About the Symposium
The International Symposium on Future Technologies for Young Investigators, hosted by Global Institute of Future Technologies, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, will be held online on Sept. 28 and 29, 2021. The symposium provides an academic platform for young scholars around the world to exchange ideas on their latest research, to interact and collaborate, and to find inspirations in the rapidly-evolving technological fields. Seminars at the symposium focus on interdisciplinary and emerging areas of research related to energy and health. Outstanding young scholars participating in this symposium are encouraged to pursue collaborations with our faculty members or join us to start your new career in this exciting place.
Symposium Topics
Energy
This symposium session broadly covers all areas related to energy harvesting, storage, management, policies and economics, which include but are not limited to:
§ Battery and other energy storage technologies
§ Renewable energy generation and conversion
§ Renewable energy solutions for high voltage, high power, low temperature, high-precision manufacturing, etc.
§ Multiphysics modelling and management
§ Smart connected systems for energy interconnection
§ Carbon-neutral policies and economics
§ Bioenergy and biofuels
§ Energy sciences (e.g., chemistry, physics, materials)
§ Large-scale recycling technologies and schemes
Health
This session covers the interdisciplinary research on health and engineering. This includes, but is not limited to:
§ Microscopic imaging, radiology, acoustics, general medical sensing and analysis
§ Bioinformatics and biostatistics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics)
§ Drug discovery, biomarker discovery, and computer-aided drug design
§ Precision medicine/personalized medicine
§ Biomaterials and bioengineering
§ Rehabilitation science and human enhancement
§ Clinical + health information and machine learning
§ Nano, micro, macro mechanics and robotics for medicine and health
§ Ubiquitous sensing, monitoring, and computing for medicine and health
Keynote Speakers
Linda Nazar
Professor, University of Waterloo
Fellow of the Royal Society
Canada Research Chair in Solid State Energy Materials
Guang-Zhong Yang
Chair Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Dean, Institute of Medical Robotics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Editor-in-chief, Science Robotics
Organizing Committee
Jun Ni
Peisen Huang
Chien-Pin Chen
Xudong Wang
Shouhang Bo
Hongyi Xin
Application
If you are interested, please send a full CV, short bio, title and abstract of your talk to cftsymposium@research@sjtu.edu.cn; please also fill up an information form via the following link https://wj.sjtu.edu.cn/q/fMLK35zQ
Important Dates
Submission Deadline: Sept 18, 2021
Application Notification: Sept 20, 2021
Confirmation Due: Sept 23, 2021
Symposium Dates: Sept 28-29, 2021
Contact us
For health direction, contact Dr. Hongyi Xin, hongyi.xin@sjtu.edu.cn
For energy direction, contact Dr. Shouhang Bo, shouhang.bo@sjtu.edu.cn
Symposium Coordinator: Ms. Wendy Dai
Telephone: +86-21-34206045 Ext.: 4571
Email: daijune@sjtu.edu.cn
Address: Room 457 Long Bin Building, 800 Dong Chuan Road, Shanghai, P. R. China