HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 5 June 2024 – The Times Higher Education Global Sustainable Development Congress (GSDC) 2024, taking place on 10-13 June 2024 in Bangkok, will witness the participation of esteemed scholars and experts from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), who will deliver keynote speeches and engage in panel discussions on priority topics related to health, well-being, and demography. GSDC is a 4-day event that brings together over 3,000 global thought leaders and innovators to discuss urgent solutions pertaining to the sustainability emergency. The congress is a call to action for global universities and businesses to pivot their educational, research, innovation and outreach programmes towards the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The “Health, well-being, and demography” track at the conference is led by HKBU and will focus on discussing the transdisciplinary actions that can be taken to prevent future pandemics and offer support to developing countries in enhancing their healthcare systems. Under this track are sessions from academics and industry experts from around the world, as well as leading researchers from HKBU.
“We are honoured to have the opportunity to not only participate in but also lead a core track at this year’s Global Sustainable Development Congress,” said Professor Aiping Lyu, Vice-President (Research and Development) at HKBU. “At HKBU we always strive to fuse traditional disciplines and advanced scientific and technological expertise, especially within our four strategic research clusters, creative media and practice, health and drug discovery, data analytics and artificial intelligence, and humanities and cultures. We believe this fusion to be the key to a sustainable future and look forward to utilising the GSDC platform to further discuss this approach with others championing the same goal.”
Agenda: Address Key Concerns on Health, Well-Being and Demography
In addition, Times Higher Education’s Impact Rankings 2024 will also be announced at the event, which is the world’s only ranking that assess universities against the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Director of Institutional Research and Strategic Planning at HKBU and member of the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings Advisory Board, Dr Jingwen Mu, will be participating in an interactive session, ‘Masterclass: Beyond sustainability and the SDGs: Tracking social justice, integrity and transformative education for impact’ (Humanities and Cultures cluster), which will explore the measures of impact beyond the traditional takes on sustainability and the SDGs. With a focus on how universities’ strategic planning efforts can act as the catalyst for positive change, the session aims to encourage institutions to adopt more inclusive research practices and engage deeply with the challenges outlined by the SDGs.
The participation of these distinguished scholars from HKBU at the Global Sustainable Development Congress 2024 underscores their commitment to promoting a sustainable future through their expertise and research contributions. View the agenda of the Global Sustainable Development Congress 2024 and register for events of your interest: https://www.timeshighered-events.com/gsd-congress-2024/agenda.
To learn more about HKBU’s research and contributions in the field of health, well-being, and demography, visit https://research.hkbu.edu.hk/
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