From October 27 to 28, 2026, the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc) Annual Symposium & Ceremony 2026 was successfully held in Turin, Italy. Jointly organised by EurASc, the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, and the Politecnico di Torino, the symposium featured the theme “The Nexus of Science, Technology, and Philosophy in Exploring the Future of Society”. Prof. Yi-Qing Ni, Director, and Dr. Vincent Wai-Kei Ao, Research Fellow, from CNERC-Rail (HK Branch) attended the prestigious event.
During the symposium, Prof. Yi-Qing Ni delivered Keynote Lecture titled “Early Warning of Tropical Storm Risk in Coastal Cities under Climate Change: From Global Scale, City Scale to Building Cluster Scale”, presenting the team’s latest research achievements and engineering applications in disaster risk reduction and urban resilience. Dr. Vincent Wai-Kei Ao actively participated in the academic exchanges and discussions.
The participation underscored the research excellence of PolyU and CNERC-Rail (HK Branch) in addressing climate change challenges and advancing engineering technologies. It enhanced academic exchanges with world-leading scholars and research institutions, laying a solid foundation for future interdisciplinary and international research collaborations.
