SPEAKERS

• A Founder of China’s High-Tc Superconductivity Research
  An academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Former Director of National Laboratory for Superconductivity
  Winner of the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award
  A founder of China’s high-Tc superconductivity research, with six decades of dedication to the field Twice the first-prize winner of China’s most prestigious National Natural Science Award & winner of many other important academic awards at home and abroad Key contributor to two major breakthroughs in high-Tc superconductivity research: The independent discovery of oxide superconductors in the liquid nitrogen temperature region & the discovery of a series of iron-based superconductors with high-transition-temperature up to 55K.
  

  Zhao
  Zhongxian

  A Founder of China’s High-Tc Superconductivity Research
  An academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Former Director of National Laboratory for Superconductivity
  Winner of the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award

• Father of Graphene
  Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  the US National Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Society
  Winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics
  Sir Andre Geim is the discoverer and pioneer of graphene materials. Thomson-Reuters repeatedly named him among the world’s most active scientists and attributed to him three new research fronts – diamagnetic levitation, gecko tape and graphene. He also accepted the 2000 Ig Nobel prize for his work on levitation, becoming the first and only recipient of both Nobel and Ig Nobel Prizes.
  

  Andre
  Geim

  Father of Graphene
  Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  the US National Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Society
  Winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics

• Hunting for Life on Exoplanets
  Winner of the 2017 Wolf Prize in Physics
  Winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics
  Founding Director of the Center for the Origin and Prevalence of Life at ETH Zurich
  Didier Queloz discovered 51 Pegasi b, the first extrasolar planet orbiting a Sun-like star, with his supervisor. This seminal discovery has spawned a revolution in the planet formation process in astronomy and kickstarted the research field of exoplanets. He led various spectroscopic projects that significantly improved the precision of Doppler spectroscopy measurements. He also developed new astronomical equipment, novel observational approaches, and detection algorithms. Recently, he devoted himself to discovering extraterrestrial lives.
  

  Didier
  Queloz

  Hunting for Life on Exoplanets
  Winner of the 2017 Wolf Prize in Physics
  Winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics
  Founding Director of the Center for the Origin and Prevalence of Life at ETH Zurich

• Founder of Reticular Chemistry
  Member of the US National Academy of Sciences
  Winner of the 2018 Wolf Prize in Chemistry
  Honorary Professor of Tsinghua University’s Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology
  Professor Omar Mwannes Yaghi defined the Reticular Chemistry field and pioneered metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs). He also pioneered molecular weaving, and synthesized the world’s first material woven at the atomic and molecular levels. He has been leading the effort in applying these materials in clean energy technologies, including hydrogen and methane storage, carbon dioxide capture and storage, as well as harvesting water from desert air.
  

  Omar
  Yaghi

  Founder of Reticular Chemistry
  Member of the US National Academy of Sciences
  Winner of the 2018 Wolf Prize in Chemistry
  Honorary Professor of Tsinghua University’s Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology

• Cultivating New Germplasms for Human
  Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Director of the National Crop Germplasm Resources Bank
  Qian Qian is a leading researcher of rice germplasm resources and is famous for utilizing modern biological means to explore germplasms and gene resources needed for breeding. He has successfully cultivated a batch of high-yielding and high-quality rice varieties such as "Jiahe You 7245". His“Xiaowei”, a new miniaturized rice germplasm for large-scale indoor planting, had been sent to space twice, providing a reserve for future space rice cultivation. As the captain of “Germplasm Resources Bank 2.0”, he is working on applying digital and information technologies in the research of germplasm resources, aiming to lay a solid foundation for advancing China’s seed industry.
  

  Qian
  Qian

  Cultivating New Germplasms for Human
  Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Director of the National Crop Germplasm Resources Bank

• Slowing Ageing
  Member of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences
  the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Ageing in Cologne
  Professor Dame Linda Partridge studies the biology and genetics of biogerontology and age-related diseases, aiming to develop interventions to increase life expectancy and delay the onset of age-related diseases. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire and was the Director of the Institute of Healthy Ageing at University College London. She is also the Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne, Germany.
  

  Linda
  Partridge

  Slowing Ageing
  Member of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences
  the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Ageing in Cologne

• Automating Miniature Machines
  Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at School of Biomedical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University
  Director of Guangzhou Key Lab for Biomedical Equipment
  Lelun Jiang is a pioneering researcher in advanced manufacturing for medical devices and equipment. Led by Prof. Jiang, his team developed the world’s first magnetoactive liquid-solid phase transitional miniature machine. It serves as a brand new inspiration on the design of liquid-solid phase transitional robots and is expected to contribute to significant changes in biomedical and machine engineering fields.
  

  Jiang
  Lelun

  Automating Miniature Machines
  Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at School of Biomedical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University
  Director of Guangzhou Key Lab for Biomedical Equipment

• Chief eXploration Officer of Tencent
  Senior Executive Vice President of Tencent
  Mr. Wallerstein is the Chief eXploration Officer (CXO) and Senior Executive Vice President of Tencent, driving Tencent’s participation in new technologies, business areas, research collaborations, and ideas. He has worked on building Tencent’s international footprint and entrance into new business areas to foster the healthy development of human relationships across national borders, while bringing next-gen technologies to market to increase human resilience.
  

  David
  Wallerstein

  Chief eXploration Officer of Tencent
  Senior Executive Vice President of Tencent