21st International Conference on Global Manufacturing and China, September 2025 – Hangzhou, China

Yanan Wang, PhD Student at CSTI, attended the 21st International Conference on Global Manufacturing and China (GMC), co-organized by Zhejiang University’s School of Management (SOM) and the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing (IfM).

She presented her early-stage PhD research at the first SOM-IfM Joint Young Scholars Workshop and joined site visits to Zeekr and Unitree Robotics, leading firms in electric vehicles and robotics in China.

R&D Management 2025 Conference, Jul 2025 - Pisa, Italy

Yanan Wang, PhD Student at CSTI, took part in the R&D Management 2025 Conference, where she presented her research on two Singapore-based innovation intermediaries, SIMTech and ARTC, and their role in supporting digital manufacturing in the aerospace sector.

This year’s theme, Innovation and Biodiversity, encouraged cross-disciplinary dialogue on how technological progress and sustainability transitions must evolve together. Many sessions emphasized system-level thinking, highlighting the links between technology development, organizational strategy, and wider ecological and societal impacts.