This morning, the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference opened in Beijing. The annual meeting of the forum will be held for the first time in Zhongguancun International Innovation Center, the permanent site that has just entered operation, and will last for five days and close on April 29.
According to reports, with the theme of "Innovation: Building a Better World", this forum has set up five major sections: forum meetings, technology transactions, results release, cutting-edge competitions, and supporting activities, and nearly 120 activities will be held.
More than 100 countries and regions, more than 150 foreign government departments and international organizations will be invited to attend the conference.
Create a "global buying, global selling" trading event
This morning, the opening ceremony and plenary session of the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference was held. Starting in the afternoon, the Investment Beijing Conference, the opening ceremony of the Zhongguancun International Technology Exchange Conference and the Global Technology Trading Ecological Partner Conference, as well as 60 parallel forums hosted by national ministries and commissions, international organizations, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and other provinces and cities have been opened one after another.
It is understood that this year's technology trading conference will further highlight the global, cutting-edge and effective, and will hold 30 activities, including 6 key countries such as Britain, Italy and South Korea, 4 national scientific and technological achievements transformation "debut" meeting, 8 high-tech products "debut" meeting, bringing together more than 6,000 innovative projects in more than 40 countries and regions such as Britain, France, Germany and Japan, and launching a list of 100 new technologies and new products and a list of 100 international technology trading projects, and continuing to create a technology trading event of "global buying and global selling".
In accordance with the principle of "global invitation and competition", more than 3,100 entries from 75 countries and regions were collected, covering many cutting-edge subdivisions such as quantum information, photonic computing, and the metaverse. During the annual meeting of the forum, the finals will be held, and a mechanism of "continuous service and growth boost" will be established to provide all-round services such as investment and financing, space landing, and market docking for participating enterprises.
A number of major original achievements will be released to the world
It is worth mentioning that at the opening ceremony of the annual meeting, parallel forums and related sections, major achievements will continue to be released, and on the afternoon of April 29, a special release event will be held to release a number of major original achievements, blockbuster innovation policies and the latest research reports to the world, and continue to build a "wind vane" of global cutting-edge technology and future industries.
From April 27th to 29th, the 8th China Science Fiction Conference will be held in Shougang Park, Shijingshan District, focusing on technical exchanges, science fiction creation and industrial cultivation, organizing 18 wonderful activities such as forum meetings and science fiction film weeks.
In addition, this forum will also hold more than 20 supporting activities, such as the "City Affairs" Innovation Festival, the Hard Technology Carnival, and the Enterprise Theme Session, to disseminate the scientific spirit to the public, build a platform for scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, etc. to exchange and cooperate, and create a "meeting room" that links global wisdom.
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What are the highlights of the Zhongguancun Forum?
What are the highlights and highlights of the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference, and how to participate in the China Science Fiction Conference, Hard Science and Technology Carnival, and outdoor science popularization activities for the public?
Who can you meet?
Nobel laureates and industry experts will deliver speeches
In the five major sectors, nearly 120 activities, 6 important activities, 60 parallel forums, 30 technical transactions, more than 20 supporting activities, the frontier competition set up eight domestic and foreign competition areas.
The six important activities include the opening ceremony and plenary session, the Investment Beijing Conference, the opening ceremony of the 2024 Zhongguancun International Technology Exchange Conference and the Global Technology Trading Ecological Partner Conference, the award ceremony of the finals of the Zhongguancun International Frontier Technology Competition, the opening ceremony of the China Science Fiction Conference, and the special press conference of major achievements.
According to reports, high international participation is a major feature of this year's parallel forum, and hundreds of foreign guests from nearly 80 countries and regions are expected to share innovative ideas.
This year's forum will continue to invite many top academic and scientific leaders at home and abroad to participate in the event, and nearly 100 experts and scholars at or above the academician level, including Nobel Prize, Fields Medal and Turing Award winners, are scheduled to deliver keynote speeches. Among them, Nobel laureate Barry Marshall will deliver a keynote speech on "Innovation and Curiosity-Driven Research" at the "Global Health and Development Forum", Chengtong Yau, the first Chinese winner of the Fields Medal, will give a keynote speech on "Women and Scientific Development" at the "Global Women in Science and Technology Innovation Forum", and two Turing Award winners, Joseph Sfakis and Yao Chi-zhi, will share the latest progress and future trends in cutting-edge directions such as AI (artificial intelligence) models at the "Future Artificial Intelligence Pioneer Forum". At the Global Women in Science and Technology Innovation Forum, Tu Youyou, China's first Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine, will also send a message to female scientific and technological workers to inherit the scientific spirit.
