

April 16,2025,13:00-17:00
Meeting Room 10ABC
Bilingul(English-Chinese simultaneous interprettion service p)
April 16,2025,13:00-17:00
Meeting Room 10ABC
Bilingul(English-Chinese simultaneous interprettion service p)

Stanley CHU
Chairman, Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd., Honorary University Fellow, The University of Hong Kong

Hezhi HE
Professor, South China University of Technology, Executive Deputy Director, National Engineering Research Center for Novel Polymer Processing Equipment at SCUT
Keynote Speeches: Explore Cutting-edge Science and Application Development of Polymer Industry
Renowned scientists will present the trends and hot topics on polymer development and technology to cope with the industry’s key advancement as well as promote the interaction between application and the cutting edge of science.

Moderator
South China University of Technology
Hui HE, Professor
13:10-13:40

Thinking Out of the Box: Challenge and Opportunity of Polymer Science and Engineering
Zhengdi CHENG
Academician, National Academy of Engineering
13:40-14:10

Industrial Progress of Aggregation-Induced Emission
Benzhong TANG
Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences
14:10-14:40

Adhere to the "Four Orientations" and Develop a New Type of Rubber Polymer Material
Liqun ZHANG
Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering
14:40-15:10

Future Directions of Fibers and Polymers
Seeram RAMAKRISHNA
Academician, Academy of Engineering, Singapore
15:10-15:30

Slide-Ring Materials for Circular Economy
Kohzo? ITO
University Professor, University of Tokyo
15:30-15:50

Development and Application of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Nanomembrane
Ping GAO
Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Panel Discussion: Brainstorming between Corporate Executives from Brands and Scientists
The development of technology will ultimately be adopted by enterprises and commercialized. What kind of “chemistry” will corporate executives from brands and giants of science create together? Let’s discover this during the panel discussion!
16:00-16:50

Guest Moderator:
Ping GAO, Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Zhengdi CHENG, Academician, National Academy of Engineering
Benzhong TANG, Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liqun ZHANG, Academician, The Chinese Academy of Engineering
Seeram RAMAKRISHNA, Academician, The Academy of Engineering, Singapore
Kohzo ITO, University Professor, The University of Tokyo
Tan WANG, Co-founder, Vice President, Chief Designer, XPENG AEROHT; General Manager in Design center, XPENG MOTORS
Kuiwen CHEN, Advanced Desian Chief Designer, Advanced Design Department, Design Center, GAC Automotive Research & Development Center
Tao LI, Chief Technology Officer(CTO), Zhejiang Sinopont Technology Co., Ltd.
Topic: AI × Green Transformation × Low-Altitude Economy-"Boundary-Breaking Revolution" of Polymer Materials
- · Can AI make the development of polymer materials faster than Moore's Law?
- · Is green transformation a "curse" or a "new engine" for materials?
- · What kind of "anomalous materials" does the low-altitude economy need?

Tan WANG
Co-founder, Vice President, Chief Designer, XPENG AEROHT
General Manager in Design center, XPENG MOTORS

Kuiwen CHEN
Advanced Design Chief Designer, Advanced Design Department, Design Center, GAC Automotive Research & Development Center

