The 2024 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit is set to open on Nov 20 in Wuzhen, East China's Zhejiang province. As one of the key events of the summit, the World Internet Conference Global Elite Training has attracted the participation of representatives from over 30 countries and regions. These include officials from government departments related to the digital economy, internet development, digital transformation, communications, commerce, finance, foreign affairs and education, as well as professionals from financial institutions, IT companies, and universities.
This training features an interdisciplinary course system designed to enhance participants' digital literacy and leadership skills. The courses cover such topics as the digital economy and new quality productive forces, opportunities and challenges in cross-border e-commerce, large language models and artificial intelligence, digital manufacturing, international trade rules and corporate digital transformation, and case studies of Europe's digital transformation practices.
Lecturers for the training are top experts from international organizations, globally renowned universities, and leading internet enterprises.
Jiang Xiaojuan
Title: Professor at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and former deputy secretary-general of the State Council
Focus Areas: Digital economy, macroeconomics, international economics, public management and policy
Course: New Quality Productive Forces and the Digital Economy
Barbara Ramos
Title: Chief of Research and Strategies for Exports at International Trade Centre
Course: Opportunities and Challenges in Cross-Border E-Commerce for SMEs
Zhou Hongyi
Title: Founder of 360 Group
Focus Areas: AI and cybersecurity
Course: Large Language Models and the Dawn of the AI Era
Zhao Zhongxiu
Title: President of the University of International Business and Economics and fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Focus Areas: International trade, industrial economics, and global value chains
Course: International Trade Rules and Corporate Digital Transformation
Alexandra Brintrup
Title: Professor in Digital Manufacturing at Cambridge University, head of the Supply Chain Artificial intelligence Lab, and fellow of Darwin College
Focus Areas: Predictive data analysis, development of automated and scalable optimization and distributed decision-making technologies, and the identification of emergent patterns in industrial systems
Course: AI-Powered Digital Manufacturing
Christian Hocepied
Title: Principal Expert in the Antitrust Media Unit of the Competition Directorate General of the EU Commission and chief expert in ChinaEU
Course: Europe's Digital Transformation Practices
The World Internet Conference (WIC) was established as an international organization on July 12, 2022, headquartered in Beijing, China. It was jointly initiated by Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA), National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT), China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), Alibaba Group, Tencent, and Zhijiang Lab.