國立臺灣科技大學為鍊結產學合作對象、行銷國際品牌，今年於臺灣醫療科技展設立「臺科大形象館」展現生醫創新研發能量，搶攻國際醫療產業商機。臺灣醫療科技展將於12 月3日至6日在南港展覽館一館4樓舉辦，臺科大徵集10組研發團隊12項創新技術展出，展現臺灣頂尖大學產、學、研的能量。　   為展現臺科大深厚研發能量及產業發展潛力，集結了醫工所、材料系、電子系、色彩所及3D列印中心等跨系所研發技術，展出亮點及成果包含:朱瑾特聘教授研發的「兼具不沾黏、抗菌、耐用之醫療器具」，研究團隊利用在針頭表面鍍上肉眼看不見的金屬玻璃鍍層，應用於微創手術上，加快傷口復原；3D高速列印技術中心的「數位掃描、修模、設計與製造技術平台」，提供各式前瞻高端的列印技術，協助醫材研發原型與量產的前後製程，並提供創新性醫材設計、量產機會；榮獲今年未來科技獎邱煌仁特聘教授的「高功率無線充電系統」，最大傳輸距離可達超過25公分，轉換效率超過94%，未來可應用於醫療院所及無人搬運等用途；還有獲得國家創新精進獎及未來科技獎廖愛禾教授的「超音波結合微氣泡疫苗經皮導入與霧化式微氣泡藥物於呼吸道感染治療應用」，展現了外用型微氣泡複合醫材促進毛髮生長、傷口修復、以及增強內耳藥物輸送等成效；許昕教授用以偵測慢性疾病的「指環型和腕帶型穿戴式裝置」、林淵翔教授的「非接觸式生理信號量測技術」、林上智教授「臺科大手術植入與導板醫材開發平台」、林宗翰教授「3D列印掃描機」、許維君教授「運動器材驗證與智慧動作照護平台」及高震宇教授的「以3D列印技術建立人類消化道藥物測試平台」等研發團隊參與。   本次「臺科大形象館」由臺科大國際產學聯盟主辦，提供校內多元產學合作機會、並協助創新科技商業化和協助企業轉型及升級等服務，除了有效盤點校內研發能量，扮演媒合者之角色，協助企業尋找最適合的合作方式，冀望帶動業界，將產業資源與需求導入學術界，共同打造產、學、研創新生態圈。   此外，為加速學界與產業之媒合，將於12月3日下午2點於臺科大形象館內辦理開幕及交流茶會，並於12月4日進行全日研發技術發表會，歡迎國內外跨領域、跨產業夥伴加入，透過一對一對接，精準且高效率的了解臺科研發技術，共創潛在商機。如欲更進一步了解本校研發能量，歡迎12月3-6日到南港展覽館一館4樓攤位號碼L1210進一步詳談。 參展團隊名單 臺科大參展團隊 TAIWAN TECH EXHIBITORS' LIST 攤位 Booth No. 技術名稱 Technique Title 技術團隊名稱 Team Name 1 兼具不沾黏、抗菌、耐用之醫療器具 Non-stick, antiadhesive and durable medical tools 臺科大材料科學與工程所 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NTUST 2 指環型和腕帶型穿戴式裝置 Ring type and wrist-belt type wearable devices 臺科大醫學工程研究所 College of Applied Sciences/ Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering, NTUST 3 數位掃描、修模、設計與製造技術平台 Technical Platform of Digital Scanning, Modifying, Design, and Printing 臺科大高速3D列印技術中心 High Speed Printing Research Center, NTUST 4 臺科大手術植入與導板醫材開發平台 Commercial Platform of Surgical Implants and Personalized Guide, NTUST 臺科大醫學工程研究所 College of Applied Sciences/ Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering, NTUST 5 高功率無線充電系統 High Power Wireless Charging System 臺科大電力電子技術研發中心 Center for Power Electronic Technologies, NTUST 6 即時羽球訓練輔助裝置與動作分析系統 A Badminton Training and Activities Recognition System 臺科大電子系生醫與嵌入式系統技術實驗室 BEST Lab, NTUST 6 非接觸式生理信號量測技術 Contactless Physiological Signals Measurement 臺科大電子系生醫與嵌入式系統實驗室 BEST Lab, NTUST 7 超音波結合微氣泡疫苗經皮導入與霧化式微氣泡藥物於呼吸道感染治療應用 A composite ultrasound medical device for microbubble vaccines the sputtering lysozyme microbubble for trachea therapy 臺科大醫學工程研究所 國防醫學院三軍總醫院 College of Applied Sciences/ Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering, NTUST; National Defense Medical Center 8 運動器材驗證與智慧動作照護平台 Smart Sports Healthcare Equipment Verification Technology Platform 臺科大動作診斷暨復建工程實驗室 Movement Diagnosis and Rehabilitation Engineering Lab., NTUST 9 以3D列印技術建立人類消化道藥物測試平台 A 3D Printed Gastrointestinal Simulator as The Drug Evaluation Platform 臺科大生醫材料暨藥物釋放實驗室 Biomaterials and Drug Delivery Lab, NTUST 10 快速3D足型掃描器 Fast 3D foot measurement device 臺科大色彩與照明科技研究所 Graduate Institute of Color and Illumination Technology, NTUST 10 齒模掃描機 3D Teeth scanner 臺科大色彩與照明科技研究所 Graduate Institute of Color and Illumination Technology, NTUST    

(News & Pictures Authorized by: DIGITIMES ) As technology transforms the healthcare industry, more and more universities are offering degree programs in biomedical engineering to position themselves in the smart healthcare industry ecosystem. National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) and National Central University (NCU) with robust research strength in science, engineering, ICT and other technologies further leverage cross-sector integration and the Ministry of Science and Technology's (MOST) Global Research and Industry Alliance program to actively tap industry resources and connect with market needs. Through reciprocal interactions, they look to lead Taiwan's developments in precision medicine, personalized medicine and eHealth to expand globally and build a world-class healthcare ecosystem. NTHU's research achievements in precision and personalized medicine NTHU enjoys a wealth of research resources in engineering, power mechanics, semiconductor as well as arts and humanities. Its proximity to the Hsinchu Science Park gives it a geographical advantage in connecting with the local high-tech cluster. According to Trong-young Lin, CEO, Global Research & Industry Alliance Operation Center, NTHU, under MOST's Global Research & Industry Alliance initiative to help integrate cross-sector resources, NTHU focuses on researches in smart manufacturing, biomedical technology, semiconductor, IoT and cultural creations. By enabling industry experts to discover the university's research strength and high-caliber R&D teams, NTHU successfully bridges the academia