Talk 1 - The Development of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in China

Prof Zhang Shenxiong had conducted more than ten thousand corporate trainings and lectures in world class universities including Tsinghua University, Peking University, Tongji University, Fudan University and many others, with participants amounting to more than 1 million. Besides that, Prof. Zhang is also an impressive and outstanding book editor. He had been editing, translating and publishing more than 30 magazines and books. He is the Editor-in-Chief of a book titled "Creating a Learning Society with Chinese Characteristics" which was also awarded the "China Book Award", the highest award in Chinese book industry.

Talk 2 - Digital Marketing

The talk explains the overview of current digital marketing trends. In the era of globalization, it is important to have the awareness of the coming new wave of digitization. The talk also aims to provide insight on how students should get ready for the power and effects of the social media which is commonly being used as a tool in multiple ways especially in the business world.

Topics:

1) Overview of current digital marketing trends

2) Awareness on the coming new wave

3) Getting ready for the power and effects of the social media

4) The rise of the digital entrepreneurs

Talk 3 - How Blockchain Works

Blockchain is an emerging technology based on a distributed computing system and cryptography. Bitcoin is one of the most widely known applications of blockchain technology which revolutionalized the development of crypto-cash. Later on, Blockchain 2.0 was conceptualized and attracted a lot of attention from various industries including finance (FinTech), manufacturing, auditing and renewable energy (SolarCoin). In this talk, a brief introduction on the basic Blockchain operating principles together with its historical development will be given. This talk also presents some cases of Blockchain in current and future society. The Outlines include:
  • Motivations to have Blockchain
  • Introduction to Secret and Public Key Cryptography
  • Blockchain 1.0: The infamous Bitcoin
  • Blockchain 2.0: Smart Contracts
  • Blockchain 3.0: Interconnected Blockchain