The 3rd Global Insights event focuses on the topics of global energy transition and the coordinated development of green industries. We are honored to have Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Michael Hood as our guest speaker.

The emerging rupture in global order presents both a systemic risk and a strategic opening for accelerating the worldwide energy transition. While China has emerged as a technological leader in green energy, the large-scale global deployment of these critical technologies still face barriers. Drawing on the analogy of Microsoft’s shift from competitive to collaborative business models, Prof. Hood argues that a similar collaborative transformation is essential for global decarbonization. By forming cross-border joint ventures between China and resource-rich nations such as Australia to develop local processing and manufacturing capacity, the global community can de-risk supply chains, rebuild trust, and generate shared jobs and wealth.

Event Information

Topic: The world is at a turning point — a change in business approach might be needed

Time：April 23(Thursday) 10:30-12:00

Location: LG1-16, Jianhua Building, Tsinghua University

Guest Introduction

Michael Hood

Michael Hood is a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, an Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland, and a recipient of the Chinese Government Friendship Award. He is a pioneering figure in transforming laboratory-based mining and energy technologies into large-scale industrial applications. He previously served as the project leader for nuclear waste disposal at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and as CEO of CRC Mining, an Australian government-supported research center, for two decades. During his tenure, he successfully built a collaborative industry-university-research platform bringing together leading global mining companies, universities, and equipment manufacturers.

LU Xi

LU Xi is the Associate Dean of the Institute for Carbon Neutrality and professor of the School of Environment at Tsinghua University. Prof. LU Xi has long been engaged in the research on assessment technology for the full "supply-usage" chain of renewable energy, precision assessment methods and databases for the potential and variability of renewable energy, providing key analysis tools and database support for the development and utilization of renewable energy and carbon neutral transition.

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