List of NCKU Forum

No.	Date	Speaker	Position Title	Topic (For video clips, please visit NCKU Library Media Online)
68	June 3^rd 2009	Barbara Schaal	Vice president of the National Academy of Sciences / Professor, Washington University	Domestication and biodiversity in rice
67	May 15^th 2009	Francisco H. L. Ou	Minister of Foreign Affairs, ROC (Taiwan)	Current Foreign Affair Policy of ROC (Taiwan)
66	May 13^th 2009	Chih-Ming Ho	Ben Rich – Lockheed Martin Professor / UCLA Distinguished Professor / Director of Center for Cell Control	Control of Complex system: trubulence, cell and financial market
65	Dec. 18^th 2008	Boris Riftin	Institute of World Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences	My 50 Years of Research on Chinese Literature
64	Dec. 17^th 2008	Don Grierson	Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)	Control of Ethylene Synthesis and Action
63	April 25^th 2008	Vijay K. Dhir	Member, National Academy of Engineering / Fellow of ASME/Dean, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA	From Nano to Micro to Macro Scale in Boiling
62	April 24^th 2008	Andrew H-J Wang	Vice President, Academia Sinica	The Colorful World of Bio-molecular Structure
61	February 25^th 2008	Chi-Huey Wong	President, Academia Sinica	From Curiosity and Problem Driven Research to Development of Innovation-Based Biotech Industry
60	Dec.6^th 2007	Typhoon Lee	Distinguished Research Fellow Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica	Mixing, Dating, X-Wind in the Early Solar System
59	Oct.30^th 2007	Zdenek P. Bazant	Fellow: – American Society of Civil Engineers – American Concrete Institute – American Academy of Mechanics – American Society of Mechanical Engineers – RILEM (International Union of Research Laboratories in Materials and Structures, Paris) Also Member: NAS, McCormick School Professor and Walter P. Murphy Professor, Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University	Collapse of World Trade Center Towers: What Did and Did Not Cause It?
58	July 4^th 2007	Savio Lau-Yuen Woo	U.S. Institute of Medicine of The National Academy of Sciences/ U.S. National Academy of Engineering/ Academician, Academia Sinica, R.O.C./ University Professor of Bioengineering and Director, Musculoskeletal Research Center, Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh	Vision and Prospects of Sports Medicine: Challenges on the Science and Technology of Maintaining Joint Health
57	May 31^st 2007	Yi-Ling Huang	Academician, Academia Sinica / Distinguished Chair Professor, Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan	God, Canon and Concubine: Clashes between Chinese and European Civilization in the Late Ming Dynasty
56	April 17^th 2007	Cheng-I Weng	President, Fo Guang University / Former President, NCKU	A Reflection on Liberal Education from the Perspective of Brain Function Mechanisms
55	March 22^nd 2007	I-Chiu Liao	Academician, Academia Sinica / National Endowed Chair Professor, National Taiwan Ocean University	The Vital Source of Food Supply in the 21^st Century---Aquaculture
54	April 14^th 2006	Hung-Mao Tien	President and Chairman of the Board, Institute for National Policy Research, Taiwan	Challenges on Taiwan’s Foreign Relations
53	April 13^th 2006	Sheng-Cheng Hu	Academician, Academia Sinica / Chairman, Council for Economic Planning and Development	Industry Policy and Economic Development
52	March 30^th 2006	Shang-Fa Yang	Academician, Academia Sinica	Prospect of Plant Biotechnology
51	March 3^rd 2006	Paul Chu	Academician, Academia Sinica / President, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Superconductivity, Nanoscience, and Energy
50	Dec. 16^th 2005	Chang-Hung Chou	Academician, Academia Sinica / President, National Ping Tung University of Science and Technology (NPUST); Professor, Department of Life Sciences, NPUST	Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
49	Oct. 21^st 2005	King-Ning Tu	Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	Essence of the Development of Material Civilization and the Prospect of Materials Science and Engineering Education
48	June 9^th 2005	Chung-Ming Kuan	Director, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica	New Equilibrium towards Global Economy
47	May 25^th 2005	Fan-Sen Wang	Director, The Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica	History and Society—Retrospection on the History Study on China in the Previous 100 Years
46	May 5^th 2005	Chao-Cheng Mai	Academician, Academia Sinica	The Cutting Edge Development in New Economic Geography and the Vision of East Asia Regional Economy Integration
45	January 25^th 2005	Chung-I Wu	Academician, Academia Sinica	Human Nature: an Evolution Perspective
44	Nov. 26^th 2004	Morris Chang	Chairman, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC)	My Learning in University
43	Dec. 3^rd 2004	Yuan-Shih Chow	Academician, Academia Sinica	Reasons to Promote Statistics
42	Nov. 9^th 2004	Samuel H.H. Chan	Director, Center of Neuroscience Research, National Sun Yat-sen University	Neuroscience and Life
41	Oct. 7^th 2004	Chao-Han Liu	Chancellor, University System of Taiwan	Radio Science—from Communication to Remote Measurement
40	June 7^th 2004	Michael Ming-Chiao Lai	Vice President, Academia Sinica	From Coronavirus to Hepevirus—My Life as a Virologist
