China: Emtech China

2019.01.10
Read1033

Events & Connections

 Time

January 19th-21st, 2019

Location

China World Summit Wing,Beijing, China

Description

e771ffc417a7d50_size256_w1860_h1079

EmTech China is hosted by MIT Technology Review, the world’s oldest technology publication. MIT Technology Review finds and explains the significance of the new technologies that are disrupting existing industries, creating entirely new markets, and changing society. The purpose of EmTech China is clear: the event draws a knowledge graph for those who care about the latest development of technologies.

EmTech conferences have been running for almost 19 years now as MIT Technology Review’s premier gathering. As the biggest EmTech conference, EmTech China covers a wide range of tech topics, from artificial intelligence to biotech, from space to blockchain.

Topic:

Discover the emerging technologies that willchange the world.

Agenda:

19 January 2019

9:00 AM     Opening Remarks
  •  Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, CEO and Publisher, MIT Technology Review
  • Irene Chen, CCO, MIT Technology Review China
  • Administrative Committee of Zhongguancun Science Park
9:20 AM     AI Era

Artificial intelligence (AI), one of the new driving forces impacting every industry today, is poised to deliver fundamental changes across sectors. What will the impact be, what are the challenges, which industries will prosper, and which will get left behind?

  • Anand Sanwal, Co-Founder and CEO, CB Insights
  • William Xu, Director of the Board and Chief Strategy Marketing Officer, Huawei Technologies
  • Dan Roth, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
  • Colin Parris, Vice President of Software Research, GE Global Research
  • Tao Jiang, Senior Vice President, iFlytek
  • Kimberly Powell, Vice President of Healthcare, NVIDIA
  • Derek Haoyang Li, Founder and Chief Educational Technology Scientist, Squirrel AI Learning
  • Will Knight, Senior Editor, MIT Technology Review

14:00PM     Computing Power: Bridge to the Future

The shrinking of transistors has powered 50 years of advances in computing—but now other ways must be found to make computers more capable. Traditional hardware and software manufacturers now blur the boundaries between their respective roles, as technologies like AI renders chip design more feasible, and quantum computing advances challenge the status quo.

  •  Viral Shah, Co-Creator, Julia; Co-Founder and CEO, Julia Computing•
  • Tim Berners-Lee, Professor, MIT; Professor, University of Oxford; Co-Founder and CTO, Inrupt
  • Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, CEO and Publisher, MIT Technology Review
15:45PM    Blockchain and Fintech

 

Fintechs are succeeding as stand-alone businesses, reshaping customer expectations, and setting higher bars for the user experience. Incumbents are adapting and are retaining many of their customers. How will Fintech innovation change the global economy?

  • Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director, Hyperledger Project
  •  Dawn Song, Professor, UC Berkeley; Founder and CEO, Oasis Labs
  • Murck, Special Counsel, Cooley; Fellow, Harvard University
  • José Fernandez Da Ponte, Executive Vice President, BBVA
  • Joshua Xiang, SVP & CTO, CreditEase• Gideon Lichfield, Editor-in-Chief, MIT Technology Review
20 January 2019
9:00AM    The Future of Work

The emerging technologies, like cloud computing, AI, advanced manufacturing, and Internet of things (IoT), are changing jobs and business models in industries ranging from manufacturing to medicine to retail. Will these changes empower the human workforce and open new areas of economic growth, and what are the unintended consequences?

  • Radia Perlman, Fellow, Dell EMC
  • Katia Sycara, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Tomotaka Takahashi, Chief Product Officer, UBTECH Robotics; Research Associate Professor, University of Tokyo
  • Jonah Myerberg, Co-Founder and CTO, Desktop Metal
  • Zhonglin Wang, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology; Founding Director and Chief Scientist, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Lei Mi, Founding Partner and Co-CEO, Casstar
  • Will Knight, Senior Editor, MIT Technology Review
14:00PM    Rewriting Life

 

The sheer volume of medical data available today, and the tools for analyzing this information, are revolutionizing the field of biomedicine.

  •  Jing Fan, Founder & CEO, Hopstem Bioengineering
  • Richard Compton, Vice President, Oxford Nanopore
  • Aaron Kimball, CTO, Zymergen
  • Sophie Sun, Vice President & Head, Merck China Innovation Hub; Head, Merck Strategy and Transformation China
  • Ruilin Zhao, Partner, CD Capital
15:45PM    The World of Data

 

Emerging technologies fostering industrial automation, digitization, and predictive analytics are transforming businesses, increasing efficiencies, optimizing performance, and enabling new business models. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning applications are poised to profoundly impact the economy and the competitive landscape. How are industry leaders responding, and what are the present and future impacts of these advances, cross-industry?

  • Beena Ammanath, Global Vice President, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • Anthony Goldbloom, Co-Founder and CEO, Kaggle (now a Google company)
  • Beatriz Sanz Sáiz, Global Analytics Partner, Leader for Advisory Services, EY
  • Baogang Yao, CTO, SF Express; CEO, SF Technology
  • Yipin Ng, Founding Partner, YUNQI PARTNERS
  • Gideon Lichfield, Editor-in-Chief, MIT Technology Review

21 January 2019

9:00AM    Space

The pursuit of autonomous flight and transportation technologies is reshaping the aerospace industry. Startups around the world are joining aerospace giants like SpaceX and Blue Origin in developing commercial rocket launches and data sharing. Is the new space frontier today’s Gold Rush?

  •  Chris Lewicki, Co-Founder, ConsenSys Space
  • Mike Lewis, CTO, NanoRacks
  • Yuya Nakamura, President and CEO, Axelspace
  • Tao Xie, Founder and CEO, Beijing Commsat Technology Development
  • Wayne Shiong, Partner, China Growth Capital
13:30PM   35 Innovators Under 35 China 2018 Awarding Ceremony

Speaker:

screencapture-emtech2019-mittrchina-1556601668783

Contact:

  • Ticket Inquiries:

    emtech@mittrchina.com

  • Partner with us:

    mkt@mittrchina.com

  • Media:

    lihang@mittrchina.com

Website:

http://emtech2019.mittrchina.com/

Tips
Paypal Wechat Wallet

Thanks for your encourages.

Close
Close