Prof. C.C. Chan

Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Prof. C. C. Chan SBS holds BSc, MSc, PhD, HonDSc, HonDTech degrees. Distinguished Chair Professor of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Honorary Professor of University of Hong Kong. Founder of International Academicians Science and Technology Innovation Centre. Visiting Professor of MIT, University of Cambridge, etc. Founding President of the World Electric Vehicle Association. Senior Consultant to governments, Strategic Adviser or Independent Director of public companies and industries. Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, U.K., Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Honorary Fellow of Hungarian Academy of Engineering, Founding Fellow of UN World Digital Technology Academy, Life Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of IET, and Honorary Fellow of HKIE. Recipient of the Royal Academy of Engineering Prince Philip Medal, Chinese Academy of Engineering Guang-Hua Prize,  World Federation of Engineering (WFEO) Medal of Engineering Excellence, Silver Bauhinia Star Medal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, 2022 Touching China Character，Gold Medal of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, IEEE Transportation Technologies Award,  “Father of Asian Electric Vehicles” by Magazine Global View, His major research field includes the philosophy and key technologies of electric vehicles and intelligent energy systems. He published 17 books, over 450 technical papers and holds 10 patents.

Prof. David Cardwell

The United Kingdom

University of Cambridge

Prof. David A. Cardwell is the former Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Strategy and Planning) of the University of Cambridge (served 2014–2024), and a prominent expert and professor in the field of superconducting engineering. He founded the Bulk Superconductor Research Group at the University of Cambridge, focusing on the fabrication and application of bulk high-temperature superconductors. He currently serves as Treasurer of the European Society for Applied Superconductivity (ESAS), and sits on the board of directors for multiple international academic journals and conferences. He has published more than 400 technical papers and holds a series of patents, and his team set the world record for a 17.6 T magnetic field generated by a bulk superconducting device. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the development of engineering applications of superconducting materials, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2012.

Prof. Fang Qin

China

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Prof. Fang Qin is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has long been engaged in research on impact and explosion resistance of engineering structures. He has led the implementation of national-level projects including the National Key Basic Research Program of China (973 Program). He led his team to build an Innovation Research Group supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and is among the first batch of Fellows of the International Association of Protective Structures. He has been consecutively listed on the Global Top 2% Scientists List for Lifetime Scientific Impact and the Elsevier Chinese Highly Cited Researcher List. He has won 5 second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, published more than 220 SCI-indexed papers, and authored 5 academic monographs.

Prof. Juergen Kurths

Germany

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Prof. Juergen Kurths is a German physicist and mathematician. He leads the research area on interdisciplinary concepts and methods at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and is a full professor of nonlinear dynamics at the Institute of Physics, Humboldt University of Berlin. He was elected as a member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2010 and as a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2021. Professor Kurths’ research focuses on nonlinear dynamics, complexity science, and complex networks. He has published more than 650 papers in academic journals such as Nature and its affiliated journals, including 16 papers in Nature series journals, 8 in PNAS, and 43 in Physical Review Letters. His work has received over 86,000 citations, with an H-index exceeding 120. He has authored five books and serves on the editorial boards of more than ten scientific journals.

Prof. Zhao Yuemin

China

China University of Mining and Technology

Prof. Zhao Yuemin, a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), focusing on the research of clean and efficient processing and utilization of coal. He serves as Director of the Academic Committee of CUMT, as well as the Head of the National Teaching Guidance Committee for Mining Engineering, Convenor of the Mining Engineering Discipline Evaluation Group of the 6th and 7th Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, and so on. He has led projects such as the Ministry of Education's Discipline Breakthrough Pilot Program and the National Natural Science Foundation's Innovation Research Group Project. He won 3 national level science and technology awards, 1 special prize for scientific and technological progress from the Ministry of Education, 9 first prizes from provincial, ministerial, and industry associations, and Pittsburgh Coal Conversion Innovation Award as the first author. His research achievements have been selected as one of the top ten scientific and technological advances in Chinese higher education institutions in 2021.