Announcement

Presided over by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) Council Chairman Mr Chan Tze-ching and President Professor Timothy W. Tong, the 22nd Congregation held on 12 November 2016.

The Third Summit on University Social Responsibility (USR), a key initiative of the University Social Responsibility Network (USR Network), kicked-off today (4 November) in Beijing.

Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry) S. Iswaran outlined the new energy realities facing the global energy landscape, and made a series of announcements on Singapore’s efforts to address the realities.

The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is pleased to announce a MicroMasters programme in International Hospitality Management to bridge the knowledge gap between higher education and the workplace.

On November 1, 2016 the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (JTAS) was granted potential “CREAM” status in recognition of its consistently high quality, under the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education’s Publication Incentive Scheme.

A next-generation Deepwater Ocean Basin research facility at NUS will leverage petascale supercomputing capabilities for integrated physical modelling and numerical simulation

A PhD student from The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus has recently won the ‘Highly Commended Award’ at the U21 Three Minute Thesis competition for her talk on the potential to transform wireless signals into energy which can power up small devices.

The event, congregating leaders and experts from Australia and New Zealand will be a remarkable platform to deliberate on disruptive technologies and new business models.

Educators, policymakers and technology leaders will be coming together on 9th-10th November at Suntec Convention Centre in Singapore to address some of the major challenges faced by modern day educational institutions, both K-12 and tertiary, from across Asia.

Lund University and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University clinch collaborative agreements with Technical University of Denmark and University of Bologna on mission to advance global food safety.

Materials science, genomics and much more at MIT Tech Review’s EmTech Asia

Masagos Zulkilfli, Singapore's Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, announced that Singapore has launched the world's largest floating solar photovoltaic (PV) cell test-bed, and the region’s first large-scale, offshore power grid system.

The completion ceremony of the 2nd phase of construction at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea, takes place on October 18, 2016. With these new additions, UNIST prepares to take off as a world-leading research-focused institution.

According to JoongAng Daily, a South-Korean-based newspaper's 2016 University Assessment, the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, has been placed fourth for natural science and seventh for engineering.

Going beyond just showcasing the technologies themselves, EduTECH Asia focuses on how tech is enabling a radical transformation of the education sector from pedagogy to curriculum design to facilities requirements.

With increasing talks on sustainable growth and adoption of renewable energy, there is a pressing need for Asia to implement solutions to increase energy access.

Although remarkable progress has been made to improve energy access in recent years, close to half a billion people living in the Asia Pacific region still lack access to electricity. An estimated 350 million are concentrated in South Asia alone, she said. This further entrenches the poverty cycle.

It was announced by Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry) S Iswaran at the Singapore International Energy Week 2016.

In a few weeks’ time, cancer experts from all over the world will be heading to University Cultural Centre in NUS to attend FCS 2016. These cancer experts include Nobel Laureate Professor Tomas Lindahl and Keynote speakers – Professors William Kaelin and Michael Karin.

Virus Researchers Descend Upon Sapporo to Address Rising Global Viral Threats.

NanoDelivery 2017 will be held in Osaka, Japan, May 29-31, 2017.

Mr. Nitin Bhat, Partner & Head of Consulting, Asia-Pacific at Frost & Sullivan said that the award recipients showed great innovation, visionary and smart strategies needed to succeed in the competitive Singapore market.

Digital disruption was the underlying theme at Frost & Sullivan’s annual Growth Innovation and Leadership (GIL) 2016: Asia Pacific global congress, which took place on 13 October 2016 at the Conrad Centennial Singapore.

Prof. Jung-Min Kee (Department of Chemistry), Prof. Kyudong Choi (Department of Mathematical Sciences), and Prof. Kwanpyo Kim (Department of Physics) at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, are the recipients of the Cheong-Am (TJ Park) Science Fellowship of the year 2016.

Graphene pioneer visits Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, South Korea to deliever a lecture on "2D Materials & Their Heterostructures".

Prof. Bartosz A. Grzybowski, Winner of the 2016 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for Theory. Recognized for his outstanding and many contributions on computer-assisted organic synthesis.

The LUI Che Woo Prize – Prize for World Civilisation (“LUI Che Woo Prize”) Laureate Professor Yuan Longping, widely known as “Father of the Hybrid Rice”, delivered a public lecture to a full house at Hotel ICON, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) on 4 October.

The summit will explore how digital transformation is changing distinct industry verticals and how companies will benefit with transforming technology.

The fifth edition featured the new Enterprise Europe Network segment and Platform Technologies panel on Smart Nations

Exploit Technologies Pte. Ltd. and SELECTBIO invite you to join us for the 9th Annual Distinguished Technopreneur Speaker Forum taking place on the 14th October at the Matrix Building, Biopolis, Singapore.