The opening ceremony and main forum of the 2023 Greater Bay Area Science Forum were held in Nansha, Guangzhou on May 21st, where heavyweight guests from different fields delivered their brilliant speeches on the development of physics, biological intelligence, and technological innovation.

Expecting interesting idea collisions of sci-tech innovation in GBA

What is the similarity between biological intelligence and machine intelligence? There are three different but interrelated intelligence on Earth, including biological intelligence, human intelligence, and computer intelligence. And a processsimilar to biological evolution in the neural networks of artificial intelligence enables AI to form increasingly complex network structures through continuous learning, according to Michael Levitt, the laureate of the 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Regarding the development of science and technology innovation in the Greater Bay Area, Michael Levitt said that cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong are different from each other while maintaining open and close interactions, making strong competitiveness possible.

Daniel Kammen, a contributor to the IPCC report honored with the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, highlighted the importance of cooperation between China and America, saying that countries such as China and America should closely cooperate in using clean energy to curb global warming.

Interdisciplinary research to address ageing issues

With a focus on ageing issues, Ye Yuru, President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said that"Ageing population is a challenge but an opportunity". She hopes to establish a cross-disciplinary cooperation platform combining basic research in life sciences, medicine, and engineering with ageing studies in Greater Bay Area.

Teng Jinguan, President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and President of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences, elaborated on the views of "Promoting interdisciplinary research for the construction of Greater Bay Area".

Liu Liehong, Chairman of China Unicom, a state-owned Chinese telecommunications carrier, stated that Chinese telecom operators, which lead the world in their third transformation, will comprehensively upgrade cloud services and provide a computing power supply of more types, higher performance, and lower latency in the future.

大湾区科学论坛｜国内外嘉宾共同期待大湾区科技创新发展

5月21日，2023大湾区科学论坛开幕式及主论坛在广州南沙举行。在主论坛上，各路重磅嘉宾对物理学发展、生物智能、科技创新等进行了精彩的演讲。

期待大湾区科创领域的有趣碰撞

生物智能和机器智能之间有什么相通之处？2013年诺贝尔化学奖得主迈克尔·莱维特（Michael Levitt）说，地球上有三种不同但是密切相关的智能——生物智能、人类智能和计算机智能。在人工智能的神经网络中，有类似生物演化的过程，通过不断地“学习”，形成越来越复杂的网络结构。

对于大湾区的科技创新发展，迈克尔·莱维特表示，广州、深圳、香港这些城市，彼此之间有着很多的不同，同时又能够保持开放而密切的互动，这将形成非常强大的竞争力。

“我觉得中国和美国之间的合作是至关重要的。”对获得2007年诺贝尔和平奖的IPCC报告作出贡献者、加州伯克利大学分校教授丹尼尔·科曼（Daniel Kammen）说，为了实现遏制全球变暖的目标，中美等国家应该就更多地使用清洁能源密切配合。

跨学科研究应对老龄化问题

“人口老龄化是一个挑战，也是一个机遇。”香港科技大学校长、中国科学院院士叶玉如关注老龄化问题。她希望可以建立大湾区老龄化跨学科合作平台，联合生命科学基础研究、医学以及工程学等学科来开展老龄化的研究。

香港理工大学校长、中国科学院院士、香港工程科学院院长滕锦光阐述了“促进跨学科研究，贡献大湾区建设”的相关观点。

中国联通董事长刘烈宏表示，中国运营商三次转型走在世界前列。未来，将全面升级云服务，提供更多种类、更高性能、更具性价比、更低时延、更高可靠的算力供给。(更多新闻资讯，请关注羊城派 pai.ycwb.com)

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