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Alumni Event
Vice-Chancellor’s Reception in Suzhou and Opening of the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR)
Date: Friday 23 November 2018
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 pm (China Standard Time)
Dress Code: Business Attire
Venue: Building A, 388 Ruo Shui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu, 215123, China
The evening will include:
Limited spaces | Prior registration is required
Please contact the University of Oxford China Office in Hong Kong at [email protected] if you have enquiries or would like to obtain transportation and accommodation information.
Vice-Chancellor’s Reception in Suzhou and Opening of the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR)
Date: Friday 23 November 2018
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 pm (China Standard Time)
Dress Code: Business Attire
Venue: Building A, 388 Ruo Shui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu, 215123, China
The evening will include:
- Remarks by the Vice-Chancellor
- Introduction to Oxford’s research at OSCAR
- Guided tour of OSCAR
- Canapés and drinks
Limited spaces | Prior registration is required
Please contact the University of Oxford China Office in Hong Kong at [email protected] if you have enquiries or would like to obtain transportation and accommodation information.
Introduction to OSCAR
The Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) is the University of Oxford's first overseas centre for physical science and engineering research, primarily expanding on activities from across the University's Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division.
OSCAR was established initially with a grant from Suzhou Industrial Park, where many strategic benefits are offered to Oxford's research mission through access to state-of-the-art facilities, a research environment enriched by numerous universities and Chinese Academy Institutes, and a substantial company base.
OSCAR offers an exciting new frontier for the University of Oxford to develop and showcase its research excellence in physical and engineering sciences, with a dedicated Centre in a unique, globally-focused environment.
Situating laboratories in the impressive Suzhou Industrial Park will enable Oxford academics to strengthen existing partnerships and form new links, benefitting their research programmes and advancing technologies closer to market. Through these partnerships, OSCAR can develop solutions that will help to address important challenges faced not only by the UK and China, but across the globe.
Initial research programmes will be led by groups from the University departments of Engineering Science, Physics, Chemistry and Materials. Initial research activities are clustered across the following themes:
Biomedical Engineering and Healthcare
Environment and Biotechnology
Nanotechnology and Functional Materials
For more information, visit https://oscar.web.ox.ac.uk.
The Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) is the University of Oxford's first overseas centre for physical science and engineering research, primarily expanding on activities from across the University's Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division.
OSCAR was established initially with a grant from Suzhou Industrial Park, where many strategic benefits are offered to Oxford's research mission through access to state-of-the-art facilities, a research environment enriched by numerous universities and Chinese Academy Institutes, and a substantial company base.
OSCAR offers an exciting new frontier for the University of Oxford to develop and showcase its research excellence in physical and engineering sciences, with a dedicated Centre in a unique, globally-focused environment.
Situating laboratories in the impressive Suzhou Industrial Park will enable Oxford academics to strengthen existing partnerships and form new links, benefitting their research programmes and advancing technologies closer to market. Through these partnerships, OSCAR can develop solutions that will help to address important challenges faced not only by the UK and China, but across the globe.
Initial research programmes will be led by groups from the University departments of Engineering Science, Physics, Chemistry and Materials. Initial research activities are clustered across the following themes:
Biomedical Engineering and Healthcare
- Prof Zhanfeng Cui & Prof Hua Ye (IBME, Engineering Science) - Regenerative medical technologies
- Prof Ronald Roy (Engineering Science) - Application of physical acoustics principles to biomedical imaging
- Prof David Clifton (IBME, Engineering Science) - Smart healthcare technologies exploiting electronic health records
Environment and Biotechnology
- Prof Luet Wong & Prof Jeremy Robertson (Chemistry) - Reprogramming synthesis and drug discovery
- Prof Ian Thompson & Prof Wei Huang (Engineering Science) - Application of environmental biotechnology and synthetic biology to remediate environmental contamination
Nanotechnology and Functional Materials
- Prof Paul Stavrinou (Engineering Science) & Prof Donal Bradley (Physics and Engineering Science) - Plastic electronics (including flexible and printable electronics)
- Prof Jamie Warner (Materials) - Large scale fabrication of 2D materials
- Prof Mark Moloney (Chemistry) - Chemical methods for the functionalisation of materials
For more information, visit https://oscar.web.ox.ac.uk.
Alumni Group Event
Before & After: My PhD Journey – The Inaugural Oxbridge Scholars Symposium
Jointly organised by Oxford University Hong Kong Scholars Association and Cambridge University Hong Kong Postgraduate Scholars Association
Date: Saturday 8 September 2018
Time: 1:00 - 7:00 pm
Venue: Wang Gungwu LT, HKU Graduate House, 3 University Drive
RSVP: Please click here for registration
You are cordially invited to join us at the symposium titled “Before & After: My PhD Journey – The Inaugural Oxbridge Scholars Symposium”, jointly organised by Oxford University Hong Kong Scholars Association and Cambridge University Hong Kong Postgraduate Scholars Association. This event is especially relevant to those who are considering further studies after their current degrees, or those who are interested in what PhD studies is like in general.
