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Dong Ning, Chairwoman of Bamboocloud, was Extended an Invitation to Deliver a Keynote Address at the 3rd Bay Area Metaverse Conference and AIGC and RWA Development Summit Forum in Hong Kong

2024-03-13

The successful conclusion of the 3rd Bay Area Metaverse Conference and AIGC and RWA Development Summit Forum took place in Hong Kong on September 16. Prominent scholars, experts, and entrepreneurs from around the world convened in this gathering to engage in open dialogue, provide exhaustive summaries and analyses of the present state of the Metaverse, and collectively assess its future trajectory of development. Co-sponsors include Asia Television, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Youth Association, the Hong Kong International Investment Association, the International Data Association, the United Nations Digital Security Alliance Metaverse Committee, the Shenzhen Information Service Industry Blockchain Association, Xpansion Chain, and China Boring Monkey. The conference is hosted by the Hong Kong Blockchain Technology Application Association.


The following organisations are included on the list: Hot Chain Culture Media, Dario Media, VS·work Metaverse Engine, Yuantushe, Quantum School, WMA World, Hong Kong International New Economic Research Institute, Tencent Cloud, Hong Kong Blockchain Association, Asian Blockchain Society, and Asia Pacific Blockchain. The conference was attended by over 100 distinguished guests, including representatives from the Chain Alliance, the Hong Kong Data Association, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Business Federation, the EPO International Data Trading (Hong Kong) Service Centre, as well as prominent figures from leading companies and celebrities in the media platform industry.


Attendees of this conference included representatives from academic institutions, international organisations, government agencies, and industry associations. Representatives of the Hong Kong government and Rebecca Barkin, president of Lamina1, are among them. Ye Wenli, executive director of the Hong Kong Federation of International Investment, Li Hui, a foreign academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Pan Yi, an academician of the American Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering, Luo Dinghan, Chairman of the Asian Blockchain Society, Wang Chunhui, Chairman of the International Data Association, Liu Minbin, Chairman of ATV, and Xing Jun of Six Eagle Capital Partners Cai Zhichuan is the Asia-Pacific Blockchain Federation's Chairman. The Hong Kong Blockchain Technology Application Association's Chairman, Pan Junyu Zheng Dingxiang, Chairman of the Hong Kong Listing Alliance's Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Zhou Weixiong, Chairman of Meta Space Honorary Chairman of the British Blockchain Association, Executive Director of the Hong Kong International New Economic Research Institute Fu Rao, Chairman of the Hong Kong Real Value Group The director of the Hong Kong OSL Digital Asset Exchange, Shenzhen Shi Jiahe, Li Lizhong, and Zhang Lei, secretary-general of the Shenzhen Information Service Industry Blockchain Association, among others. The forum employed a variety of methods, including keynote addresses, round-table discussions, and sharing dialogues, to facilitate collective deliberation on the state of development of the digital economy, metaverse applications, data supervision, and other pertinent matters. By doing so, it bestowed insight and fortitude upon the comprehensive integration and advancement of the digital and physical economies.


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The welcome address was delivered by Zheng Dingxiang, chairperson of the Hong Kong Blockchain Technology Application Association. He holds the following view: "As a result of advancements in science and technology, people have shifted their focus towards the distant future." The possibility of traversing to extraterrestrial planets and entering the metaverse is no longer remote. In the metaverse, the reversal of time and space has endowed us with boundless desire and imagination. We are becoming more receptive to entering the metaverse in comparison to emigrating to extraterrestrial planets.


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Li Jiajun, chairperson of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Cultural, Creative and Technology Alliance and a representative of the Hong Kong Yuanshi community, spoke at the conference. Hong Kong functions as both a global information conduit and a financial hub. Actively promoting the development of the Metaverse industry and the establishment of the Hong Kong Metaverse ecosystem are the Hong Kong government and all sectors of society.


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Author of "Avalanche" and progenitor of the Metaverse Neal Stephenson presented a video address. Undoubtedly, his insightful perspectives on technology and the future will make him the focal point of the occasion.


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Through a video link, the chairman of the United Nations Digital Security Alliance, Mr. Li Yuhang, addressed the conference. "The full potential of the Metaverse can only be realised when everyone, everywhere has access to it," Li Yuhang stated. "The United Nations has actively promoted the Metaverse, it plays a significant role in the Sustainable Development Goals, and it will mature in tandem with the technology." With a greater degree of integration with artificial intelligence, I am convinced that the Metaverse will initiate the subsequent era of tremendous growth.


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Mr. Althaf Husain, the Chief Marketing Officer of Expansion Chain and Honorary Chairman of the British Blockchain Association, possesses extensive knowledge regarding the metaverse's integration with blockchain technology. During his address, he imparted profound insights regarding the national strategy to propel industrial innovation in the Metaverse. His discourse not only underscored the criticality of the Metaverse to the progress of the nation but also envisioned a bright future brimming with optimism and innovation.


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Chairman of the International Data Association (IDA) and Director of the Digital Economy Research Institute of the United Nations World Silk Road Forum, Mr. Wang Chunhui, delivered the keynote address on "Value Creation of Enterprise Data Resources" at the conference.


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Dong Ning, Chairwoman of Bamboocloud, was extended an invitation to partake in the conference and deliver a keynote address titled "Trend Insights: The Application of Digital Identity in the Metaverse." Dong Ning presented: The concept of the metaverse can be succinctly described as the virtual reality domain or digital world wherein individuals engage through digital personas. Interactions between individuals are possible within the virtual reality environment. Numerous distinct domains or varieties of Metaverses comprise the "one" concept that is the Metaverse. Active advocacy for the industrial metaverse will foster the iterative advancement of technology across a broader range of sectors, while concurrently fortifying the social and consumer metaverses.


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