The 35th Annual World Cultural Council – Joint Press Conference
We would like to invite you to cover the following event:
Event: The 35th Annual World Cultural Council – Joint Press Conference
- Announcement of winners
- First time awards ceremony held in Hong Kong
Date: 4 June 2018 (Monday)
Time: 2:30 pm
Venue: Connie Fan Multi-media Conference Room
4/F, Cheng Yick-chi Building
City University of Hong Kong
The 35th Annual Award Ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) will be hosted for the first time ever in Hong Kong at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) in early November 2018. At this joint press conference, Professor Sir Colin Blakemore, President of WCC, will announce the winners of this year’s “Albert Einstein World Award of Science” and the “José Vasconcelos World Award of Education”.
Professor Way Kuo, President of CityU, will announce the young researchers and scholars from Hong Kong especially acknowledged by the WCC this year for their outstanding performance in the fields of science, education or arts.
WCC, a non-profit international organisation based in Mexico, was founded in 1981 with an initial membership of 124 distinguished scientists and scholars, university presidents and executives from the five continents, including several Nobel laureates.
WCC bestows an annual “Albert Einstein World Award of Science”, and the biennial “José Vasconcelos World Award of Education” and “Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts” to individuals who have contributed significantly to related fields. The media are warmly invited to attend and learn more about the WCC and the awards.
Media enquiries:
Karen Cheng, Communications and Public Relations Office, CityU (+852 3442 6805 / +852 9201 8895, cheng.karen@cityu.edu.hk)
Lee Pik Kwan, Office of the Vice-President (Research & Technology), CityU (+852 3442 8925 / +852 9210 3513, pikklee@cityu.edu.hk)
Pilar Martínez, Public Relations Officer, World Cultural Council (+52 555 589 2907, pilar.martinez@consejoculturalmundial.org)