Fórum de Ciência da Grande Baía 2024 realiza-se em Guangzhou e a UM organiza o Fórum de Macau

The ‘Greater Bay Area Science Forum 2024’ was held in Nansha, Guangzhou. This year, the forum introduced the ‘Macao Forum’, which was held at the University of Macau (UM) to enhance exchanges and cooperation in science and technology and collaborative innovation, and promote high-quality development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Yonghua Song, rector of UM, attended the main forum in Guangzhou, where he joined over 100 leading academicians and experts from around the world to discuss cutting-edge topics in brain science, brain-inspired intelligence, and artificial intelligence.

Ho Iat Seng, chief executive of the Macao SAR, delivered an opening speech via video message at the ‘Greater Bay Area Science Forum 2024’. He expressed hope that the forum will strengthen Macao’s exchanges and cooperation with the global scientific community, attract more outstanding talent and innovative resources, develop high-level research projects and emerging industries, enhance Macao’s competitiveness, and promote the high-quality development of the Greater Bay Area.

Speaking at the main forum, Yonghua Song, rector of UM, said that UM actively engages in the development of the Greater Bay Area, leverages its research strengths, and attracts high-quality educational and research resources, injecting new vitality into talent cultivation and industry-academia collaboration in the western Greater Bay Area. The university has also forged closer ties with governments, universities, and enterprises in the region to promote collaborative innovation and industry-academia collaboration, promoting regional innovation-driven development through higher education.

The ‘Greater Bay Area Science Forum 2024 Macao Forum’, themed ‘Technology and Innovation – Diversified Development of Macao’, brought together 400 renowned scientists, scholars, researchers, technology experts, and students from around the world. It featured keynote speeches and the Roundtable Scientific Dialogue. The ‘Sub-Forum of Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology & Sub-Forum of Macau Cognitive and Brain Science’ and the ‘Parallel Session on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics’ were also held concurrently, bringing together nearly 100 experts and scholars from home and abroad.