with the industry and has thereby engaged in more value-added innovations for the "Big Healthcare" industry. Hygeia Touch, a startup founded by an NTHU research team, has jointly developed the world's first COVID-19 rapid test kit for clinical use with a group of researchers led by Professor Chao-Min Cheng, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, NTHU and Tri-Service General Hospital. The test is conducted by placing a drop of a patient's serum onto a test strip to measure the cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) concentration. It can determine within two minutes if the patient's condition is about to become severe so that medical professionals can take early action to treat the patient. The test kit was just announced in June 2020 and immediately grabbed the healthcare industry's attention. According to NTHU, the test kit is undergoing clinical trials through collaboration with medical institutions including hospitals in Italy. To accelerate its use by frontline healthcare workers, it has also been submitted for an emergency use authorization (EUA) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and will go to market upon FDA approval. Another NTHU-incubated startup, Cell Envision, has developed a circulating tumor cell (CTC) monitoring system. It generally takes six to twelve months of follow-up routine tests after surgery to detect metastasis in a cancer patient. Cell Envision's system can perform monthly checks to more precisely assess the risks of cancer recurrence and metastasis. Cell Envision attended the Innovation Challenge at the Redefining Early Stage Investments (RESI) held in Philadelphia in 2019 and was listed as one of the top finalists for its research achievement. Innovations that will also be on exhibit at Bio Asia-Taiwan 2020 include NexVita Technology's high-precision VSA artery spectral analysis technology, a brain damage study and drug screening platform co-developed with Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, a portable rapid sensing device for cardiovascular diseases introduced by Professor Yu-Lin Wang, Institute of NaoEngineering and MicroSystems, NTHU alongside a dozen more physical products and cutting-edge research results. Engaging in healthcare research, NCU aims to enable preventive medicine On the foundation of its strong science and engineering programs, NCU began to foray into research in healthcare, medical materials and other biotechnologies in recent years and is seeing its efforts generating results. Under MOST's support, NCU and Dutch firm DSM announced the plan to establish a joint R&D center in March 2020. By 2021, about 40 DSM researchers will be working at the center based in NCU. The partnership will help infuse an international firm's energy into NCU's research in biomedical materials to accelerate NCU's development toward high-quality preventive medicine on a global scale. The signing ceremony for the NCU-DSM joint R&D center collaboration will be held at Bio Asia-Taiwan 2020. The partnership marks a major milestone in NCU's industry-academia collaboration endeavors. According to Kwang-Hwa Lii, executive vice president, NCU, who is also in charge of NCU Global Research & Industry Alliance, the collaboration with DSM, a green chemical producer based in the Netherlands, is of symbolic importance to the university's critical material development. The two parties will combine forces in chemistry and material R&D while tapping the research strength of NCU's biomedical sciences faculty to undertake additional industry-academia collaboration projects targeting preventive medicine including multi-functional drugs and materials for medical purpose coating. NCU will present five exhibits demonstrating its research achievements at Bio Asia-Taiwan 2020, including professor Chen-Han Huang's portable allergen testing device iEAT, professor Shu-Chen Liu's application of first-generation spontaneously immortalized oral cancer cell line in translational medicine, professor Rong-Seng Chang's optical tremor analysis device for detection of Parkinson's Disease, professor Yi-Chiung Hsu's advanced bionic dynamic culture technology integrated with next-generation AI analysis platform, and professor Ssu-Ching Chen's high-efficiency performance dechlorination gel. Take the portable allergen testing device iEAT for example. Food allergies are on the rise and doctors often rely on blood tests to diagnose allergies and find