All over the world, Waste-to-Energy (WtE) facilities are becoming more and more important in increasing energy efficiency and fulfilling climate goals. In the last fifteen years, China has made enormous progress in phasing out landfilling with Its 922 WtE facilities that treat thermally more than 255 million tons of waste. The Chinese WtE capacity now exceeds the EU, US, and Japan combined. Moreover, the mass production of WtE plants in China has decreased appreciably the per ton capital investment for WtE plants, thus making them more affordable for developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.The Global WtERT Council and Zhejiang University will organize the Global WtERT Congress 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The Congress seeks to generate dialogue and global engagement among all members of WtERT representing Universities and research institutions and Industry leaders in China, with the ultimate objective of enhancing global cooperation to fully release the potential of knowledge and innovation on research and technology to curb methane emissions from waste.📅 Date/Time: 9:00am – 19:00 pm (Beijing), November 7, 2023 🌍 Location: Room 212, Run Run Shaw Science Hall, Yuquan Campus, Zhejiang University🔗wtert.org/congress2023 Email: wtert@zju.edu.cn

Time: Tuesday, 14 November, 2023 (13:30-18:00, GMT+1)Venue: Festsaal, Humboldt Graduate School, Luisenstr. 56, 10117 Berlin, GermanyOrganizer: Zhejiang UniversityCo-organizer: Marie Curie Alumni Association China Chapter, Germany ChapterLanguage: EnglishFormat: On-site only on 14 Nov. Please follow our social media for highlights of the Forum (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube)Registration for Audience: https://forms.gle/QHjLoMHsY6Gsy4gv9Programme：(speaker list to be updated)Berlin TimeActivities13:30-14:00Opening Speakers:- Lianzhen HE, Vice President, Zhejiang University- Enno Aufderheide, Secretary General, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation- Ruth Schimanowski, Head of Cooperation Projects in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)Moderator: Min LI, Director, Office of Global Engagement, Zhejiang UniversityModerator: Min LI, Director, Office of Global Engagement, Zhejiang UniversityModerator: Min LI, Director, Office of Global Engagement, Zhejiang University14:00-15:15Academic Session I - Climate Change and GovernanceSpeakers:1. Klaus Eisenack, Professor, Resource Economics Group, Humboldt University of Berlin2. Rong TAN, Professor, Vice Dean, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University3. Stefan Reis, Professor, Head of Division, Environment and Sustainability, DLR Projektträger4. Baojing GU, Professor, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University5. Markus Geupel, Scientific Advisor, German Environment Agency (UBA)15:20-16:35Academic Session II - Digital Technology and SustainabilitySpeakers:1. Harrison HUANG, Principal Investigator, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University2. Klaus Janschek, Professor for Automation Engineering, TU Dresden3. Xue LUO, Principal Investigator, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University16:40-18:00Academic Session III - Global Health and Well-being Speakers:1. Zhimin LU, Kuancheng Wang Distinguished Chair, Foreign member of Academia Europaea, Vice Dean of Zhejiang University School of Medicine.2. Ulf Kahlert,  Head of Department, Molecular and Experimental Surgery, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg3. Ji CHEN, Principal Investigator, Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University4. Jalid Sehouli, Medical Director Department of Gynecology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin5. Pontus B. Persson, Director Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin18:00MCAA Chapter SpeakersZhengxuan LIU, Delft University of Technology, Marie Curie European FellowEhsanul Alam, Chair, Marie Curie Alumni Association - Germany ChapterBackground：As the world counts down to the 2030 deadline of the UN agenda, major economies like China and Germany are encountering common challenges, which call for collaboration across borders. To generate and facilitate the required synergy, universities and research institutions should fully release the potential of knowledge and innovation through robust global engagement.Guided by its Sustainability Action Plan: A Global ZJU for Social Good (Z4G), Zhejiang University is working to enhance sustainability-related education, research and operations through a variety of programmes and activities. As one of the important annual events under Z4G, the Sino-German Sustainable Development Forum (SGF) has been successfully held in 2021 and 2022, each year bringing with joint efforts and great support from research institutions including DAAD and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.This year, Zhejiang University will organize the 3rd Sino-German Sustainable Development Forum in Berlin, Germany. The proposed Forum will consist of an opening ceremony and three academic sessions with different topics. The Forum seeks to build an open and sustainable network with SDGs as a clear thematic focus that cuts across multiple dimensions of higher education and brings together Chinese and German universities as well as related stakeholders.

