2021 ABCP Annual Conference: UK-China Collaboration Track

Programme

Day 1: Friday 2nd July 2021 (Zoom link)

1:00-2:00pm: Updates from a number of UK funders regarding UK-China joint funding opportunities (chair: Professor Shujun Li, University of Kent)

• UKRI funding opportunities: Dr Daniel Brooker, Director, UKRI China (slides)
• EU funding opportunities: Christina Miller, Director, UK Research Office (UKRO) (slides)
• Funding opportunities of Leverhulme Trust: Professor Anna Vignoles, Director, Leverhulme Trust (slides)
• Relevant activities of British Council: Jazreel Goh, Director Malaysia and Senior Education Adviser China, British Council

2:00-2:45pm: Joint institutes between HEIs in the UK and China (talks and panel discussion) (chair: Professor Jihong Wang, University of Warwick)

• Professor Susan (Sue) Welburn, Chair of Medical and Veterinary Molecular Epidemiology of The University of Edinburgh, Executive Dean of Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute (ZJE), UK Chair of UK China Joint Institute Alliance (slides)
• Professor Jingzhe Pan (潘敬哲教授), Professor of Mechanics of Materials, University of Leicester, Dean of Leicester International Institute, Dalian University of Technology (大连理工大学莱斯特国际学院英方院长) (slides)

2:45-3:30pm: Research collaboration between the UK and China #1 (talks and panel discussion) (chair: Professor Jihong Wang, University of Warwick)

• Professor Jon Frampton, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (China) and Director of the China Institute, University of Birmingham (slides)
• Professor Zhanfeng Cui (崔占峰教授) FREng, Founding Director of Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) / 牛津大学高等研究院（苏 州）, University of Oxford (slides)

3:30-4:00pm: UK-Jiangsu 20+20 World Class University Consortium (chair: Professor Shujun Li, University of Kent)

• Professor Alan Marshall, Head of Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, UK Chair of UK-Jiangsu World Class University Consortium (slides)

4:00-4:30pm: Updates from Universities UK International (UUKi) regarding UK-China collaboration (chair: Professor Shujun Li, University of Kent)

• Alan Gregory, Policy Officer (Asia), UUKi
• Griff Ryan, Transnational Education Projects Officer, UUKi
• (Slides of both talks)

Day 2: Saturday 3rd July 2021 (Zoom link)

1:00-1:45pm: Joint UK-China universities – UNNC and XJTLU (talks and panel discussion) (chair: Professor Shujun Li, University of Kent)

• Professor Weiqi (Sam) Shen (沈伟其教授), Vice Provost for External Relations, University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC, 宁波诺丁汉大学) (slides)
• Professor Qiuling Chao (钞秋玲教授), Board Member and Vice President, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU, 西交利物浦大学) (slides)

1:45-2:30pm: Research collaboration between the UK and China #2 (talks and panel discussion) (chair: Professor Sai Gu, University of Warwick)

• Professor Tao Dong (董涛教授), Founding Director (Oxford) of CAMS-Oxford joint International Centre for Translational Immunology & Founding Director (Oxford) of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Oxford Institute (COI), University of Oxford
• Professor Hongbiao Dong (董洪标教授), Director of NISCO UK Research Centre (NU-RC, 南钢英国研究院) & Science Director of TWI-UOL Materials Innovation Centre, University of Leicester & VP Industrial Liaison and Fund Raiding of ABCP

2:30-3:30pm: Chinese PGR (postgraduate research) students in the UK and joint UK-China PGR programmes (chair: Professor Qihai Huang, University of Huddersfield)

• 2:30-3:10pm: A panel discussion on Chinese students pursuing a PGR degree in the UK
  • Mr Song Shi (石松), First Secretary, Education Section, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the UK
  • Professor Sai Gu (顾赛教授), Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (China), University of Warwick
  • Ms Janie Kingsley MA CMIL, Deputy Head of International Office, University of Sussex & Executive Operational Manager of ABCP
  • Dr Peng Liu (刘鹏博士), Trustee and Director, ASOSAUK (Association of Self-financed Outstanding Scholarship Awardees UK, 国家优秀自费留学生奖学金获得者联谊会)
• 3:10-3:30pm: China-Britain Business Council (CBBC, 英中贸易协会) joint UK-China PhD programme in science and technology entrepreneurship
  • Speaker: Professor Lik-Kwan Shark (薩力群教授), CBBC Project Champion & Head of Applied Digital Signal & Image Processing Research Centre (ADSIP) and Advanced Digital Manufacturing Technology Research Centre (ADMT), University of Central Lancashire

3:30-4:30pm: Short talks about UK-China industrial collaboration (chair: Professor Shujun Li, University of Kent)

• UKNCC: challenges and opportunities
  • Speaker: Mr Ollie Shiell (石傲立), Chief Executive, UK National Committee on China (UKNCC, 英国对华事务全国委员会)
• Connecting the world through better mobility (slides)
  • Speaker: Mr Liangjie Liu (刘良杰), Director, Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric UK Innovation Centre (株洲中车时代电气股份有限公司英国研发中心)
• University-industry cooperation and introduction of AsiaInfo Data
  • Speaker: Ms Danting Shen (沈丹婷), President, Beijing AsiaInfo Data, Co., Ltd. (北京亚信数据有限公司)
• “The only constant in life is change” (slides)
  
  • Speaker: Mr Rongsen Yang (杨荣森), Director, UK-China Culture & Education Exchange Centre (中英文化教育交流中心)
• How international students from China gain positive impacts in the era of post-COVID-19
  • Speaker: Ms Tracey Yang (representative in the UK) on behalf of Xiaobing Zhang (President), Shenzhen Minye Culture and Education Investment Co. Ltd (深圳明悦文化教育投资有限公司)
• Wailian Group – Personalising Services for Chinese Families (slides)
  
  • Speaker: Ms Sarah Armstrong, Head of Education, Wailian UK, Wailian Group (外联集团)

Organising Committee

Professor Shujun Li (李树钧教授), University of Kent (Chair)
Professor Hongbiao Dong (董洪标教授), University of Leicester
Professor Qihai Huang (黄起海教授), University of Huddersfield
Professor Lixian Jin (金立贤教授), University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC)
Professor Sai Gu (顾赛教授), Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (China), University of Warwick
Professor Xin Tu (屠昕教授), University of Liverpool
Professor Jihong Wang (王吉红教授), University of Warwick
Professor Hongming Xu (徐宏明教授), University of Birmingham