allergens. Built with nanotechnology and special material, iEAT is about the size of a key chain. Not only is it convenient and portable, but it also detects allergens within two minutes at 1ppm sensitivity, comparable to internationally recognized enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) conducted in laboratories. All the test results can be uploaded to the cloud via IoT technologies for AI-based computation and analysis. It serves as an ideal instrument for preventive and personalized medicine. Taiwan not only has first-rate medical professionals and provides world-leading healthcare quality but also fosters a manufacturing ecosystem that is internationally acclaimed. Under MOST's Global Research & Industry Alliance initiative, NTHU and NCU get to integrate resources and demonstrate Taiwan's innovation energy to the world from a higher perspective and fresh point of view. Driven by "Big Healthcare" industry developments, Taiwan's industry and academia will engage in closer collaborations and more partnerships with global biotechnology communities. Cell Envision was listed among the finalists of the Innovation Challenge at the Redefining Early Stage Investments 2019. Photo: NTHU The NCU Global Research & Industry Alliance team Photo: NCU

Institute of Brain Science of National Yang-Ming University showed top academic research capabilities by combining AI and big data analysis. The results produced through the industry-academia cooperation between Laurel Enterprises Corporation and National Yang-Ming University were first revealed at the BIO Asia-Taiwan Exhibition. Group photo, led by Minister Tsung-Tsong Wu of the Ministry of Science and Technology (middle,) with the cabinet members and the National Yang-Ming University team - President H. S. Kuo of National Yang-Ming University (fifth from the left,) Chief Executive Officer Hsien-Chih Pei of National Yang-Ming University GLORIA (third from the left,) Dr. Hong-Yu Lin, the industrial liaison officer of National Yang-Ming University GLORIA (second from the left,) Professor Chih-Chieh Yang of the Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University (third from the right,) Professor Jin-Wu Tsai of the Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University (right,) and Deputy General Manager Marketing Zhen Yu Wang of Laurel Enterprises Corporation.          To globally raise the reputation of members from enterprises and startup teams, National Yang-Ming University GLORIA has headed its way to the BIO Asia-Taiwan Exhibition hand-in-hand with the Laurel Enterprises Corporation, the leader of the frozen foods industry in Taiwan. They were accompanied by Professor Chih-Chieh Yang's and Professor Jin-Wu Tsai's teams of the Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University. They have made a grand display of the applications of the two most topical and representative themes, "Nutritious Foods" and "AI For Medical" at the Theme Pavilion for National Yang-Ming University, successfully manifesting the link between industry, academia, and medicine, and the research achievements. (Left photo) The booth for the National Yang-Ming University GLORIA had been crowded with people and in full swing throughout the display period. (Right photo) Deputy General Manager Marketing Zhen Yu Wang (second from the left) and the Center for Academia and Industry Collaboration team promoted the nutritional value of the Powerlifting Soup.         Laurel Enterprises Corporation has started a 5-year industry-academia cooperation project with National Yang-Ming University from 2018 and established "Laurel's Nutrition and Health Lab, National Yang-Ming University." The goal is to expand into a new area - health and nutrition. These two teams' collaborative research and development product "Delicious and Powerlifting Soup," designed for elderlies with sarcopenia, was first made public at the 2019 BIO Asia-Taiwan Exhibition, which received critical acclaim. Following this success, the teams continued to promote new nutritious food products that were nutritious, delicious, and convenient at the 2020 BIO Asia-Taiwan Exhibition. Free samples were available at the booth, which attracted an endless stream of people to make inquiries. People on-site paid great attention to these products and showed enthusiastic responses. Professor Jin-Wu Tsai (left) and Professor Chih-Chieh Yang (right) of the Institute of Brain Science of National Yang-Ming University were explaining their research and development technologies to Minister Tsung-Tsong Wu and the cabinet members of Ministry of Science and Technology.         