The 2020 ZGC Forum to Kick Off on September 17. According to the Administrative Committee of ZGC Forum, this Forum has set up 1 opening meeting, 3 pioneer forums, 21 parallel forums and 2 professional forums, with rich topics and intensive highlights, covering global innovation cooperation, life and health, artificial intelligence, innovation ecology, youth entrepreneurship and other fields.

Opening ceremony

In addition to the 3 pioneer forums held before the Forum, 1 opening conference, 21 parallel forums and 2 professional forums will be held intensively. Every half day, 4-6 forums will be held at the same time. Guests will fill up the hall and masters gather. There will be more shining youth elements, and the power of global scientific and technological innovation will collide here.

The opening conference on September 17th, as the official appearance and an important part of the 2020 ZGC Forum, will be attended many international and domestic masters in various fields. These important guests are mainly divided into three categories:

First, world-renowned experts and scholars, including Gregory P. Winter, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2018 and former dean of Trinity College, Cambridge University, UK, Efim Zelmanov, winner of 1994 Fields Medal, professor at the University of California, San Diego, USA, Randy W.Schekman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2013, professor of the University of California, Berkeley, James Fraser Stoddart, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2016, professor of Northwestern University, USA, Gerard Mourou, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018, professor of the Advanced Institute of Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France, Wang Chen, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, expert in respiratory diseases and critical illness medicine, Xie Xiaoliang, endowed professor of Li Zhaoji Fund of Peking University, director of Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center of Peking University, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, and foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cheng Jing, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, endowed professor of Tsinghua University School of Medicine, director, chairman and CEO of CapitalBio Corporation, and Wu Yiling, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and founder of Yiling Pharmaceutical.

Second, heads of international organizations, including Jean-Eric Paquet, director of EU Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, and Gong Ke, chairman of World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO).

Third, well-known entrepreneurs, including Robin Li, founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi, Michael Mayberry, CTO and senior vice president of Intel, Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca, and Chen Kuan, founder and CEO of Beijing Infervision Technology Co., Ltd.

The guests at the opening ceremony will each bring wonderful keynote speeches, and carry out ideological collision and exchange discussion around "people's livelihood and well-being under the global pandemic".

Parallel forum

During the Forum, parallel forums with different themes will be held intensively to attract everyone's attention.

On the afternoon of September 17th, China-Europe Talent Forum, China-Russia Science and Technology Innovation Forum, China Nordic Sustainable Development & Innovation Forum, Science and Economic Integration Development Forum and "the Belt and Road Initiative" Science Park Forum will be held simultaneously. The two-day 3rd UNESCO Creative Cities Beijing Summit will hold its opening ceremony and main forum on the afternoon of September 17th.

On the morning of September 18th, the Industrial Internet Forum, AI Open Source and Productivity Promotion Forum, AI Open Source Innovation and Industrial Intelligence Forum and Global Medical Health Big Data Forum will be held simultaneously, while the Global Science and Life Health Forum and the Global Summit Forum of Scientific Research Institutions will be held simultaneously throughout the day.

The Global Science and Life Health Forum is one of the most eye-catching parallel forums of the 2020 ZGC Forum. With the hot topic of "Fight COVID-19 by Science", Academician Zhong Nanshan, Academician Chen Wei and other experts will attend the Forum. Together with scientists from all over the world, they will share their experience in anti-epidemic and scientific research, conduct academic exchanges on scientific research and research, and discuss topics such as vaccine research and development, drug screening and clinical treatment, etiology and transmission routes, and detection reagents.

On the afternoon of September 18th, 2020 China Technological Innovation Investment Summit, Future Parallel Forum on Intelligent Edge Computing, Intelligent+ Transportation Forum and China-Russia Youth Entrepreneurship Summit will be held simultaneously.

On the morning of September 19th, the Financial Science and Technology Forum, Global Science and Technology Youth Forum, Global Science and Technology Innovation Think Tank Forum, Intellectual Property Forum, AI and Urban Sustainable Development Forum will be held simultaneously.

By reviewing the agenda of 2020 ZGC Forum, the characteristics of high-end and internationalization are more obvious. Based on the whole chain innovation of scienc e, technology, product and market, innovation and development will be led from a wider field and a larger scope.