NCUE participates in international collaboration efforts by conducting international research and organizing international seminars, further achieving the policy goal of international sustainable development.  Last year, the University compiled 5 cases of faculty members’ participation in international collaboration projects in 2021. This year, we compiled 7 cases of international collaboration projects handled by our school in 2022. The cases are explained as follows:

1. The Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpretation organized the 27^th International Academic Symposium on Interpretation and Translation Teaching. The symposium invited two top international scholars in the field of interpretation and translation. Professor David Sawyer of the University of Maryland, USA, and Professor Jiun Huh of Ewha Womans University of South Korea served as keynote speakers. Professor David Sawyer has written extensively, and he is a subject matter expert on the design and evaluation of interpreter and translator training courses. Professor Jiun Huh has published many academic papers related to the training of interpreters and translators. They both delivered rich content in their keynote presentations. Figures 1-2 below show the event held.

Campus headlines: https://www.ncue.edu.tw/p/406-1000-10012,r93.php?Lang=zh-tw.

SDGs relevance: Quality Education; Decent Work and Economic Growth

2. The Graduate Institute of Science Education of National Changhua University of Education organized the 37^th ASET in 2021. The central theme of the event was the “interdisciplinary learning and teacher training in science education”, which covered STEM/STEAM education, teaching and learning for ability development, literacy-based evaluation, pre-service teacher training and professional growth of in-service teachers, digital learning environment, smart learning, and other key issues both at home and abroad. The abovementioned topics, such as STEM/STEAM education, literacy-based evaluation, etc., all adhere to Curriculum Guidelines of 12-Year Basic Education, emphasizing the concept of interdisciplinary core competencies as the main theme of curriculum development. It is believed that through the event, the participating researchers and teachers can jointly develop and share more curriculum modules that are helpful in developing students’ core competencies. The international exchanges can also help domestic teachers become more familiar with the design of literacy-based evaluation. Figure 3 below shows the event held.

Campus headlines: https://www.ncue.edu.tw/p/406-1000-6522,r93.php?Lang=zh-tw.

Annex: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1655k48lRvCA52d7wMHEIErDvFJ1HYNKq.

SDGs relevance: Quality Education; Reduced Inequalities; Partnerships for the Goals

3. The College of Engineering held the IET ICETA 2022. The event theme was Emerging Technologies and Applications for Smart Life, which explored emerging technologies and applications of technological smart life in today’s society. Figure 4 below shows the poster.

SDGs relevance: Quality Education; Decent Work and Economic Growth; Partnerships for the Goals

4. The Department of Business Administration organized an online international seminar on the “Comparison of Taiwan’s and Japan’s SME Networks”. Our school, Niigata University of Japan, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, and Soochow University co-organized a joint forum. The seminar focused on the networks of SMEs constructed for value co-creation. Presentations and sharing of cases in Taiwan and Japan clarified the unique characteristics and commonalities of each place. The presentations carried out in the seminar attempted to construct a theoretical framework and model for future relevant academic research, and it is hoped that the event can contribute to the SMEs and the value co-creation networks of each region. The agenda of the Taiwan-Japan online international seminar is shown in Figure 5 below.

SDGs relevance: Decent Work and Economic Growth; Partnerships for the Goals

5. The Department of Business Administration organized the 2022 Niigata, Taichung, and Changhua Regional Industry International Online Seminar to analyze the industry transaction relationship network in the three regions, including the comparative analysis of the transaction network among enterprises in the local industry cluster in Niigata, Japan, the local bicycle industry cluster and supply chain in central Taiwan, and the current status and future development of industries in Changhua, Taiwan, further promoting the development of the local industry through international exchanges. The agenda of the online international seminar is shown in Figure 6 below.

SDGs relevance: Decent Work and Economic Growth; Partnerships for the Goals

6. Professor Der-Jiunn Deng of the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering held the “EAI SGIoT 2022 - 6^th EAI International Conference on Smart Grid and Internet of Things” and communicated with other international domain experts on smart grid and the IoT topics which were in line with the development goals of domestic emerging technology industries. Figure 7 below shows the appointment of the committee position. Figure 7 below shows the appointment of the committee position.

Event Website: https://sgiot.eai-conferences.org/2022/.

SDGs relevance: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; Partnerships for the Goals

7. The Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Counseling organized the “2022 Taiwan Vocational Rehabilitation Association Annual Conference” to discuss the latest international trends and domestic vocational rehabilitation professional development issues. The director of the RRTC of Virginia Commonwealth University was invited to give a speech. An honorary professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education (RPSE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the assistant director of the RRTC of Virginia Commonwealth University were invited to be the panelists in the conference, further expanding the horizons of practitioners involved in the field for people with disabilities. It also served as an exchange platform between academia and industry practitioners to organize forum sessions and paper publications. Figure 8 below shows the conference held.

SDGs relevance: Reduced Inequalities; Partnerships for the Goals