The ever-improving development in biotechnology has made AI for Medical eHealth technologies more and more mature.  Professor Jin-Wu Tsai , Institute of Brain Science of National Yang-Ming University, has developed  screening tests that identify neurodevelopmental disorder-associated genes and techniques that perform image analysis of neuronal degeneration and brain cell inflammation . Professor Tsai performs algorithm analysis for two-photon imaging through deep learning AI to analyze dendritic spines of neurons with accuracy. He has also classified different types of dendritic spines to establish indicators for neuronal degeneration detection.  Professor Chih-Chieh Yang , Institute of Brain Science of National Yang-Ming University, has developed a  web-based diagnostic system for assessing psychiatric disorders . He conducts a clinical analysis of gray matter and white matter imaging through an explainable deep neural network classifier to determine a diagnosis of schizophrenia and go a step further in visualizing the locations of structural brain abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia. Presenters were giving speeches on the GLORIA of the Ministry of Science and Technology presentation stage. GLORIA of National Yang-Ming University presented on the topic of "AI for Medical" overall. All the seats were occupied, and the audience showed enthusiasm in interacting with the presenters. (From left to right: Yu-Chun Chen, Jhih-Jie Yang, Ying-Hui Lai, and Si-Yu Jhang.)        GLORIA of the Ministry of Science and Technology has specially planned the presentation stage, allowing each university to showcase its characteristics. The topic presented by GLORIA of National Yang-Ming University overall was AI for Medical. Professor  Yu-Chun Chen  was the first presenter. He is a professor of the Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, and also a physician working at the Department of Family Medicine of Taipei Veterans General Hospital. His speech was on the topic of " Feeling relieved only after understanding your medications! AigiA app increasing the safe use of medications at home. " Professor Yu-Chun Chen set out from the perspective of a family physician and integrated preventive medicine and big data analytic technologies. He has performed long-term health risk assessment and management with an information platform, adding value to the medical care system. The second presenter was Professor  Chih-Chieh Yang  of the Institute of Brain Science, who is also a psychiatrist at Taipei Veterans General Hospital. His presentation was on the topic of " Smart Brain Imaging Assessment Platform ," which has integrated psychiatry, neuroscience, and biomedical signal analyses, providing a more scientific platform for schizophrenia validation. Professor  Ying-Hui Lai , Department of BioMedical Engineering, gave a speech on the topic of " A noise reduction system design for cochlear implants with context-awareness ." This assistive design, based on speech and hearing science, combines biomedical signal processing and AI technologies to optimize hearing and communication. The final presenter was  Si-Yu Jhang , the dietitian specialist of the Laurel Nutrilab, who shared " Fifty Years of Laurel, an Old Store with New Ideas " with the audience. One of the new ideas was the "Delicious and Powerlifting Soup" designed for the mature age generation. The soup, with increased dietary protein ratio, has been clinically proven to efficiently improve the mature age generation's muscle strength and muscle mass, and consequently, their body conditions.         Yang-Ming GLORIA not only showcased its capabilities built from the industry-academia links and its academic and research strengths at the exhibition but also increased its chances of international connections. Through the One-on-One Partnering platform provided at the exhibition, Yang-Ming GLORIA has arranged several opportunities for matching up to global companies. There were over 250 industrial, political, academic, research, and medical attendees who have visited Yang-Ming GLORIA's booth during the exhibition period. Yang-Ming GLORIA has also had over 24 internet matching sessions, at least five on-site conference matching sessions, and over 11 video conferences. The National Yang-Ming University theme pavilion exhibition was successful. A group photo was taken for all the participants.         