Seminar reviews a decade of cyberspace community, from a concept to a cause

The WIC holds the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage in Beijing on Sept 3. The event, Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, attracted the participation of prominent experts and industrial leaders in the internet field from China, South Korea, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, and Australia. Topics under discussion at the seminar included the global significance of building a community with a shared future in cyberspace; construction, development and utilization of digital infrastructure; online cultural exchanges and sharing, and mutual learning among civilizations; innovative development of digital economy and achievements sharing; international cooperation on cybersecurity; and global governance of cyberspace. Speakers at the seminar included Kilnam Chon, professor emeritus of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and "Father of Internet in South Korea"; Wu Hequan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; David W. Ferguson, honorary chief English editor of Foreign Languages Press, CICG; Li Junru, former vice-president of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee; Wu Jianping, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of Zhongguancun Laboratory; Ke Ruiwen, chairman of China Telecom; Shing Chow, CEO of Lalamove; David Gosset, founder of the China-Europe-America Global Initiative; Zeng Yi, member of UN high-level advisory body on artificial intelligence and director of the International Research Center for Al Ethics and Governance at Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Automation; Xu Bu, member of the UN secretary-general’s high-level advisory board on effective multilateralism and chairman of Institute for Global Development at Jiangsu University; and Huang Zhixiong, professor of the International Law Research Institute, vice-dean of the Law School and director of the Institute for Cyber Governance at Wuhan University.