Domestic and foreign big names and big model teams will gather at the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference. Take a sneak peek at the highlights.

The 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference will be held in Shanghai from July 6-8. Photo provided by the organizer

The 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) will be held in Shanghai from July 6 to 8. With the theme of "Intelligent Connected World Generates the Future", it will focus on the development of general artificial intelligence and create a good innovation ecosystem.

The conference will continue to play an important role as a "technology vane, application showcase, industry accelerator, and governance conference hall", bringing together the world's top scientists, entrepreneurs, government officials, experts and scholars, international organizations, investors, start-up teams, etc. Build a world-class cooperation and exchange platform to jointly promote new development opportunities.

The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) reporters learned from the organizers of the conference on June 6 that the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference will use the World Expo Center as the main venue, and will set up branch venues in Zhangjiang and Xuhui. At the same time, it will also cooperate with Minhang, Putuo, etc. Ground linkage. This conference presents eight highlights.

1. Domestic and foreign celebrities gather together to brainstorm around ten major topics

This year’s conference returned to offline, and the total number of guests reached a new high. It is expected that more than 1,400 domestic and foreign celebrities will attend, including Turing Award winners, Nobel Prize winners, representatives of international organizations, foreign academicians, domestic and overseas entrepreneurs/CEOs, etc.

The meeting will focus on ten major topics including large models, AI for Science, general intelligence, computing power, the metaverse, and talents, and will stage exciting brainstorming and share a feast of ideas.

2. Gathering of large-scale models at home and abroad and exchanges with star teams

This conference brings together domestic and foreign large-scale model star teams, as well as a large number of well-known experts and guests in the field of large-scale models. The core development team will launch large-scale products that are well-known in the country and explore the path of large-scale models. At the same time, large model teams of leading international companies will be unveiled. This sentence can be rewritten as: Various model categories, such as large language models, large visual models, and multi-modal large models, will be covered to fully demonstrate the diverse empowerment of large models in different industry fields.

3. Participation in top conferences of international institutions and international academic circles

This year WAIC has attracted dozens of international institutions, top international academic conferences and foreign-funded enterprises to participate in the conference, including the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, UNESCO, IJCAI, IEEE Yuanshi Standards Association, the British National Committee on China Affairs, The Baden-Württemberg International Economic and Technological Cooperation Agency in Germany, the British Columbia Provincial Government in Canada, SWITCH Singapore Science and Technology Innovation Week, Microsoft, Google, Intel, Nvidia, OpenAI, etc., most of which are participating for the first time.

In addition, this year’s conference will also promote international pavilions from Germany, Singapore, Australia and other countries as well as international visiting groups from Portugal, Brazil and Switzerland to participate in the conference and exhibition. The “circle of friends” of the conference’s international cooperation will continue to expand.

4. The exhibition returned to offline, and two major theme exhibitions were set up for the first time

The exhibition scale this year is expected to reach 50,000 square meters, the total number of exhibitors is expected to reach a record high, and is expected to exceed 400, and the exhibition will resume offline. At present, more than 30 new products have been confirmed for the first time and for the first time, including large models, chips, robots, intelligent driving and other fields.

This year, two major theme exhibitions will be set up for the first time. The "China Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Achievements Exhibition" and the "Towards General Artificial Intelligence" conference theme exhibition areas respectively focus on AI innovation achievements and future industrial cluster layout. In addition, it will also link up with Zhangjiang, Xuhui and Minhang respectively create colorful interactive scene and application display activities focusing on the metaverse, AI ART, robotics and other fields.

5. Cooperate with top universities at home and abroad to demonstrate the results of innovative applications

Through the advantages of platform resources, the conference successfully realized the organic integration of government, market and society, and continuously promoted the industrialization of cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements. By uniting top domestic and foreign universities such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tongji University, East China Normal University, Zhejiang University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, and University of Cambridge, we have gathered artificial intelligence in Shanghai Authoritative scientific research institutions such as Intelligent Laboratory, Shanghai Qizhi Research Institute, and Pengcheng Laboratory gather together well-known investment institutions such as CICC, Shanghai Industrial Investment Fund, Linux Foundation, Qiming Venture Partners, and invite relevant representatives from all walks of life to conduct cross-border integration. In-depth exchanges and demonstration of breakthrough results of innovative applications.

6. Focus on talent echelon and plan brand events

This year’s conference focuses on multi-level talent echelons such as strategic talents, leading talents, and young talents, and plans talent activities such as the Artificial Intelligence Youth Pioneer Forum, open source bazaar, book club, and talent recruitment fair. At the same time, with the "SAIL Award" as the guide, we will further gather outstanding young scholars at home and abroad as well as leading talents and teams through brand events such as AIWIN World Artificial Intelligence Innovation Competition, BPAA Algorithm Practice Model Competition, Hackathon, Youth League Committee Youth Artificial Intelligence Innovation Competition and other brand events. , to create a high-quality talent ecosystem.

7. Use AI technology to hold AI conferences

This WAIC continues to deepen AI technology and expand intelligent application scenarios, linking the three venues in Zhangjiang, Xuhui, and Minhang, and fully integrating a series of cutting-edge technologies such as AR, VR, MR, 5G, AIGC, and digital humans to create a A digital news officer, an immersive experience, a time travel journey, as well as digital applications such as digital avatars of thousands of people, WAIC Yuanjing Planet 2.0, smart venues, cloud exhibition platform 4.0, etc.; open offline landmark check-in points, For tourists and citizens to experience and share.

Eight, 20 closed-door matchmaking sessions to delve into tens of billions of procurement needs

This year’s conference deeply integrates enterprises, media, and IP resources, and collaborates with Australia, the United Kingdom, and South Korea to form more than 100 VIP visiting groups, and creates 20 closed-door industry matchmaking sessions and 30 scenario release activities. Tens of billions of purchases will be released on site. demand, providing exhibitors with a business cooperation platform for precise docking.

The conference further activates the resources of the conference and promotes the industry's "co-creation, co-construction, and co-operation" by creating supporting activities such as "Magic Box Live Room", "CEO Financial Afternoon Tea", "Treasure of the Town" and "3*24 Live Room" Integration, co-governance, sharing and win-win”.

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