Focus on New Academic Frontiers: Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration and Civic Power
Taiwan Research Day 2025 was grandly held on April 9th at KU Leuven in Belgium, attracting over a hundred professionals and scholars from Taiwan, Europe, and other countries and regions to collectively explore diverse cooperation opportunities and future developments between Taiwan and Europe. This event not only covered popular fields such as semiconductors, biomedicine, arts, architecture, humanities and social sciences, environmental sustainability, and climate change adaptation, but also particularly emphasized interaction and cross-boundary collaboration among young scholars, further promoting the exchange of technology and knowledge.
This year's Research Day was jointly organized by the Taipei Representative Office to the EU and Belgium, Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI), and KU Leuven. The organizers stated that this event successfully combined resources from academia, industry, and government agencies, achieving unprecedented breadth and depth in Taiwan-Europe cooperation.
Participants came from diverse backgrounds, covering various sectors including government departments, businesses, investment institutions, media, and research organizations. Economic and industrial units included AWEX (Wallonia Export & Investment Agency) and the Korea-EU Semiconductor R&D Cooperation Center; industrial organizations such as Agoria and HR One Group; international research and innovation liaison institutions including the Lithuanian Research Development and Innovation Liaison Office in Brussels (LINO) and WBI (Wallonie-Bruxelles International); and business representatives from Dinec Assembly, Incize, IMAGINE Microelectronics srl, Exostiv Labs, CASTRA, and GASTRA Bulgaria.
From academia, Taiwanese representatives included National Taiwan University, National Tsing Hua University, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, and National University of Tainan. European academic institutions included TU Delft, Ghent University, Eindhoven University of Technology, KU Leuven, and UCLouvain. Additionally, Taiwanese business representatives included Trade Wind Biotech, Formosa Plastics Corporation, and Turing Space Inc.
In recent years, as more young Taiwanese scholars choose to study or conduct research in Europe, academic exchanges between Taiwan and Europe have become increasingly frequent. To strengthen interactions between official institutions, Taiwanese young scholars have established the Taiwan European Academic Society (TEAS) in the Netherlands and the Taiwan Scholars Association in Belgium (TSAB). These two associations are dedicated to building a "third track" for Taiwan-Europe cooperation, aiming to promote bilateral experience sharing and knowledge dissemination through civic power, thereby creating broader development opportunities for academic and industrial collaboration.
In today's era of advancing globalization and digital transformation, transnational academic cooperation has become an important engine driving innovation. Taiwan Research Day 2025 not only built a platform for in-depth dialogue among various sectors but also continued to support knowledge sharing and technological innovation between Taiwan and Europe through diverse exchanges and resource integration. During the event, representatives from various parties engaged in enthusiastic discussions on future cooperation plans, joint research projects, and emerging technology applications, signaling that bilateral cooperation is about to enter a new stage of development.
Ambassador Roy Lee of the Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium gives an interview and delivers a speech at the event to express support
Taiwanese and European scholars gather together, building bridges for in-depth dialogue and knowledge exchange
