The 2nd World Intelligence Congress

The 2nd World Intelligence Congress (WIC 2018), hosted by Tianjin Municipal People’s Government, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Cyberspace Administration of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, China Association for Science and Technology, will be held on May 16 to 18, 2018 in Tianjin. WIC2018 is hereby established as a cooperation and exchange platform for global experts and officials, industry giants and entrepreneurs.

We are convinced that the upcoming AI era will reshape the world in a profound way and transform every aspect of the economy and society to meet individual needs, ranging from manufacturing, finance, transportation to healthcare, education, social networks and services. Meanwhile, AI will become a key driving force for the next generation of the Internet.

The 1st World Intelligence Congress (WIC 2017) brought together 3,500 participants from academic, business and industrial communities as well as government officials across the world. As a highlight of the WIC 2017, Jack Ma, CEO of Alibaba, Robin Li, CEO of Baidu and other famous experts, industry leaders shared diverse perspectives and insights on future intelligence era, 50 academic institutes from China, the US, Japan, Germany, Israel and other countries attended the World Intelligence Expo, which was visited by 65,000 people. 63 teams from brand enterprises, famous universities and research institutions, as well as 100 professions participated in the World Intelligence Driving Challenge.

WIC 2018 will focus on changes and opportunities brought by AI technologies and how they can be best utilized to shape a sustainable world. Cutting-edge technologies as well as investment and financing opportunities in the intelligent industries will also be presented.

We expect the WIC to be a platform for international cooperation in the AI era to fulfill the UN Sustainable Development Goals for the greater benefits of humanity.

Date	May 15, 2018	May 16, 2018	May 17, 2018	May 18, 2018	May 19, 2018
AM	Smart Contract & Block Chain Training	Opening Ceremony Plenary	Plenary Parallel Forums	Parallel Forums
PM	Smart Contract & Block Chain Training Forum	Plenary Parallel Forums	Parallel Forums	Parallel Forums
Full Day		World Intelligence Expo
Full Day	World Intelligence Drive Challenge

Vision: Intelligent Economy and Sustainable Development May 16th, Wednesday, 09:00-12:00
Agenda	Theme	Speakers
VIP Meetings & Opening Ceremony of the 2nd World Intelligence Congress
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Speeches at the Main Forum Moderator: Huai Jinpeng, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Science and Party Secretary of the China Association for Science and Technology	Opening Address	Li Hongzhong, Secretary of CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee
	Opening Address	LIN Nianxiu, Vice Chairman of National Development and Reform Commission
	Opening Address	Indrajit Banerjee, Director of the Knowledge Societies Division of UNESCO in the Communication and Information Sector
	Opening Address	WAN Gang, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
	New-Generation Intelligent Manufacturing	Zhou Ji, Academician and President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
	Intelligence Technology: A New Force of Productivity	George Fitzgerald Smoot III, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley
	New Business Trends in the Age of Intelligence	Richard Liu, Chairman and CEO, JD.COM
	A New Era Empowered by AI	LIU Qingfeng, Chairman, iFLYTEK Co.,Ltd.
	Security Safeguards for Intelligent Economy and Sustainable Development	Zhou Hongyi, Chairman, 360 Enterprise Security Group
	Future City for All	Hans-Paul Burkner, Chairman, Boston Consulting Group
	Presentation on Tianjin's Policy on the Intelligence Industry and Professionals	Sun Wenkui, Deputy Mayor of Tianjin Municipal People’s Government
	Unveiling Ceremony

“Frontier：Intelligent Technology and Industrial Innovation in China” May 16th, Wednesday, 14:00-17:40
Agenda	Theme	Speakers
Speeches at the Main Forum Moderator: Zhang Yuzhuo, Standing Member of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee, Party Secretary of the Tianjin Binhai New Area, and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering	Opening Address	Xu Nanping, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology
	Opening Address	Chen Zhaoxiong, Deputy Minister of Industry and Information Technology
	Haier's IoT Ecology based on the Unity of Employee and Customer Value	ZHANG Ruimin, Chairman and CEO, Haier Group
	Dialogue	Jack Ma, Chairman, Alibaba Group HUAI Jinpeng, Party Secretary and Executive Vice President, China Association for Science and Technology
	New Intelligence to be Released From Big Data	SUN Pishu, Chairman, Inspur
	Industrial Internet: A Platform for Intelligent Manufacturing	WU Hequan, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
	Intelligent Machines Transform Manufacturing Models	Qu Daokui, Deputy Director of the National Engineering Centers for Robots and President of Xinsun Robotic Automation Ltd. Co
	Intelligent Economy: the Direction of Economic Upgrading	LI Dongsheng, Chairman and CEO, TCL Group
	Machine Learning Drives the New Industrial Revolution	Kay Firth-Butterfield, Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at World Economic Forum
	AI Technology Generates Cloud-based Manufacturing Industrial Clusters	GAO Hongwei, Chairman of the China Aerospace Science & Industry Corp
	City Data Lake and Industrial Innovation	ZHANG Liming, President, China Hualu Group
	Intelligent Business and Digital Services	WANG Wenjing,Chairman, Yonyou Network Co., Ltd.
	Intelligent Technology Opens New Prospects for Industrial Innovation	CHEN Zongnian, Chairman, HIK Vision
	Intelligent Things and New Industrial Revolution	DAI Ying, Chairman, GE China R&D Group and CTO, GE Healthcare
	Blue Paper on Artificial Intelligence	Gong Ke, President-elect, World Federation of Engineering Organisations

