“Climate, Environment and Health”

Climate, Environment and Health Forum brief on climate change impacts on the environment and human health. Over the past 50 years, global warming caused by human activities has led to energy problems, water problems, environmental disasters, food security and other problems.

Addressing climate change is an inherent requirement of sustainable development of mankind and a responsibility of building a community with a Shared future for mankind. At this important juncture, with the theme of "Climate, Environment and Health", the Forum has invited a number of internationally renowned scholars to gather together for a multi-perspective and in-depth discussion on measures that can be taken to address climate change and inject new impetus into the building of a green, harmonious and sustainable environment.

Panel Chair：

GONG Peng (Dean, School of Science, Tsinghua University; Chair, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University)

Panel Speakers:

Introduction:

GONG Peng

(20:00-20:10)

Margaret CHAN (Dean, Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University)

(20:10-20:25)

Andy HAINES (Former Director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

(20:25-20:40)

Cunrui HUANG (Professor, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University)

(20:40-20:55)

Mei-Po KWAN (Distinguished Professor of Spatial Analysis and Health, Chinese University of Hong Kong)

(20:55-21:10)

Winnie YIP (Professor, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University)

(21:10-21:25)

Discussion (21:25-22:40)

(Panel discussion followed by question and answering with the audience)

GONG Peng (Dean, School of Science, Tsinghua University; Chair, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University)

(22:40-22:55)

About the Organizer

The Department of Earth System Science of Tsinghua University

The Department of Earth System Science of Tsinghua University was established on November 30, 2016. The original name was the "Earth System Science Research Center" established in 2009. It aims to explore new knowledge in the fields of the earth sciences such as the atmosphere, land and sea, and related fields of physics, chemistry, biology and social economics, in order to contribute to the safety of the earth’s ecological environment, and lead the world in geosciences. Its research interests mainly include earth system processes, earth system models, earth system observation and earth system management

“Sustainable Chemical Engineering and the Future”

Chemical engineering plays a key role in realizing sustainable development in our society. With wise and responsible engineering during the process of design and planification, we, the community of chemical engineers, can greatly improve people’s living standard while protecting the beloved nature. We firmly believe that education is one of the most powerful and proven vehicles to achieve sustainability in chemical engineering, notably for future chemical engineers. The concept of a sustainable system, which is either in equilibrium, or slowly changes at a tolerable rate, must be solidly rooted in the mind of all chemical engineering students, who will eventually make the foundation of future community of chemical engineers. As educators in Chemical Engineering, we must help students to acquire the ability of developing a closed-loop ecological system with the consideration of humanity to illustrate the many activities of chemical engineering that support sustainable development, such as resource development and extraction, resource recovery and re-use, environmental restoration, energy production and usage.

It is our great pleasure and honor to invite you to attend the B-2 "sustainable chemical Engineering and the future" Forum to discuss the important role of Engineering Education in sustainable Chemical Engineering and the future!

Panel Chair：

ZHAO Jinsong（Dean, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University）

Lorenz T. BIEGLER (Member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA; Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Panel Discussion Chair：

LIU Zheng (Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering; Dean, Tanwei College, Tsinghua University)

Panel Speakers:

Lorenz T. BIEGLER (Member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA; Professor，Carnegie Mellon University)

(20:10-20:30)

GONG Jinlong (Vice President, Tianjin University)

(20:30-20:50)

Lev SARKISOV (Professor and Head, the Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science Department, University of Manchester)

(20:50-21:10)

LIU Zheng (Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering; Dean, Tanwei College, Tsinghua University)

(21:10-21:30)

Takeo YAMAGUCHI (Professor, Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

(21:30-21:50)

Romildo Dias TOLEDO FILHO (Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro(COPPE), Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences)

(21:50-22:10)

Discussion (22:10-23:00)

About the Organizer​

The Department of Chemical Engineering of Tsinghua University

The Department of Chemical Engineering of Tsinghua University was founded in 1964, and it currently offers two four-year undergraduate programs, namely “Chemical Engineering and Industrial Bioengineering” and “Polymer Material and Engineering”. The Department emphasizes on the multi-disciplinary collaboration and innovation among chemical engineering, material, energy and biology. In the 2020 QS World University Ranking by Subject, Chemical Engineering of Tsinghua University ranks the 12th in the world. It is one of the five subjects in China which ranked Top 20 worldwide in the past eight consecutive years. In addition, the subject of Material Science, to which our major “Polymer Material and Engineering” belongs, ranks the 9th in the world. In the 21st century, tremendous changes are observed in both the intension and extension of Chemical Engineering to respond to the major challenges facing the human sustainable development in the fields of resource, energy and environment. 

 "Engineering Education for Sustainable Development"

Engineering education plays an extremely important role in achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To promote high-quality and inclusive engineering education to support sustainable development requires the support of educational institutions, enterprises, funds, talents and infrastructure from countries. In order to achieve the 2030 UN sustainable development goals, we urgently need to listen to the voices from all over the world and actively take effective measures. In order to fully demonstrate the sustainable development of engineering education, actively promote the reform of engineering education and achieve the goal of sustainable development, the seminar focused on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development (EESD), invited experts from UNESCO, World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), International Engineering Alliance (IEA), university, scientific research institutions and enterpriser gathered online, to discuss the current challenges and future development trend of engineering education.

Hosted by：

WU Qidi (Director, ICEE)

Panel Speakers:

Peggy OTI-BOATENG (Director, Division of Science Policy and Capacity-Building, UNESCO)

(20:10-20:25)

Marlene KANGA (Past President, WFEO)

(20:25-20:40)

Elizabeth TAYLOR (Chair, the Washington Accord, International Engineering Alliance)

(20:40-20:55)

ZHENG Qinghua (Vice President, Xi 'an Jiaotong University)

(20:55-21:10)

LI Ming (Senior manager, Education and Training Division, Human Resource Department of China Academy of Space Technology (CAST))

(21:10-21:25)

WANG Shuiguo (President, XuetangX)

(21:25-21:40)

ZHOU Shuhua (President, Huahe Capital)

(21:40-21:55)

Discussion (21:55-22:45)

Closing Ceremony (22:45-23:15)

Chair:

HE Kebin (Forum Chair; Professor at School of Environment, Tsinghua University; Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering)

About the Organizer​

International Center for Engineering Education(ICEE)

As a Category II center of UNESCO, the International Center for Engineering Education under the Auspices of UNESCO (ICEE) was unveiled in Beijing on June 6, 2016. ICEE was proposed jointly by Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), a national consulting organization in engineering science and technology in China, and Tsinghua University, a top university well known in engineering science education. Zhou Ji, the former President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Irina Bokova, the former Director-General of UNESCO signed the agreement on behalf of the Chinese government and UNESCO respectively. Qiu Yong, President of Tsinghua University is Chairperson of the Governing Board of ICEE, Wu Qili, former vice minister of Education in China is vice Chairperson of the Governing Board and director of ICEE.

VISION
ICEE is committed to building itself into an equal, inclusive, developmental and win-win engineering education community for the promotion of quality and equity in engineering education amongst countries in the world. 

MISSION
ICEE aims to be a think-tank for policy research, an incubator for high-caliber personnel, and an exchange and cooperation platform in global engineering education.