The 1st International Conference on CO₂ Conversion and Circular Carbon Economy, co-hosted by the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) and the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, was recently held in Shenzhen city.
The event brought together nearly 100 experts and scholars from over 20 universities and research institutions across China, as well as international participants from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
Attendees included Bruce E. Logan, a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; Yuan Zhiguo, fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering and professor at the City University of Hong Kong; Huang Yudong, vice-president of HIT; and Ren Nanqi, academician of HIT's School of Environment.
Experts from institutions such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Tongji University engaged in discussions on key topics including catalytic materials for CO₂ conversion, synthetic biology and CO₂-converting cell factories, low-carbon wastewater treatment, resource and energy recovery, AI-assisted CCUS technologies, and the future energy landscape.
Bruce E. Logan, Yuan Zhiguo, and Professor Xing Defeng from HIT delivered keynote speeches.