The Center for Academia and Industry Collaboration of National Yang-Ming University and the Global Research & Industry Alliance have indeed combined academia and industry. Not only have they made the latest biomedical research findings public but also showcased their strengths and increased the chances of technological match cooperation. They have genuinely accomplished the goal of liaising and cooperating with the industry, government, academic institutions, and medical institutions. It is expected that there will be more opportunities for successful technology matching to spark up new cooperation, creating new milestones for the biotechnology industry.  

    The summer session of the 10th Financial CIO Forum was co-organized by the National Chengchi University Global Research and Industry Alliance (NCCU GLORIA) and the CIO IT Manager Magazine. Information technology has innate advantages in FinTech and has facilitated the rapid development of FinTech in recent years. By inviting experienced practitioners and experts to conduct industrial and academic exchanges at the Financial CIO forum, it is hoped that the ideas for future development of FinTech in Taiwan can be inspired and studied.     Lin Zhi-ji, Deputy Director of the Insurance Bureau of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) delivered his remarks. He pointed out that, despite the tremendous impact brought by the COVID-19 pandemic in the last six months, it has been an opportunity for FinTech. Service providers have launched an increasing number of convenient FinTech services, and the public has become increasingly receptive towards these virtual services. He pointed out that, while continuing to provide oversight on relevant regulations, the FSC will also encourage service providers to offer novel financial services. The first seminar lecture of the event was given by Wang Lee-ling, director of the NCCU FinTech Research Center, who presented on the challenges and the new blue ocean brought by the innovations of open finance. In order to accelerate the industrial innovation of FinTech, NCCU GLORIA is committed to developing policies and platforms by drawing on successful international cases. Two years ago, NCCU started promoting open banking in collaboration with Financial Information Service Co. (FISC), guiding third-party service providers (TSP) in their collaborations with financial institutions. Although many cruxes of both banks and TSPs were found during the process, Director Wang believes that past examples and experiences in open banking in other countries can help accelerate the domestic progress.     The second seminar lecture was presented by Peng Jin-lung, Executive Director of the NCCU InsurTech Application Lab, who analyzed the choice between a regulatory sandbox and trial operation. The development of FinTech is driven by market demand, and it requires active engagement from non-financial service providers to produce the maximum effect within the shortest period of time. On the other hand, innovation doesn’t come without risks, including potential dangers in technology outsourcing, information security-related operations, emerging systems, underlying risk for financial consumption by customers of inclusive finance; the collapse of traditional financial businesses, dysfunctions in technology supervision, and damaged reputation of supervision. Such risks must be avoided by regulatory sandboxes or trial operations. Executive Director Peng pointed out that, in addition to understanding the operating models of innovative technologies and seeking a balance between the risks and benefits of innovation, the focuses of FinTech supervision must also carefully adjust the existing framework of prudential supervision, behavioral supervision and actively collaborating with stakeholders. Lastly, as Executive Director Peng concludes, trial operation has the advantage of greater freedom and a better opportunity to truly promote FinTech.     