Think differently! Canton Tower Science & Technology Conference 2023 held in Guangzhou

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GUANGZHOU, China, May 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The 2023 Canton Tower Science & Technology Conference and Artificial Intelligence Global Conference (AIGC) officially kicked off in Guangzhou on May 25th. This conference fully followed the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the guiding principles of important speeches and instructions given by General Secretary Xi Jinping during his inspection visit to Guangdong. The theme of the conference is “Think Different!” Over 110 well-known scholars, entrepreneurs and investors from all over the world gathered in Guangzhou to discuss scientific and technological development and seek a high-quality development path. Jiang Zhitao, Deputy Mayor of Guangzhou, attended the opening ceremony and gave a speech. Zhu Dongfang, president of Asia Digital Group, gave a speech at the conference. Neal Stephenson, science fiction writer and author of the science fiction masterpiece Snow Crash, gave a video talk.

Set a pattern, explore the unknown, and seek out high-quality development

This year’s Canton Tower Science & Technology Conference will be held from May 25 to 26. Led by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government and the Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government, the conference was co-hosted by the Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau and Asia Digital Group. It includes the opening ceremony of the main forum, 10 parallel forums, closed-door think-group meetings, Canton Tower the Best awards ceremony, venture capital and exhibitions.

In recent years, Guangzhou has released the momentum and vitality of scientific and technological innovation. It has drawn up a systematic plan to strengthen the national strategic scientific and technological strength, and has built the “2 + 2 + N” scientific and technological innovation platform system. The “human proteome navigation plan”, one of China’s three major international scientific research plans, has been approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology for implementation. The number of high-tech enterprises and small and medium-sized technology enterprises in the city exceeded 12,300 and 16,700, respectively. Guangzhou is making steady progress in the development of high-quality, supported by strategic scientific and technological power and leading platforms. Guangzhou is at the forefront of the world in terms of global strength in scientific and technological innovation. It ranks tenth in the world in the “Nature Index Science Cities”. The “Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong” science and technology cluster ranked second in the global innovation index for three consecutive years.

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Zhu Dongfang said that the development trend led by scientific and technological innovation has become a global consensus, and countries around the world want to leverage scientific and technological innovation to cultivate new areas of economic growth. Guangzhou has always been at the forefront of the country in terms of planning and development in science and technology. It is also one of the best in the world in this regard. It is hoped that the Canton Tower Science & Technology Conference will promote scientific and technological progress in Guangzhou and China and align it with global scientific and technological developments.

Share wisdom, discuss burning issues, and seek the future of science and technology

IDC data shows global spending on AI to reach $154 billion in 2023, a year-over-year increase of 26.9%, and industry spending on AI to exceed $300 billion by 2026 , with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27% from 2022 to 2026. A new wave of development in the field of artificial intelligence is sweeping the globe.

In Guangzhou, the AI ​​industry represented by companies such as PCITECH, Rootcloud, Cloudwalk and Pony.ai has developed rapidly. In 2020 and 2021, Guangzhou was successively approved as the National New Generation AI Innovative Development Pilot Zone and AI Innovative Application Pilot Zone. Guangzhou released the Guangzhou Three-Year Action Plan for High-Quality Development of Artificial Intelligence Industrial Chain (2021-2023). In the four competitive areas of smart manufacturing, smart driving, smart medical care and smart city, it has been working to consolidate, strengthen, upgrade and stabilize the industrial chain, with remarkable achievements in industrial innovation. It ranks at the forefront of the country in terms of overall strength. According to the China Urban Artificial Intelligence Development Index Report (2020-2021), Guangzhou ranks fourth in the country in terms of overall AI strength.

Participating experts gave keynote speeches on technological innovation and high-quality development, manufacturing development in the intelligent era, the value and significance of artificial intelligence, the development and industrialization of large models, pilot, international enterprise development, science and technology-enabled higher education, and so on. In the summit dialogue on “Bravely embracing the unknown in the age of uncertainty,” the participants communicated and discussed topics such as scientific and technological innovation, hard technology, artificial intelligence, and Bay Area development, and they have sought a definitive development in the age of uncertainty.

