100 MOST INFLUENTIAL
100 PEOPLE IN GLOBAL AI
9 SPEAKERS
COUNTRY DISTRIBUTION

Frank Blackwood
Chief Scientist
World AI Organization
Frank Blackwood serves as Chief Scientist of the World AI Organization, where he leads global research initiatives on safe and beneficial artificial intelligence. With over two decades of experience spanning academic research, policy advisory, and industry practice, Frank has shaped AI governance frameworks adopted by multiple international bodies. He is a frequent contributor to Nature and Science, and has testified before the UN on AI safety and equitable access. His work focuses on aligning advanced AI systems with human values, ensuring that the transformative power of artificial intelligence serves all of humanity.
Tang Jie
唐杰
Professor & Co-founder
Tsinghua University / Zhipu AI
Tsinghua professor and Zhipu AI co-founder, principal researcher behind the GLM family of large language models.
Harry Shum
沈向洋
Founding Chairman
IDEA Research
Former Microsoft EVP and Founding Chairman of IDEA, advancing foundation model research and AI talent ecosystems in the Greater Bay Area.
Zhang Yaqin
张亚勤
Chair Professor & Dean
Institute for AI Industry Research, Tsinghua
Former president of Baidu and dean of Tsinghua AIR, focused on autonomous driving, life sciences, and AI industry transfer.
Fei-Fei Li
李飞飞
Professor & Co-founder
Stanford University / World Labs
Co-director of Stanford HAI, creator of ImageNet, and co-founder of World Labs working on spatial intelligence.
Andrew Yao
姚期智
Dean, IIIS
Tsinghua University
Turing Award laureate and dean of Tsinghua's Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, mentor to a generation of Chinese AI researchers.
Gao Wen
高文
Academician & Professor
Peking University / Pengcheng Lab
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, leader of the Pengcheng Lab and China's open-source AI infrastructure initiatives.
Weinan E
鄂维南
Academician & Professor
Peking University
Mathematician and academician advancing AI for science, machine-learning-based scientific computing, and large-model evaluation.
Qi Yuan
漆远
Dean
Shanghai Academy of AI for Science / Fudan University
Former chief AI scientist at Ant Group, now leading interdisciplinary AI-for-science research in Shanghai.