Chen Kung, Deputy Director of the NCCU FinTech Research Center was the next speaker. He opened his lecture by introducing the five characteristics of blockchains: 1. distributed shared ledger; 2. arbitrary changes to content are prevented; 3. transaction security; 4. tokenized value exchange; and 5. decentralized management. The slogan of blockchains used to be “information network.” Now it's the “Internet of value.” Deputy Director Chen went on to explain two industrial applications of the blockchain in Taiwan in detail. The first was electronic medical records (EMR); the other was confirmations in audits. Deputy Director Chen concluded on the common characteristics of financial confirmation and EMRs as follows: 1. transaction records are chained; 2. data certificates are chained; 3. data is stored and transmitted in a distributed manner. In general, blockchains are expected to be implemented, albeit in separate stages. Currently the focus is on blockchain-inspired applications, such as verifiable data exchanges. In the future, tokenization and decentralization will become more mainstream and complex topics and challenges of blockchains.       In response to Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) and the development of crypto-assets, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) defined “crypto-assets” as private assets that utilize cryptography and distributed ledger technology (DLT) or other similar technologies to recognize their value. The fourth seminar lecture was presented by Li Zhen-hua, Senior Industrial Analyst of the Digital Transformation Institute (DTI) under the Institute for Information Industry (III), who further explained the three current methods of applying crypto-assets: 1. as currency; 2. as a certificate for services provided; and 3. as a certificate of stocks/bonds. Analyst Li mentioned that in recent years, the cryptocurrency economy has apparently taken off. Signs of this trend include the continuous growth in the scale of stable coins, the high-profile participation of social media software, many governments’ expressions of willingness to develop security token offerings (STO), and the Central Bank’s public discussions of the digitization of fiat money. However, people in various sectors are still skeptical of crypto-assets, and the development of its market is still in need of approval from regulations, the public, and traditional financial businesses. The cryptocurrency market is currently limited due to disorganized polices, high investment and entry barriers, and poor market liquidity, and must confront technical problems such as consensus and encryption algorithms. Nevertheless, Analyst Li still holds an optimistic outlook and believes that the cryptocurrency market will have better prospects in the future, such as their applicability in a variety of scenarios, the integration of blockchain technology, and cross-border circulation. It is hoped that the full regulatory compliance of the cryptocurrency market can be jointly promoted by the service providers and competent authorities.     The finale of the forum was presented by Hsieh Ming-hua, Deputy Director of the NCCU Fintech Research Center. He started his speech off by asking in what ways do disruptive innovations reshape industries. He guided the attendees to reflect on the industrial transformations brought by technologies such as the Internet, smartphones, artificial intelligence, and blockchains, and went on to further explain why there is such a strong push for FinTech to develop digital transformation. According to PwC’s FinTech survey report for 2019, the boundaries between financial services, the telecommunications industry, the technology industry, and the media industry are fading. The question we all ask about FinTech has changed from whether FinTech will transform the financial industry to who can become an industry leader by suitably utilizing FinTech. Deputy Director Hsieh went on to point out that the core technologies of the digital transformation of finance, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, information science, blockchains, chatbots, and the basic framework of information technologies, are crucial to implementing FinTech.     The event, which was filled to capacity, thus drew to a perfect close. During the free discussion section, questions for the speakers were raised and exchanges among companies were conducted continually. Through the Financial CIO Forum, the hottest FinTech topics were discussed, thus achieving the exchange of knowledge in the financial industry. In the future, NCCU GLORIA will continue to act as a platform for professional consultations and guidance for the financial industry in Taiwan, hoping that in doing so, it creates a mutually beneficial finance ecosystem. ▲Wang Lee-ling, Director of NCCU FinTech Research Center, speaking on the challenges and the new blue ocean in the innovation of open finance ▲Peng Jin-lung, Executive Director of NCCU InsurTech Application Lab, analyzing innovative FinTech ▲Lin Zhen-hui, General Editor of CIO IT Manager Magazine, giving a book as gift to Wang Lee-ling, Director of NCCU FinTech Research Center