Led by student researchers and representatives from both the academia and the industry, this half-day symposium offers an opportunity to understand the journey of Hong Kong postgraduate scholars across different generations. Speakers will share their experiences as research students, and how the studies have shaped their career paths. The talks will be followed by two panel discussions on the “Ups & Downs” through our research journeys, and on Funding and Application Processes.
Registration is essential. There will also be opportunities to sign up for dinner with the speakers, where you can all chat in a casual setting. Details will follow after registration.
Before & After: My PhD Journey – The Inaugural Oxbridge Scholars Symposium
Jointly organised by Oxford University Hong Kong Scholars Association and Cambridge University Hong Kong Postgraduate Scholars Association
Date: Saturday 8 September 2018
Time: 1:00 - 7:00 pm
Venue: Wang Gungwu LT, HKU Graduate House, 3 University Drive
RSVP: Please click here for registration
You are cordially invited to join us at the symposium titled “Before & After: My PhD Journey – The Inaugural Oxbridge Scholars Symposium”, jointly organised by Oxford University Hong Kong Scholars Association and Cambridge University Hong Kong Postgraduate Scholars Association. This event is especially relevant to those who are considering further studies after their current degrees, or those who are interested in what PhD studies is like in general.
Led by student researchers and representatives from both the academia and the industry, this half-day symposium offers an opportunity to understand the journey of Hong Kong postgraduate scholars across different generations. Speakers will share their experiences as research students, and how the studies have shaped their career paths. The talks will be followed by two panel discussions on the “Ups & Downs” through our research journeys, and on Funding and Application Processes.
Registration is essential. There will also be opportunities to sign up for dinner with the speakers, where you can all chat in a casual setting. Details will follow after registration.
Alumni Group Event
University of Oxford Freshers' Orientation 2018 China
Hosted by the Oxbridge Jiangsu-Zhejiang Alumni Association
Date: Tuesday 21 August 2018
Time: 1:00 - 6:00 pm
Venue: Li Jing Mei Lu Hotel, No. 8 Zhibei Road, Xihu, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, China
Do you have a conditional or unconditional offer to pursue an undergraduate or postgraduate course at the University of Oxford this autumn? Come to this orientation event and find out all you need to know to prepare for life at the city of dreaming spires, from student visas to preparing for your first tutorial. There will also be an opportunity to mingle with Oxford alumni for an insider guide to life as an Oxonian. For details, please download here or contact Shawn by email:[email protected] or wechat: shenjunxiao.
University of Oxford Freshers' Orientation 2018 China
Hosted by the Oxbridge Jiangsu-Zhejiang Alumni Association
Date: Tuesday 21 August 2018
Time: 1:00 - 6:00 pm
Venue: Li Jing Mei Lu Hotel, No. 8 Zhibei Road, Xihu, Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, China
Do you have a conditional or unconditional offer to pursue an undergraduate or postgraduate course at the University of Oxford this autumn? Come to this orientation event and find out all you need to know to prepare for life at the city of dreaming spires, from student visas to preparing for your first tutorial. There will also be an opportunity to mingle with Oxford alumni for an insider guide to life as an Oxonian. For details, please download here or contact Shawn by email:[email protected] or wechat: shenjunxiao.
University event
Introducing the Q20:20, the World’s First Working Quantum Processor
Date: 2 August 2018 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Venue: Cafe 8, Roof Level, Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Central Ferrt Pier No. 8, Central, Hong Kong Societe
RSVP: Please click here for online registration.
Cost: This event is free.
You are warmly invited for a special look at quantum computing research at Oxford. Drawing on the material that he first shared at the 2017 Oxford China Lecture in Beijing, Prof. Walmsley will introduce the counter-intuitive features of the quantum world that are being harnessed to create quantum computers, the challenges scientists and engineers have yet to overcome in order to build such a machine, and the breakthroughs at the University of Oxford that are paving the way for the Q20:20, the world’s first working quantum processor.
Introducing the Q20:20, the World’s First Working Quantum Processor
Date: 2 August 2018 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Venue: Cafe 8, Roof Level, Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Central Ferrt Pier No. 8, Central, Hong Kong Societe
RSVP: Please click here for online registration.
Cost: This event is free.
You are warmly invited for a special look at quantum computing research at Oxford. Drawing on the material that he first shared at the 2017 Oxford China Lecture in Beijing, Prof. Walmsley will introduce the counter-intuitive features of the quantum world that are being harnessed to create quantum computers, the challenges scientists and engineers have yet to overcome in order to build such a machine, and the breakthroughs at the University of Oxford that are paving the way for the Q20:20, the world’s first working quantum processor.
