Organized by Taipei Economic and Culture Office in Malaysia and curated by INXO Arts and Culture Foundation, the 56th edition of Tea Philo invited Catherine Lee (李曉雯), the director of Taipei Artist Village (TAV) and Treasure Hill Artist Village (THAV), to speak on the theme "Artist in Residency While COVID-19 Spreading" and exchange thoughts with Wendy Teo (張文婷), the founder of Think & Tink (思造坊).
On the morning of August 17, the National Development Council (NDC), Ministry of Education (MOE), and the Australian Office signed the “Australia-Taiwan English Language Learning Partnership Action Plan 2022” to strengthen cooperation between Taiwan and Australia in English language learning.
The Ocean Affairs Council (OAC) and the American Institute in Taiwan Kaohsiung Branch Office (AIT/K) co-hosted the virtual 2022 Taiwan International Ocean Youth Leadership Camp on August 17. This event is part of the ongoing efforts to engage Ocean Youth Advisory Committee members with international affairs on ocean issues.
Taiwan’s government donated US$200,000 to the Philippine province of Abra on Wednesday to help with reconstruction efforts following a powerful earthquake in late July.
On August 2, 2022, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) announced its cooperation with Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) to establish a mercury wet deposition monitoring station at Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory using a Taiwan-made instrument.
In 2022, HYPE Global Virtual Accelerator Taiwan (HYPE GVA Taiwan), executed by the sports Administration Ministry of Education and entrusted to the National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University, collaborated with APEC Sport Policy Network. On July 20, 2022, “2022 ASPN x HYPE GVA Taiwan Demo Day” was held in Taipei 101.
Co-hosted by the Training Institute, Ministry of Finance (MOFTI) and Customs Administration, the 2022 International Customs Workshop was held on July 25-26, 2022. Customs experts and officers shared their experiences about how they develop and apply technologies on border control in this virtual workshop.
The 45th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF45) will take place from Aug. 3 through 13. Three films by Taiwanese directors as well as two US-Taiwan co-productions have been selected. In addition, Taiwanese American film editor Jean Tsien (錢孝貞) was announced as the recipient of AAIFF45's Media Award.
With the support of the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) under the Minister of Economic Affairs, ITRI held the 2022 International Workshop on Trustworthy AI online on August 2. Over 500 experts gathered at the first-ever conference in Taiwan on this theme to discuss topics such as AI risk management and trustworthy AI systems.
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand has joined hands with the Chinese Cultural and Educational Innovation Association and Thailand’s Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University (SSRU) to launch the “Taiwan Eco-Island Paper Art Exchange Exhibition (台灣生態島－台灣紙藝交流展).”
