Hong Kong Symposium on Recent Advances in Energy Advances in Energy Technology and the Environment: Rare Earths, Transition Metals, Synchrotron Radiation and VUV - Department of Science and Environmental Science & Centre for Education in Environmental Sustainability

Conference Programme*

08:45 - 09:00	Registration
09:00 - 09:10	Opening Ceremony Guests of Honours: Prof. Joshua Ka Ho MOK and Prof. Winnie Wing Mui SO
09:10 - 10:40	Keynote Speech Session I
	Chair: Prof. Peter TANNER
	KS1-1	Synchrotron VUV Spectroscopy and Applications Dr. Bing-Ming CHENG* (National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan) *Chinese visitor sponsored by the Tin Ka Ping Education Fund
	KS1-2	Lanthanide-Doped Luminescent Nanoprobes: Electronic Structure, Optical Properties and Bioapplications Prof. Xueyuan CHEN (Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, China)
10:40 - 11:10	Tea Break and Poster Session
11:10 - 12:00	Invited Speech Session I
	Chair: Dr. Stephen CHOW
	IS1-1	Lanthanide Complexes as Tumor Cells Radar for New Generation Photodynamic Therapy Agents Dr. Ka-Leung WONG (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
	IS1-2	A New User-Friendly Software for Effective Analysis of Rare Earth Spectroscopy Prof. Yau Yuen YEUNG (The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong)
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch and Poster Session
13:30 - 14:15	Keynote Speech Session II
	Chair: Prof. Yau Yuen YEUNG
	KS2-1	Throwing Light on Phosphor, Display and Scintillator Materials Prof. Peter TANNER (The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong)
14:15 - 15:05	Invited Speech Session II
	Chair: Dr. Wai Chin LI
	IS2-1	Multifunctional Rare-Earth and Transition Metal-Ion Doped Materials and Devices Dr. Jianhua HAO (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
	IS2-2	Tuning Upconversion in Lanthanide-Doped Core−Shell Nanoparticles Dr. Feng WANG (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
15:05 - 15:20	Tea Break
15:20 - 16:35	Invited Speech Session III
	Chair: Dr. Keith HO
	IS3-1	Dr. Wey Yang TEOH (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
	IS3-2	Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Simple Phenothiazine-Based Dyes Dr. Xunjin ZHU (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
	IS3-3	Molecular Catalysis for Chemical Energy Conversion Dr. Chi Fai LEUNG (The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong)

*Tentative schedule