a
result of, the conference. Please check the validity of your own insurance.
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The CityBeijing, as the capital of China, is the nation's political and cultural center and is unique in its history,
tradition and character. Some 3000 years ago, a small village was born at the southwest of the modern
Beijing. From the 12th Century to 1911, it was the capital city for the Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing
Dynasties. Beijing is ever reshaping throughout centuries a thoroughly modern metropolis, covering an
area of 16,800 square kilometers and encompassing a population of 22 million. You will find the city
an unforgettable destination, with its ancient Great Wall, the Forbidden City and numerous palaces and
temples as a reminder of dynasties lost in the mists of time. Moreover, the city has refreshed its character
by a growing number of parks, recreational centers, folk shows during holiday celebrations, splendid
theaters, and a grand city outlook.
WeatherEarly June in Beijing is sunny and a bit hot. The average daily temperature is about 23°C / 73.4°F, with
highs of around 36°C / 97°F and lows of around 11°C / 52°F. The monthly precipitation is 70 mm.
Time Zone The time zone of Beijing is GMT +8 hours.
ElectricityThe electricity supply in China is 220V, 50Hz. Two types of sockets are used:
three-pin socket (a grounding pin and two flat prongs forming a V-shape) and two-pin
socket (two flat parallel prongs without grounding). See photo:
Public TransportationBus: The bus ride in Beijing costs about RMB 1-3 depending on distance. Most city buses run from 5:30 -
22:00.
Taxi: Taxis are everywhere in the city and is the most convenient way to get around. Taxis charge RMB 2.3
per kilometer for the first 15 km, and then RMB 3.45 for every additional kilometer. The base cost is RMB
13. Toll fee and fuel fee are an extra. It costs around RMB 100 (US$18) to ride by taxi from the airport to
the conference venue.
Subway: Except for Airport Line, the subway fare is RMB 2, with free transfer between different subway
lines.
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Tours
A technical visit with a sightseeing tour will be arranged for the CAETS members and other participants
on Thursday June 5, 2014. In addition, optional tours will also be available for all conference participants
and their companions who are interested in sightseeing. These tours will offer a very good opportunity
to appreciate the culture, ancient civilization and traditions of China. Please contact the staff at the
registration desk for booking.
All tours start in front of V-Continent Beijing Parkview Wuzhou Hotel.
Technical Tour and Sightseeing (Booked Out)
Date: June 5, 2014 (Thu) 9:15-17:30
9:00: Depart for Beijing Aerospace City
Afternoon: The Badaling Great Wall
Optional Local Tours (LT) for Accompanying
Persons
LT-1: Summer Palace
Date: June 1, 2014 (Sun) 14:00-17:30
Price: RMB 400.00
Difficulty Level: (Average amount of walking is involved)
The Summer Palace in the northwestern suburb was built in
1750. By far the best-preserved imperial garden in China, it was
endorsed by the UNESCO in 1998 as a world cultural heritage
site. As a paragon of Chinese gardens, this huge garden includes
Longevity Hill, whose beauty is set off by a multitude of halls,
kiosks and trees, and Kunming Lake, a huge body of liquid silver.
Major tourist attractions are Tower of Buddhist Incense, 17-Span
Bridge, Long Corridor, Cloud Dispelling Hall, Marble Boat,
Beamless Hall, Garden of Harmonious Delights, the theatre in the
Garden of Moral Harmony, and Suzhou Street. The entire place is a de facto museum of China's classical
architecture. Housed in these buildings are an immense collection of treasures and cultural artifacts.
LT-2: Former Imperial Palace - Lunch - Temple of Heaven
Date: June 3, 2014 (Tue) 8:30-17:30
Price: RMB 520.00, including lunch
Difficulty Level:(A few hours of walking may be involved on flat paved ground)
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The 720,000-square-metre Palace Museum, better known as
"Forbidden City", was the imperial palace for the Ming and Qing.
Built during the 1406-1420 period, it is the largest royal palatial
complex in existence in China; ranging from the majestic to the
exquisite, they bear witness to a nation in transition. Other tourist
attractions on the premises include a huge stone ramp carved
with intricate dragon and cloud patterns, Imperial Garden and
Nine-Dragon Screen Wall. An immense trove of cultural artifacts
and treasures of various dynasties, some of them on display in the
Treasure Hall and the ceramics, painting, bronze ware galleries, are reason enough for UNESCO to adopt
the Former Imperial Palace as a world cultural heritage site.
