General Assembly of the Asian Academy of Sciences
First Belt and Road Asian High-Level Science Forum: Co-creating a Shared Scientific and Technological Future
19–23 October 2026 · Sanya, Hainan Province, China
The General Assembly of the Asian Academy of Sciences was held in Sanya, Hainan Province, China, together with the First Belt and Road Asian High-Level Science Forum “Co-creating a Shared Scientific and Technological Future”. Academicians, university rectors and research leaders from across Asia and beyond took part in the plenary and parallel sessions.
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First Belt and Road Asian High-Level Science Forum: Co-creating a Shared Scientific and Technological Future
Parallel sessions · 22.10.2026 · 16:00 – 19:00
Section 1. “New technologies, natural risks and environmental issues”
Section moderators: Academician Jean-Guy A. Fontaine, Academician Kadir Gulamov
№ | Affiliation | Speaker | Title of the presentation | Country |
1 | Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of the “Jean-Guy International Joint Lab”, Keqiao District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province | Academician Jean-Guy A. Fontaine | How robotics and AI can support environmental issues | France |
2 | Executive Dean of the Faculty of Innovation and Technology, Taylor’s University | Academician Chung Lim | Application of advanced drying technology in Malaysian major industrial sectors | Malaysia |
3 | Academy of Sciences of Bashkortostan | Academician Ramil Bakhtizin, R. Karimov | Application of advanced drying technology in Malaysian major industrial sectors (poster presentation) | Russia, Republic of Bashkortostan |
4 | National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan | Academician Geylani Panahov, Eldar Abbasov, Saida Panahova | Deep-penetration isolation technology for conformance control and stabilization of the hydrocarbon displacement front in high-permeability reservoirs (poster presentation) | Azerbaijan |
5 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | Professor Kan Shi | Focusing on the “unity of heaven and man”: research on ecological civilization and environmental governance | China |
6 | Ocean University of China | Professor Li Zhixiong | Digital twins towards structural health monitoring of offshore wind power systems | China |
7 | Civil Aviation Flight University of China (CAFUC) | Assoc. Professor, PhD Hu Yao | Research on a VR combat training platform for civil aircraft fire fighting and rescue | China |
8 | Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Chair of the AASc Section of Physical and Mathematical Sciences | Academician Kadir Gulamov | Functional ceramics as an innovation technology for a green economy | Uzbekistan |
9 | Vice-President of the Academy of Sciences of the Chechen Republic (Russia) | Academician Ibragim Kerimov | Assessment of the geoecological state of mountain rivers in the North Caucasus, Azerbaijan and Iran | Russia, Chechen Republic |
10 | Rector of the International University of Innovation Technologies | Academician Ulugbek Begaliev | Seismic safety of cities: challenges and solutions for Central Asia | Kyrgyzstan |
11 | Vice-President of the Academy of Military Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan | Academician Syrym Sharipkhanov | Scientific cooperation among Asian countries in risk assessment and emergency prevention | Kazakhstan |
12 | Associate Dean and Professor, Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Shaoxing University, China | Academician Saied Pirasteh | Geospatial Infrastructure Management Ecosystem (GeoIME) | Canada |
Section 2. “Humanities, geopolitics and international relations”
Section moderator: Associate member of the AASc Rafis Abazov
№ | Affiliation | Speaker | Title of the presentation | Country |
1 | Vice-Rector for International Relations and Director of the Institute for Green and Sustainable Development, Kazakh National Agrarian Research University (KazNARU) | Associate member of the AASc Rafis Abazov | Regional alliances and resilience: new models of cooperation in Central Asia under global turbulence | Kazakhstan |
2 | Associate Professor, Tianjin Normal University; Doctor of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences | Assoc. Professor, PhD Liu Na | F. M. Dostoevsky research in the context of digital humanities | China |
3 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic | Academician Anara Niyazova | The role of science in strengthening international relations and building equitable partnerships | Kyrgyzstan |
4 | Full Professor, Middle Tennessee State University | Academician Andrey Korobkov | The evolving US–China–Russia relationship | USA / Russia |
19:00 — Open-air poolside buffet