Programme outline
Learning objectives
- Gain Comprehensive Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Robotics Technologies in Shanghai: Understand Shanghai’s dynamic AI and robotics ecosystem and its strategic applications for driving innovation and improving business competitiveness.
- Examine Real-life Case Studies from Leading Institutions and Companies: Analyse real-world implementations of AI and robotics technologies through case studies from renowned institutions like Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU) and Fudan University, along with industry giants such as Baidu, Bytedance, Tencent, Alibaba, and INF.
- Engage with Industry Experts and Alumni Networks: Participate in networking opportunities with alumni from Tsinghua University, SJTU, and Fudan University, including influential business leaders and senior professionals, to explore collaborative possibilities.
- Identify & Evaluate suitable AI & Robotics Technologies for Smart Business Performance: Evaluate a range of AI and robotics technologies emerging from Shanghai to determine their suitability for productivity, and business growth.
- Create an AI Business Strategy: Develop an innovative and practical AI business strategy, utilising insights, case studies, and tools acquired during the programme to implement impactful solutions in your organisation.
Day 1
- Pre-trip in Singapore
- Strategy Workshop: Leveraging AI Technologies to Build Competitive Advantage
- Learn about Shanghai’s status as a global AI and robotics hub, including insights into leading AI tech titans such as Bytedance and Alibaba, and cutting-edge developments in AI and robotics technologies.
- Explore how AI and robotics technologies can drive innovation and transform existing businesses to powerful smart businesses
- Learn a strategic framework to analyse and develop AI business strategies tailored to your organisational needs.
Day 2
- ?Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Incubation (Al3) Institute of Fudan University 复旦大学人工智能创新与产业 (AI?) 研究
- Learn how AI3 engage in AI research and development to benefit people and the planet.
- Learn about the AI development in Shanghai.
- Learn about WuDao, the world largest pre-trained language model to date. The model was trained with FastMoE, a Fast Mixture-of-Expert (MoE) training system developed by BAAI itself, on 1.75 trillion parameters.
- Explore potential partnerships
- Seminar, Lunch and Networking Session
- Seminar on “Fudan University’s Global Partnership Ecosystem: Trends & Opportunities”
- In-depth partnership discussions
- Site visit: INF 无限光年
- Learn about INF’s AI development, its INF AI Trustworthy Large Language Model (LLM), and its business applications
- Learn about the latest AI development from INF Founder & CEO, Prof QI Yuan who is formerly Chief AI Scientist of Ant Group, and co-founder of iDST (predecessor of DAMO Academy) of Alibaba Group.
- Explore potential AI partnerships
- Seminar (Evening): Singapore-Shanghai AI Partnership Seminar
- AI experts from Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Incubation (Al3) Institute of Fudan University to share on AI ecosystem development
- AI business leaders from Tsinghua University alumni, Shanghai Jiaotong University alumni & Fudan University alumni to share on Singapore-Shanghai AI partnership
- Explore AI partnership opportunities and learn the best AI-related business practices
Day 3
- ?Site visit: Shanghai Foundation Model Innovation Center (SMC) 模速空间
- SMC, one of China’s first dedicated incubators and accelerators for large language models (LLM) AI models, aims to nurture a CNY1 trillion (USD138 billion) AI industry
- SMC hosts nearly 100 LLM enterprises, & more than 200 companies from across the LLM industrial chain.
- Learn how SMC is facilitating AI LLM industry development in Shanghai
- Explore potential AI partnerships
- Seminar, Lunch and Networking Session
- Seminar on “SMC’s Global Partnership Ecosystem: Trends & Opportunities”
- In-depth partnership discussions
- Site visit: Bytedance Shanghai
- Learn about AI development at Bytedance, a leading AI tech titan which owns Douyin & TIktok
- Experience Bytedance’s AI technologies, including its Doubao LLM, Doubao Chabot, and text-to-video AI tool (Jimeng). ByteDance’s Doubao’s monthly active users reached 27.5 million in the first half, ranking first in China by more than doubling the second-placed LLM.
- Learn how these AI technologies are deployed in many industry verticals including Smart Business, Smart City, and Smart Auto.
- Explore potential AI partnerships
Day 4
- Site visit: Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory 上海人工智能实验室
- Learn about how Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory empowers strategic, original, and forward-looking scientific research and technological advancements. It aims to break through fundamental AI theories and key core technologies, establishing an integrated, large-scale comprehensive research base that is “breakthrough-oriented, leading-edge, and platform-based”. It has partnerships with top Chinese universities including Tsinghua University.
- Learn and experience its AI theories and technologies.
- Explore potential AI partnerships
- Seminar, Lunch and Networking Session
- Seminar on “Shanghai’s Global Partnership Ecosystem: Trends & Opportunities”
- In-depth partnership discussions
- Site visit: Alibaba Shanghai
- Learn about Alibaba’s latest generative AI large language model (LLM), Qwen Bot.
- Learn & experience its other AI technologies, including Qwen-Audio, Qwen-VL, Qwen-Agent, PAI-EAS
- Explore potential partnerships
Day 5
- ?Site visit: Shanghai Lingang Economic Development (Group) Co., Ltd. (Lingang Group) 上海临港经济发展（集团）有限公司（临港集团）
- Learn about how Lingang Group develops famous industrial park brands such as “Lingang”, “Caohejing”, “Lingang Industry Clusters” and “Innovation Galaxy”, and the Lingang Tesla Center
- Visit selected industrial parks such as “Lingang”, “Caohejing”, “Lingang Industry Clusters” and “Innovation Galaxy” to meet innovative tech companies and to explore collaborations
- Explore potential partnerships
- Hands-on Strategy Workshop: “Harnessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Robotic Technologies for Strategic Competitive Advantage”
- Participants to integrate and apply relevant knowledge and insights on AI and robotics technologies gained from the programme during the strategy formulation process.
- Participants to use the strategy framework to create an AI and robotics business strategies for their respective organisations, focusing on leveraging AI and robotics technologies to drive innovation, productivity, and growth.
- Roundtable on Singapore-China (Shanghai) AI Collaboration Opportunities
- Roundtable panel discussion with Chairman, Singapore Chamber of Commerce (SingCham), Regional Director (Beijing), Enterprise Singapore and selected leading AI and robotics companies in Shanghai.
- Participants will present and share their respective AI strategies for building smart businesses, fostering collaborative discussions and actionable feedback.
Assessment
- Presentation of the company’s business strategy to capture business opportunities