Annual Report 2023–2024

內地與全球聯繫 Mainland and Global Engagement 49 環球學者雲集中大 Where global scholars meet 中大活躍國際學術界，積極主辦會議匯聚學者，促進交流。 CUHK is an active host of conferences where the academic community converges. The Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society - Asia Pacific Conference, held in October 2023, welcomed 1,000 scholars and industry experts. Vice-Chancellor and President Professor S. Tuan, himself an expert in the field, chaired the event. The School of Life Sciences hosted a Joint Conference on Biodiversity, Conservation, Genomics and Sustainability in February 2024 against the global backdrop of a million species facing extinction. The event, co-organised by the APRU and the Earth BioGenome Project Hong Kong, brought together 120 researchers and students from eight economies. Two key conferences to promote sustainability, the Global Conference on Sustainable Development and the Global Conference on Climate Change, took place in October 2023 and April 2024 respectively (see “Social Responsibility” chapter). CUHK rolled out the welcome mat for 40 student exchange partner institutions worldwide at the Hong Kong Partners’ Week, jointly held with three other local universities in December 2023. Guests learned about the city’s latest developments and student experience. 醫學會議促進與會者在組織工程及再生醫學方面的協作 The medical conference sparked collaborations on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine 學生交流夥伴院校的來賓體驗中醫學 院的穴位按壓 The School of Chinese Medicine gave an acupressure workshop to friends from our exchange partner institutions 逾 100 名環球學者參與生物多樣性會議 More than 100 attendees joined the biodiversity conference 2023 年 10 月的「國際組織工程與再生醫學 會亞太地區大會」匯集來自全球近 1,000 位學者及專家代表。本身是再生醫學專家 的校長段崇智教授主持會議。 面對全球百萬個物種面臨滅絕的威脅，生 命科學學院 2024 年 2 月主辦有關生物多樣 性、保育、基因組學及可持續發展的聯合會 議，集思廣益。會議由環太平洋大學聯盟 及香港地球生物基因組計劃合辦，來自八 個經濟體的 120 名研究人員及學生參加。 中大在 2023-2024 年度主辦兩個大型可持 續發展會議，包括 2023 年 10 月可持續發展 國際會議，及 2024 年 4 月的氣候變化國際 會議（請參閱「社會責任」章節）。 2023 年 12 月，中大與其他三所本地大學聯 合舉辦「香港夥伴周」，歡迎來自全球近 40 所學生交流夥伴院校的代表團，讓他們 了解香港的最新發展及學生生活。