On August 2nd, the 30-day Countdown Press Conference of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2022 was successfully held at Shanghai World Expo Center. Wu Jincheng, Chairman of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization, Zhang Ying, Vice Chairman, Yu Linwei, Deputy Head of Xuhui District, and leaders of Pudong New Area, Donghao Lansheng Group and Shanghai Radio and Television Station attended the event.
Mr. Wu released the Top 30 list of SAIL Awards at the event. This year's SAIL Awards attracted more than 800 projects at home and abroad, including Huawei, Baidu, Amazon and other industry leaders in China and rest of the world, as well as research institutions such as MIT, Stanford University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It also focused on a number of hotspot topics, including metaverse, smart chips and large models. The final SAIL Awards will be announced at the opening ceremony of the Conference in September.
Representing the Office of the Organizing Committee of the Conference, Ms. Zhang provided a briefing of the Conference. The World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2022 will be held from September 1st to September 3rd, in a combination of offline and offline events. The main venue will be located at Shanghai World Expo Center, completed by additional venues at Pudong and Xuhui. With the theme of "Intelligent Connectivity, Infinite Multiverse", the Conference carefully designed nearly 100 forums and made every effort to create a world-class event. The quantity and quality of the exhibition have risen, focusing on the core exhibition on metaverse. Top-level contests will also be held to present cutting-edge innovations. Super applications will be demonstrated with online and offline integration of experience.
At the press conference, the latest list of Conference partners was released, and the "Metaverse Conference Hall" was newly launched. The IP characters of the Conference, WAIC Brothers, made its debut, along with WAIC Meta Planet.
