The 3rd Annual Conference of the Association of British Chinese Professors (ABCP) will be held at the University of Birmingham (1-2 July 2022). The conference is hybrid on Day 1 and online only on Day 2. Click here to see the details.
Following the common aim and objectives of the conference, all seven tracks have developed some exciting topics. The Sustainability and Ageing Society Track (SAST), in particular, has the following two distinctive features:
· Impact showcase: Experts share good practices to build impact cases with an interdisciplinary team (see attached agenda)
· Career development in the UK: Career consultants, scholars, and researchers share tips and findings to navigate different academic career stages (after PhD) in the UK
The conference is free for PhD students to attend. A £20 of the registration fee is required. However, there will be a £26 worth of food package available free of charge for each in-person attendance for Day1. The in-person session registration will be closed by 17th June 2022.
Basic Information
Venue: Lecture Theatre G03, Alan Walters Building, University of Birmingham + Zoom (Online)
Dates: 1 and 2 July 2022 (Friday and Saturday)
Registration
The registration for the Conference is now open. Please choose one of the following links to register your attendance:
- If you are an ABCP member, please use https://abcp.org.uk/abcp2022-registration-members/
- If you are not an ABCP member, please use https://abcp.org.uk/abcp2022-registration-members/
Programme (Tentative)
Day 1: 1 July 2022 Friday (hybrid: onsite and virtual participation on Zoom)
10:00-12:30 Opening Ceremony
- 10:00 Professor Hua Zhao FREng FMCAE – President, ABCP; Vice Provost & Dean of College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, Brunel University London
- 10:05 Professor Max Lu AO DL FREng FAA FTSE FIChemE FRSC FCAS FNAI – Co-Chair, International Advisory Board, ABCP; President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Surrey
- 10:15 Professor Adam Tickell – Vice-Chancellor & Principal, University of Birmingham
- 10:30 Professor Dame Janet Beer – Vice-Chancellor, University of Liverpool
- 10:45 Professor Gao Song (高松教授) MCAS – President, Sun Yat-sen University (中山大学)
- 11:00 Break
- 11:15 Professor Paul Boyle FBA FAcSS – Vice-Chancellor, Swansea University
- 11:30 Vivienne Stern MBE – Director, UUKi
- 11:45 Professor Zongkai Yang (杨宗凯教授) – President, Wuhan University of Technology (武汉理工大学)
- 12:00 Q&A and Panel Discussion
12:30-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-16:00 Parallel Technical Tracks
- Advanced Manufacturing (Co-Chaired by Professor Hongbiao Dong and Dr Liliang Wang)
- Artificial Intelligence (Co-Chaired by Professor Yaochu Jin and Professor Huiru (Jane) Zheng)
- Cyber Security (Co-Chaired by Professor Shujun Li and Dr Chongyan Gu)
- Energy (Co-Chaired by Professor Xiao-Ping Zhang and Professor Kang Li)
- Medicine and Health (Co-Chaired by Professor Daqing Ma and Dr Huiliang Li)
- Social Science and Humanities (Co-Chaired by Professor Qihai Huang and Professor Lynda Jiwen Song)
- Sustainability and Ageing Society (Co-Chaired by Dr Wen Wang and Professor Hua Dong)
Day 2: 2 July 2022 Saturday (virtual participation on Zoom)
10:00-12:30 ABCP Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Agenda TBC
12:30-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-17:00 Parallel Technical Tracks
- Advanced Manufacturing (Co-Chaired by Professor Hongbiao Dong and Dr Liliang Wang)
- Artificial Intelligence (Co-Chaired by Professor Yaochu Jin and Professor Huiru (Jane) Zheng)
- Cyber Security (Co-Chaired by Professor Shujun Li and Dr Chongyan Gu)
- Energy (Co-Chaired by Professor Xiao-Ping Zhang and Professor Kang Li)
- Medicine and Health (Co-Chaired by Professor Daqing Ma and Dr Huiliang Li)
- Social Science and Humanities (Co-Chaired by Professor Qihai Huang and Professor Lynda Jiwen Song)
- Sustainability and Ageing Society (Co-Chaired by Dr Wen Wang and Professor Hua Dong)
Organisers
Conference Chair:
Professor Hua Zhao (赵华教授) FREng FMCAE, President, ABCP & Vice Provost & Dean of College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, Brunel University London
Organising Committee Chair:
Professor Hongming Xu (徐宏明教授), Vice President (Events and Membership), ABCP & Chair in Energy and Automotive Engineering, University of Birmingham
Organising Committee Members:
- Professor Daqing Ma (马大青教授) MAE, Executive Vice-President, ABCP & Professor of Anaesthesia, Imperial College London
- Professor Hongbiao Dong (董洪标教授), Vice-President & General Secretary, ABCP & Professor of Materials Engineering, University of Leicester
- Professor Qihai Huang (黄起海教授), Vice-President for Finance, ABCP & Head of Management, University of Huddersfield
- Professor Junwang Tang (唐军旺教授) MAE, Vice-President for Industrial Liaison & Fund Raising, ABCP & Professor of Materials Chemistry and Engineering, University College London (UCL)
- Professor Huabing Yin (尹华兵教授), Vice-President for EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion), ABCP & Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Glasgow
- Professor Shujun Li (李树钧教授), Vice-President for IT & External Liaison, ABCP & Professor of Cyber Security, University of Kent
- Professor Yaochu Jin (金耀初教授) MAE, Distinguished Chair and Professor in Computational Intelligence, University of Surrey & Alexander von Humboldt Professor for AI, Bielefeld University, Germany
- Professor Xiao-Ping Zhang (张小平教授), University of Birmingham
- Dr Shangfeng Du (杜尚丰博士), Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham
- Dr Wen Wang (汪文博士), Associate Professor in HRM, University of Leicester
- Professor Beining Chen (陈蓓宁教授), University of Sheffield
- Professor Xin Wang (王欣教授), University of Manchester
- Dr Mengyi Xu (徐梦艺博士), Cranfield University
- Professor Huiru (Jane) Zheng (郑慧如教授), Ulster University
Managing editor: Tong Meng
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