Date : 30 Oct 2009
Venue : Wuhan University of Technology
Hosted by the Wuhan University of Technology, the 14th
Annual General Meeting cum Higher Education Innovation
and Development Forum were held in Wuhan on 30 Oct.
Around 60 delegates from the ISTA member institutes,
ATN member institutes, Ministry of Education and Hubei
Government attended the events.
Upcoming major activities and the future directions
of ISTA were being discussed in the AGM. These include:
- ATN-ISTA Nanonetwork
- Higher Education Leadership Development Programme
- 37th International Exhibition of Inventions,
New Techniques and Products, Geneva, Switzerland
- China International Industry Fair 2009, Shanghai
- PolyU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Student Challenge
- A Global Competition
- Third Biennial Meeting, China-Europa Forum
- Direction and Development of ISTA
The AGM had achieved fruitful discussions and had received
numerous precious suggestions from the participants,
regarding the activities planned for the coming year
and the future direction of ISTA. It was generally accepted
that ISTA, being a network facilitating comprehensive
collaboration among members, should carry on its mission
to enhance the overall capacity and internationalization
of the members. Furthermore, it acts as the pivotal
role to promote collaborations among the high education
institutions in the Greater China region.
In the Higher Education Innovation and Development
Forum, various speakers delivered presentations and
shared their experience and success stories in university-industrial
technology transfer strategies and multi-institutional
research collaborations. Representatives from the Hong
Kong Innovation and Technology Commission, Hong Kong
Applied Science and Technology Research Institute, and
Hong Kong Automotive Parts and Accessory Systems R&D
Centre were invited to introduce the Innovation and
Technology Fund scheme. ISTA member universities were
encouraged to tap on this funding and collaborate with
the universities, R&D centres and enterprises in
Hong Kong for win-win development of innovative technologies.
Finally, the delegation visited the National Key Industrial
Base of Fibre Optics Sensing Technology, Wuhan University
of Technology, and shared the experience in commercializing
advanced technology products.
You are welcome to download the detailed program, participants
list and presentations listed below. To access the protected
files, please send a request to trista@inet.polyu.edu.hk
for the password.
