Conference: Funding Research on a Changing Landscape (24-25 Aug Aug 2016)

On the 24-25 Aug 2016, in conjunction with MIDA (Malaysian Investment Development Authority), the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) held the inaugural “Funding Research on a Changing Landscape” conference. We were very fortunate to have an excellent line up of speakers, led by Prof Tan Sri Zakri, the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Prime …

UNMC is a key institution for Biodiversity Conservation in Asia

From 29th June to 2nd July Conservation Asia 2016, was held in Singapore. This is a joint meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology in Asia (Ahimsa Campos Arceiz is currently President of this society) and the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Asia-Pacific. The meeting was attended by 600 people, from around 40 countries, …

An inauguration of international conference and MOU by a Biosciences Professor

Prof. Sandy Loh was invited as the Chief Guest to inaugurate the International Conference on Frontiers in Life Science (ICFLS-‘16’) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Thiruchirappalli and Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT), Thanjavur, India on 7th January 2016. The ICFLS-‘16’ event was held on 7th – 8th …

Keynote speech at Technology & Application for Disaster Management International Conference 2015

Dr. Tuong-Thuy Vu, School of Geography, was invited as an international keynote speaker at Technology & Application for Disaster Management International Conference, 27-28 October 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Highlighting the theme ““Managing Disaster Efficiently with Technologies”, Dr. Vu spoke on the “Space Technologies for Disaster Management”. The conference brought together relevant parties in the field of …

UNMC at International Conference on Biomedical & Health Sciences Research

On 26th and 27th January, UNMC was the academic partner of the International Conference on Biomedical & Health Sciences Research. Kang Nee delivered the opening address and chaired the plenary and an oral presentation session. Yuh Fen and Sue Mian delivered their oral presentations and each chaired separate sessions of the oral presentations at the …

UNMC PhD Student Won Presentation Award in Portugal

This post was contributed by SivakumarManickam UNMC’s third year PhD student, Ms. Renu Geetha Bai from Chemical and Environmental Engineering participated in the Ultrasonic International Conference held from 15-17th September 2014 at Caparcia, Lisbon, Portugal. The conference organized by REQUIMTE, New University of Lisbon and chaired by pioneers from the Ultrasonics field received attendance from …

The 3rd International Symposium on Processing of Foods, Vegetables and Fruits

The 3rd International Symposium on Processing of Foods, Vegetables and Fruits (ISPFVF 2014) was successfully organized by the Centre for Food and Bio-products Processing (CFBP), Manufacturing and Industrial Processes Division and Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) on the 11-13 August 2014. The International Advisory Board was chaired by Professor Arun S. …

The HEFEI Statement on the Ten Characteristics of Contemporary Research Universities: Tectonic Shift or Beating of a Butterfly’s Wing?

This post was contributed by Sean Matthews [This is the second in a sequence of blogs reporting from the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE) conference in Seoul, which took place March 16-21, 2014. In the earlier piece we reported on the Nottingham panel, in this and subsequent posts we’ll look at some of the …

Dominic Foo received award and presented at SCEJ 79th Annual Meeting

Professor Ir Dr Dominic C. Y. Foo was an invited speaker for the 79th  Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan (SCEJ) Annual Meeting.  He delivered a talk entitled “Process Integration – From Resource Conservation to CO2 Management”, that is chaired by Professor Yoshiyuki Yamashita. During the opening ceremony of the Annual Meeting, Professor Foo was awarded …

International Conference on Action Research 2014

We don’t normally advertise conferences through this blog, but as one of the Keynote Speakers is from the University of Nottingham (Professor Christopher Day), we thought that it was worth a mention. If you are interested, take a look at this flyer.