Recently, Haseen Ullah (哈辛), a last year doctoral student at the College of Forestry at our university, was invited to the 31st International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST 2024) held in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, where he delivered an abstract poster presentation on "Predicting Climate Change Impacts on Chines Pine Biomass in Northern China Using the 3-PG Model". Haseen emphasized the vital role of such symposia as platforms for academics and researchers to exchange innovative ideas and insights related to sustainability in technological systems. Additionally, he quoted Eleanor Roosevelt, stating, "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

This year's symposium featured approximately 120 presentations and posters from leading researchers worldwide. Haseen achieved the second position for his excellent presentation, demonstrating significant contributions to the field. The accepted abstracts for poster presentations are available on ISSST 2024 - ISSST 2024 - ConfTool Pro - BrowseSessions and https://www.conftool.org/issst2024/sessions.php.

Haseen shared his thoughts on the conference:

"It was an honor to participate in the 31st International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology in Baltimore, Maryland (ISSST 2024). This premier conference addresses the sustainability of science and technology systems. The program covers a range of issues for assessing and managing products and services across their life cycle, as well as the design, management, and policy implications of sustainable engineered systems and technologies."

The symposium took place from June 17th to 20th. During the event, key areas such as agroecology, industrial ecology, bioeconomy, human dimensions of sustainability, energy and infrastructure systems resilience, and sustainability education and modeling were covered. He said:"It was an incredible opportunity for me to learn and engage with experts dedicated to advancing these vital fields. Presenting my research on forest modeling and its role in sustainable forest development highlighted the importance of the Physiological Processes Predicting Growth Model (3PG), innovation, and development under climate change."

Haseen acknowledged his supervisor, Professor Dr. Jie Duan, for supporting and administering the project, and his research team SSRG of Forestry College. He extended special thanks to Dr. David I. Forrester, Research Scientist at CSIRO Land & Water, Canberra, Australia, for his assistance with running the 3-PG model. He also expressed gratitude to the International School and College of Forestry at Beijing Forestry University for their support. Additionally, Haseen thanked the ISSST organizers and specially to Dr. Jennifer Russell, Assistant Professor at the College of Natural Resources & Environment, Virginia Tech, United State, for their continuous support, which enabled him to present his research work in poster form at the ISSST 2024 Symposium in Baltimore, USA. He looks forward to supporting two SSRG team students under the NSF grant program in the upcoming editions of ISSST in 2025 and 2026.

Written by Haseen Ullah
Edited by Song He
Reviewed by Liu Xiaofei and Yu Yangyang