"Sustainable Technologies and Global Engagement"

The global economy is facing unprecedented challenges and profound changes. It is imperative to reshape the global engagement for promoting sustainable development. Societies from all countries should uphold the vision of a community sharing a same future for mankind and further strengthen the cooperation in international development. 

Defending multilateralism, initiating new international cooperation, jointly protecting the global public health system, safeguarding human life and health, and valuing the concept of sustainable development, should become the global consensus. It is important to take the advantage of the functions by governments, markets and international organizations in processes responding to the crisis, to increase the investment to developments related to people's livelihood, and to strengthen the international cooperation in technical exchanges and professional training in various fields. However, how to combine technological upgrade with cross-professional, cross-field and cross-industry collaborative has become an important issue. In order to facing this challenge, there is an urgent demand for high-level engineers and technicians, which poses a huge challenge to the global engineering education.

As part of the effort to promote the concept, we are organizing the forum "Sustainable Technologies and Global Engagement" and inviting well-known scholars and leaders in the field of engineering education to participate, introducing new sustainable technologies, sharing their thoughts about future engineering education, and discussing how to strengthen the cooperation in the field of engineering education, with an aim to benefit the world with a joint effort in sustainable development.

Host by:

Zheng Ouyang (Professor and Chairman, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University) 

(20:00-20:10)

Panel Speakers:

Kenneth T V GRATTAN (OBE FREng, Royal Academy of Engineering-George Daniels Professor of Scientific Instrumentation, City, University of London)

(20:10-20:30)

Bhawani Shankar CHOWDHRY (Former Dean, Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan)

(20:30-20:50)

Ahmed AL-SHAMMA’A (Dean, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, UAE)

(20:50-21:10)

Elfed LEWIS (Director, Optical Fibre Sensors Research Centre of University of Limerick (Ireland) )

(21:10-21:30)

Andy Augousti (Founding Director of the Doctoral School of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing, Professor of Applied Physics and Instrumentation, Kingston University)

(21:30-21:50)

Pablo OTERO (Head, the Oceanic Engineering Research Institute of the University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain) (21:50-22:10)

LIU Jian (Prof and Dean of School of Instrumentation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China)

(22:10-22:30)

Discussion (22:30-23:00)

About the Organizer​

Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University

Founded in 1932, the Department of Precision Instrument of Tsinghua University is one of the engineering departments with the longest history in China. The Department has two divisions, the instrument science and technology and optical engineering, both highly regarded nationwide. It has a state key laboratory and multiple research centers, which constitute an advanced platform for interdisciplinary training and innovative scientific research.

China Instrument and Control Society (CIS)

China Instrument and Control Society (CIS) is a leading academic organization in measurement, instrumentation, control, and automation in China. Founded in 1979, located in Beijing, China’s capital, CIS serves as the bridge and contact link for scientific and technical professionals. With 46,647 individual members, 1406 group members, 44 subordinate professional branches, 29 local sections, and 15 Specialized working Committees, CIS play an important role in build bridges between Chinese governmental administrations, industries, scientists, engineers, researchers, and manufacturers.

Belt & Road Alliance for Sensing and IoT Collaboration (BRASIC)

Belt & Road Alliance for Sensing and IoT Collaboration (BRASIC) is an international non-government and non-profit organization that aims to promote international cooperation among nations in the fields of sensing and IoT for the benefit of the coordinated development of the world. BRASIC is an open and win-win collaborative platform to share knowledge and experience by holding international conferences, publications reports, and professional education programs to achieving the goal to support the sustainable development of sensing and IoT industrial.