“Strategy: Intelligent Society and a Better Life” May 17th, Thursday, 09:00-12:30
Agenda	Theme	Speakers
Speeches at the Main Forum Moderator: ZHAO Haishan, Vice Mayor of Tianjin	Intelligent Manufacturing + Digital Economy = Industrial Internet	Terry Kuo, Chairman, Foxconn Technology Group
	Secrets of Brain and the Magic of AI	Edvard Moser, Winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and Neuroscientist Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim
	Foundation of Digital Industries in an Intelligent World	ZHAO Weiguo, Chairman and CEO, Tsinghua Unigroup
	Where There's an Intelligent Mind, There's a Way	CHEN Liming, IBM Vice President and Chairman Greater China
	AI Drives Industrial Innovation in the New Era	MA Weiying, Vice President, Bytedance
	Microchips in the Age of Intelligence	David Wang, Senior Vice President, AMD
	Everything is Interconnected of the Intelligent World	Chen Chongjun, Vice President of HWAWEI Cloud BU
	Advanced Algorithm Drives Digital Economy	LI Jun, President, Dawning Information Industry Co. Ltd (Sugon)
	Dialogue: Intelligence Technologies Create a Better Life	Moderator: Gao Fei, President, Zhiding.cn Speakers： ZHU Xiaotong, President, Tesla China Lambert Bruno, Global CEO, ICONIQ CUI Baoqiu, Xiaomi XIE Yun, Chief Scientist, HNA Group WEN Zhen, Chief Scientist of Big Data and Algorithms Zhaopin.com

WIC Intelligence Expo

With the theme “Ushering the Age of Intelligence and Building a Better Life”, the expo features intelligent technologies and innovations. It provides a platform for intelligent technology demonstration and trade that combines new product launches, brand presentations, scenario-based experiences, investment meetings, and trade. With a floor space of 35,000 square meters, the expo has six thematic exhibition areas: research and innovation, intelligent manufacturing, big data, intelligent life and intelligent transport, two experience zones: future city and future life, and one product launch area at the entrance hall. Present at the expo are 122 companies, including 13 Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, GE, Huawei and CRRC, 12 Top 500 Chinese companies such as COMAC and CEC, as well as Alibaba City Brain, Baidu Autonomous Driving Platform and iFLYTEK Open Platform, 24 research institutes including the Chinese Academy of Science, China Manned Space Office, National Super Computing Center, as well as intelligent cities and areas of Tianjin, Anhui, Changchun, and Quebec of Canada. The expo will display cutting-edge technologies and products from across the world, including 5G, smart city solutions, autonomous driving, artificial intelligence, VR applications, smart home systems, IoT, and big data. All these exhibits will present intelligent technologies and industries in all areas and at all levels. The experience zone features sub-zones for city IoT, IoC, integrated command, intelligent education, intelligent healthcare, safe parks, and intelligent old-age care that are based on clouds, 5G and AI. Using VR and AR, they will present a real-life picture of the future city life.

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Intelligent Manufacturing
Smart City
Smart Life
Intelligent Transportation
Big Data

Intelligent Challenge

Intelligent Challenge will be broadcasted live across top Chinese and foreign media outlets in real-time. In addition, using cutting-edge technology including digital signal transmission that is in high definition with zero delays, the contests will be livestreamed via online platforms, delivering multidimensional and comprehensive viewer experiences to the audience from every possible angle and perspective, making the contests more immersive and enjoyable to watch. « Click to see the team »

