First China "AI + New Materials" Conference Held in Nansha, Charting Future Industry Trends
The high integration of the information revolution and the material revolution is the top-level innovation source of the contemporary industrial revolution, and "AI + New Materials" determines the major new direction of the world’s future industries. From April 9 to 12, the first China "AI + New Materials" Conference was held in Nansha, Guangzhou, according to China Economic Net. More than 50 academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, over 10 overseas academicians, as well as more than 4,000 high-end scholars, entrepreneurs and investors in the field of "AI + New Materials" attended the conference.
It is reported that the conference set up 14 academician reports in 3 units and 19 sub-forums focusing on national major strategic urgent fields. These sub-forums cover key strategic areas such as AI + material gene engineering, material data, models and intelligent systems, intelligent material design, intelligent material processing, material bio-manufacturing, as well as AI-enabled frontier materials, energy materials, intelligent materials and composite materials, according to China Daily Online. By gathering national strength and building top-level high-end intellectual resources, the conference aims to discuss technology integration paths, promote a coordinated and developing innovation ecosystem, and strive to advance the leapfrog development of China’s new materials industry.
The opening ceremony was hosted by Academician Li Yuanyuan, Chairman of the Chinese Materials Research Society (CMRS). He stated that this conference is the most academically advanced, widely covered and industrially cutting-edge innovation and development conference in China’s "AI + New Materials" field.
Academician Wei Bingbo, Chairman of the CMRS, said in his speech that the current scientific and technological development presents a multi-dimensional and in-depth reform trend. Artificial intelligence has become a general enabling technology, the data-driven innovation paradigm has emerged suddenly, the rapid verification and iteration of "technology + scenarios" have been accelerated, and the inclusiveness of digital technology has been greatly enhanced. "At this critical moment of historic change, ‘AI + New Materials’ closely grasps the integration of the information revolution and the material revolution, presenting a major historical opportunity for the leapfrog development of new materials," he added.
Bai Jiangang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangdong University of Technology, and Liu Wei, Member of the Standing Committee of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Nansha District Party Committee, delivered speeches respectively, stating that the holding of the conference will lead Nansha District into a new "super track" of "AI + New Materials + Nansha National Strategic Platform".
At the opening ceremony, several important events were held, including the launch ceremony of the CMRS Greater Bay Area New Materials Development Center • Guangzhou Nansha Future Industry Technology Innovation Research Institute, the signing ceremony between the institute and BYD Lithium Battery Co., Ltd., the signing ceremony between the institute and 15 cooperative enterprises, and the strategic signing ceremony between Meizhou Municipal People’s Government and Guangdong University of Technology, according to Xinhua News Agency.
New materials are a strategic and fundamental industry, and the development of new materials is crucial to China’s ability to seize the world’s commanding heights in future industries. The CMRS stated that it will continue to build a regular exchange conference in this field, gather national strength in a planned way, and promote major breakthroughs in China’s "AI + New Materials" field, striving to build the conference into a national brand event that provides solid support for building a strong material country.
