Collaboration is key to development, Nobel winner says

RTHK - Nov 3, 2026

An Australian astronomer and Nobel laureate has called on fellow researchers to share their results and foster collaboration, in line with the spirit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) to break down barriers. World leaders are expected to gather in Shenzhen later this month for the Apec Economic Leaders' Meeting. China, as host member nation, has outlined three core priorities: openness, innovation, and cooperation. Those are also values that Brian Schmidt has been advocating for years. An astrophysicist by profession, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe. Schmidt then became vice-chancellor of the Australian National University in 2016. During his eight-year tenure, he discovered the importance of having a suitable environment for students to turn their concepts into tangible results. He said Shenzhen is the place to be for researchers. "I'm from Canberra in Australia. There is almost certainly not going to be the pieces in Canberra for me to say, 'I've got this idea, let me take and make a prototype'," he told Shenzhen Media Group in an interview. "And Shenzhen, every one of those pieces is there – the drone manufacturer, I need a camera manufacturer, I need an AI integrator, and...

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