39	April 21^st 2004	Chung- Laung Liu	Academician, Academia Sinica	Math in Poetry? Poetry in Math!
38	March 17^th 2004	Cheng-Sheng Tu	Director, National Palace Museum	From Nationalism to Cosmopolitism—New Perspective for Museum
37	January 5^th 2004	Chong-Mo Cheng	Vice President, Judicial Yuan	Human Dignity and A Society Ruled by Law
36	Dec. 11^th 2003	Sze-Kuang Lao	Academician, Academia Sinica	Past and Future of Research on Chinese Philosophy
35	Nov. 26^th 2003	Lou-Chung Lee	President, National Applied Research Laboratories (NARL)	Soaring to the Ninth Heaven—Space Science and Technology
34	Nov. 10^th 2003	Shu Chien	Academician, Academia Sinica / (US) Member of Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences	Prospects of Medical Science And Life Technology in a New Century
33	Oct. 31^st 2003	Ovid J.L. Tzeng	Vice President, Academia Sinica	Science, Technology and Society: Scientists in Taiwan
32	Oct. 24^th 2003	Mow-Kuen Wu	Elected Member & Distinguished Research Fellow & Director, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica	Nano Technology and Materials
31	Oct. 23^rd 2003	Kuang-Wei Han	Academician, Academia Sinica	System Engineering and System Ethics
30	Jan. 20^th 2003	Jean-Chen Shih	Professor, University of Southern California (USC) / Academician, Academia Sinica	Seretonin, Anxiety, and Aggression
29	Dec. 25^th 2002	Way Kuo	Chair Professor and Vice Chancellor, Texas A & M University, US / Academician, Academia Sinica	Bottleneck and Challenges in Education and Research on Engineering and Science
28	Nov. 20^th 2002	Hsin-I Lin	Vice Premier, Executive Yuan	Challenges and Prospects of Economic Development in Taiwan
27	Nov. 8^th 2002	Hsia-San Shu	President, National Tsing Hua University / Academician, Academia Sinica	The Great Bang
26	Oct. 9^th 2002	George C. Tiao	Graduate School of Business, The University of Chicago, USA / Academician, Academia Sinica	An Analysis of Trend in Statistics of Ozone Layer and Temperature Data during Global Environmental Change
25	June 5^th 2002	Chao-Shiuan Liu	Chair Professor, National Tsing Hua University	Higher Education in an Knowledge Economy Era
24	Jan. 4^th 2002	Ovid J.L.Tzeng	Minister, Ministry of Education	The Great Myth: Revisiting the Sciences of Mind
23	Dec. 14^th 2001	Sheng-Hsien Lin	Academician, Academia Sinica	The Ultrafast Process in Nature
22	Nov. 28^th 2001	Cheng-I Weng	President, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)	Development of Nanotechnology
21	Nov. 13^th 2001	S.W. Shen	Member, National Academy of Engineering, US	A Discussion on Water Resources Analysis from the Notion of a University
20	Nov. 1^st 2001	Y.C. Lo	Adviser, Board of Directors, Philips Headquarters	Future Challenges for Administrators
19	Oct. 24^th 2001	Chun-Yen Chang	President, National Chiao Tung University / Academician, Academia Sinica	The Wave We Are Riding on--IT Revolution in the 21"Century
18	June 7^th 2001	Samuel C.C. Ting	Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	In Search of Fundamental Building Blocks of Nature
17	Nov. 29^th 2000	Barbara A. Schaal	Member, National Academy of Sciences, US	Biotechnology and Biodiversity
16	June 2^nd 2000	Lawrence T. Wong	Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Jockey Club	Transformation of Administration and Management, Resources of Power of Vehicles and Horses
15	June 1^st 2000	Ellson Chen	Director, Celera Genomics, PE, USA	Development and Prospect of Human Genome Project
14	May 3^rd 2000	Cyrus C.Y.Chu	Academician, Academia Sinica / Director General, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Science Council	Releasing Education
13	April 11^th 2000	Bob Tsao	Chairman, UMC	Panel Discussion on the Successful Experience of Business Management
12	Jan. 5^th 2000	Kuo-Shu Yang	Academician, Vice President, Academia Sinica	Learning and Thoughts: My Life
11	Dec. 29^th 1999	Ho-Kwang Mao	Academician, Academia Sinica	High Pressure: a New One-Dimension of Science
10	Dec. 22^nd. 1999	Chintay Shih	President, Industrial Technology Research Institute	Innovation and Technology Industry Development
9	Dec. 17^th 1999	Po-Lung Yu	Chair Professor, Institute of Information Management, National Chiao Tung University	The Human Software Influencing the Outcome of Your Life: Habit Zone
8	Dec. 8^th 1999	Sunney I. Chan	Academcian / Vice President Academia Sinica	Science for the Next Millennium：Where are the Frontiers？
7	Nov. 24^th 1999	Shang-Fa Yang	Academician, former Vice President, Academia Sinica	Current State and Prospect of Plant Biotechnology
6	Nov. 17^th 1999	Huei -Huang Chiu	NCKU Professor	Prospect for Research Universities in a New Century: Challenges on Civilization Reconstruction
5	Oct. 5^th 1999	Yan-Kuin Su	Director General, Department of Engineering and Applied Science, National Science Council	How to Uplift NCKU’s Research Quality with the Funding Policy of the National Science Council
4	Sep. 29^th 1999	Hung-Chih Shih	Professor, NCKU	Reflections After the 921 Earthquake
3	Sep. 22^nd 1999	Ching-Chung Wang	Academician, Academia Sinica	How to Design a New Drug : From Basic to Applied Research
2	Aug. 20^th 1999	Paul Chu	Academician, Academia Sinica	High Temperature : Superconductivity Science and Technology
1	March 25^th 1999	Jennie S. Hwang	Member, National Academy of Engineering, US / Director, H-Technology Inc., USA	Electronics Industry Trends : Technology & Market