University event
University of Oxford Freshers' Orientation 2018 Hong Kong
Date: Thursday 26 July
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm (Registration at 6pm)
Venue: Suite 4018, Cosco Tower, 183 Queen's Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Do you have a conditional or unconditional offer to pursue an undergraduate or postgraduate course at the University of Oxford this autumn? Come to this orientation event and find out all you need to know to prepare for life at the city of dreaming spires, from student visas to preparing for your first tutorial. There will also be an opportunity to mingle with Oxford alumni for an insider guide to life as an Oxonian. For enquiries, please contact [email protected].
University of Oxford Freshers' Orientation 2018 Hong Kong
Date: Thursday 26 July
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm (Registration at 6pm)
Venue: Suite 4018, Cosco Tower, 183 Queen's Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Do you have a conditional or unconditional offer to pursue an undergraduate or postgraduate course at the University of Oxford this autumn? Come to this orientation event and find out all you need to know to prepare for life at the city of dreaming spires, from student visas to preparing for your first tutorial. There will also be an opportunity to mingle with Oxford alumni for an insider guide to life as an Oxonian. For enquiries, please contact [email protected].
College Event
Alumni Talk: How Private and Public International Law Shape Our Lives
Date: 19 July 2018 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Venue: Societe Generale (Level 34, Three Pacific Place,1 Queen’s Road East HK)
Cost: £10 (approximately HK$105)
You are warmly invited to a unique ‘In Conversation’ event, featuring a discussion between a St. Anne’s Fellow, Dr. Antonios Tzanakopoulos, and an alumnus of the College, Mr. Bernard Man, on the fascinating intersection between life and law. This talk is being held during the visit the Principal of St. Anne’s, Helen King, and academic colleagues for the St Anne’s College Hong Kong Summer School.
About the Speakers
Antonios Tzanakopoulos is Associate Professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St Anne's College. He has taught as a visiting professor around the world, including in France, Israel, China, and Greece; he has also delivered a special course in international law at the Xiamen Academy of International Law in 2017 and has been invited by the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law to serve as Director of Studies in 2021. Antonios's books include Disobeying the Security Council (OUP 2011, re-issued in paperback with a new introduction 2013); The Settlement of International Disputes (Hart 2012, co-edited with CJ Tams); The UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property (OUP 2013, edited by R O'Keefe and CJ Tams, ass't ed) and the Research Handbook on the Law of Treaties (Elgar 2014, co-edited with CJ Tams and A Zimmermann, and re-issued in paperback 2016). He has also published in the fields of the law of the sea, international investment law, and others.
Antonios has acted as counsel, advisor, or assistant to counsel, and has provided expert opinions in a number of cases before international and domestic courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice, EU courts, the European Court of Human Rights, ad hoc and ICSID arbitral tribunals. Antonios is the Secretary-General of the International Law Association and the Joint Secretary of its British Branch; and member of the editorial board of Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts.
Bernard Man is a grateful alumnus of St. Anne’s. He matriculated in 1995 and obtained a BA (Jurisprudence) and a BCL in 1998 and 1999 respectively. In 2000, he was called to the Bar in England and Wales and in Hong Kong. Since then he has practised as a barrister in Hong Kong from Temple Chambers, with an emphasis on civil and commercial matters. He became Senior Counsel in Hong Kong in 2015.
Alumni Talk: How Private and Public International Law Shape Our Lives
Date: 19 July 2018 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Venue: Societe Generale (Level 34, Three Pacific Place,1 Queen’s Road East HK)
Cost: £10 (approximately HK$105)
You are warmly invited to a unique ‘In Conversation’ event, featuring a discussion between a St. Anne’s Fellow, Dr. Antonios Tzanakopoulos, and an alumnus of the College, Mr. Bernard Man, on the fascinating intersection between life and law. This talk is being held during the visit the Principal of St. Anne’s, Helen King, and academic colleagues for the St Anne’s College Hong Kong Summer School.
About the Speakers
Antonios Tzanakopoulos is Associate Professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St Anne's College. He has taught as a visiting professor around the world, including in France, Israel, China, and Greece; he has also delivered a special course in international law at the Xiamen Academy of International Law in 2017 and has been invited by the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law to serve as Director of Studies in 2021. Antonios's books include Disobeying the Security Council (OUP 2011, re-issued in paperback with a new introduction 2013); The Settlement of International Disputes (Hart 2012, co-edited with CJ Tams); The UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property (OUP 2013, edited by R O'Keefe and CJ Tams, ass't ed) and the Research Handbook on the Law of Treaties (Elgar 2014, co-edited with CJ Tams and A Zimmermann, and re-issued in paperback 2016). He has also published in the fields of the law of the sea, international investment law, and others.
