To deepen domestic and overseas investment and promote exchanges, Chinese and French artificial intelligence leaders gathered in the North Bund

The Sino-French Artificial Intelligence Industry Application Seminar was successfully held on May 16 at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization Shanghai Investment Promotion Center in the North Bund. About 70 AGI (artificial intelligence for general) and AIGC (generating content using artificial intelligence technology) industry experts, entrepreneurs, engineers and members of non-profit organizations from China and France participated in the seminar online and offline to discuss the development of the artificial intelligence industry in China and France. .

The event is jointly hosted by the Sino-French Artificial Intelligence Innovation Laboratory and its governing units, the European Angel Investment Alliance, Sofia Angel Investment, and the French Mason Artificial Intelligence Institute, and supported by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization Shanghai Investment Promotion Center and the Hongkou District Foreign-Invested Enterprises Association .

According to reports, since the French President and economic and trade delegation visited China in April 2023, China and France have strengthened exchanges and collaboration in science and technology and other fields. Enterprises and related institutions of the two countries are promoting high-quality development and jointly maintaining the industrial supply chain. Substantial progress is about to be made in stabilizing and deepening mutually beneficial cooperation. This seminar is in response to the context of deepening non-governmental exchanges and scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries, focusing on the application examples of the artificial intelligence industry in China and Europe, and jointly exploring new opportunities for collaborative development.

Thanks to the support of the three major elements of algorithms, calculation examples and data, as well as the openness of application scenarios, artificial intelligence has entered the industrial application stage from the laboratory stage, and continues to penetrate into fields such as industry, agriculture, medical care, culture and finance. It continuously reshapes traditional industry models, derives new business formats, empowers industrial transformation and upgrading, and makes a significant contribution to economic activities. It is one of the most important modern technologies.

At the seminar, Ms. Candace Johnson, Honorary Chairman of the European Angel Investment Alliance and founder of Sofia Angel Investment, Chairman of Atlantis Venture Capital, former President of Apple Europe, and Chairman of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (Cannes) Mr. Marco Landi, Mr. Eric Cocchini, co-president of Sofia Angel Investment, and Mr. Yue Chen, head of iFlytek's international business, made remote connections and interacted with on-site entrepreneurs.

UNIDO, which was founded in 1966, is a specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to promoting industrial development.. In its strategic framework for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the organization pointed out that it uses integrated advanced digital manufacturing technologies to promote digital, gender equality and sustainable transformation and help member countries improve their digital capabilities. Small and medium-sized enterprises are the key driving force of the fourth industrial revolution, creating a large number of jobs and income.

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization Shanghai Investment Promotion Center (UNIDO SIPC) opened an office in Hongkou North Bund in September last year. It is understood that the center will take advantage of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization’s global network and headquarters resources to strengthen trade capacity building, promote two-way flows between the Chinese market and the global market in the fields of capital, products and innovative technologies, and help China’s economy achieve high-quality and rapid development.

With the promotion of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization Shanghai Investment Promotion Center and Hongkou District, this seminar was successfully held. This move will accelerate the innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Chinese and French artificial intelligence industries, reflect the innovative vitality of enterprises, and help promote Application and incubation of Sino-French artificial intelligence industry. The seminar is also a warm-up event for 2024 The World AI Cannes Festival. The second seminar will be held in Cannes, France at the end of June.

Source: Shanghai Hongkou

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