In addition, during the more "high-end and leading" 2024 Zhongguancun International Technology Trade Conference, more than 200 domestic and foreign heavyweight guests, including Nobel laureates, will come to the scene to discuss the frontier and discuss development.
What topics to focus on?
There are many "firsts" in hundreds of events
Among the nearly 120 activities of this forum's annual meeting, the number of parallel forums and technology trading conferences accounted for the vast majority. As an integral part of the forum, a total of 60 forums will be held by national ministries and commissions, international organizations, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and other provinces and cities this year, focusing on scientific and technological frontiers and hot topics such as artificial intelligence, space science, life and health, carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and future industries. It is worth mentioning that there are many "firsts" in these parallel forums.
This year, parallel forums will be added, such as the "International Forum on the Decade of Science" hosted by UNESCO, the "Global Science and Technology Cluster Innovation Forum" hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the "EU-China Green Transformation and Industrial Cooperation Forum" organized by the International Association of Science and Technology Parks and Innovation Regions, the "Beijing-Macao Science and Technology Innovation Forum" organized by the Macau Federation of Science and Technology, the "Reimagining Healthcare: Innovative Artificial Intelligence Transformation in Medicine" organized by the New England Journal of Medicine, and the "Forum on the Development of World-class Scientific and Technological Journals" hosted by Elsevier. The Global Unicorn Conference and the Technology and Rule of Law Forum were also held for the first time.
Among them, on the afternoon of April 25, the "Science Decade International Forum" was held in the Wanchun Hall of the Conference Center of Zhongguancun National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone, which was the first offline conference held around this theme in the first year of the "Science Decade".
On the morning of April 26, at the Standardization and Scientific and Technological Innovation Development Forum, the development achievements of the 10th anniversary of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei standardization cooperation will be comprehensively summarized and reviewed for the first time, fully demonstrating the fundamental and leading role played by standardization in supporting the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei. On the afternoon of April 27, at the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Collaborative Innovation and High-quality Development Forum, the "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei High-tech Zone Innovation Platform Map" will be launched for the first time.
In addition, this year's annual meeting will also hold an artificial intelligence theme day for the first time, which will host 1 theme forum, 4 special forums and 7 special forums around cutting-edge topics such as large models, embodied intelligence, and trusted AI. The main forum is the Future Artificial Intelligence Pioneer Forum, which will be held on the morning of April 27. The four thematic forums focused on four themes: "General Artificial Intelligence", "Blockchain and Privacy-Preserving Computing", "6G" and "Medical AI". More than 40 blockbuster achievements will be released at the event, including the world's first general artificial intelligence system prototype, the general intelligent human little girl "Tongtong", and the global artificial intelligence evaluation system and list of KLCII, which will be presented to the public for the first time at the forum.
This year, the technology trading conference that further highlights the global, cutting-edge and effective technology trading conference will hold 30 activities, including a number of "firsts". Including 4 "debut" meetings for the transformation of national scientific and technological achievements, and 8 "debut" promotion and matchmaking meetings for high-end products around artificial intelligence and high-end chips, high-end medical devices, innovative drugs and other fields.
The conference not only set up the Zhongguancun International Technology Trading Open Day for the first time, but also held the conference for the promotion of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in colleges and universities for the first time, leading the development direction of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in colleges and universities. For the first time, the Zhongguancun 50-person forum for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements was launched, bringing together the most influential experts and scholars in the industry to contribute wisdom and strength to the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.
What can you witness?
Major scientific and technological achievements involve four major sectors
The release of results is one of the highlights of the annual forum, and major results will continue to be released at the opening ceremony of the annual meeting, parallel forums and related sections.