Antonios has acted as counsel, advisor, or assistant to counsel, and has provided expert opinions in a number of cases before international and domestic courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice, EU courts, the European Court of Human Rights, ad hoc and ICSID arbitral tribunals. Antonios is the Secretary-General of the International Law Association and the Joint Secretary of its British Branch; and member of the editorial board of Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts.
Bernard Man is a grateful alumnus of St. Anne’s. He matriculated in 1995 and obtained a BA (Jurisprudence) and a BCL in 1998 and 1999 respectively. In 2000, he was called to the Bar in England and Wales and in Hong Kong. Since then he has practised as a barrister in Hong Kong from Temple Chambers, with an emphasis on civil and commercial matters. He became Senior Counsel in Hong Kong in 2015.
College Event
Making Peace in Northern Ireland: is the 1998 Good Friday Agreement Secure?
Date: 31 January
Time: 5pm-6:30pm
Venue: LT2, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK
Speaker: Sir Jonathan Phillips
You are warmly invited to attend a lecture given by Sir Jonathan Phillips, The Warden of Keble College, entitled ‘Making Peace in Northern Ireland; is the 1998 Good Friday Agreement Secure?’ It takes place on Wednesday 31 January in Lecture Hall 2, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK.
This public lecture, generously sponsored by the Mok family, will start at 5pm and finish at 6.30pm.
For further details, click here: http://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/en/events_detail.php?id=15339.
Making Peace in Northern Ireland: is the 1998 Good Friday Agreement Secure?
Date: 31 January
Time: 5pm-6:30pm
Venue: LT2, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK
Speaker: Sir Jonathan Phillips
You are warmly invited to attend a lecture given by Sir Jonathan Phillips, The Warden of Keble College, entitled ‘Making Peace in Northern Ireland; is the 1998 Good Friday Agreement Secure?’ It takes place on Wednesday 31 January in Lecture Hall 2, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK.
This public lecture, generously sponsored by the Mok family, will start at 5pm and finish at 6.30pm.
For further details, click here: http://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/en/events_detail.php?id=15339.
University Event
Is Reputation More Valuable than Money?
Organised by University of Oxford and Finsbury
Date: 30 January
Time: 6:30pm-9pm
Venue: Eaton House, 5/F, Champion Tower, 3 Garden Rd, Central, Hong Kong
Speaker: Rupert Younger
You are warmly invited to an evening event in Hong Kong, featuring a short talk followed by conversation over drinks and canapes with Rupert Younger on why people and companies need to build their reputation capital. Rupert is the Global Managing Partner of Finsbury and the Founder of Oxford University’s Centre for Corporate Reputation. To register, please click here by 29 January.
About the Speaker
Rupert Younger is Co-Founder and Global Managing Partner of Finsbury, and Founder of Oxford University’s Centre for Corporate Reputation. He is a global expert on how reputations are created, sustained, destroyed and rebuilt and has led successful reputation and communications engagement campaigns for global organisations over the past 25 years. His work and views are regularly featured in major news outlets including the BBC, CNN, the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Times of London. Rupert is also co-author of The Reputation Game, a bestselling book drawing on his research at Oxford with case study examples from business, politics and the entertainment industry. Rupert chairs the University of Oxford’s Socially Responsible Investment Committee of Council and is a member of the Senior Common Rooms at Worcester College and St Antony’s College.
Is Reputation More Valuable than Money?
Organised by University of Oxford and Finsbury
Date: 30 January
Time: 6:30pm-9pm
Venue: Eaton House, 5/F, Champion Tower, 3 Garden Rd, Central, Hong Kong
Speaker: Rupert Younger
You are warmly invited to an evening event in Hong Kong, featuring a short talk followed by conversation over drinks and canapes with Rupert Younger on why people and companies need to build their reputation capital. Rupert is the Global Managing Partner of Finsbury and the Founder of Oxford University’s Centre for Corporate Reputation. To register, please click here by 29 January.
About the Speaker
Rupert Younger is Co-Founder and Global Managing Partner of Finsbury, and Founder of Oxford University’s Centre for Corporate Reputation. He is a global expert on how reputations are created, sustained, destroyed and rebuilt and has led successful reputation and communications engagement campaigns for global organisations over the past 25 years. His work and views are regularly featured in major news outlets including the BBC, CNN, the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Times of London. Rupert is also co-author of The Reputation Game, a bestselling book drawing on his research at Oxford with case study examples from business, politics and the entertainment industry. Rupert chairs the University of Oxford’s Socially Responsible Investment Committee of Council and is a member of the Senior Common Rooms at Worcester College and St Antony’s College.