Forum on Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Environment
Program
| 5 Oct 2022 (Wednesday) Pre-Forum Panel Discussion |
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| Session Chair: Prof. Michael Yang | |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Prof. Alex Jen Director Hong Kong Institute for Clean Energy, HKICE, CityU |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Ir Hon Chung, Harry Lai Principal Advisor/Carbon Neutrality Electricity and Energy Efficiency Branch Electrical & Mechanical Services Department, EMSD |
| 10:15 - 10:20 | Tea Break |
| 10:20 - 10:35 | Prof. Yuk-Shan Wong PhD, SBS, BBS, JP. Chairman, Research Grants Council, RGC |
| 10:35 - 10:50 | Mr. Barry Kwong Director, Sustainability, Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation, HKSTP |
| 10:50 - 11:20 | Panel Discussion |
| Day 1: 5 Oct 2022 (Wednesday) | |
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| 13:00 - 13:30 | Registration |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Opening & Welcoming Speech Prof Alex JEN, Director of Hong Kong Institute for Clean Energy and Lee Shau-Kee Chair Professor of Material Science, CityU Prof Dong SUN, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Prof. Way KUO, President and University Distinguished Professor, CityU Photo Taking |
| Session Chair: Prof. Alex Jen | |
| 14:05 - 15:05 | Feature Speaker: Jeffery D. Sachs (Columbia University, USA) Geopolitics and Achieving Carbon Neutrality |
| 15:05 - 15:35 | Invited Speaker: ZhongXiang Zhang (Tianjin University, China) China’s National Carbon Market: Development, Evaluation and Prospects |
| 15:35 - 15:45 | Tea Break |
| Session Chair: Chun Sing Lee | |
| 15:45 - 16:35 | Keynote Speaker: Martin A. Green (University of New South Wales, Australia) Recent Developments in Photovoltaics |
| 16:35 - 17:25 | Keynote Speaker: Henry J. Snaith (University of Oxford, UK) Metal Halide Perovskites; on the Pathway Towards a Highly Efficient and Highly Stable PV Technology |
| Day 2: 6 Oct 2022 (Thursday) | |
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| Session Chair: Chunyi Zhi | |
| 09:00 - 09:50 | Keynote Speaker: Yury Gogotsi (Drexel University, USA) Synthesis and Modification of MXenes for Sustainable Energy |
| 9:50 - 10:40 | Keynote Speaker: Edward H. Sargent (University of Toronto, Canada) How can Research in Solar Energy Harvesting and Electrified Chemical Synthesis Contribute to Defossilization? |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Tea Break |
| Session Chair: Wenjun Zhang | |
| 11:00 - 11:50 | Keynote Speaker: Yi Cui (Stanford University, USA) Nanotechnology for Global Carbon Neutral Transformation |
| 11:50 - 12:40 | Keynote Speaker: Hui-Ming Cheng (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) Development of Batteries for Energy Storage from a Viewpoint of Resource Sustainability |
| 12:40 - 14:10 | Lunch |
| Session Chair: Angus H. L. Yip | |
| 14:10 - 14:40 | Invited Speaker: Liyuan Han (Shanghai JiaoTong University, China) Perovskite Solar Cells Towards Commercialization: from High Efficiency to Stability |
| 14:40 - 15:10 | Invited Speaker: Jianhui Hou (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) Material Design and Device Engineering for Highly Efficient Organic Photovoltaic Cells |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | Short Talk: Zonglong Zhu (City University of Hong Kong, China) Tailing the Interface for Efficient, Stable and Safe-to-Use Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells (PSCs) |
| 15:30 - 15:50 | Tea Break |
| Session Chair: Yun Hau Ng | |
| 15:50 - 16:20 | Invited Speaker: Michael K. H. Leung (City University of Hong Kong, China) Maximizing Energy Efficiency by Turning Low-Temperature Waste Heat into Clean Electricity Supply |
| 16:20 - 16:50 | Invited Speaker: Michael C. K. Tse (City University of Hong Kong, China) Challenges in Power Electronics Penetrated Power Grid |
| 16:50 - 17:20 | Invited Speaker: Angus H. L. Yip (City University of Hong Kong, China) Molecularly Engineered Interfaces in Metal Halide Perovskite Semiconductors and Optoelectronic Devices |
| 17:20 - 17:50 | Invited Speaker: Cheng Wang (City University of Hong Kong, China) Lithium Niobate Photonics for Power-efficient Optical Communication Systems |
| 17:50 - 18:10 | Short Talk: Edwin C. Y. Tso (City University of Hong Kong, China) Next Generation of Green Building Technologies: Passive Radiative Cooling and Thermochromic Smart Window |
| 18:10 - 20:00 | Banquet |
| Day 3: 7 Oct 2022 (Friday) | |
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| Session Chair: Michael C. K. Tse | |
