The annual science and technology cooperation conference with Taiwan, Latvia and Lithuania participating was held Oct. 8 in Taipei City to review results of a trilateral cooperative project under implementation and select new research topics for the coming year, the National Science and Technology Council said.
According to the NSTC, the conference was jointly convened by Deputy Minister Chen Bing-yu and his counterparts Jānis Paiders from Latvia and Laima Taparauskienė from Lithuania. A total of nine delegates from the two countries took part in the half-day event, the NSTC said.
During his opening remarks, Chen praised the long-term trilateral partnership, which has sponsored more than 70 projects since its launch more than two decades ago. The annual conference serves as a key mechanism for the three sides to exchange views on policies and developments, he added.
According to the NSTC, the three partners concluded a cooperative pact in 2000 and set up a fund to sponsor joint science and technology projects. Starting in 2002, the three nations began taking turns to host an annual conference in their respective capital cities to review project results.
The visiting groups’ itineraries include visits to the Ministries of Education and Foreign Affairs to discuss technology diplomacy and semiconductor personnel cultivation; National Taiwan University for cooperation on semiconductor program offerings; and Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan Space Agency and Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute for updates on sectoral developments, the council said. (SFC-E)
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