Tao LI
Product Director, Zhejiang Sinopont Technology Co., Ltd.
Meet the Stars: Intimate Conversation with Renowned Scientists
"Intimate conversation with renowned scientists" - an exclusive private meeting between scientists and corporate executives from brands will facilitate in-depth exchanges and create new business opportunities together.
14:00-15:40
Take place concurrently with the forum
Small group meeting for each academician and 2-3 audiences (Prior appointment is needed)
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She has long been engaged in scientific research and teaching in plastic molding, polymer modification and composite materials.
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Professor Emeritus/Adjunct Professor,
Frank C. Sullivan Distinguished Research Professor,
Robert C. Musson Professor/Trustees Professor,
School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering,
The University of Akron
Dean and Trustees Professor, Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology,
Dean and Trustees Professor, School of Emergent Soft Matter,
Editor-In-Chief, GIANT,
South China University of Technology.
He is mainly engaged in the research of polymer condensed matter physics, including the fields of polymer crystallography, crystallography, and the phase transitions of polymer liquid crystals.
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He is primarily engaged in research on polymer chemistry and advanced functional materials and has made original contributions to the cutting-edge field of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) in chemistry and materials. He is the originator of the AIE concept and a leading figure in AIE research. He has published more than 2,000 academic papers, with a total of over 200,000 citations and an h-index of 201. He has delivered over 500 invited lectures at academic conferences and holds more than 100 authorized patents. Currently, he serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Aggregate, a journal published by Wiley in Germany, and acts as an advisor, editorial board member, or guest editor for over 20 international scientific journals. Since 2014, he has been consistently recognized as a "Highly Cited Researcher" in both materials science and chemistry worldwide. In 2007, he received the Croucher Foundation Senior Research Fellow Award. In 2012, he was honored with the MACRO Lectureship Award from the Division of Polymer Materials: Science and Engineering of the American Chemical Society. In 2014, he was awarded the Khwarizmi International Award by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Iran. In 2015, he was conferred the title of Honorary Citizen of Guangzhou. In 2017, he won the First Prize of the National Natural Science Award and the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Award for Scientific and Technological Progress. In 2021, he received the Nano Today International Science Award. In 2023, he was honored with the Global Impact Award in Biomaterials.
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Currently, he serves as the president of Xi'an Jiaotong University, and concurrently holds positions such as vice chairman of the 41st Council of the Chinese Chemical Society, executive director of the Chinese Materials Research Society, etc. He has successively served as the vice president of Beijing University of Chemical Technology and the president of South China University of Technology.
He is mainly engaged in research in the fields of rubber materials science and engineering, polymer nanocomposites, bio-based polymer materials, and polymer processing engineering. As the first accomplished contributor, he has won 2 Second Prizes of the National Technological Invention Award, 1 Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 1 National Defense Technological Invention Award, as well as the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Awards for Scientific and Technological Innovation, the Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award, and the title of National Excellent Science and Technology Worker, etc. He has served as the chief editor for two academic works and has been granted over 200 invention patents. As the corresponding author, he has published more than 500 SCI articles, which have been cited over 43,000 times on Google Scholar. From 2014 to 2021, he was recognized as a Highly Cited Chinese Researcher by Elsevier. He serves as an editorial board member of SCI journals such as Composites Part B: Engineering, Composites Science and Technology, Nano Materials Science, etc., and holds the honorary position of Editor-in-Chief of Advanced Nanocompanites. He has won important international awards such as the Sparks-Thomas Award of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society, the Asian Research Award of the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan, the Morand Lambla Award of the Society of Polymer Processing, the IRCO Medal of the International Rubber Conference Organization, and the Colwyn Medal of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, UK.
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Academician of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering;
Academician of Academy of Engineering, Singapore;
Honorary professor of Qingdao University.
He has long been engaged in the research of textile and functional fiber materials, focusing primarily on electrospinning technology and nanofiber processing.
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He has been researching the polymer physics and supramolecular chemistry, and now is focusing on polyrotaxane using cyclodextrin, necklace-like supramolecule with topological characteristics. He invented slide-ring materials with movable cross-links by cross-linking polyrotaxane in 2000, and set up a venture company to urge the application of the slide-ring materials in 2005. He has been the author of over 300 publications including original research papers, reviews, and books, and about 70 patents. He received The Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (2006). And he is currently an editor of Polymer, Elsevir.
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Professor Gao Ping's scientific research focuses on designing the macroscopic structure of high-performance polymers through the control of the microscopic configuration of polymers. Her research group has achieved a number of breakthrough results in the development of polymers, especially ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, by utilizing fundamental research in molecular dynamics and microscopic rheology. For example, her research group has invented the world's strongest bulletproof carbon nanotube-reinforced ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene nanofibers by adding carbon nanotubes to ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene plastic. The tensile strength of this kind of nano-synthetic fiber is 80 times stronger than that of 304 stainless steel of the same mass; and a three-stage strengthening model was proposed for the first time, thus clarifying the special mechanism of synchronous strengthening and toughening in nanocomposites. After that, her research group began to design 2D ultra-strong ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene membranes. By configuring and designing the nanostructure of the materials and constructing a topological triangular Delaunay pore structure on the 2D films, they discovered the world's toughest 2D membrane. The ultra-thin polymer nanofilms developed by Professor Gao Ping's team are 25 times stronger than stainless steel of the same mass while also exhibiting transparency, air permeability, and tunable hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity. Additionally, the pore size can be adjusted, making these nanofilms suitable for cutting-edge applications such as wearable device manufacturing, medical protective products, seawater desalination membranes, and solar cells.
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