<p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">July 16-18, 2021, Shenzhen, China</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bolder; text-align: center;"></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Scope of the Conference</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The International Youth Conference of Bionic Science and Engineering Conference 2021 (IYCBSE2021) aims to bring together the world’s young researchers and leading scientists to discuss the cutting-edge developments in the vigorous field of bionics. This conference will cover the basic science underpinning bionic systems as well as the applied research in a myriad of exciting areas, and stimulate discussions and exchange of ideas to better translate nature’s inspiration to address grand challenges facing us. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This conference will be hosted by the Youth Commission of the International Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE), jointly organized by City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Jilin University.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Hybrid Format</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This conference will be held in a hybrid format combining in-person attendance with online streaming to enable all attendees to share, network and interact safely and easily amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Conference Topics</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">· Interfacial and transport phenomena </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">· Nature-inspired structural and functional materials</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">· Nature-inspired robots and flexible electronics</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">· Nature-inspired energy conservation, conversion harvesting</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">· Bionic implants and systems</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">· Bionic tissues and organs</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Honorary Chair</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Luquan Ren, Jilin University, China</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Conference Chair</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Zuankai Wang, City University of Hong Kong, China</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Zhihui Zhang, Jilin University, China</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Conference Co-Chair</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Zhiguang Guo, Hubei University, China</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Zhihui Qian, Jilin University, China</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Xuemin Du, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, CAS, China</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Local Committee Chair and Co-Chair</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Chao Zhong and Bin Wang, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, CAS</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Qi Ge and Chuanfei Guo, Southern University of Science and Technology</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Xing Ma and Chonglei Hao, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Xuechang Zhou, Shenzhen University</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Program Chair and Co-Chair</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pengyuan Wang and Zhiyuan Liu, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, CAS</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">P</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">lenary Talks</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Zhenan Bao, Stanford University, USA (on-line)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Han Ding, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China (on-site)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Lei Jiang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (on-site)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">David Quéré, Ecole polytechnique, France (on-line)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Zhigang Suo, Harvard University, USA (on-line)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Shuhong Yu, University of Science and Technology, China (on-site)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Important Dates</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Abstract Submission Deadline: 25th May 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Notification of Acceptance: 31st May 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early Registration: 30th June 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Onsite Registration: 16th July 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Conference Presentation: 17th-18th July 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Conference Location</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, CAS, China</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Registration</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Including registration packet, access to all sessions, coffee breaks, conference bag and USB flash drive with e-book abstracts</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early Student /Late Student (Until June 30th) 1500RMB/1800RMB</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early Non-Student/ Late Non-Student 2200RMB/2800RMB</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Secretariat</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dr. Qilong Zhao</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Email</span>: <a href="mailto:ql.zhao@siat.ac.cn" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration-line: none;">ql.zhao@siat.ac.cn</a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Phone:</span> +86-15118817930</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Address</span>: 1068 Xueyuan Avenue, Shenzhen University Town, Shenzhen 518055, China</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Website</span>: <a _src="https://isbe-2021.scimeeting.cn/" href="https://isbe-2021.scimeeting.cn/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration-line: none;">https://isbe-2021.scimeeting.cn/</a> </p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><br/></span></span><br/></p>...