The Sixth Chinese-American Symposium on Frontiers of Science was held from Oct. 10 to 14 in Shanghai. More than 80 scientists from the two countries attended the meeting.
The organization of the annual symposia was decided by leaders of CAS and U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1997. This is the first time that the meeting is held in Shanghai. The first, third and fifth were convened in California while the second and fourth in Beijing.
According to the agreement, the goal of the symposia is to bring together some of the best young scientists to discuss exciting advances and opportunities in their fields in a format that encourages informal discussions among participants. These symposia are attended by scholars under 45 years of age. At the symposium, young scientists report on current research within their disciplines to an academically trained and scientifically diverse audience. They highlight major research challenges, methodologies, and limitations to progress at the frontiers of their respective fields. All attendees participate actively in a general discussion period, during which they learn from and form collaborative relationships with other young scientists in different fields.
At the current symposium, the participants held discussions on issues like the origin of animal life, cosmology approaches, gene plasticity, stem cell, brain cell transplantation, single-molecule detection, and solid-state quantitative computing.
