China: Blockchain Superpower?
China is pushing ahead on blockchain. In October 2019, Xi Jinping publicly endorsed blockchain, calling on China to seize the moment and become a world leader in the technology. Local governments have rushed to follow his lead, and the Blockchain Services Network has expanded China’s global reach in blockchain. Where do Chinese companies stand in terms of blockchain innovation? How is the government supporting them? Will China’s approach to technology dominate the global industry?
HealthTech After COVID19
In the socially distant world, many of us are trying online medical services for the first time. But healthcare innovators have been building these services for years. What are the opportunities for investors as e-health takes off? And will it improve health care for patients?
EV: What’s Next as The Industry Recovers
It’s been a dramatic year in electric vehicles. Sales plunged after the government ended a subsidies policy that had fuelled the industry’s growth—and then took a second beating from Covid-19. But the second half of the year has seen a reversal as EV majors are creeping toward profits, and even enjoying successful stock listings. Is the worst over? Where is the industry going in the year ahead?
Does Live-Streaming Growth Have a Ceiling?
From low-budget, grassroots origins, live-streaming has become the biggest entertainment and marketing story of 2020, closely intertwined with e-commerce, short videos, and gaming. How has the boom changed China’s retail and supply chain networks? Are Covid windfall users turning into permanent fans? And is there brand value in live-streaming, or is it just about sales?
FoodTech: How Technology is Shaping Our Appetite
Plant-based proteins are not all new to Asians, who have been eating meat-like plant proteins for millennia. Today, as Silicon Valley investors are applying technology in a bid to disrupt the food industry, Asians, China is taking a new look at food businesses. What is the role of technology on our plates? What’s beyond Beyond Meat, and how will it shape our evolving appetites?
EMERGE is TechNode’s annual flagship tech conference. Emerge 2019 was a great success; Emerge 2020, here we come again. Like the name says, Emerge is about emerging trends that are shaping tech. It’s meant to be forward-looking, not retrospective, and to speak at a high level about deep themes.
We empower entrepreneurs, professionals, and key decision makers to better understand the forces shaping China tech through expert analysis and insight. Our online content already makes us a leader in this space and now it's time to bring it offline. Through deep and meaningful conversations with experts and experienced professionals, EMERGE delivers unbiased and clear-eyed information, insight, and analysis.
This year’s EMERGE is going to be held in conjunction with the Pujiang Innovation Forum on October 29, 2020, at the Shanghai Exhibition Center.
Agenda
Oct 29, 2020 | Shanghai Exhibition Center | #EMERGE2020
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| 9:30-9:45AM | Opening Dr. Gang Lu, CEO and founder of TechNode |
| 9:45-10:30AM | Keynote Panel: Is the world still open to China tech?
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| 10:30-11:15AM | HealthTech after COVID19
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| 11:15-11:45AM | InnoSpace Awards Ceremony |
| 11:45AM-12:30PM | Foodtech: How Technology is Shaping Our Appetite
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| 12:30-2PM | Lunch Break |
| 2-2:45PM | China: Blockchain superpower?
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| 2:45-3:30PM | Electric Vehicles: What’s Next as The Industry Recovers
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| 3:30-4:15PM | Does Live-Streaming Growth have a Ceiling?
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Oct 29, 2020 | Shanghai Exhibition Center | #EMERGE2020
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| 11AM-12PM | Workshop A: Defi Crash Course
Instructors: Decentralized finance is the latest craze. Its promises of an alternative to financial institutions have attracted major attention from Chinese investors. But Ponzi schemes and sudden token crashes have thrown the industry into turmoil, reminiscent of the early days of crypto. This workshop will cover the basics and history of Defi, and discuss its future and how investors can avoid traps. |
| 1-2PM | Workshop B: China’s Emerging Privacy and Security Framework: Risks to Business
Instructor: Carly Ramsey, Director at Control Risks Chinese regulation on data security and privacy for tech companies is continuously evolving. How can businesses prepare? |
| 3-4PM | Workshop C: Coding…by Le Wagon
Instructor: Le Wagon |
Speakers
Content-focused
seeks to bring together professionals and entrepreneurs that encounter tech on a daily basis
Concrete takeaways
We're all too busy to waste time attending events that aren't meaningful across a broad range of topics
Snapshot
A snapshot of the Chinese tech industry that offers objective and in-depth analysis
Curated, intimate
A curated, intimate event for guests and speakers to interact and learn from one another.
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Co-Organiser
"Science and technology is the foundation for prosperity of a country, while innovation is the spirit for progress of a nation."
The Pujiang Innovation Forum was founded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and Shanghai Municipal People’s Government in 2008.For more than ten years, the forum is committed to connecting with innovation forces across the world, attracting thousands of politicians, academicians and business elites from the world to conduct in-depth discussions on hot contemporary issues.With the continuous expansion of its social influence, the forum has not only attracted attention from domestic media, but also overseas media, including CCTV, BBC, and Global Times. Throughout the years, the forum has become an engine to drive the innovation cooperation between China and the world.