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Science excellence at the Shanghai Expo 2010
Thirty years of scientific and research cooperation between China and Australia will be celebrated at the Shanghai World Expo during Australia and China Science and Technology Week from 2-6 August 2010.
A diverse program titled Partners for a Better Future will commence with an Australia–China Astronomy Roundtable on 2 August, attended by Professor Brian Boyle FAA, Director of the Square Kilometre Array, and Professor Elaine Sadler FAA, chair of the National Committee for Astronomy. This will be followed by three workshops aimed at promoting new collaborations between Australian and Chinese researchers in areas of common research interest and strength.
Professor Robin Batterham FAA will preside at the opening ceremony of the Impacts of Climate Change on Future Urban Societies workshop on 3 and 4 August which will include presentations by Australian and Chinese experts in urban planning, water management, environmental science, human health and climate science.
Past President Professor Jim Peacock FAA will preside at a joint opening of concurrent biotechnology and nanotechnology workshops on 5 and 6 August. Professor John Shine FAA and Professor Charles McKay FAA will present at the workshop Biotechnology Improving Food Production and Food Quality and Human Health. Academy Fellows Professors Frank Caruso, Chennupati Jagadish and Michelle Simmons will present at the Nanotechnology Benefiting Society workshop.
Both workshops will examine the potential of these emerging technologies to contribute to economic and social benefits, including improved energy efficiency, human health outcomes and sustainable production.
The Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering assisted the Australian Government Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research to present the event, in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality and the Shanghai Association of Science and Technology.
