Global innovation forces focus on Zhongguancun Forum in September 2021, the first science and technology competition to select cutting-edge projects | Forum | Startups | Exhibition_ Sina News

Source: Beijing Daily

Original Title: Global Innovation Forces Focus on Zhongguancun Forum in September, this year’s first science and technology innovation competition to select cutting-edge projects

The 2021 Zhongguancun Forum Organizing Committee introduced on July 15 that the 2021 Zhongguancun Forum, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Association for Science and Technology, and the Beijing Municipal Government, will be held in Beijing from September 24 to September 28. Focusing on the theme of “Wisdom, Health, and Carbon Neutrality”, the Zhongguancun Forum in 2021 will add frontier competitions and other sections on the basis of the existing sections of the forum meetings, technology transactions, exhibitions, and results releases to further enrich and expand the content of the forum. International science and technology event.

　　The world’s top scientists staged a “brainstorm”

During the 2021 forum, the world‘s top scientists such as Nobel Prize, Turing Prize and Fields Medal winners, representatives of well-known scientific research and academic institutions, heads of international organizations, world-renowned entrepreneurs, investors and other smartest minds gathered The Zhongguancun Forum, focusing on the theme of “Wisdom, Health, and Carbon Neutrality”, will conduct in-depth discussions and exchanges on hot topics of global common concern, such as digital economy, life and health, clean energy, and sustainable development, and jointly discuss cutting-edge trends in science and technology and the direction of industrial development. .

As an important part of the Zhongguancun Forum, the Zhongguancun International Technology Exchange Conference will explore the construction of a highland for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and technology transactions with global influence. Compared with 2020, the 2021 Technology Trade Conference will have a higher degree of internationalization. The organizing committee will be divided into four regions: Europe, Eurasia, Asia, Africa, and the United States, and will invite more than 100 technology transfer institutions from more than 40 countries including Germany, Britain, the United States, Russia, Israel, and Japan to participate in exchanges and docking. More than 40 well-known universities from home and abroad will be invited to participate in the meeting.

During the forum, the results release section will focus on releasing a batch of national innovation results, the latest science and technology policies, and international science and technology cooperation plans. At the same time, various innovation entities will release a number of major projects, innovation results, research reports, etc. that highlight innovation, demonstration, and leadership.

　　High-precision and small, medium and micro enterprises become protagonists of the exhibition

As the exhibition section of the Zhongguancun Forum, this sci-tech expo will be combined online and offline. The offline exhibition will be held in the temporary exhibition hall on the west side of Haidian Park Road. The exhibition will last for 5 days, with an exhibition area of ​​15,000 square meters, and a total of 5 exhibition areas. About 300 exhibiting companies.

The International Science and Technology Expo will closely follow the theme of “Wisdom, Health, and Carbon Neutrality” of the Zhongguancun Forum, and meticulously create a “Science and Technology Exhibition” for global, small and micro start-ups, and link capital markets to showcase the national “13th Five-Year” technological innovation Achievements, promote the flow and transformation of scientific and technological resources and strategic cooperation.

This year’s Science and Technology Expo will set up exhibition areas such as smart technology, great health, technological winter Olympics, carbon neutrality, and scientific and technological innovation achievements of provinces, regions and municipalities. While demonstrating high-tech industries, COSCO will pay more attention to the development of small, medium and micro start-ups, and strive to build a platform for innovation display of small, medium and micro start-ups, and focus on showcasing the innovation achievements and disruptive technologies of winning companies in the Zhongguancun International Frontier Technology Innovation Competition. Especially the scientific and technological innovation achievements in the frontier fields such as big data, artificial intelligence, and smart cities. In addition, it will also collect outstanding small, medium and micro start-ups through multiple online platforms to promote the docking and cooperation between enterprises from brother provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and Beijing’s small, medium and micro start-ups to realize information sharing, resource sharing, and market sharing.

In addition, the Science and Technology Expo will also create a comprehensive and immersive interactive experience through indoor and outdoor scientific and technological performance interactive projects.

　　Improve Beijing’s cutting-edge technology innovation level

Zhai Lixin, director of the Zhongguancun Management Committee, introduced that the 2021 forum will add an international cutting-edge technology innovation competition, aimed at stimulating the innovative vitality of young talents and demonstrating Beijing’s characteristics of building an international innovative city. The Frontier Innovation Competition will openly select outstanding entrepreneurial teams and start-up companies that master international advanced cutting-edge technologies through public roadshows, focusing on 12 key areas such as biomedicine, artificial intelligence, and integrated circuits, to enhance Beijing’s cutting-edge technological innovation level.

It is reported that the winner of the cutting-edge innovation competition is expected to win a million in prizes and also receive a series of exclusive landing services. The top 3 projects in various fields have the opportunity to directly enter the Zhongguancun frontier technology special green channel, and are expected to receive up to 5 million yuan in financial support. At the same time, the Zhongguancun Management Committee will also provide entrepreneurial counseling for the winning teams of the competition. In terms of financial services, the city will join well-known investment institutions and financial institutions to hold frontier financing roadshows, provide 1 billion yuan investment quota for winning projects, and launch exclusive credit products such as “Frontier Link” and “Frontier Loan”.

In 2021, the Zhongguancun Forum will use more advanced technology to upgrade the “Zhongguancun Forum on the Cloud” to a panoramic venue on the MR mixed reality cloud; it will use parallax barrier technology to upgrade the venue stage to achieve naked-eye 3D look and feel; it will also use big data Analysis technology, real-time grasp of the saturation of the venue personnel, and effective control of the number of participants

The forum will also invite technology innovation companies from all over the world to participate in the forum in depth, solicit new technologies and products suitable for forum services and scene applications, such as smart registration systems, smart certificates, service robots, stage electronic screens, smart information displays, data technology services, etc. The level of science and technology organization. (Sun Qiru)