Justine Cassell, research director of Inria, France, and professor and former associate dean of the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, gave a keynote speech entitled “From the great linguistic model to ChatGPT: the linguistic revolution in the age of AI “. You said that the Large Language Model (LLM) is an artificial intelligence system that requires the integration of numerous data, models and algorithms. It allows people to predict what the next word in the dialogue will be, what the next sentence structure will be, and what will happen in the dialogue. For AI and LLM, one of the drivers is transparency, so people can understand how it works and overcome fear with knowledge. In view of this, young people should get an education in technology, economic attribute of AI and psychology. At the same time, government support is essential for development. In China, governments at all levels have provided encouragement and support policies for young entrepreneurs, so that young people become the most innovative innovators and are able to develop more innovative artificial intelligence.

Li Peigen, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, gave a speech entitled “Go Beyond”. He said that humans excel themselves as we enter this era and that everyone may need to continue to excel in the future. The metaverse will certainly be used in industrial production, because at least it helps us gain a stronger sense of space and immediacy. Virtually all businesses will undergo a new round of transformation in the integrated environment of the multiverse. Artificial intelligence technology, now used in industry, surpasses human thinking in some fields. The future relationship between man and machine could be HAD. HAD standard for human-aided design, where the computer is dominant, while the person is auxiliary. We humans have to ask ourselves what are our capabilities beyond AI. We must make AI our tool to improve our creativity and work efficiency, thereby truly achieving the harmony between man and machine.

Zheng Yongnian, president of the Guangzhou Institute of GBA, gave a speech entitled “How Technological Innovation Promotes China’s High-Quality Development”. He said that to escape the middle-income trap and achieve high-quality development, industries need to be upgraded through continuous technological progress. Sustainable technological progress requires three conditions: 1. There must be a large number of universities or institutions engaged in basic scientific research. 2. There must be a large number of enterprises or institutions capable of translating basic scientific research into applied technology. 3. There must be financial services that can support basic research and applied technology. Basic scientific research arises from the academic interests of scientists and engineers. The state should help them pursue their interests and hobbies. The government is responsible for basic scientific research and business is responsible for commercializing the technology, while venture capital supports the commercialization of the technology.

Also present at the opening ceremony were Lee Young, South Korean Minister for SMEs and Startups; Antonio Muoz Martinez, Mayor of Seville, Spain; Ni Mingxuan, President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou); Xiong Xiaoge, founding chairman of IDG Capital; Chen Xudong, President and General Manager, IBM Greater China; Zhu Jiaming, economist, chairman of technical and academic committee, Digital Alliance Institute for Digital Finance Research, Guangdong-Macao In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin; He Xiaodong, Vice President of JD Group, Dean of JD Explore Academy and IEEE/CAAI Fellow; Lou Tiancheng, co-founder and CTO of Pony.ai; Li Peilun, President and CEO of LUN Partners Group, and others.

The inauguration ceremony of the Global Technology Industry Alliance was held at the main forum. The project signing ceremony was also held at the same time, which involved a total of more than 10 companies. It once again demonstrates the value of the Canton Tower Science & Technology Conference platform.

It is reported that the parallel forums of this year’s Canton Tower Science & Technology Conference include AIGC Summit, China-Russia Cross-Border E-commerce Development Forum Guangzhou, The Dream of Carbon Neutrality in the Industrial Internet, Space-Air-Ground -Sea Comprehensive Digitalization Forum, China AI Talent Summit Forum, International Venture Capital Conference, Chinese Enterprise Digital Transformation Summit Forum, New E-Commerce, New Social Media and New Consumption Forum, Women’s Action for Science and Technology Innovation, etc. At the same time, the conference brings together enterprises in entrepreneurial and innovation projects, intelligent hardware, VR/AR, information technology, software services and new media services at home and abroad.

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