Because of the impact of the epidemic, this past weekend, a unique speech by scientists who asked questions about "Dongtian" and explored the future was held online for audiences at home and abroad.
At the Tencent Science WE Conference on November 6, 6 well-known science awards at home and abroad discussed and explained the mysterious "Dongtian". In Chinese mythology, caverns can reach the heavens; and Einstein's wormhole theory confirms that the pitch-black universe does indeed have "unique holes." WE is an abbreviation for Way to Evolve, meaning "Evolutionary Road". As you can see from the name, the organizers hope that the exploration of the unknown will continue to evolve.
6 speaker scientists at the 2021 Tencent WE Conference
1 Asking the "Cave Heaven" to explore the fate of the caretaker
The theme of this speech is very interesting: "Cave Heaven", which contains the spirit of the ancients' pursuit of a higher realm, and also carries the spirit of today's exploration of the vast universe.
Dawei, tencent's chief exploration official website, said in his opening speech: "Human technological capabilities are becoming more and more powerful, not only limited to their own development, but also should explore the scientific gaze, looking at the broader stars and the sea." ”
Tencent's chief exploration official website is large
A keyword "heaven" stringed together the theme of the speeches of 6 scientists this year: ladder, the origin of the universe, the legend that predicts the cycle of life; the celestial body, the center of the milky way, hides the darkest secrets; the heavenly clothing, the electronic skin, the resolution and protection of the signal of life; the heavenly energy, high-performance battery, setting off the next energy revolution; the heavenly language, the brain-computer interface, let the paralyzed "write" with their minds; the tianlong, the soft machine fish, launched an exploration to the deepest part of the earth...
The scientists gave in-depth and engaging presentations on these 6 topics, each with a length ranging from 20 to 40 minutes. Six scientists are leaders in their fields, including two 2020 Nobel laureates in physics, Roger Penrose and Reinhard Genzel.
2020 Nobel Prize in Physics and mathematical physicist Roger Penrose
Astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics
In addition to introducing scientific breakthroughs and imagination, this year's WE Conference also achieved a breakthrough in live broadcast experience, becoming the first VR panoramic live broadcast of WeChat video number, and realizing the naked eye 360 ° panoramic visual effects.
This is just one of Tencent's practices dedicated to helping science popularization.
In November 2018, Ma Huateng, Chairman and CEO of Tencent, joined hands with Yang Zhenning, Rao Yi, Shi Yigong and many other scientists to launch the Science Exploration Award. Every year, a total of 50 young and middle-aged scientists under the age of 45 in 10 basic science and cutting-edge technology fields are rewarded, each of whom can receive a prize of 3 million yuan, which can be freely disposed of to encourage young and middle-aged scientists to do scientific research without distraction. The Science Discovery Prize covers fields such as astronomy and geoscience, mathematical physics, life sciences, and new chemical materials.
Mr. Yang Zhenning attended the award ceremony of the Science Exploration Award
At the 2021 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in July this year, Tencent announced that it will jointly release a star exploration plan with the National Astronomical Observatory to use the AI technology of Shanghai Youtu Lab to find pulsars and explore the universe. The data generated by China's Tianyan FAST in one week is equivalent to about 30 million signal maps, and if it is treated with the human eye, it will take about a year to process. However, if the AI pre-screening provided by Tencent can be completed in only 3 days, it will greatly save labor time costs.
From the above series of measures, we can see that Tencent, a leading Chinese Internet company, has a broad vision outside of business and a greater degree of responsibility: it may be an exploration of the unknown, it may be a question of the future, but in the final analysis, it is a concern and care for people.
2 Act quickly There are responsibilities beyond business
There is no doubt that Tencent has achieved remarkable results in business. In the first half of this year, the company's revenue reached 273.6 billion yuan, net profit of 69.6 billion yuan, and the monthly active users of the national application WeChat (merged Wechat) reached 1.251 billion, which can be said that everyone is a WeChat user. But the measure of a company's success is never just revenue and profit. In a sense, it should be more about what it has done for society in addition to revenue.
It can be said that in recent years, Tencent's performance in this regard is indeed not lacking in remarkable points. In January 2020, after the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in Wuhan, Tencent quickly announced a donation of 300 million yuan, and later raised this figure to 1.5 billion yuan of domestic epidemic fund and 100 million US dollars of overseas epidemic fund. In July this year, when severe floods occurred in Henan, Tencent announced a donation of 100 million yuan overnight, driving other Internet companies to donate. After the tenth meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Commission held on August 17 this year studied the issue of solidly promoting common prosperity, Tencent was the first to announce an investment of 50 billion yuan to help common prosperity, plus the 50 billion yuan in the early stage of April this year, Tencent took out 100 billion yuan to help common prosperity, mainly for driving low income income, helping to improve medical assistance, promoting rural economic efficiency, funding inclusive education sharing, as well as basic science, educational innovation, carbon neutrality and other aspects.
3 Diligently strive to disseminate and help basic science
Since 2013, the Tencent Science WE Conference has been held annually and has been held for 9 consecutive years, inviting nearly 80 of the world's top science awards to speak on stage, including 13 mathematical physicists, 15 life scientists and 10 astronomers and geoscientists, and even invited stephen Hawking, a famous British physicist. More than 25 million people watched the livestream of the conference in 2020 alone. On the basis of holding the Science WE Conference, Tencent has successively launched a series of projects such as the Science Exploration Award, the Medical ME Conference, the Youth Science Conference, and the X-Talk in recent years, awarding breakthroughs in basic science and making it a new fashion in society to enter science and fall in love with science.
2021 Tencent WE Conference Theme "Dongtian"
The above activities are all public welfare, there is no penny income, only a lot of financial and material investment, but Tencent is still tireless and tireless to do these things.
The "14th Five-Year Plan" proposes to "persistently strengthen basic research", and clearly requires: increase financial investment in basic research, optimize the expenditure structure... Encourage the society to invest through multiple channels such as donations and the establishment of funds, form a sustained and stable investment mechanism, and increase the proportion of basic research investment in research and development funds to more than 8%.
There is a cloud in the Book of Shang: "But the day is diligent, and no one dares to hesitate." "Tencent's dedication to disseminating and empowering basic science, such as the WE Conference and the Science Exploration Award, is a resounding response to the call of the times.
There is also an old saying: "Don't forget the original heart, you have to be consistent." "Because I have always adhered to a new heart, the way of the WE conference that began 9 years ago will continue to evolve forward, all the way to the far away, to the sea of stars."
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