The World Conference on Carbon

From July 14 to 19, the World Conference on Carbon 2024 was successfully held in Shenzhen. Guided by the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Bureau, this conference was jointly sponsored byShenzhen University of Advanced Technology (SUAT), Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, and the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Cheng Huiming, Honorary Dean of the SUAT College of Materials Science and Energy Engineering, and Kang Feiyu, Vice Dean of Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, jointly served as conference chairs.

Themed"Exploring the Future with Carbon," the conference attracted representatives from over 100 universities, research institutes, and enterprises from more than 30 countries and regions, including China, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, Brazil, Spain, Belgium, and India. They jointly discussed the latest developments, challenges, and future trends in the discipline and industry of carbon materials, showcased the latest technologies and applications in the field, and explored future development and cooperation opportunities.

As a traditional top event in the global new materials field, the World Conference on Carbon has been held alternately among countries in Europe, Asia, and North America since its inaugural session in Berlin, Germany, in 2000. China successfully hosted it in Beijing in 2002 and in Shanghai in 2011. This is the third time the conference is held in China. This event will provide new opportunities for Shenzhen's exploration of frontier technologies in new materials and industrial application development, agglomeration of new materials technology industries, and high-quality innovative development. It will offer new support, open new tracks, and bring new opportunities for Shenzhen to comprehensively build a globally influential innovation highland for the new materials industry and to develop and strengthen future industries.

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Chinese and International Academicians and Experts Gather at the Opening Ceremony

On the day of the opening ceremony, 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate and Fellow of the Royal Society Konstantin Novoselov, along with renowned carbon materials scholars from institutions worldwide such as Toulouse University in France, the French National Center for Scientific Research, Pennsylvania State University in the United States, Kyushu University in Japan, Peking University, University of Liège in Belgium, and the University of Sydney in Australia, attended. Zhang Lin, Director of the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Bureau, and Professor Kang Feiyu delivered wonderful speeches respectively. The conference was chaired by Academician Cheng Huiming.

▲ Academician Cheng Huiming Chairs the Forum Opening Ceremony

▲ Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Bureau

Party Secretary and Director Zhang Lin Delivers a Speech

▲ Professor Kang Feiyu Delivers the Opening Remarks

▲ Opening Ceremony Scene

From the 15th to the 19th, conference guests delivered invited plenary reports on hot topics such as future carbon materials development, controllable preparation of carbon nanotubes, carbon fibers, biomedical carbon materials, and mesoporous carbon materials.

▲ 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics Laureate

Professor Konstantin Novoselov Delivers a Plenary Invited Report

▲ Academician Zhang Jin Delivers a Plenary Invited Report

▲ Professor Alberto Bianco Delivers a Plenary Invited Report

▲ Professor Seong-Ho Yoon Delivers a Plenary Invited Report

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Eight Parallel Sessions Full of Highlights

Leading Innovation in the Carbon Materials Industry

This conference focused on nano-carbon: graphene, carbon nanotubes, and fullerenes; graphite, diamond, porous carbon, coal, coke, etc.; carbon fibers and their composites; carbon materials for energy storage and conversion; carbon materials for environmental applications; carbon materials related to biology, health, and medicine; and carbon materials for electronic information and optoelectronics. Eight parallel sessions were set up, with extensive and in-depth discussions through thematic reports, roundtable discussions, poster presentations, and achievement exhibitions.

The conference was rich in content and filled with a strong and enthusiastic academic atmosphere. More than 230 renowned carbon materials scientists and industry professionals from over 30 countries and regions delivered over 60 thematic speeches, systematically discussing the latest progress, challenges, and future trends in carbon science and technology, strengthening academic exchanges in international carbon materials research, and promoting the industrial application development of carbon-related materials.

Pennsylvania State University, USA

Professor Mauricio Terrones

Toulouse University, France

Professor Marc Monthioux

University of Liège, Belgium

Professor Nathalie Job

Beijing University of Chemical Technology

Professor Qiu Jieshan

Kyoto University, Japan

Professor Masaaki Yoshikawa

Hasselt University, Belgium

Professor Ken Haenen Swipe left and right to view more >>>

▲ Scenes from Some Speakers' Presentations

▲ Scenes from Some Parallel Sessions

▲ Scenes from Some Parallel Sessions

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Numerous Awards

Encouraging Outstanding Young Researchers

The conference also specially set up the"Emerging Young Scholars Carbon Materials Forum," inviting young scholars in the carbon materials field to deliver reports and exchanges focusing on three major themes: traditional carbon materials, new carbon materials, and carbon materials applications. The reports from young scholars highlighted the latest forward-looking research progress in the carbon materials field, sparking enthusiastic discussions among attendees on development trends and innovation opportunities in carbon materials.

The conference selected the SFEC 2024 Young Researcher Award and the 2024 Emerging Young Scholar Award to commend young researchers dedicated to carbon materials and promote bold advancement and pioneering innovation among young scientists and technologists in the field.

In the poster session, over 120 academic posters attracted attendees to stop and exchange ideas. After comprehensive evaluation by the judging committee, ten winners of the Best Poster Award were selected.

▲ Carbon 2024 Emerging Young Scholar Award

First Prize Winners Awarded

▲ Best Poster Award Winners Awarded

▲ SFEC 2024 Young Researcher Award Awarded

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"Exploring Carbon" Future Roundtable Forum

Focusing on Hot Topics

In the roundtable dialogue session, top experts in the carbon materials industry, including Professor Marc Monthioux from Toulouse University in France, Professor Mauricio Terrones from Pennsylvania State University in the United States, Professor Yuan Chen from the University of Sydney in Australia, Professor Ken Haenen from Hasselt University in Belgium, and Professor Wang Dawei from SUAT, engaged in wonderful exchanges around the theme "Exploring the Future with Carbon." They discussed the industrial application prospects of related carbon materials such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, and diamond in new energy and environmental protection fields, explored potential application scenarios of various carbon materials in future low-carbon technologies and new energy fields, and considered possible emerging new carbon materials. The experts on site placed particular high expectations on artificial diamonds and new carbon fibers.

▲ Roundtable Dialogue Scene

At the closing ceremony of the World Conference on Carbon 2024, Academician Cheng Huiming handed over the conference commemorative monument to Nathalie Job, President of the European Carbon Association and Chair of the 2025 World Conference on Carbon. The World Conference on Carbon in 2025 and 2026 will be held in Saint-Malo, France, and Charleston, USA, respectively.

▲ Closing Ceremony Handover