On October 11, the 2025 International Conference on Photochemical Technology and Industry, themed "Light Gathers for the Future, Joint Efforts Lead to Distant Goals", opened in Wuhan. Leaders from both the university and municipal level attended the conference.
This conference has gathered over 800 guests from 18 countries and regions worldwide, covering academicians, top scholars, industry leaders, and representatives from investment and financing institutions. It aims to promote the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industry in the field of photochemistry, and inject impetus into fostering new-quality productive forces and realizing green and low-carbon development.
As the conference organizer and core research support, our university takes the "Double First-Class" initiative as the driving force, designates photochemistry as a key development direction, and has jointly established the Wuhan Institute of Photochemical Technology together with the Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology Innovation and the People's Government of Qingshan District.
In his speech, president Peng Shuangjie stated that the university will strengthen the forward-looking layout of basic research, accelerate the tackling of key core technologies, deepen international scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation, join hands with the global scientific and technological community to address common challenges, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for global science and technology.
The conference lasted for three days and features 34 high-level academic sessions, industrial forums, and corporate exhibitions. In addition to sharing sessions by top domestic scholars, the conference has specially invited Professor Benjamin List, a Nobel laureate in Chemistry, to attend the closing ceremony.This grand event is being held in Wuhan for the third time, which signifies that Wuhan, with its profound scientific and educational foundation and firm industrial determination, is converging into a powerful driving force for the development of the photochemical industry.
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