China's largest temple and altar are found in Temple of Heaven.
Built in 1420, it was where Ming and Qing monarchs worshiped
the god of heaven and prayed for good harvests. Major structures
are hall of Prayer for good Harvest, Imperial Vault of Heaven,
Circular Altar, and Abstinence Palace. The temple is divided by
two enclosed walls into inner altar and outer altar. To better
symbolize heaven and earth, the northern part of the temple is
circular while the southern part is square, which reflect the
ancient Chinese belief that Heaven is round and Earth is square.
The Temple of Heaven is a cultural museum of offering sacrifices to Heaven, which merges architecture,
aesthetics, acoustics, astronomy, calendar, music and dancing into an integral whole. UNESCO endorsed
Temple of Heaven as a world cultural heritage site in December 1998.
LT-3: Lama Temple - Lunch - Hutong Tour - Beihai Park
Date: June 4, 2014 (Wed) 8:30-17:30
Price: RMB 600.00, including lunch
Difficulty Level:(Average amount of walking is involved)
The Lama Temple is a famous living lamasery. Its main attraction
is a spectacular 18-meters Maitria Buddha carved from a single
sandwood tree. The hutong tour is a tour for you to know
more about the city. You will visit the backyards of Beijing, on
a pedicab, across the small zig-zag lanes. The Beihai Park is the
oldest and most unique imperial garden in China, located behind
the Forbidden City.
Optional Post-Conference Tour
PT-1: Beijing - Xi'an - Beijing (2.5 days and 2 nights)
Dates: June 6-8, 2014
Price: Shared Twin Room: RMB 5290.00/person; Single Room: RMB 5810.00/person
Difficulty Level:(A few hours of walking is involved on flat paved ground, some climbing may be optional)
June 6 (Fri) Fly to Xi'an in the morning. Visit the Ancient city wall and the Big Goose Pagoda. Overnight
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at Xi'an.
June 7 (Sat) Visit Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum and Shaanxi Provincial History Museum and
Hui minority street. Evening flight to Beijing. Overnight at Beijing.
June 8 (Sun) Tour ends after breakfast.
Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum. The Terra-Cotta
Warriors and Horses are the most significant archeological
excavations of the 20th century. These 7000 life-sized pottery
soldiers, horses, chariots and weapons arranged in battle
formations served as a terra-cotta army guarding the tomb of the
first emperor of Qinshihuang (259-210 B.C.).
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the symbol of the city, was built
in the Tang Dynasty (652 A.D.) to house the 657 volumes of
Buddhist scriptures brought back from India by the monk Xuan
Zang.
The Ancient City Wall, built during the Tang Dynasty, is the
most complete city wall to survive in China, and one of the largest
ancient military defence systems in the world.
The Shaanxi Provincial History Museum is one of the best
museums in China. 370,000 exhibits in the museum vividly
show the history of over a million years from prehistoric times
(1,150,000 years ago - 21st Century B.C.) to about 1840 A.D.
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Contact Us
Conference Secretariat
Feng Xi
Tel: 86-10 6217 4059
Mobile: 15101644919
Email: [email protected]
ZHU Yu
Tel:86-10 59000264
Mobile: 15011232688
Email: [email protected]
Parallel Sessions
The Future of Mechanical Engineering
Yang Rui
Mobile: 13504268103
Email: [email protected]
Information Network and Social
Development
Zhu Hong
Tel: 86-10 68899705
Mobile: 13011296429
Email: [email protected]
The Future of Chemical, Metallurgy and
Material Engineering
Lv Yongqin
Mobile: 18612560095
Email: [email protected]
Sustainable Development of the Energy
and Mining Engineering
Zhang Zhaohui
Mobile: 13661024120
Civil Engineering and the Future of
Humankind
Wang Zhongzi
Tel: 86-10 59300355
Mobile: 13911065663
Email: [email protected]
Environment and Green Development
Sun Yuan
Tel: 86-10 58993467
Mobile: 15001379852
Email: [email protected]
Agricultural Science and Food Security
Shi Shuhui
Tel: 86-10 82106689
Mobile: 15801307998
Email: [email protected]
Translational Medicine and the Future of
Human Health
Bai Huijun
Mobile: 15810693426
Email: [email protected]
Engineering Philosophy vs. Engineering
Management
Wei Ping
Mobile: 18674883096
Email: [email protected]
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