{"id":13704,"date":"2017-07-06T14:03:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T14:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/?p=13704"},"modified":"2018-10-06T13:23:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T13:23:01","slug":"world-intelligence-congress-wic2017-supported-by-wfeo-ceit-was-successfully-held-in-tianjin-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/world-intelligence-congress-wic2017-supported-by-wfeo-ceit-was-successfully-held-in-tianjin-china\/","title":{"rendered":"World Intelligence Congress (WIC2017), supported by WFEO-CEIT, was successfully held in Tianjin, China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wic_banner1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wic_banner1.png\" alt=\"World Intelligence Congress - WIC 2017 supported by WFEO-CEIT\" title=\"World Intelligence Congress - WIC 2017 supported by WFEO-CEIT\" width=\"664\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16499\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Representatives of international organizations (WFEO, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">UNESCO<\/a>, etc.), renowned research institutions (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ox.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oxford University<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kit.edu\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\">Karlsruhe Institute of Technology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stanford University<\/a>, etc.), enterprises (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.fr\/intl\/en\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.baidu.com\/phoenix.zhtml?c=188488&#038;p=irol-irhome\" target=\"_blank\">Baidu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alibabagroup.com\/en\/global\/home\" target=\"_blank\">Alibaba<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/ibm\/us\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">IBM<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/about\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft<\/a>, etc.) and academies from China and the rest of the world attended WIC 2017 in Tianjin, China, on 29 and 30 June, to exchange ideas on development trend, share cooperation fruits, and make blueprints for future applications. World Intelligence Expo and World Intelligent Drive Challenge were held in parallel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:200%; border-left: solid 2px #616161; padding-left:20px;line-height:normal;\">\n<b>&#8220;Artificial Intelligence will have a significant effect on society, and will become a driving force behind a new industrial revolution&#8221;<\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:90%; text-align: right;\">\n<b>Gang Wan, Minister of Science and Technology of China<\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/president_elect\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Marlene Kanga<\/a>, President-Elect of WFEO, made an address at the opening ceremony. She made a brief introduction of WFEO, WFEO Committee on Engineering for Innovative Technologies (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/stc_engineering-for-innovative-technologies\/\" target=\"_blank\">WFEO-CEIT<\/a>), and intelligent technology&#8217;s contributions to engineering and made the keynote speech entitled &#8220;Smart Technologies for Smart Cities&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wic_mkanga.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wic_mkanga.png\" title=\"Marlene Kanga, President-Elect of WFEO\" alt=\"Marlene Kanga, President-Elect of WFEO\" width=\"664\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16510\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height:15px; margin-left:10px; font-size:90%;\">\nMarlene Kanga, President-Elect of WFEO\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/stc_engineering-for-innovative-technologies-president\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prof. Gong Ke<\/a>, Chair of WFEO Committee on Engineering for Innovative Technologies (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/stc_engineering-for-innovative-technologies\/\" target=\"_blank\">WFEO-CEIT<\/a>) had a roundtable talk with entrepreneurs from IBM, Google, Bosch and academicians from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, University of Wisconsin. Prof. Gong Ke shared his point of view on artificial intelligence&#8217;s influence to the sustainable development, especially education.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wic_kgong.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wic_kgong.png\" alt=\"(Center) Gong Ke, Chair of WFEO-CEIT\" title=\"(Center) Gong Ke, Chair of WFEO-CEIT\" width=\"664\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16509\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height:15px; margin-left:10px; font-size:90%;\">\n(Center) Gong Ke, Chair of WFEO-CEIT\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Wan Gang, Minister of Science and Technology of China, said that the new generation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) will have a &#8220;significant effect&#8221; on society, and will become a driving force behind a new industrial revolution.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wic_gwan.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wic_gwan.png\" alt=\"Gang Wan, Minister of Science and Technology of China\" title=\"Gang Wan, Minister of Science and Technology of China\" width=\"664\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16508\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height:15px; margin-left:10px; font-size:90%;\">\nGang Wan, Minister of Science and Technology of China\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Jack Ma, founder and chairman of Alibaba, expressed his idea about the possible impact that AI have on society, such as workers being laid off to make way for smart robots.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wic_jma.png\" title=\"Jack Ma, founder and chairman of Alibaba\" alt=\"Jack Ma, founder and chairman of Alibaba\" width=\"664\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16507\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height:15px; margin-left:10px; font-size:90%;\">\nJack Ma, founder and chairman of Alibaba\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Robin Li, CEO of China&#8217;s online search Baidu, said during his speech that artificial intelligence could be the biggest driving force in human history in the next 30 to 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wic_rli.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wic_rli.png\" title=\"Robin Li, CEO of Baidu\" alt=\"Robin Li, CEO of Baidu\" width=\"664\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16506\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height:15px; margin-left:10px; font-size:90%;\">\nRobin Li, CEO of Baidu\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><b>For more information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/themes\/wfeo\/images\/web-page.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\">&nbsp;&nbsp;WIC 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/events\/world-intelligence-congress-wic2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">webpage<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/themes\/wfeo\/images\/web-page.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\">&nbsp;&nbsp;WIC 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wicongress.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nRepresentatives of international organizations (WFEO, UNESCO, etc.), renowned research institutions (Oxford University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Stanford University, etc.), enterprises (Google, Baidu, Alibaba, IBM, Microsoft, etc.) and academies from China and the rest of the world attended WIC 2017 in Tianjin, China, on 29 and 30 June, to exchange ideas on development trend, share cooperation fruits, and make blueprints for future applications. 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