Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng)
global grand challenges summit
Exploring collaborative approaches to creating a better future
BEIJING, SEPTEMBER 14-16, 2015
PROGRAM (Tentative)
Monday, September 14
9.30am-6.30pm
Student Day (activities TBD; see separate attachment on London Student Day)
6.30pm-8.30pm
Welcome Reception
Speeches by Presidents of CAE, NAE and RAEng
Speech by WANG Yupu, President of Sinopec
Speech by Keoki Jackson, CTO of Lockheed Martin
Tuesday, September 15
8.40am
- A top state leader of China to meet with distinguished guests
9.00am
OPENING CEREMONY & PLENARY ADDRESSES
Chair: ZHOU Ji, President of CAE
- Keynote speech by a top state leader of China
9:20am
- UK and US Ambassadors to China
9.30am
PLENARY ADDRESSES
- Jack Ma, Chairman of Alibaba
- Charles O. Holliday, Chairman NAE, Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell
- TBD
10.30am
Break
10.50am
Short inspirational video clip
10.55am
SESSION 1: SUSTAINABILITY
(Water, Air, Food, Natural Resources, Population Growth)
Chair: CHEN Jining, Minister of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China
3 x 15-minute presentations:
- CN: Prof. QIAN Yi, CAE Member
- US: Robert Socolow, Co-Director, The Carbon Mitigation Initiative; Director,
Climate and Energy Challenge, Princeton Environmental Institute
- UK: TBD
30-minute moderated discussion/response to audience questions
global grand challenges summit
Exploring collaborative approaches to building a better future
12.25pm
Lunch
1.35pm
SESSION 2: RESTORE AND IMPROVE URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
(Smart cities and Megacities)
Chair: XU Kuangdi, Honorary Chairman of the Governing Board of CAE
3x15-minute presentations:
- CN: Prof. PAN Yunhe, CAE Member
- US: Doris Sung, Principal DOSU Studio Architecture
- UK: Mrs. Dervilla Mitchell CBE FREng, Director of Arup
30-minute moderated discussion/response to audience questions
3.05pm
Break
3:25pm
Short inspirational video clip
3.30pm
SESSION 3: HEALTH
(Aging Populations; Detecting/Mitigating Global Pandemics)
Chair: Roderic Pettigrew, Director of the National Institute of Biomedical
Imaging and Bioengineering, US National Institutes of Health
3x15-minute presentations:
- CN: Prof. WEN Yumei, CAE Member
- US: Molly Coye, Chief Innovation Officer of the UCLA Health System
- UK: John Fisher, CBE, BSc, PhD, DEng, FIMechE, FIPEM, FREng, FMedSci
Director of the Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering,
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the
University of Leeds
30-minute moderated discussion/response to audience questions
5.00pm
Reception
6.30pm-7.30pm
Dinner (coupon only)
Wednesday, September 16
8:30am
SESSION 4: ENERGY
Chair: FU Chengyu, President of Sinopec
3x15-minute presentations:
- CN: XUE Yusheng, CAE Member
- US: Arun Majundar, Stanford University
- UK: TBD
global grand challenges summit
Exploring collaborative approaches to building a better future
30-minute moderated discussion/response to audience questions
10:00am
Break
10.25am
Short inspirational video clip
10.30am
SESSION 5: JOY OF LIVING
(Engineering and the Arts; Reverse-Engineer the Brain; the Internet of Things;
Beyond Moore’s Law; Enhance Virtual Reality）
Chair: TBD
3x15-minute presentations:
- CN: Prof. CHENG Jing, CAE Member
- US: Wayne Clough, President Emeritus, Georgia Institute of Technology
Former Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
- UK: Prof. Steve Furber CBE FRS FREng, University of Manchester
30-minute moderated discussion/response to audience questions
12.00pm
Lunch
1.15pm
SESSION 6: EDUCATION
Chair: TBD
3x15-minute presentations:
- CN: WU Qidi, former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education of China
- US: Richard Miller, President of Olin College
- UK: Prof. Helen Atkinson, University of Leicester
30-minute moderated panel discussion/response to audience questions
2:45pm
Break
3:10pm
Short inspirational video clip
3.15pm
SESSION 7: SECURITY AND RESILIENCE
(Natural Disasters; Planning for Climate Change; Securing Cyberspace)
Chair: Keoki Jackson, Lockheed Martin Chief Technology Officer
3x15-minute presentations:
- CN: Prof. DU Xiangwan, CAE Member
- US: Marcia McNutt, AAAS, Editor of Science magazine, Geophysicist
- UK: Prof. Maire O’Neill, Academy Silver Prize Winner
30-minute moderated discussion/response to audience questions
4:45pm
Break
5:10pm
Presentations from Student Day
global grand challenges summit
Exploring collaborative approaches to building a better future
5.30pm
NEXT STEPS
Final discussion among Academy Presidents on what can be agreed internationally
in order to address these challenges. Look forward to 2017 Global Grand
Challenges Summit in the United States.
6.30pm
Dinner (coupon only)