In addition to the release of major achievements at the opening ceremony, a special release event of major achievements will be held on the afternoon of April 29. The release of major scientific and technological achievements involves four major sectors: facing the world's scientific and technological frontiers, facing the main battlefield of the economy, facing the major needs of the country, and facing the life and health of the people. The special releases include the "Shenzhen Digital Earth International Science Plan", "2023 Technology Focus", "Zhongguancun Comprehensive Bonded Zone Customs Closure and Acceptance", and the promotion of cross-strait science and technology innovation centers.
On April 27, at the opening ceremony of the China Science Fiction Conference, four achievements were also released: the 2024 China Science Fiction Industry Report, the Consensus on the Development of the Science Fiction Industry, the New Science Fiction Film, and the Results of the Beijing Science Fiction Creation and Creativity Competition.
The Technology Trading Conference will release the "List of 100 International Technology Trading Innovation Projects" and "List of 100 New Technologies and New Products". The conference will also release a number of cutting-edge achievements of colleges and universities around the six future industrial fields, and sign a number of transformation and landing projects.
A number of parallel forums have also released results. Among them, the data security governance and development forum on the morning of April 26 will release the results of Beijing's data security governance, the white paper on data security governance of Beijing's high-level autonomous driving demonstration zone, and the construction of the Haidian District National Cyber Security Education Technology Industry Integration and Development Pilot Zone.
On the morning of April 27, at the Global Women in Science and Technology Innovation Forum, the "Spring Bud Project - Dream for the Future" will be released as a new cycle project for women in science and technology. Promote 100 women's scientific and technological innovation achievements, and promote the integration of women's scientific and technological innovation and industry.
On the morning of April 27, at the Future Artificial Intelligence Pioneer Forum, the Ministry of Science and Technology released Tele-FLM, the world's first low-carbon, high-performance, low-illusion open-source multilingual large model was released, the Beijing Innovation Achievement Matrix was released, the Beijing Artificial Intelligence Blockbuster Policy was released, and the Beijing Embodied Intelligence Policy was released.
On the morning of April 27, at the Forum on Scientific Research Infrastructure and Open Science and Sustainable Development, the latest research results of the Beijing Academy of Science and Technology - the open science platform of the Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center will be released for the first time.
On the afternoon of April 27, the Global Digital Sports Industry Forum released the news of the first e-sports Asian Cup. On the afternoon of April 28, at the Global Unicorn Enterprise Conference, the "2023 China Unicorn Enterprise List Analysis Report" will be released.
What activities can the public visit?
The hard tech carnival opens the AI carnival
Supporting activities held outside the forum venue are also highlights, and some are open to the public free of charge. The 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference will hold more than 20 supporting activities, such as the "City Affairs" Innovation Festival, the Hard Science and Technology Carnival, and the Enterprise Theme Session, to disseminate the spirit of science to the public, build a platform for exchange and cooperation among scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, etc., and create a "meeting room" that links global wisdom. At the same time, cultural exhibitions, urban light shows, outdoor science popularization and other scientific and technological cultural integration activities will be held simultaneously in Haidian and Chaoyang districts.
The theme light show of the annual meeting of Zhongguancun Forum is divided into three chapters: "Digital Haidian", "Wonder of Science and Technology" and "Future Bloom", which will be broadcast on the façade of Sinosteel Building and E World Building from April 24 to April 29, from 19:30 to 21:30 every day.
Outdoor science popularization activities were held in Haidian Park from April 26th to 27th, and the event site was open to the public, which could be reserved through the official account of Haidian Association for Science and Technology. In the interactive experience area of popular science, there are not only interactive experience equipment such as VR bicycles, VR skiing, VR shooting, VR motorcycles, etc., but also scientific and technological equipment such as humanoid robots, IQ robots, soft robots, bionic magic academies, and quantum dot spectral sensing technology, so that participants can feel the fun and creativity brought by digital technology.
This year's outdoor science popularization also set up an artificial intelligence experience area to concretely perceive the artificial intelligence around you, and set up two theme publicity areas for the spirit of scientists and science and technology to make cultural relics come alive, and set up corresponding experience activities. The artificial intelligence achievement exhibition area brings together the latest scientific and technological achievements in cutting-edge fields, covering advanced technology and equipment such as intelligent chips, emergency rescue unmanned aerial vehicle systems, fully biodegradable masterbatches, and acoustic imagers.
