At the conference
From November 1st to 2nd, the Forum on Coal Science and Technology Innovation Development, the 5th International Forum for Young Scientists in Mining, and the 3rd International Journal of Coal Science & Technology (IJCST) Ph.D. Student International Academic Forum were held in Xuzhou. The forum was jointly hosted by CUMT and China Coal Research Institute, and co-organized by the School of Information and Control Engineering, the School of Resources and Geosciences, the Graduate School, and other schools and departments of CUMT.
Vice President Zhang Jixiong delivered a welcome speech on behalf of CUMT, briefly introducing CUMT's history, disciplinary characteristics, and development achievements. He expressed hope that the forum would serve as an opportunity to deepen cooperation and collaborative innovation with all sectors, jointly injecting new momentum into building a safe, green, and intelligent modern coal industry system, and serving the national strategy for energy security and sustainable development.
During the opening ceremony, the journals "Coal Science and Technology" and "International Journal of Coal Science & Technology" jointly released the Major Progress in Coal Science and Technology (2021-2025) and the Top Ten Challenges in Coal Science and Technology. Awards including the Coal Science and Technology Innovation Exploration Award, the Coal Science and Technology Outstanding Young Scientist, and the Coal Science and Technology Young Academic Rising Star were presented, and the authors of the journals' annual high-impact papers were recognized.
Following the opening ceremony, Academician Peng Suping, Academician Wang Guofa, Vice President Zhang Jixiong of CUMT, Professor Shimin Liu from The Pennsylvania State University, USA, Professor Pedram Roghanchi from the University of Kentucky, USA, and Professor Gui Xiahui, Head of the CUMT Human Resources Department, delivered keynote speeches titled respectively: "Engineering Pathways and Technological Needs for Coal Low-Carbon Transition" "Development Forecast and Innovation Strategy for Common Coal Technologies" "Innovation and Engineering Practice of the Four-Element Green Development Model for Coal Resources" "Coal as a Geological Hydrogen Battery: Insights into Sorption Dynamics and Structural Alteration" "An Invisible Invasion: Characterization and Lung Deposition of Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) Particles in the Mining Industry," and "Introduction to the Talent Policy of CUMT."
Centered around the theme "Coal Green · Intelligent Youth · Innovation," the forum featured one main forum and six sub-forums covering topics such as frontier theories and technologies in mining engineering, mine safety science and technology, and intelligent mine construction and operation. These sessions encompassed fields including mining engineering, mine safety, carbon and hydrogen resource conversion, and intelligent construction. More than 600 experts, scholars, and doctoral students from over 150 institutions worldwide, including the University of Science and Technology of China, Zhejiang University, China University of Mining and Technology -Beijing, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as the University of Pennsylvania, USA, the University of Kentucky, USA, University College London, UK, and The University of New South Wales, Australia, participated. They engaged in in-depth exchanges on frontier and interdisciplinary hot topics in the mining sector.
