The 4th Annual Meeting of Nano-environmental Technology and the 2018 National Symposium on Environmental Nanoscience & Nanotechnology were held in Guangzhou from November 22th to 25th. Academician Sishen Xie from the Institute of Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, academician Zhifang Chai from the Institute of High Energy Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, academician Guibin Jiang from the Ecological and Environmental Research Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences, academician Jincai Zhao from the Institute of Chemistry of Chinese Academy of Sciences as well as more than 160 experts, scholars, enterprise representatives and postgraduate students in the environmental field attended the meeting.
Infinite mysteries and opportunities are hiding in the tiny world. The collision between nano science and environment science is a wonderful combination in the field of environment. In this context, in order to promote further development of Chinese nanotechnology in the field of environment, a number of domestic scholars and elites in this field gathered in Guangzhou, launched an academic discussion on the most cutting-edge scientific research results and research direction.
On the morning of 23rd, the conference officially began. The opening ceremony was hosted by professor Zhang Lin of South China University of Technology. Zheng Li, vice President of South China University of Technology and Lianfang Zha, vice President and secretary general of nano science and technology branch of Chinese Society of micro-nano Technology, delivered the opening speech respectively. Focusing on the theme of “Nano-environmental Materials and Technology——Progress, Opportunities and Challenges”, the conference invited dozens of experts in the field of nano-environmental technology in China to attend and make reports. This conference was conducted in two meeting rooms at the same time, covering the research and application of nanocomposites, the action mechanism and control methods of pollutants at nanoscale, the tracking of natural nanoparticles and environmental behaviors, etc., involving water, atmosphere, soil, solid waste and other environmental protection fields.
Academician - Entrepreneur “Nano - Environment - Future” Face-to-Face Summit Forum was held on the afternoon of 23rd, which was an important innovation and highlight of this conference. At present, strict requirements in environmental management in China have brought huge demand, therefore, environmental protection industry is facing new market opportunities as well as higher level of challenges in technology. The summit forum invited leading scholars in the field of domestic water treatment, soil restoration and solid waste treatment, and the representatives from the leading chemical industry companies and leading environmental governance companies. They heatedly discussed on more than ten issues, such as the application, research progress and cases of improvements and innovation of nanotechnology in the existing water treatment materials, the difficulties andsolution ideas of batch production and engineering applicationof nano material used in soil restoration and so on. At the meeting, many enterprise representatives expressed their strong interest in the application of nanomaterials and nanotechnology to practical problems. They hoped to join hands with scientific researchers to open up the intermediate links of technology implementation and promote the construction and improvement of the mechanism of industry-university-research integration cooperation. Experts represented by SiShen Xie academician, Zhifang Chai academician, Jincai Zhao academician fully affirmed the importance of strengthening the communication with the enterprise when scientists doing their research and researchers should aim at publishing their papers in the mother country. It is emphasized that transformation and implementation of scientific research achievements are not achieved overnight which requires the joint efforts of all parties. They are willing to face and solve the difficulties and challenges in the process of environmental protection and governance together with enterprises, and strive for higher level of industry-university-research cooperation, stronger environmental protection technology and newer environmental protection concept. Academician Sishen Xie spoke highly of summit forum, which provided a platform for communication between researchers and entrepreneurs. Such communication is necessary and a good start for dialogue and cooperation among research institutions, enterprises and universities.
The closing ceremony was held on the morning of 24th. Daiqi Ye, Dean of School of Environment and Energy of South China University of Technology delivered a speech. Nine speakers were awarded the “Report award for youth of Environmental Science: Nano”. Academician Sishen Xie from the institute of physics of the Chinese academy of sciences made a closing summary. The conference achieved full success.
The annual meeting of nano-environmental technology, an annual feast for people involved in nano-environmental technology research, started in 2015. It is dedicated to strengthening the communication and cooperation between experts and scholars in related fields, so as to promote the communication in this field and continuously improve the research level and innovation ability in related fields. The meeting is hosted by nano science and technology branch of Chinese Society of micro-nano Technology, undertaken by South China University of Technology, key laboratory of pollution control and ecological restoration of industry clusters, Hefei Institute of Physical Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and nano-environment technical working group of nano science and technology branch of Chinese Society of micro-nano Technology.