  Optical Component Technology Development Committee is composed of various well-known domestic optoelectronic industries. Optical Component Technology Development Committee hold the intercommunication conference regularly with domestic famous university. And, this year it hold the international conference with National Chung Hsing University Global Research & Industry Alliance on 3rd, July, 2020. Today’s conference event was hosted by NCHU Global Research & Industry Alliance with the more than 17 optical component company members participant. And, the NCHU Vice President, Mr. Jyh-Horngand Chou, and the Chairman of the Optical Component Technology Development Committee, Mr. Jinzhao Li, were invited to give the opening address. The NCHU Vice President, Mr. Jyh-Horngand Chou, mentioned that NCHU is the oldest research-oriented comprehensive university in Taiwan. Lots of optical-related manufacturers are located in the central region of Taiwan. In the optical field, the power of campus R&D grows greatly and rapidly. Through this exchange event, we NCHU wish the attendee members would inspire more industry-university cooperation and contributions with campus professors and their excellent teams to Taiwan’s optical-related industries. On behalf of the member manufacturers, the Chairman of Jinzhao Li expressed his gratitude to NCHU for this intercommunication conference. Moreover, He encouraged the member manufacturers to have more exchange and cooperation with NCHU professors and research teams through mutual resources to develop more innovative technologies and benefit the convenience of human life.     After the opening address, the NCHU Global Research & Industry Alliance COO, Mr. Jerry Huang, expressed the welcome to the member manufacturers sincerely, and encourage them to use campus resource. He encouraged the industries to issue questions to us. The role of NCHU Global Research & Industry Alliance is to recommend the outstanding campus professors and technologies to promote industry-university cooperation for the win-win situation.        To this event, we are honored to invite very excellent manufactures and four outstanding professors and their research teams. On the day the speakers and their wonderful speech topics were: 1) the Director of the Graduate Institute of Optoelectronic Engineer of NCHU, Professor Zing-way Pei, with his topic “New Semiconductor Quantum Dot Light-emitting Diode,” 2) Professor Hsi-Fu Shih, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of NCHU, with his topic “Opto-Mechanical System Integration-Light Curing 3D Printing and Optical Encoder,” 3) Professor Pin Han, from the Graduate Institute of Precision Engineering of NCHU, with his topic “Optical Design and Application,” 4) the Director of the General Center for Academia-Industry Collaboration of NCHU, Professor Chia-Feng Lin, with his topic: Optical coating technology applied to resonant cavity light-emitting elements of microdisplay.     It is honored to invite such outstanding professors and manufacture members in this intercommunication conference. Apart from exploring the overall development trend of the optical application field, Professor Pin Han also shared us an inspired news which is National Chung Hsing University introduced the top-level ANSYS SPEOS optical software in the end of last year (2019.) He has committed to cultivation the cutting-edge precision optics talent, and the research of related advanced technology development. Moreover, he assists campus researchers to quickly build up the functional lighting systems, and aims to cultivate more outstanding optical design talents to meet the demand of many optoelectronic manufacturers in Taiwan. This could be the new kinetic energy injected into the campus research and development of applied innovative technology. ↑The Group shooting of the 2020 intercommunication of Optical Component Technology Development Committee. The NCHU Vice President, Mr. Jyh-Horngand Chou (left two,) and the Chairman of the Optical Component Technology Development Committee, Mr. Jinz-hao Li (left one,) were invited to give the opening address.  

