On April 20, 2025, Prof. Fang Yu attended the 2025 Conference on Intelligent Sensing Functional Materials and Devices held in Foshan, Guangdong Province, and delivered a report titled “Innovation in Molecular Materials for Sensors”.

Fang Yu also attended a roundtable forum themed “Opportunities and Challenges of Sensor Technology in the Context of Artificial Intelligence”, along with Hu Wenping, executive vice president of Tianjin University, Mao Changhui, deputy general manager of China Grinm Group, and others.

This conference is hosted by the Intelligent Sensing Functional Materials and Devices Branch of the Chinese Materials Research Society and the National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Sensing Functional Materials. The main forum focuses on cutting-edge topics such as rare earth functional materials, intelligent sensing and life sciences, and intelligent sensor technology and industry. It attracted over 150 experts, scholars and other representatives from universities, research institutes, enterprises and public institutions to exchange and discuss in the field of intelligent sensing functional materials and devices.