重要嘉賓：清華大學張亞勤院士
中國工程院院士、清華大學智能產業研究院（AIR）院長、
IEEE Fellow
研究方向：數字視頻和人工智能領域。
科研成果：擁有60多項美國專利，發表500多篇學術論文，並出版11本專著。發明的多項圖像視頻壓縮和傳輸技術被國際標準採用，廣泛地應用於高清電視、互聯網視頻、多媒體檢索、移動視頻、和圖像數據庫領域。是世界經濟論壇達沃斯“人工智能委員會”委員、“未來交通指導委員會”委員，並擔任全球最大自動駕駛技術開放平臺Apollo聯盟理事長，也是聯合國計劃發展總署（UNDP）企業董事會董事。
張亞勤博士是中國工程院院士（外籍），美國藝術與科學院院士，和澳大利亞國家工程院院士（外籍）。他也是美國國家發明院（NAI） 院士，歐亞科學院院士和中國人工智能學會會士。1997年他31歲被授予IEEE Fellow，成爲歷史上獲得這一榮譽最年輕的科學家，並於2004年獲得IEEE技術先鋒獎，他在十餘所世界頂尖高校擔任校董、榮譽或客座教授，並在4家高科技公司擔任董事。他曾在微軟、百度任職，現任清華大學講席教授、清華大學智能產業研究院（AIR）院長。
YA-QIN ZHANG, PhD，Chair Professor, Tsinghua University，Dean of Institute for AI Industry Research (AIR), Tsinghua University。
Dr. Ya-Qin Zhang is Chair Professor of AI Science at Tsinghua University, and Dean of Institute for AI Industry Research of Tsinghua University (AIR). He was the President of Baidu Inc. from 2014 to 2019. Prior to Baidu, Dr. Zhang was a Microsoft executive for 16 years with different key positions, including Managing Director of Microsoft Research Asia, Chairman of Microsoft China, and Corporate Vice President and Chairman of Microsoft Asia R&D.
Dr. Zhang was elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S), the Australian Academy of Engineering (ATSE), the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), and the Euro-Asia Academy of Sciences. He is a Fellow of IEEE and CAAI. He is one of the top scientists and technologists in digital video and AI, with over 500 papers, 60 granted US patents, and 11 books. His original research has become the basis for start-up ventures, new products, and international standards in digital video, cloud computing, and autonomous driving.
He serves on the Board of Directors of four public companies. He is on the industry board of United Nation Development Program (UNDP), and AI global council of the Davos World Economic Forum. He is the Chairman of world’s largest open autonomous driving platform “Apollo” alliance with over 200 global partners. He has been an active speaker in global forums including APEC, Davos, United Nations, and Bo’Ao Asia Forum.