The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2022 will be held in Shanghai from September 1 to 3. With metaverse as the penetrating point and "Intelligent Connectivity, Infinite Multiverse" as the theme, the conference will fully demonstrate new hardcore technologies, new industrial clusters, super new scenarios and new agile governance in the new sectors of AI and metaverse. As the countdown of WAIC is underway, preparations for the forum are in full swing.

"AI Assembles Cohesion for Financial Digitalization" Forum will open at 2:30 p.m. on September 2. It will shine with splendor by integrating the financial industry, fintech, financial regulation, factor markets and theoretical studies.

Highlight 1: Gathering of Authorities

The forum will bring together a dozen domestic fintech experts and authorities, as well as senior executives of leading enterprises and consulting institutions, to probe into AI-powered financial digitalization from multiple perspectives. Liu Xinyi, Vice Secretary of the CPC SIG Committee, Board Director and President of SIG, will deliver an opening speech, envisaging the prospect of financial institution digitalization from the angle of view of a state-owned capital investment and operation platform. Qu Xiangjun, Senior Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company and Head of Financial Services Consulting at McKinsey Greater China; Jiang Changjun, Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; Li Jiaming, Vice President of Shanghai IceKredit Information Technology Co., Ltd.; and Wei Jiaohua, Deputy Party Secretary and Executive Deputy General Manager of CPIC Technology Co., Ltd. will also deliver keynote speeches based on their exploratory practices in financial fields as academic and industrial representatives.

Highlight 2: Frontier Views, In-depth Interpretation

The forum includes four keynote speeches: "Intelligent Risk Control in Financial Digitalization", "Fintech Industry Development from an International Perspective", "AI Breakthrough in Digital Transformation of Banks" and "Digital Exploration of Insurance Technology". It will discuss the development trend of the fintech industry from a global perspective, analyze the major challenges arising in financial development, balance academic views with scientific practice experience, and analyze the current situation of the AI-driven digital upgrading of finance from core dimensions such as technology, product, application, industry and industrial integration, reveal the difficulties and solutions of AI-powered financial digitalization, and inspire infinite imagination for the future of finance. At the same time, it will allow the audience to keenly feel the efficiency and convenience brought by fintech, gain insight into the new trends and changes in AI-powered business, and explore the mode and prospect of the AI-powered financial industry.

Highlight 3: Hotspots and Cases

The digitalization of the financial industry is facing persistent and structural challenges, financial digitalization highly depends on network information technology, and problems such as digital divide and data security have emerged in the integration of finance and digital technologies. In the roundtable discussion, under the theme of "risk prevention and control", the panelists will share their insights, pool the strengths of regulators, academia, enterprises, research institutions and media to share impressive practice cases, probe into the problems of data ownership, privacy protection, data security and risk prevention, guard against various financial risks in the context of new technology through a professional dialogue, address development imbalance and inadequacy, make suggestions on setting up standards for financial digitalization, and focus on enhancing financial service synergy, expanding the range of financial services and optimizing the allocation of financial resources, and provide strong support for the high-quality development of industries.

In the era of digital economy, accelerating the deep integration of finance and technology has become a global consensus. Financial digitization is an indispensable part of the digital transformation of cities, as well as an important driver for financial innovation and development. The forum is of great significance to better using AI to precisely empower financial digitalization, promote the innovative application of AI in the financial sector, and accelerate the reform and development of the financial industry.

From 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on September 2, the forum will be held online and offline. To arouse the vitality of the financial industry and release the value of fintech, we invite you to stay tuned for the forum.