The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is an internationally renowned applied research institution with 6,000 top R&D personnel. Its mission is to drive industrial development, create economic value, and enhance social welfare through technological research and development. Since its establishment in 1973, it has pioneered the research and development of integrated circuits and fostered emerging technology industries. It has accumulated nearly 30,000 patents and has created and nurtured numerous listed companies, including TSMC, UMC, Taiwan Photomask, Epistar, Allied Automation, and TSMC Biomaterials, driving waves of industrial development.

Faced with the trend of population concentration in cities and an aging population, as technology changes production and consumption patterns, global warming brings about dramatic environmental changes, and the urgency of environmental and energy changes is imminent. The drastically changed international situation in the post-COVID-19 era puts globalization to the test, and geopolitics and national protectionism are rising again. The future of mankind is full of opportunities and challenges.