"2012 Distinguished Chinese Scientists Lecture Series"

Eminent scientists from the Mainland and Hong Kong are going to share their success and  discoveries at the Distinguished Chinese Scientists Lecture Series, an annual event organized by Leisure and Cultural Services Department, China Association for Science and Technology and Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Centre. The event will be held in the Hong Kong Science Museum from 29 November - 1 December 2012. Prof. Joseph Sung, the Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong will be one of the lecture speakers.

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Lecture Series and a Cocktail Reception with Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Distinguished Chinese Scientists Lecture Series will be held for this special occasion on 29 November 2012.

CUHK academic staff and students are cordially invited to join the following activities:

1) Cocktail Reception and Opening Ceremony (CUHK academic staff)

Time: 29 November 2012, 12:30pm

Venue: Hong Kong Science Museum

2) 2012 Distinguished Chinese Scientists Lecture Series (CUHK Academic Staff members and students)

 

Date	Time	Speaker
29 Nov (Thur)	2:15-3:30pm	Lecture 1   Prof. Joseph Sung, Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
	4:00-5:15pm	Lecture 2 Prof. Zhang Bainan of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
30 Nov (Fri)	2:15-3:30pm	Lecture 3 Prof. Liu Feng of National Deep Sea Center
	4:00-5:15pm	Lecture 4 Prof. Su Qiang of Sun Yat-sen University
1 Dec (Sat)	2:15-3:30pm	Lecture 5 Prof. Li Zexiang of the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

The lectures will be held in the Hong Kong Science Museum.

For details please visit: http://www.bhkaec.org.hk/articles/?do=view&catalog_id=306&article_id=684

For registration, please fill in the reply slip (http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/oalc/rs.pdf)  and return it to Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Centre by email：rubychung@bhkaec.org.hk/ fax：28345519. For enquiry, please contact Ms. Ruby Chung at 2893 6355/ rubychung@bhkaec.org.hk.

"Eastern Forum of Science and Technology" and "Forum of Advanced Studies"

We would like to bring to you the following academic exchange information for your attention. Academic members of the University are welcome to take part in the activities in collaboration with their counterparts in Shanghai. Our Liaison Officer in Shanghai will provide support to facilitate your participation. Details are as follows:

1.    Eastern Forum of Science and Technology - a comprehensive academic event initiated and organized by the Shanghai Government, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Funding Support:        RMB 30,000 to 50,000

Application form and relevant details can be found at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/oalc/efst.pdf

To know more about the forum, please check out the website at

http://www.efst.sh.cn

2.    Forum of Advanced Studies - an exchange activity organized by the Shanghai Institute for Advanced Studies of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Funding Support:        RMB 10,000 to 30,000

Registration form and relevant details can be found at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/oalc/fas.pdf

To know more about the event, please check out the at

http://www.sias.ac.cn

For more information and enquiries, please contact Ms Hong Wei,

Liaison Officer of CUHK-CAS Shanghai Branch Shanghai Collaboration Centre via whong@sioc.ac.cn or at 86-21-54925363.