From 26th to 27th June, Guangxi Key Laboratory of International Join for China-ASEAN Comprehensive Transportation invited Dr. Boonsub Panichakarn from Naresuan University, Thailand, to visit Nanning College and participate in a two-day academic exchange and academic lectures. Dr. Boonsub Panichakarn was the Vice President, Dean of the Faculty of Logistics and Supply Chain, and doctoral supervisor of Narishuan University in Thailand. His main research area is logistics and supply chain, and he is currently the chairman of the ASEAN Logistics Academic Network Research Institute and is a famous logistics expert in the ASEAN region.
On the afternoon of 26th June, the Academic Exchange Symposium was held in Room E201 of South Silicon Valley. Professor Wen Xuguang, Director of Guangxi Key Laboratory of International Join for China-ASEAN Comprehensive Transportation, and Dr. Chen Jianqiu, Deputy Director of Guangxi Key Laboratory of International Join for China-ASEAN Comprehensive Transportation, Professor Gong Renxi, Dean of Faculty of Transportation, Associate Professor Pang Yanchi, Vice Dean of Faculty of Transportation, and relevant teachers of Faculty of Transportation attended the meeting. The two sides held in-depth discussions and communications on future international scientific and technological cooperation and talent cultivation. Professor Wen Xuguang presented Dr. Boonsub Panichakarn with the certificate of Special Expert of Guangxi Key Laboratory of International Join for China-ASEAN Comprehensive Transportation.
On the morning of 27th June, the Development Planning and Cooperation Exchange Office hosted the International Academic Lecture, which was undertaken by Guangxi Key Laboratory of International Join for China-ASEAN Comprehensive Transportation and Faculty of Transportation. It was the first time that foreign experts were invited to make an academic report. Dr. Boonsub Panichakarn was invited to give a report in English on the theme of "Logistics Connectivity" in lecture hall A108 of Fuwenyuan. Through a set of vivid pictures and wonderful data analysis, Dr. Boonsub Panichakarn discussed and reported on the development and evolution of logistics and supply chain, sustainable development of logistics, digital supply chain framework, global (especially Beibu Gulf Economic Circle) major countries and regions' logistics performance index, China-ASEAN logistics cooperation and the Belt and Road Initiative, China-ASEAN Logistics Connectivity Construction, and China (Guangxi) Thailand Logistics and Supply Chain Cooperation Research Direction. The report had a broad academic vision and rich content, and teachers and students gained a lot. In the final part, Dr. Boonsub Panichakarn had a cordial and friendly interaction with teachers and students and answered the questions raised by students in detail.
The lecture was hosted by Pang Yanzhi, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Transportation, and hundreds of teachers and students listened to the lecture. Nanning University attaches great importance to teachers and students to carry out cross-disciplinary and innovative research on transport logistics from an international perspective and using diversified research methods. This academic lecture provides new international ideas as well as extends international scientific and technological cooperation and technical exchanges for teachers and students at Nanning University.
Note: Naresuan University, located in Phitsanulok, Thailand, is one of the top 10 public universities in Thailand. It has 66 bachelor’s degree programs, 59 master’s degree programs, and 16 doctoral programs, with nearly 30,000 students and faculty members, including more than 2,300 teaching staff. The university has a 15-year history of doctoral training in logistics engineering and is the earliest and most authoritative highland for logistics engineering personnel training and scientific research in Thailand.
Scene of academic exchange meeting
Director Xuguang Wen presented Professor Boonsub Panichakarn with a certificate of special appointment
Prof Boonsub Panichakarn gave a lecture on "Logistics Interconnections"
Prof Boonsub Panichakarn interacting with students
