The interdisciplinary integration of energy technology, science popularization communication, and artistic expression
"Energy And Civilization--Science & Art·Fusion Future"
Roundtable Forum
Time: 13:30-17:30, September 14, 2025
Venue: Lecture Hall of CAFA Art Museum
On September 14, 2025, the large-scale science popularization exhibition "Energy And Civilization--Science & Art·Fusion Future", co-sponsored by the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the Institute of Energy of Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, and the People's Government of Hefei, will open at CAFAM. A thematic roundtable forum will be held in the Lecture Hall of CAFA Art Museum on September 14. The forum will invite experts from various fields such as energy scientists, artists, science fiction writers, science popularization experts, and investors to conduct three interdisciplinary roundtable dialogues focusing on the future of energy, technology, art, and civilization, thus staging a wonderful collision between "energy and art".
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01 Forum Introduction
The forum, themed "Focusing on Controlled Nuclear Fusion: Exploring the Interdisciplinary Integration of Energy Technology, Science Popularization Communication, and Artistic Expression", aims to break down disciplinary barriers and build a public platform for in-depth dialogue between science and art. Focusing on "controlled nuclear fusion" as the ultimate energy direction, it will bring together scientists, artists, and science fiction writers to pool their wisdom. Centering on the core topic of "energy and civilization", three roundtable dialogues will be held to explore how energy technology can lay the foundation for the future, how science popularization education can build a bridge for public understanding, and how technology and art can jointly shape new forms of civilization. This is an intellectual journey from reality to imagination, and we invite you to participate in co-creating the narrative of the future.
02 Three Roundtable Themes · Leading Interdisciplinary Contemplation
13:30-14:40, September 14
Forum 1: Energy, Electricity, Future and Science Fiction
Narrative Dominance
The transformation of energy technology is an underlying variable in the development of human society. It determines the boundaries of productivity and profoundly shapes the economic society, political systems, and even cultural values. From the era of slash-and-burn cultivation to nuclear fusion, every energy revolution has overturned the old order and given birth to entirely new forms of civilization.
Host
Kong Defeng
Ph.D., doctoral supervisor, Huangshan Scholar, Chief Scientist of the National Key Research and Development Program
Guests
Ling Chen
Council Member of China Science Writers Association, science popularization and science fiction writer
Chen Xi
Director, Screenwriter, Planner
Mao Wenzhe
Associate Professor, University of Science and Technology of China
Zhang Kai
Famous Investor
Wang Xuanzheng
Professor, Director of the Graduate Department, School of Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts
September 14, 14:40-15:50
Forum 2: The New Wave of Science Popularization Education in China –
Science, Public Education, Communication
In an era where knowledge acquisition is extremely convenient, the mission of science popularization education has evolved from mere "knowledge dissemination" to the "cultivation of scientific thinking and scientific spirit". It is no longer a one-way indoctrination, but a two-way, creative and interactive public education activity. How to break down the "dimension wall" between science and the public, and make profound scientific research achievements knowable, perceivable and participatory, is a new task facing science popularization workers.
Host
Zhang Wenchao
Artist, Director of the Art and Technology Program, School of Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts
Guests
Zhou Jianqiang
Director and Researcher of the Professional Committee for Science Popularization and Cultural Industries of the China Society for Science and Technology Journalism, and Director of the Institute of Science Popularization Industry at the University of Science and Technology of China
Wang Xiaoming
Deputy Director of China's Guidance Committee for Training of High-Level Specialized Talents in Science Popularization, Honorary Chairman of the Yangtze River Delta Science Popularization Venues Alliance, and Executive Vice Chairman of the Shanghai Foundation for the Development of Science Popularization Education.
He Dan
Member of the Science Popularization Education Committee of China Science Writers Association, and Guiding Expert of China Science Popularization Study Tour Alliance
Wu Dan
Researcher at the China Research Institute for Science Popularization
Zhang Jie
Director of the Brand Innovation, Development and Communication Center, China Agricultural Film and Television Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
September 14, 16:10-17:30
Forum 3: The Poetry of Energy: When Science and Art Resonate
The "Energy and Civilization" exhibition resonates at the intersection of technological rationality and poetic intuition. This dialogue seeks to construct a polyphonic narrative of scientific and technological humanities – when the microscopic universe of particle collisions meets the materiality of sculptural materials, when the topological structure of photovoltaic matrices resonates with the spatiotemporal reconstruction of video installations, and when the entropy-increasing process of energy storage components interweaves with the frequency modulation of installation art.
Host
Hu Quanchun
Deputy Director of the Department of Sculpture, Central Academy of Fine Arts
Guests
Liu Jian
Professor at Shandong University, Fusion Science
Qi Zhen
Head of the Tech Art Studio, School of Experimental Art and Tech Art
Song Donghuan
Screenwriter, Curator
Fan Hui
Grade-2 Screenwriter of China Film Group Corporation, Secretary-General of the Youth Film Professional Committee of China Xia Yan Film Society
Xing He
Professional Writer of Beijing Writers Association
Jing Siyang
Director of the Crisis and Ecological Design Program, School of Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts
Energy And Civilization--Science & Art·Fusion Future
Exhibition Time: September 14 - October 12, 2025
Exhibition Venue: 1st Floor Exhibition Hall, Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts
Opening Time: 10:00 a.m. on September 14, 2025
Opening Venue: Academic Lecture Hall, Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts
Editor-in-Chief / He Yisha
Editor / Du Yinzhu