Preface

On behalf of the organising committee, we would like to extend a very warm welcome to all of you, speakers and participants at the first Australia-China Symposium on Science, Technology and Education (August 12-13, 2006) in the beautiful city of Sydney.

The aims of this symposium are to further the bilateral understanding and facilitate more fruitful cooperation in all disciplines of science, technology and education between the two countries, by providing a forum for exchange of ideas and networking among representatives from governments, academia, industrial and research organizations. This symposium is an initiative of the Federation of Chinese Scholars in Australia (FOCSA). FOCSA is a non-profit organization that aims to promote bilateral linkages and cooperation between Australia and China in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering Services and Education (http://www.focsa.org.au).

With ever-increasing trade and economic cooperation between Australia and China in recent years, there has been a rapid growth in bilateral exchanges and collaboration in scientific research and development, technology transfer, and engineering services. Australia’s education market in China has also experienced a phenomenal growth during the last decade. According to the Australian government’s data, the total number of Chinese students enrolled in Australian universities was 81,000 in 2005 including 24,000 in sciences and technology, and over 15,000 postgraduate students. In Australia, there are over 20,000 highly qualified professionals from Chinese background working in governmental departments, CSIRO, universities and industries. Chinese scholars in Australia have played and continue to play an active role and make significant contributions to the Australian education and innovation systems, as well as acting as bridges for the ever important relationship between our two countries. Many of them have attended this symposium.

This symposium brings together more than 140 delegates including 63 speakers representing Australian and Chinese industries, academies, research organizations, and the higher education sectors. The subject topics of the plenary and invited talks include ‘Education and Technology Cooperation, Sustainable Development and Environment, Resources and Energy, Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology’. All of these topics are highly relevant and significant for both countries. We hope that the exchange and interactions at this symposium will further strengthen our education, science and technology linkages of the two countries. We believe that this symposium and the subsequent collaborations will contribute significantly to our shared vision for common prosperity, harmonious society and sustainable development.

The symposium has received outstanding support from government agencies, universities, industries and academies from both countries. We would like to take this opportunity to express our great gratitude to all the sponsors that have been listed in this program booklet for their generous support; without their support the symposium would not have been possible. A successful conference is also a good example of great team work. We would like to thank all colleagues on the organising committee and the local organising committee for their dedicated hard work for this symposium. We are also thankful to the members of the Advisory Board for their encouragement and support. Finally, we would like to wish all delegates have an enjoyable and fruitful symposium, and wish our colleagues and guests from China a very pleasant stay and enjoyable experience in Sydney and beyond.

Symposium Co-Chairs: Prof Max Lu, Prof Jesse Jin, A/Prof Jun-Ping Liu, Dr Xiaodong Gong
Secretary-General: Dr Xue-Rong Zhou

Symposium Organisers - FOCSA

Symposium Chairman: Prof Max Lu FTSE Fed Fellow, The University of Queensland and President of FOCSA
Co-Chairmen:
Prof Jesse Jin (The University of Newcastle), A/Prof Jun-Ping Liu (Monash University), and Dr Xiaodong Gong (Australian National Univeristy)

Secretariat:
Dr Xue-Rong Zhou (Secretary-General), Dr Fuxin Li (Treasurer) and Dr Hongwei Guo

Symposium Organising Committee:
Dr Zuliang Chen, Dr Yanming Feng, Dr Hongwei Guo, Dr Rongjiang Guo, Dr Fuxin Li, Dr Xun Luo, Dr Zhiliang Ou, Dr Ming Wei, Professor Zhihong Xu, Dr Guijun Yan, Mr Shizhuan Zhang, Dr Xianguang Zhang, Dr Xue-Rong Zhou

Sydney Local Organising Committee:
Chairman: Prof Jesse Jin, The University of Newcastle
Members:
Dr Huiquan Bi, Dr Jing Guan, Dr Rongjiang Guo, Dr Frank Jiang, A/Prof Sean He, Dr Maoling Huang, Mr Wes Jin, Dr Ping Cao, Dr Huizhong Shen, Dr Bing Wang, Dr Weiyuan Wang, Prof Aibing Yu, Prof Chengqi Zhang, Dr Shi Zhang

Symposium Advisory Board
Chairman: Prof Yiu-Wing Mai, FTSE FAA Fed Fellow, The University of Sydney

Members:
Mr Martin Albretch (Chairman, Thiess Ltd), Prof Rose Amal (University of New South Wales), Mr Gang Bai (Counsellor for Education, Consulate-General of The People's Republic of China in Sydney), Prof Shixue Dou FTSE (University of Wollongong), Prof Peter Gray FTSE (Director, Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology), Prof C. Jagadish FAA FTSE Fed Fellow (Australian National University), Prof Albert Mau FTSE CSIRO Fellow (CSIRO Molecular and Health Sciences), Mr Wenxuan Wang (Counsellor for Education, Consulate-General of The People's Republic of China in Melbourne), Dr Bob Watts FAA FTSE (China Relations Manager, BHP Billiton), Mr Hai Xu (Counsellor for Science and Technology, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Australia), Madam Xiaoyu Zhu (Minister Counsellor for Education, Embassy of The People’s Republic of China in Australia)

Supporters:
The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Australia, Education Offices at the Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Sydney and Melbourne