| 09:00 - 09:50 | Keynote Speaker: Philip T. Krein (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA) Simplifying Infrastructure Challenges to Gain High Benefits from Transportation Electrification |
| 9:50 - 10:40 | Keynote Speaker: Marija D. Ilic (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Digitization: A Path to Sustainable Decarbonization |
| 10:40 - 10:50 | Tea Break |
| Session Chair: Guohua Chen | |
| 10:50 - 11:40 | Keynote Speaker: Jun Liu (University of Washington, USA) Future Energy Infrastructures, Energy Platforms and Energy Storage |
| 11:40 - 12:30 | Keynote Speaker: Kazunari Domen (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Photocatalytic Water Splitting for Solar Hydrogen Production |
| 12:30 - 13:50 | Lunch |
| Session Chair: Hua Zhang | |
| 13:50 - 14:40 | Keynote Speaker: Jun Chen (Nankai University, China) Organic Carbonyl Electrode Materials for Li/Na Batteries |
| 14:40 - 15:10 | Invited Speaker: Guohua Chen (City University of Hong Kong, China) Li-S Batteries: Challenges, Achievements and Opportunities |
| 15:10 - 15:40 | Invited Speaker: Yi-Chun Lu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China) Materials Design Strategies for High-Energy and Safe Battery Systems |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Tea Break |
| Session Chair: Xiaocheng Zeng | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Invited Speaker: Kenneth M. Y. Leung (City University of Hong Kong, China) Eco-Engineered Shoreline Designs for Facilitating Carbon Neutrality and Promoting Marine Biodiversity |
| 16:30 - 16:50 | Short Talk: Yun Hau Ng (City University of Hong Kong, China) Photoexcited Charge Transportation in Oxide Photocatalyst for Water Splitting |
| 16:50 - 17:10 | Short Talk: Wanxin Li (City University of Hong Kong, China) Why is Environmental Governance Critical for Achieving Carbon Neutrality? |
| Day 4: 8 Oct 2022 (Saturday) | |
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| Session Chair: Chak. K Chan | |
| 09:00 - 09:50 | Keynote Speaker: Robert C. Armstrong (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) The Role of Energy Storage in a Highly Decarbonized Electricity Sector |
| 9:50 - 10:40 | Keynote Speaker: Jacopo Buongiorno (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Nuclear Batteries: a New Way in Energy |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Tea Break |
| Session Chair: Wen Jung Li | |
| 11:00 - 11:50 | Keynote Speaker: David Y.H. Pui (University of Minnesota, USA) Technologies for Air Pollution Control and CO2 Mitigation for Sustainable Environment |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Short Talk: Roger Chen (CLP Holdings Limited, China) Nuclear Energy’s Role in Helping Hong Kong Decarbonise – CLP’s Perspective as an Investor and Off-taker |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Short Talk: Chin Pan (City University of Hong Kong, China) Innovative Heat Transfer Concepts to Enhance Nuclear Safety |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch |
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Emerging Star Series Session Chair: Hua Zhang |
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| 14:00 - 14:15 | Mandy Fang (City University of Hong Kong, China) Racing towards Carbon Neutrality: The Role of International Trade Law |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | Sai Kishore Ravi (City University of Hong Kong, China) Semi-Artificial Photosynthesis for Green Energy |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Ruquan Ye (City University of Hong Kong, China) Constructing effective molecular interfaces for CO2 reduction |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Jian Wang (City University of Hong Kong, China) Modulate the in situ Reconstruction of a Layered Oxide Electrocatalyst for Superior Water Oxidation |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Zhiyuan Zeng (City University of Hong Kong, China) Battery Intercalation Strategy: Material Synthesis, Property Tuning and Applications |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Yu Chai (City University of Hong Kong, China) When Soft Matter Meets Interface |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Xiankai Chen (City University of Hong Kong, China) Solution Processing of Organic Semiconductor Materials: A Theoretical Insight into Role of Additives in Film Morphology |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Qiyuan He (City University of Hong Kong, China) The Atomic Substitution of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction |
| 16:00 - 16:05 | Closing Remarks |