The second "University-Enterprise Collaborative Innovation Talent Cultivation Exchange Conference" was held at the Conference Center of the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) on the afternoon of April 3, 2025. Centered around the theme of "Gathering Wisdom in Southern Guangdong, Creating the Future with Talent," the conference featured six parallel sessions: "Advanced Materials", "Optoelectronics", "Artificial Intelligence", "Integrated Circuits", "Biopharmaceuticals", and "Tech Finance". Scholars and industry experts gathered to discuss reforms in innovative talent cultivation models. At the "Artificial Intelligence Driving Interdisciplinary Collaborative Ecosystem Construction" sub-forum, Professor Qi Hao, Executive Director of the Research Institute of Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (RITAS), and a faculty member of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, chaired the session and delivered a keynote speech. Attendees included Associate Professor Jin Zhang, Deputy Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering; Yingjie Han, Administrative Vice Dean of Shuren College; and representatives from over 20 enterprises, such as China Unicom Global Limited (Shenzhen Branch) and XGD INC.
During his keynote speech, Executive Director Pro. Qi Hao provided a comprehensive introduction to RITAS, covering its founding background, research centers, teams, scientific achievements, collaborative projects, and future plans of RITAS. He expressed his welcome for industry experts to visit RITAS, participate in technical exchanges, and explore research collaborations in trustworthy and autonomous systems to facilitate the practical application of RITAS’s findings. Additionally, he encouraged corporate experts to conduct on-campus seminars on employment interviews, career planning, and psychological counseling, offering targeted guidance to students before they enter the workforce and fostering a new ecosystem for university-enterprise integration in innovative talent cultivation.
At the conference, participants shared insights on university and corporate developments and engaged in lively discussions on topics such as "building university-enterprise collaboration mechanisms, exploring talent cultivation models through industry-education integration, and coordinating talent supply-demand mechanisms between universities and enterprises in the AI era."
This event established a communication platform for university-enterprise collaboration, laying a solid foundation for SUSTech to further deepen industry-education integration and enhance the quality of innovative talent cultivation.