Symposium Program

Day 1 (12 August, 2006)
Leaders Forum: Opportunities for Bilateral Cooperation

8:00 – 9:00	Registration
9:00 - 9:10	Welcome and Introduction by Professor Max Lu –Chair of the Symposium
Opening Addresses – Chair: Professor Max Lu
9:10 – 9:25	The Hon Prof David de Kretser, Governor of the State of Victoria
9:25 – 9:40	Mr Jungao Zhang, Minister Counselor and Charge de’affairs, Embassy of The People’s Republic of China in Australia
9:40 – 9:55	Mr Jianjun Cen, Deputy Director-General, International Cooperation, Ministry of Education, The People’s Republic of China
9:55 – 10:10	Prof Dianzuo Wang, Senior Vice President, Chinese Academy of Engineering
10:10 – 10:20	Dr John Zillman FTSE FAA, President of Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
10:20 – 10:40	Coffee Break

Plenary Addresses – Chair: Professor Jesse Jin
10:40 – 11:00	Dr Megan Clark, Vice-President, BHP Billiton
11:00 – 11:20	Dr Xiaoling Liu, Managing Director, Shared Technical Resources, Rio Tinto
11:20 – 11:40	Prof Guo-dong Wang, Director, National Lab for Metals Processing, Northeastern University, and Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering, China
11:40 – 12:00	Prof Yiu-Wing Mai, FTSE FAA Fed Fellow, University of Sydney
12:00 – 12:20	Prof C Jagadish FAA FTSE, Federation Fellow, Australian National University
12:20 –13:20	Lunch
Plenary Addresses – Chair: A/Professor Jun-Ping Liu
13:20 – 13:40	Prof Ian Goulter, Vice Chancellor, Charles Sturt University and AVCC Chairman-International
13:40 – 14:00	Prof Weigang Fang, Deputy President, Peking University Health Science, China
14:00 – 14:20	Prof Nick Saunders, Vice Chancellor, University of Newcastle, Australia
14:20 – 14:40	Prof Ying Zhang, Vice President, Xiamen University, China
14:40 – 15:00	Prof Trevor Grigg, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International), University of Queensland
15:00 – 15:20	Mr David Smith, Manager, International Science Linkages, Department of Education, Science and Training, Australian Government
15:20 – 15:40	Dr. Xiaofeng Chen, Assistant Director General, Bureau of Personnel & Education, Chinese Academy of Sciences
15:40 – 16:00	Coffee Break
Plenary Addresses Chair: Dr Xiaodong Gong
16:00 – 16:20	Prof Stephanie Fahey, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International), Monash University
16:20 – 16:40	Prof Shuping Chen, President, Guizhou University, China
16:40 – 17:00	Professor John Taplin, Pro-Vice Chancellor –International, University of Adelaide
17:00 – 17:20	Prof Tam Sridhar FTSE FAA, Dean of Engineering, Monash University
19:00 - 22:00	Symposium Banquet

Day 2 (13 August, 2006)
Frontiers in Science, Technology and Education for Common Sustainable Futures

9:00 – 11:00 Session A
Session 1A (Sustainable Development and Environment) – Chairs: Zhihong Xu and Frank Jiang Professor F. Andrew Smith FAA Prof Yixing Yan, Hohai University, China Prof Nicholas Ashbolt, UNSW Prof Zhihong Xu, Griffith University Dr Deli Chen, The University of Melbourne Dr Jing Guan, University of New South Wales	Session 2A (Biomedical Sciences) – Chairs: Jun-Ping Liu & Guijun Yan A/Prof Jun-Ping Liu, Monash University Prof Zhe Dong, Peking University Health Science Prof Yean L Lim AM, University of Melbourne Dr Li Wu, Walter Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Dr Ming Wei, Gene Therapy Unit, University of Queensland Dr Bing Wang, University of Sydney
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 Session B
Session 1B (Resources and Energy) – Chairs: Ping Cao & Yi Jin Prof Dong-ke Zhang, FTSE, Curtin University of Technology Dr Mingwei Gao, CSIRO A/Prof Bo Jin, University of South Australia	Session 2B (Advanced Materials) Chairs: Aibing Yu and Zhiliang Ou Prof Shixue Dou FTSE, University of Wollongong Prof Ye Lin FTSE, University of Sydney Dr Tong Lin, Deakin University
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 15:15 Session C
Session 1C (Cooperation in Education and Technology) – Chairs: Huizhong Shen and Fuxin Li Dr Ta-Yan Leong, Senior Adviser, CSIRO International Frank Jiang, CCEEC Grace Huang, Elders Company Margaret Cargill, University of Adelaide	Session 2C (Nanotechnology) – Chairs: Shixue Dou and Bing Wang Prof Albert Mau, FTSE, CSIRO Fellow Prof Rose Amal, UNSW Prof Xianfang Zhu, Xiamen University Prof Aibing Yu FTSE, UNSW
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:30 Session D
Session 1D (Information Technologies) – Chairs: Maoliang Huang & Weiyuan Wang Prof Jesse Jin, University of Newcastle Prof Yanchun Zhang, Victoria University Dr Maolin Huang, University of Technology Sydney Dr Weiyuan Wang, Opentec Dr Suhuai Luo, University of Newcastle Mr Wes Jin, ITIC Pty Ltd	Session 2D (Plant Sciences and Biotechnology) – Chairs: Huiquan Bi & Xue-Rong Zhou Dr Guijun Yan, Western Australia Chinese Scientists Association A/Prof Chen Chen, Prince Henry’s Institute of Medical Research Dr Lei Zhang, Canberra Society of Chinese Scholars A/Prof Weisan Chen, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne Dr Jinglong Chen, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University Prof Yuan Yu, Fudan University
17:30 Symposium Close