World Intelligent Driving Challenge

The World Intelligent Driving Challenge (WIDC) is an internationally authoritative and influential competition and a premier platform for international exchanges in the industry. It presents standards for testing related technologies. Through all-dimensional testing in autonomous driving, intelligent assistance, information security and virtual scenarios, WIDC provides authoritative and impartial third-party services for intelligent driving technologies, standards and rules making as well as consumption and knowledge dissemination. The 2nd WIDC will be co-organized by the People’s Government of Dongli District, China Automotive Technology & Research Center, China Productivity Promotion Center and the Autonomous Driving Committee of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence. The competition will have four contests in autonomous driving, intelligent assistance, information security and virtual testing. The testing scenarios and rules are more complete and strict than last year. Apart from closed roads, there will be expressway, off-road, and open-road testing in the autonomous driving contest. Dozens of scenarios are included, for example safe driving, travel efficiency, and information services. The intelligent assistance contest includes six scenarios, namely pre-collision system, lane departure warning system, PA automatic parking system, lane keeping system, rear traffic warning system, and adaptive cruise control system. The information security contest is upgraded to attacks through wireless connections. It will become a national and even international innovation contest. The newly added virtual testing contest will connect the virtual testing system of AAI, a German company, to vehicles. By using the simulated road, weather and traffic conditions, it tests the perceptive, decision-making and executive functions. The results will provide reliable criterion for intelligent vehicle R&D and product improvement. The challenge attracts nearly 90 teams from companies, universities and research institutes of China, the US, Germany and Japan. There is a rules-making team of 70 top Chinese and international experts and a judging panel of 150. Over 100 industry leaders and academics will be invited as observers. The challenges will be broadcast by China Central Television and Tianjin TV and reported by over 100 Chinese and international media outlets. There are also opportunities for audiences to have hands-on experiences of intelligent driving. An intelligent driving demonstration will deliver an authentic experience of the intelligent driving technology.

World Intelligent Drones Contest

The 2nd WIC will take place in Tianjin in May. The eco-city management committee implements the instructions of the party committee and government of Tianjin and work under the guidance of the WIC Organizing Committee to host the World Intelligent Drones Contest in the Tianjin Eco-city. The eco-city builds a venue for the contest, the first venue for technology competition in the eco-city. The venue is located in Building No.5 of the Hongbin Start-up Park, with an area of 3,900 square meters on two floors. It is made up of modules and can be extended for different scenarios in future contests. The lanes are made of modules of diverse materials. With different lighting systems, the limited space has complicated scenarios, elevations, slopes and multi-angle curves. These designs add difficulty to the contest, and bring different experiences and perceptions for the operators and spectators, making the contest professional and true to real life situations. The contest is an invitational competition. Top drone operators from China, US, UK Australia, France, Austria, Singapore and Thailand will participate. Among the Chinese participants, there are Li Kunhuang and Chen Songwen, who represented China at the World Drone Prix in Dubai. Among the international contestants, there are Duncan, a DRL operator, Gary Kent from X-Blade, Walter Kirsch and Bastian Hackl from TBS.

“China Hualu Cup” Open Data Innovation and Application Contest

Under the theme “Intelligent City Governance”, the contest aims to tap into the value of data and relies on the city data lake of eHualu. The governance data of Tianjin is open to the public for the first time. The contest has two parts: algorithm and innovation. Top research teams and innovators in science and technology will participate in the contest and develop targeted big data solutions to address the pain points and challenges in city governance, so as to promote big data applications and artificial intelligence. The contest is made of the preliminary, semi-final and training camp. It opens on May 17, 2018. The final road show and award ceremony will take place in November in the Hualu Future Science Park in the Jinnan District in November. Hualu provides 1 million RMB as the award and 50 million RMB as an incubation fund for the industry. It will also provide technical and office support to the winners to help to commercialize and promote the results of the competition. The “China Hualu Cup” Open Data Innovation and Application Contest is an authoritative competition in China. People from home and abroad are welcome to visit the official website of WIC and follow the event.

2018 China (Tianjin) Industrial APP Innovation and Application Contest

The China Industrial APP Alliance and the Tianjin Industry and Information Technology Commission will co-organize the 2018 China (Tianjin) Industrial APP Innovation and Application Contest under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Tianjin Municipal People’s Government. This is an effort to implement the guideline laid out in the report of the 19th CPC national congress on the further integration of the internet, big data, artificial intelligence with the real economy, follow up on the Opinion on Promoting Internet + Advanced Manufacturing Developing Industrial Internet, speed up software development in industrial technologies, and facilitate industrial APP application. The contest provides a free, open and innovative platform to meet the real needs of manufacturing upgrading and transformation, bring into full play the role of businesses, and build an ecology of industrial APPs. It will integrate resources of all stakeholders, put into application good industrial APPs, train capable APP developers, and select and support innovative industrial APP companies. The contest will help translate innovators and their creations into market profits so as to stimulate market vitality, promote good experiences and practices, and foster an enabling environment for industrial APP development. The contest has attracted well-known companies such as Haier, Tsinghua Unigroup, and Yonyou.

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