Bulletin No. 1, 2010

52  Chinese University Bulletin No. 1, 2010  Conference on Globalization and Family Changes T he Family and Group Practice Research Centre, Department of Social Work, and the Centre for Social and Political Development Studies, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, jointly organized the International Conference on ‘Globalization and Family Changes: Policy Implications, Service Initiatives and Evidence-based Practice’ on 7 and 8 December 2009 at the Esther Lee Building. Mr. Patrick T.K. Nip (2nd right), director of Social Welfare, and Prof. Paul Lee (1st right), dean of the Faculty of Social Science, officiated at the opening ceremony. A total of 28 presentations were made in the two-day event, including four keynote speeches and 24 parallel presentations. The event drew an audience of over 270 from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau and mainland China. Workshop on Spatial Information Technologies T he Institute of Space and Earth Information Science (ISEIS) held an International Workshop on Spatial Information Technologies for Monitoring the Deformation of Large-Scale Man- made Linear Features on campus in mid-January 2010. Prof. Lin Hui, director of ISEIS, officiated at the opening ceremony and Prof. Henry N.C. Wong (right), Pro-Vice-Chancellor of CUHK, gave a welcoming address. Academician Tong Qingxi (left), chairman of the Expert Committee of the National Remote Sensing Centre, was the honorary guest. Experts and scholars from China, the United States, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, France, etc., attended the two-day workshop, discussing topics in ‘Recent Advancements in SAR/InSAR Theory and Applications’, ‘Subsidence Measurement at Infrastructure Elements’ and ‘Precise Measurement of Urban Subsidence’. Intellectual Cross-currents