Venue: Multi-purpose Hall, International Campus, HainingKeynote Speech:Internationalization of Universities, a View from EdinburghPeter Mathieson, principal of the University of EdinburghWorldwide High-level Scientific Collaboration in 21st CenturyRobert Jones, chancellor of University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignGlobal ZJU: CREATE to ImpactWU Zhaohui, president of Zhejiang University

Venue: Qizhen Hotel, Zijingang CampusDate: Jan. 18-19, 2019Program:

The 11th Asian and Pan-pacific Connective Tissue Society Symposium＆ The 3rd National Conference of CSMBDate: Nov. 16-20, 2018Venue: Hangzhou International Expo CenterProgram:Organized by: Chinese Society of Matrix Biology (CSMB)Peking UniversityZheJiang UniversityShenZhen UniversityFor more information please refer to the official website.

Venue: Lecture Hall, 1st floor, Chow Yei Ching Science & Technology Building, Yuquan CampusContact: Ms. JIN Luhong (Tel: +86-18767164900)Program:

Venue: Qizhen Hotel, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang UniversityAgenda: Oct. 25-26    2018 WELL China MeetingOct. 30      WELL Asia SummitOct. 31      Pacific Rim Alliance for Population Health (PRAPH) SummitNov. 1       2018 Zhejiang University-Stanford University Collaborative Laboratory for Health Annual Meeting

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The 8th international congress on environmental GeotechnicsTowards a Sustainable GeoenvironmentDate: October 28-November 1, 2018Venue: Sheraton Grand Hangzhou Wetland Park Resort, 1 Westbrook Resort, Zijingang Road, HangzhouIssues associated with environmental geotechnics continue to be a major preoccupation for governments, public and private organizations and the general community around the world. With the support from the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and the Technical Committee of Environmental Geotechnics (TC215), the Environmental Geotechnics Congress Series has been held regularly since 1994 (Canada 1994; Japan 1996; Portugal, 1998; Brazil 2002; UK 2006; India 2010; Australia 2014), and has evolved into a  highly influential forum for exchange and discussion on the subject.The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Soft Soils and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, CISMGE and HKGES cordially invite you to attend the 8th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics in the week of October 28th, 2018 in Hangzhou, ChinaContact:Tel.: +86(0571)88208793Fax.: +86(0571)88208793E-mail: ICEG2018@zju.edu.cnFor further information, please refer to the official website.

Hidden Champion in the Connected WorldDate: Oct.22-Oct.23, 2018Venue: Room 139, Mon Man Wai Building, Zijingang CampusSymposium ChairsProf. Xiaobo WuNational Institute for Innovation Management (NIIM), Zhejiang University,ChinaProf. Danica PurgInternational Association for Management Development in Dynamic Societies (CEEMAN), SloveniaLooking at the list of the most admired companies in the world published annually by Fortune magazine, we may conclude that an excellent company must be well-known corporate giants. Similarly, the majority of literature has focused on these larger companies, since much of whose information was publicly available and their histories were relatively easy to etch out. But as economists had long recognized, the engine of economic growth for many nations were the flourishing strata of small and medium-sized companies. What are the lessons here? This opened the research in the field of hidden champion. Hidden champions, described by Hermann Simon as companies whose market dominance belies their low profiles, are considered as an important issue in both business and academic fields in recent years.Despite the international interest in this topic, empirical research is astonishingly scarce –even in Germany. As a consequence, to the best of our knowledge, the factors that induce acompany to be a hidden champion and how these firms develop in the connected world have not been empirically validated to date. We seek to showcase work that informs these issues, and topics of interest include but are not limited to the following issues:Leadership of hidden championsCraftmanship and innovationHidden champions in global marketHidden champions in the era of InternetInternational marketing of hidden championsCompetitiveness of hidden championsFrom hidden champions to corporate giantsCase study of hidden championsHidden champions in family business