On June 18, 2026, Prof. Fang Yu was invited to attend the 11^th Catalysis and Sensing for Our Environment Symposium and Networking Event (CASE) held in Xi’an and served as a co-chair.

This conference consists of five series of sub-conferences held in Bangkok, Thailand; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Xiamen, Shanghai, and Xi’an, China. This Xi’an branch conference was jointly organized by the Institute of Biomedical Photonics and Sensing and the Institute of New Concept Sensors and Molecular Materials at Xi’an Jiaotong University, attracting more than 30 experts and scholars from countries including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Thailand, Israel, and Malaysia to participate and exchange ideas.

Prof. Liu Taihong and Prof. Peng Haonan from the Institute of New Concept Sensors and Molecular Materials at Shaanxi Normal University participated in the relevant conference activities.

The Catalysis and Sensing for Our Environment Symposium was jointly initiated by Qian Xuhong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Prof. Tony D. James of the University of Bath, and Prof. John S. Fossey of the University of Birmingham. To date, the conference has been held ten times and has gained widespread international influence in the relevant fields.