International Training Workshop on Resource & Environment Scientific Data Sharing and Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service along the Belt and Road was held online from October 28th to 31st, 2021. This training workshop was organized by the team of Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service (DRR) of International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology under the Auspices of UNESCO (IKCEST).

The International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology (IKCEST) under the auspices of UNESCO held its First Session of the Third Governing Board in Beijing and via Zoom link on September 17, 2021.

The first session of the third advisory committee for the International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology (IKCEST) was held in Beijing on the evening of September 8, 2021 in person and via video links.

In recent years, with the rapid development of AI and big data technologies, countries all over the world have attached great importance to the training of AI talents, and high-level and high-standard international competition has become a stage for them to showcase their skills. On June 10, 2021, the 3rd IKCEST “Belt and Road” International Big Data Competition and the 7th Baidu & Xi’an Jiaotong University Big Data Competition (hereinafter referred to as International Big Data Competition) was officially launched at Xi’an Jiaotong University. Professionals from relevant industries, universities and research institutes were brought together to witness the new round of fierce competition of international AI and big data talents.

The basic schema of Society 5.0 is that data are collected from the “real world” and processed by computers, with the results being applied in the real world. To cite a familiar example, an air-conditioning unit automatically keeps a room at the temperature programmed into the unit. An air conditioner regularly measures the room’s temperature, and an internal microcomputer then compares the temperature reading with the registered temperature setting. Depending on the result, the airflow is activated or deactivated automatically, such that the room maintains the desired temperature. Many of the systems we rely on in society use this basic mechanism. It underlies the systems responsible for keeping our homes adequately supplied with electricity, and those that keep the trains running on time. This mechanism relies on computerized automated controls. When people use the term “information society,” they mean a society in which each of these systems collects data, processes them, and then applies the results in a particular real-world environment.

On the afternoon of March 30, 2021, under the guidance of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the first “Beauty of Heroine - Women in Science and Technology Forum”, a public welfare science popularization event, jointly organized by the International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology under the auspices of UNESCO (IKCEST), Tencent Beijing Headquarters, China Women’s Association for Science and Technology, Tencent Academician and Expert Workstation, “Engineering” Journal, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Beijing Normal University and Xiong’an Campus of Beijing No.80 High School, was held at Tencent Beijing Headquarters.

To celebrate the World Engineering Day (WED) for Sustainable Development on March 4, the International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology (IKCEST), World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) and UNESCO Jakarta Office jointly launched a series of celebrations to celebrate engineering achievements in advancing social development, especially in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, raise public awareness of the crucial roles of engineers and engineering in improving people’s lives and achieving sustainable development.

UNESCO Jakarta Office and the Secretariat of Science and Technology Policy Asian Network (STEPAN) jointly organized a meeting under the theme of “Towards Regional Science, Engineering, Technology and Innovation (SETI), Science Policy and Open Science Roadmap” on March 16, 2021, aiming to improve the strength of STEPAN, put forward a SETI policy and work plan, and promote the implementation of SDGs. The International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology (IKCEST) was invited to attend the meeting and make a report.

The 2nd IKCEST “The Belt and Road” International Big Data Competition and the 6th Baidu & Xi’an Jiaotong University Big Data Competition came to an end.

Congratulations to Emory University for winning the sixth place in the IKCEST “The Belt and Road” International Big Data Competition! Looking forward to future participation and performance! The following is the news released on the Emory University website.