To deepen the cultivation of interdisciplinary innovative thinking, the third and fourth “Humanities × Technology” Thinkers’ Forums are to commence.

The third session features Professor Wu Xiaoqiu, a distinguished financial economist in China, as the keynote speaker.

Time: 09:30, April 18, 2025 (Friday)

Venue: Lecture Hall B117, No. 6 Research Building (Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences)

Theme: Building a Financial Powerhouse and Capital Market Development

Keynote Speaker: Professor Wu Xiaoqiu, Dean of the National School of Finance and Dean of the Institute of Capital Markets at Renmin University of China, National First-Class Professor, Director of the Sino-US Humanities Exchange Research Center of the Ministry of Education, and Director of the Editorial Board of Economic Theory and Economic Management

Moderator: Professor Zeng Yong, Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences (IEAS) and Dean of the Advanced Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (AI-HSS)

Organizer: Advanced Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (AI-HSS)

The fourth session of the forum features Professor Zhang Xian’en, a renowned biologist in China, as the keynote speaker.

Time: 19:30, April 18, 2025 (Friday)

Venue: Coffee Beanery (1st Floor, School of Management and Economics Building)

Theme: Synthetic Biology and New Quality Productive Forces

Keynote Speaker: Professor Zhang Xian’en, Dean and Chair Professor of the School of Synthetic Biology at Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Honorary Doctor of Science at University of Alberta Canada, Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), Vice President of the Chinese Society of Biotechnology and Director of its Synthetic Biology Branch

Organizer: Advanced Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (AI-HSS)