The 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference will be held in Shanghai on July 6th

The 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference will be held in Shanghai on July 6th
The reporter learned from the Shanghai Municipal Government press conference held on June 29th that the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference will be held from July 6th to 8th at the Shanghai World Expo Center and World Expo Exhibition Hall, with branch venues set up on the west bank of Zhangjiang and Xuhui in Pudong, and simultaneous activities will be held in industrial clusters such as Minhang.
Shanghai has held the World Conference on Artificial Intelligence for the sixth consecutive year. The theme of this conference is "Zhilian World Generates the Future". It is co sponsored by the Shanghai Municipal Government, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Cyberspace Information Office, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Chinese Association for Science and Technology and other seven departments. It will give full play to the important role of the conference as a "science and technology Weather vane, an application Document camera, an industry accelerator, and a governance hall.", Gathering and integrating the intellectual wisdom, cutting-edge technologies, industry trends, and cultural ecology of the global artificial intelligence field, promoting the healthy and innovative development of artificial intelligence.
Wu Jincheng, director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economic Information Technology, said that focusing on technology, industry and humanities, this conference will focus on ten leading trends, including big models, smart chips, scientific intelligence, robots, brain like intelligence, Metaverse, automatic driving, data forum, rule of law and security, and blockchain, and will carry out in-depth discussions and exchanges with Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Zhejiang University, Tongji University, Shanghai University of Science and Technology and other well-known universities. At present, more than 1400 heavyweight guests including leading scholars, renowned entrepreneurs, and representatives of international organizations at home and abroad have confirmed their attendance at the conference.
Adhering to an attitude of inclusiveness, prudence, and encouragement of innovation, the conference will hold thematic forums on artificial intelligence governance, technology ethics, and trustworthy AI, focusing on releasing a batch of research results such as ethical operation of large models, risk assessment, legal governance of autonomous driving, and generative artificial intelligence proposals, to help create a safe, stable, and standardized development environment for technological innovation and industrial landing.
"Generating the Future" is an important theme of this conference. The conference focuses on the development of general artificial intelligence, closely grasps the industry boom caused by generative artificial intelligence, explores new industrial formats in the future, plans ahead to empower the development of the digital economy with artificial intelligence technology explosion points, and arranges ahead of time the entry points for new industrial tracks in the future. The forum will focus on ten cutting-edge topics, such as big models, generative artificial intelligence, scientific intelligence, embodied intelligence, and Metaverse, and bring together star teams and guests from all directions at home and abroad to share cutting-edge ideas about general artificial intelligence.
It is reported that the number of participating enterprises and exhibition area at this conference have reached the highest level in history. The main exhibition of the 50000 square meter World Expo covers four major sectors: core technology, intelligent terminals, application empowerment, and cutting-edge technology, including large models, chips, robots, intelligent driving, and other fields. There are over 400 exhibitors, over 50 excellent startups, and more than 30 new products have been released for the first exhibition.
As the most influential event in the field of artificial intelligence in Shanghai, the World Artificial Intelligence Conference has been successfully held for five consecutive sessions, attracting over 600000 offline visitors and 1.5 billion online attendees. It has promoted the signing and landing of over 200 major industrial projects with a total investment of 70 billion yuan; More than 300 products have made their debut and entered domestic and international markets; The release of three batches of 58 major application scenarios has effectively promoted the high-quality development of Shanghai's artificial intelligence industry.

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