In the second half of 2020 during this era of pandemic, higher expectations are set for financial services to surpass the restrictions of time and place and to embed themselves in everyday life. Addressing the trend of integrating innovative financial services into life scenarios, both emerging FinTech service providers and traditional banks are faced with business challenges while the financial ecosystem is more eager to apply even more technologies to digital scenarios. Since July 1 st , 2020, eleven domestic property and life insurance companies have introduced blockchain technology to conduct a trial of developing an insurance conservation and claims alliance chain focused on achieving the goal of common documentation for changes/claims applications under unified policies. This conference focuses on 2 major aspects, including the testing framework of insurance blockchain and the creation of a cross-industry data exchange platform, and analyzes the challenges which will be faced as well as measures to address them. The NCCU GloRIA and FinTech Research Center (FTRC) hope to meet with experts and industry pioneers to discuss the future of InsurTech in the latter half of 2020, in the post-pandemic era, as well as provide feedback for the issues and pain points in terms of technology, policy, and regulations.   Due to the impact of the pandemic, this year's “Challenges and Response Measures of the Insurance Industry in Building Cross-Industry Data Exchange Platforms” conference returned with much fanfare. The 2020 event will continue in the footsteps of 2019's “FinTech Policy Revision Conference” series by extending invitations to professionals from relevant fields and discussing technology, policies, and regulations with respect to the current issues facing FinTech. NCCU FinTech Research Center's director Wang Lee-ling and NCCU InsurTech Application Lab CEO Peng Jin-lung introduced and hosted the event. Director Wang stated that the FTRC is dedicated to bridging the industry and the academia to analyze the current roadblocks in policy and regulation, generate solutions through discussions, and build consensus. Addressing this seminar's theme, CEO Peng believes that the future challenges of the insurance industry are whether interfacing cross-industry data platforms can share data without invading privacy and whether the insurance industry could successfully mimic Open Banking to form an "Open Insurance" ecosystem. These are not only challenges for the insurance industry but also an opportunity to contemplate the progress made with InsurTech.   This year's seminar invited expert panelists such as deputy director Chen Kung of the NCCU FTRC, consultant Weng Chung-He of the Life Insurance Association of the Republic of China, and Managing Senior Executive Vice President Chen Ming-Huan of Cathay Life Insurance. Under the topic of "Evaluation Study on the Strengthening of Security in Digital Exchange of Medical Records and Establishing Mechanisms for Public-Private Partnerships”, the panel focused on three vocal points: 1) “Applying for Digital Medical Records Using Smartphones (Blockchain)," 2) "The Future and Challenges of Insurance Claims Alliance Chain," and 3) "Current Status and Development of Data Exchange Platforms Between the Insurance Industry and Hospitals." Professor Chen Kung showcased the procedure for exchanging digital medical records using smartphones, stating that matchmaking through a smartphone app saves time for patients when they apply for insurance information by increasing the speed at which the applications are processed and eliminates the need for patients to visit different physical locations. However, private data remains a thorny subject for users, hospitals, and insurance companies. Consultant Weng from the Life Insurance Association of the Republic of China shared a case study of "Applying InsurTech to a Shared Platform" and provided insight on 3 major aspects, "unified applications", "shared documents," and "third-party documentation centers." According to the Financial Supervisory Commission's financial inclusion and observation index from 2020, the implementation of blockchain services in insurance, digital policy verification, and documentation mechanisms are urgent matters. InsurTech aims to establish shared platforms that can prevent duplicate policies, reduce the R&D costs for companies, and allow policyholders to enjoy the convenience of InsurTech. Managing Senior Executive Vice President Chen of Cathay Life Insurance shared the perspective of insurance companies. He states that current policy claims require patients to contact hospitals and insurance companies through the submission of physical documents. This causes pain points for all 3 parties. As for hospitals, this results in administrative procedures that cost time and labor as well as the risk of bad debts for self-paid items. Insurance companies face the risk of forged receipts, the cost of digital data conversion, and the service costs of sales representatives. Cathay Life Insurance is currently partnered with 29 hospitals to allow patients to immediately file claims with greater efficiency; this allows hospitals to avoid credit card processing fees, and insurance companies no longer have to shoulder the cost of digital data conversion. However, looking at it from the perspective of long-term development, insurance companies that interface with individual hospitals will also face the challenges of higher implementation costs due to data exchange specifications and interfaces that lack unification. The ideal structure will entail one-stop claims settlement, shared data among insurance companies, and a single submission for multiple claims to save on administrative costs.   With respect to the InsurTech application scenarios shared above, professors Wang and Peng both believe that applying technology to build a shared platform is inevitable. In the post-pandemic era, the insurance industry must work together to implement a virtual online application process for policyholders to reduce the risk of infection. This also addresses the need for sustainable development by interfacing shared platforms to promote paper-less operations, respond to environmental issues, and further improve the shared prosperity of the insurance ecosystem. ▲NCCU FinTech Research Center Deputy Director Chen shares his experiences ▲Consultant Weng Chung-He of the Life Insurance Association of the Republic of China shares his experiences ▲Managing Senior Executive Vice President Chen Ming-Huan of Cathay Life Insurance shares his experiences ▲Active participation at the event