The popular science education area is equipped with product content such as a competition table for fighting robots, fossils from the dinosaur period, dome movies, and astronomy classes. At the same time, a special "Youth Science Camp" is set up to stimulate the spirit of scientific exploration in nature and plant the seeds of scientific and technological innovation.
What's even cooler is that the 2024 Zhongguancun Hard Technology Carnival will start an AI carnival. In order to allow the public to experience AI applications more intuitively and understand "artificial intelligence+", this event is open to young people and citizens who love technology for free.
The carnival will be held from April 26th to 28th from 16:30 to 20:30 every day, and at the same time, in order to better create the atmosphere of the annual meeting of Zhongguancun Forum, from April 25th to 29th from 18:30 to 21:00 every day, Zhongguancun No. 1 Park will also open a light show and naked-eye 3D performance.
The site will gather 100+ artificial intelligence innovative products, such as manned jetpacks, humanoid robots, drones, bionic robot fish, virtual digital humans, combat robots, etc., covering cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements in many AI application fields such as AIGC, autonomous driving, bionics, metaverse, brain-computer, etc.
At that time, the audience can interact with various intelligent robots, experience 3D printed food, play MR future vehicles, VR flight simulation, brainwave storming and other projects, and can get close to cutting-edge technology and immerse themselves in the "AI+" craze. Yimei Art Museum, the first art museum to be built in a science and technology park, will also open a night tour of the art museum.
Visit the camp site
A building full of technology
The 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference will be held for the first time at the Zhongguancun International Innovation Center, the permanent site that has just entered operation. Yesterday, a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily visited this building full of science and technology in advance.
The layout of the "Pin" character is divided into 16 main spaces
Ascending to the heights, the Zhongguancun International Innovation Center looks like a blade, and the Zhongguancun National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone Exhibition Center is only one street away from it. Looking to the northwest, Wanshou Mountain in the Summer Palace is clearly visible.
Walking inside, the entire building of Zhongguancun International Innovation Center adopts the functional layout of the word "product", which is divided into 16 main spaces such as conference hall, banquet hall, multi-function hall and conference room, which can accommodate more than 5,600 people at the same time. The opening ceremony and plenary session of the annual meeting of this forum were held in Changchun Hall this morning.
The building itself is an integration of technology
In addition to the interactive experience of science and technology, Zhongguancun International Innovation Center itself is also a product of a large collection of science and technology. The roof adopts transparent point-shaped curved BIPV photovoltaic power generation technology to realize the diversified use of energy; the whole preface hall is covered with linear light strips to control lighting, which is also the first case of the national conference center, using daylight sensing and variable color temperature system, which can realize the variable color temperature LED automatic lighting adjustment of the hall; the top is a giant ETFE membrane structure skylight to increase indoor lighting, reduce power consumption, and at the same time has a fuse function, if there is a danger, it can exhaust smoke by itself; the venue uses sponge technology, combined with the site landscape to set up permeable pavement of more than 5,500 square meters, accounting for 50.5In addition, a rainwater storage tank has been built to take into account the rainwater storage function and realize its own "rainwater reuse", and the digital conference room technology and simultaneous interpretation system can ensure the simultaneous operation of the multilingual conference system.
"Zhongguancun International Innovation Center is located in the Sanshan Wuyuan area. Fully considering the environmental characteristics of the area, the center adopts the super-long cantilevered inner shape, which gently connects the roof undulation with the green slope, so that the whole building can be integrated into the surrounding environment and become a land landscape. Yang Yan, assistant general manager of Beijing Zhongguancun Street Construction and Development Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Haidian State-owned Enterprise Haiguo Investment Group, said that the overall green area of the venue is more than 30,000 square meters, and the roof is paved with 16,000 square meters of lawn, which naturally transitions from the ground to the roof of the building and integrates with the surrounding environment.
How to get to the main venue is the most convenient
Due to the temporary control of some time periods and road sections according to the activity arrangement, it is recommended to arrive early and travel green. You can take bus No. 384, 394, 534, 563, 610, 664 and 671 to Haidian Park Station and walk 320 meters, or take Line 16 to Wanquanheqiao Station and walk 980 meters, or take Line 16 and Line 4/Daxing Line to Xiyuan Station and walk 1.1 kilometers.
This edition of the article / Beijing Youth Daily reporter Song Xia Zhang Xin co-ordinator / Yu Meiying