·The annual theme of this forum is "Science Forward: Create a Bright Future", with "science" as the eye, "new" as the wish, "creation" as the action, and "Future" as the direction, closely following the latest developments in basic science and the common challenge of the destiny of mankind, 21 important events have been carefully condensed.
On the morning of October 27, the press conference of The 5th WLA Forum was held in Shanghai Science Hall. According to the World's Leading Scientists Association, one of the initiators and organizers of the forum, this year's World's Leading Scientists Forum will be held in Shanghai from November 6th to 7th.
This forum will set the annual theme as "Science Forward: Create a Bright Future" (Science Forward: Create a Bright Future). "Future" as the direction, closely following the latest developments in basic science and the common challenge of the destiny of mankind, 21 important events have been carefully condensed.
The detailed agenda of the forum is as follows-
The detailed agenda of the 5th World Top Scientists Forum. Image source: Association of the World's Leading Scientists.
Among them, the "Carbon Conference" discusses tackling climate change with technological innovation; a series of forums of the world's top scientists' international joint laboratories focus on the basic frontier fields of people's life and health and the transformation of scientific research; the "Food and Sustainable Agricultural Development Forum" currently focuses on the world Food security and biodiversity conservation.
The "Excellent Engineer Forum" will focus on the cultivation of engineering talents and professional skills; the "Young Science Forum" will continue to create a platform for in-depth dialogue between top scientists and top young scientists; the "She Forum" will focus on the scientific research environment and tenacity of female researchers. Shaping a more inclusive and diverse future; the "Science T Conference" aims to continue to support scientific reserve talents and promote the popularization of science.
It is reported that 60 top scientists from more than 20 countries and regions and spanning 12 time zones were invited to attend the forum online or offline, including 27 Nobel Prize winners.
Roger Kornberg, President of the Association of World's Leading Scientists and winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize, Randy Schekman, Vice-President of the Association of World's Leading Scientists and winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Vice-President of the World Association of Top Scientists, 2013 Nobel Laureate Michael Levitt, 2013 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine James Rothman, 2010 Nobel Laureate in Physics Ender Nobel laureates such as Andre Geim, Efim Zelmanov, winner of the 1994 Fields Medal, and Raymond Stey, winner of the 2019 People's Republic of China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award Vince (Raymond Stevens), winners of the first World's Leading Scientists Association Award - American computer science and statistician Michael Jordan (Michael I. Jordan) and German biochemist Dirk Görlich (Dirk Görlich), Wang Zhonglin, winner of the 2018 Eni Frontier Energy Award, will visit the site.
The Association of World Top Scientists stated that this will be the largest number of overseas top award winners attending the forum offline since the global spread of the new crown epidemic in 2020. At that time, the top international scientists online and offline will form the "Top Science Team" with more than 30 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and will attend this forum with more than 50 young scientists, guests from all walks of life and more than 100 "little scientists". Collision of ideas, inspire wisdom.
The world's "strongest brain" came to the scene. Image source: Association of the World's Leading Scientists.
