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Research: Solving Global Problems

Thursday 8 September 2016
10:30 – 12:30
World Technology University Network Congress 2016

This session enabled participants to hear from speakers from a range of world technology universities about research which addresses global challenges.

10:30 – 12:30 Research: Solving Global ProblemsChairs: Professor Brian Cantor, University of Bradford and Dr Harriet Dunbar-Morris, University of Bradford

Speakers:

  • Professor YC Heng, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology: Value Creation through the mechanisms of WTUN
  • Professor Yingjie Zhang, Kunming University of Science and Technology: Scientific Research of Chinese Universities and the Converging World
  • Professor Allan Kellehear, University of Bradford: Community, Technology & Health Care: Some current work of the DHEZ Health & Wellbeing Centre
  • Professor Arun Sharma, Queensland University of Technology: The role of a technology university in the regional innovation ecosystem
  • Professor Savvas Tassou, Brunel University of London: The challenges of feeding a rapidly rising global population in the face of global warming and resource depletion
  • Professor Wahid bin Omar, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia: How research collaboration brings the solution to global issues

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Session speakers

Brian CantorProfessor Brian Cantor
Professor ,
University of Oxford and Brunel University
Yong Chie HengProfessor Yong Chie Heng
Former Vice-President of NTUST and WTUN Lifetime Fellowship Recipient,
Retired
Harriet Dunbar-MorrisDr Harriet Dunbar-Morris
Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience),
University of Portsmouth
Allan KellehearProfessor Allan Kellehear
50th Anniversary Professor and Academic Director of the DHEZ Health & Wellbeing Centre,
University of Bradford
Wahid bin OmarProfessor Wahid bin Omar
Vice-Chancellor,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Arun SharmaProfessor Arun Sharma
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Commercialisation),
Queensland University of Technology
Savvas TassouProfessor Savvas Tassou
Director Institute of Energy Futures,
Brunel University London
Yingjie ZhangProfessor Yingjie Zhang
Chair, University Committee,
Kunming University of Science and Technology

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