10:45–12:00        Chapter 2  The Technology Revolution’s New Order and Logic

Start-ups undoubtedly play a leading role in the unprecedented global blossoming in entrepreneurship the world has witnessed in recent years. The innovation has been driven largely by the advent of the internet, and sustained an IT-based “software innovation rush”; a renaissance in “hardware innovation” is now on the rise. These innovation blossoming will change the way we learn, we think, live, and create. How should humanity best utilize this revolution in innovation and progress?

10:45–11:03                 Keynote Speech

The Next Big Reinventions

−      Saul SINGER, Co-Author, Start-Up Nation

11:03–12:00                 Panel

Co-Commentators

−      Xiaodong WANG, Director, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing; Founder, Beigene Ltd.; Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences & Chinese Academy of Sciences; Member, Science Committee of Future Science Prize

−       Bob XU, Founder, ZhenFund; Angel Investor; Member, Council of Future Forum

Panelists

−       Gang CHEN, Head of MIT Mechanical Engineering Department, Member of the US National Academy of Engineering

−      Stephen Y. CHOU, Joseph C. Elgin Professor, Engineering, head of NanoStructure Laboratory, Princeton University; PhD, MIT; Member, US National Academy of Engineering

−      Feng DENG, Founding Managing Director, Northern Light Venture Capital; Member of Council of Future Forum

−      William DING, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, NetEase.; Member, Council of Future Forum

−       Kaifu LEE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sinovation Ventures; Member, Council of Future Forum

−      Jiren LIU, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Neusoft Corporation

−      Jianwei PAN, Professor, Physics at the University of Science and Technology of China; Director, Chinese Academy of Sciences

−      Harry SHUM, Executive Vice President of Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Research Group; Member, Council of Future Forum