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Moderator: Prof.Yu ZHANG, Deputy Director Office of Hong Kong, Macao& Taiwan Affair, ZJUTime: April 26, 2023, 16:00-17:30(GMT+8)[Online]Agenda: 16:00-16:05Opening remarksProf. Yu ZHANG, Deputy Director, Office of Hong Kong, Macao & Taiwan Affairs, ZJU16:05-17:05Keynotes1. Prof. Xiqun (Michael) CHEN, Director of Institute of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vice Dean of ZJU-UIUC Institute, ZJU (15 mins)On-Demand Shared Mobility Services for Smart Cities2. Prof. Alexis Kai Hon LAU, Head and Chair Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability, HKUST (15 mins)Personalised real-time air quality informatics system for exposure - Hong Kong3. Prof. Pingfeng YU, Researcher of College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, ZJU (15 mins)Leverage Microbial Ecology for Biofilm Engineering in Water Treatment and Reuse Systems4. Prof. Zhi NING, Associate Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability, HKUST (15 mins)Low Cost Sensor Technology and its Network Application for Air Science and Management17:05-17:25Q&A and Discussion17:25-17:30Closing remarksProf. Alexis Kai Hon LAU, Head and Chair Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability, HKUSTWarm Tip: Please scan the QR code above to registrate and the ZOOM link will be sent to you by email in advance.

“浙江大学国际校区学术年会暨世界名校科教产融合大会”是由浙江大学国际联合学院（海宁国际校区）主办的以“海纳百川 塑性未来”为主旨的国际会议。会议旨在集聚创新领军人才，搭建展示学术成果的国际舞台，激发思想争鸣，迸发学术火花，强化国际交流区域联动，探索当今世界前沿的科教产融合趋势。本次会议集聚如英国爱丁堡大学，美国伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳香槟校区、英国剑桥大学、新加坡国立大学等世界名校，积极营造多学科、国际化、科教产融合的浓烈学术氛围，共话国际合作教育的挑战与未来。主论坛（1月5日）9:00-9:20欢迎致辞9:20-9:40国际校区年度学术工作报告9:40-9:50国际校区年度优秀学术成果颁奖9:50-11:20主旨演讲11:20-11:50科教产融合相关主题讨论分论坛（1月5-6日）1月5日 13:30-18:30ZJU-UoE联合论坛（生物医学+方向）1月5日 13:30-20：30ZJU-UIUC联合论坛（工学+方向）1月5日 13:00-20:30ZIBS学术论坛1月5日 13:30-16:00新型光电与能源器件专场1月5日 13:30-17:101月6日 9:00-17:10肌肉骨骼专场1月6日 9:00-11:40博士后论坛1月6日 9:00-12:00智慧城市专场1月6日 13:50-17:20信息电子学分论坛

Speaker: Prof. WANG Xinlei, ZJU-UIUC Institute. His main research area is bioenvironmental engineering.Venue: Webex Meeting

Location: Online, Zoom meeting number 6604263463, password 221014Offline, 201 East 5, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang UniversityConference language: French

This book club is about reading literature related to formal argumentation. We hope to share the joy of research, improve understanding of formal argumentation as a field of study, and enhance academic writing skills through reading and discussing papers. We welcome interested students to participate.Some knowledge of mathematics and mathematical writing skills will be helpful in reading the literature, and participants can develop such skills in the process of participating in the event. The following are examples of statements that will be encountered in the course of reading the literature：Definition. An abstract argumentation framework F is a pair (A, R), where A is a set of arguments and R is a binary relation on R. If (a, b) ∈ R, we say that a attacks b.Definition. Let S be a set of arguments and a an argument. We say that S is conflict-free, if there does not exist a, b in S such that a attacks b. We say that S defends a if for any argument b that attacks a, there exists an argument in S that attacks b.Definition. A set of arguments S is admissible, if S is conflict-free and defends each of its elements.Lemma. If S is admissible and S defends a, then S∪{a} is admissible.Format of the reading clubEach event lasts 2 hours. The first hour is for student presentations on the content of the article. The second hour is for discussion, where each person expresses his or her opinion about the article. Professor LIAO Bizhui from the School of Philosophy participates in the discussion, and postdoctoral fellow CHEN Jinsheng moderates.Contact person:CHEN Jinsheng, email:jinshengchen@zju.edu.cnTime and PlaceEvery Friday from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm in the fall and winter semesters (see the table below for details)307, Meng Minwei Building, Zijingang CampusReading MaterialsBooks:1.  Baroni, P., Gabbay, D., Giacomin, M., & Van der Torre, L. (2018). Handbook of formal argumentation. (参考)2.  Gabbay, D. M., Giacomin, M., Simari, G. R., & Thimm, M. (2021).  Journal of Applied Logics: Special Issue on Formal argumentation. (部分)3.  Rahwan, I., & Simari, G. R. (Eds.). (2009). Argumentation in artificial intelligence (Vol. 47). Heidelberg: Springer. (部分)Literature:1.  Amgoud, L. (2012, July). Five weaknesses of ASPIC+. In International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in  Knowledge-Based Systems (pp. 122-131). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.2.  Modgil, S. (2009). Reasoning about preferences in argumentation frameworks. Artificial intelligence, 173(9-10), 901-934.3.  Modgil, S., & Prakken, H. (2013). A general account of argumentation with preferences. Artificial Intelligence, 195, 361-397.4.  Verheij, B. (2012). Clarifying some misconceptions on the ASPIC+ framework. Computational Models of Argument: Proceedings of COMMA 2012, 245, 442.