Agenda focus
As the latest wave of technological innovation advances, artificial intelligence, and its associated infrastructure, is a key engine driving industrialization and accelerating the transformation of production models. The large-scale deployment of artificial intelligence in manufacturing is also emerging as a major focus of global industrial competition and investment.
This session will bring together stakeholders from industry, finance and policymaking communities to discuss AI-enabled manufacturing transformation, and the development of computing and data infrastructure. The session will also explore how to build collaborative frameworks that integrate capital, technology, and regulation to support the development of a responsible AI-enabled industrial ecosystem that protects users and investors.
Keynotes
- Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister, Ministry of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Türkiye
- Kai-Fu Lee, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sinovation Ventures; Founder, 01.AI
Panel 1: Building the foundations for AI-driven industrialization
Moderator
- Dan Cowen, Trade, Investment and Economy Lead at World Economic Forum's Beijing Representative Office
Speakers
- Anders Maltesen, President, Energy Industries Division, Asia, ABB
- Yang Meng, Executive Vice President, China Mobile International Limited
- Hu Zhendong, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Air White Whale
- William Shuai, Vice President, Microsoft China
- Elina Drakvik, Senior Lead & Project Lead, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
Panel 2: Financing the AI Economy
Moderator
- Dan Cowen, Trade, Investment and Economy Lead at World Economic Forum's Beijing Representative Office
Speakers
- Zhu Lei, Vice President, Gree
- Lieven Debruyne, Chief Executive Officer, Octopus Capital
- Alain le Loux, General Partner, Cottonwood Technology Fund
- Li Yuan, Director of institute of ICT, Centre for International Economic and Technological Cooperation, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, P.R.C.
- Kong Qi, Founder and Chairman, Zelos (Suzhou) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
- Simon Lacey, Founder, Market Access X
