Conference Agenda
for the First Annual Academic Conference of SAIFS
| May 31st, Morning |
| 9:00-9:30 | Sign-in |
| 9:30-10:00 | Opening Ceremony |
| 10:15-10:30 | Remarks: Our Sustainable Development Future Mr. Siddharth Chatterjee UN Resident Coordinator in China |
| 10:30-11:10 | Keynote Speech 1: The Iteration of AI andthe Competition of Computility Mr. Lihui Li Former Governor of the Bank of China Conversation with Prof. Yilei Shao |
| 11:10-11:50 |
Keynote Speech 2: Kan and Keeping AI Under Control Prof. Max Tegmark Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President of the Future of Life Institute Conversation with Prof. Yilei Shao |
May 31st, Afternoon Theme One: The Integration of AI and Financial Technology Host: Prof. Yilei Shao |
| 14:00-14:30 |
Keynote Speech 3: AI、LLM and Federated Learning in Finance Prof. Qiang Yang The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Canadian Academy of Engineering,
Chief AI Officer of WeBank |
| 14:30-15:00 |
Keynote Speech 4: Unearthing Financial StatementFraud: Insights from News Coverage Analysis Prof. Jianqing Fan
Princeton University Academician of Academia Sinica in Taiwan, China Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium |
| 15:00-15:30 | Keynote Speech 5: Generative Artificial Intelligence: Profound Impacts on AI Research and the Financial Industry Prof. Chengqi Zhang
Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Technology Sydney |
| 15:30-15:45 | Coffee Break |
| 15:45-16:15 | Keynote Speech 6: The Path to Financial Intelligence Prof. Yilei Shao
Dean of Shanghai AI-Finance School, ECNU |
| 16:30-17:45 | Roundtable 1:
AI and Controlling Financial Systemic Risk
Prof. Yilei Shao (Host), Prof. Jianqing Fan, Prof. Chengqi Zhang, Mr. Guoqiang Han, Prof. Desheng Yin |
June 1st, Morning
Theme Two: Large Language Models and Finance Host: Prof. Aocheng Tang |
| 9:00-9:30 |
Keynote Speech 7: Complex but Different, Great Truths are Always Simple Prof. Dacheng Tao
Nanyang Technological University, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, Foreign Member of the European Academy of Sciences |
| 9:30-10:00 | Keynote Speech 8: The Big Model and the Road to AGI Dr. Peng Zhang
CEO of Zhipu AI |
| 10:00-10:30 | Keynote Speech 9: Why We Need the Benchmarking of FinLLM? Mr. Chenhan Wang Founder and CEO of OpenBayes Secretary General of CLUE Benchmark |
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45-11:15 | Keynote Speech 10: Research Judgment forRobot’s Future Technology Prof. Han Ding Huazhong University of Science and Technology Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| 11:15-12:15 | Roundtable2:
The Present and Future of the Large Language Models in Finance Prof. Yuan Xie (Host), Mr. Junlin Wang (Host) Prof. Dacheng Tao, Prof. Han Ding, Dr. Peng Zhang, Mr. Chenhan Wang |
June 1st, Afternoon Theme Three: A Global Perspective on AI Ethics and Governance Host: Prof. Qiqi Gao |
| 14:00-14:30 | Keynote Speech 11: Kant's Four Questions in the Age of AI Prof. Shijun Tong Philosophy Professor at ECNU, Chancellor of NYU Shanghai, Foreign Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters |
| 14:30-15:00 | Keynote Speech 12: From Sora to Metaverses: Rethinking the Process of Worlding Prof. Guanjun Wu Dean of the School of Politics and International Relations, ECNU |
| 15:00-15:15 | Coffee Break |
| 15:15-15:45 | Keynote Speech 13: The Safety and Governance of Frontier Foundation Models Mr. Brian Tse Concordia AI |
| 15:45-17:15 | Roundtable3:
Responsible AI--Ethics and Governance of Large Language Models Prof. Qiqi Gao (Host), Prof. Max Tegmark, Prof. Shijun Tong, Prof. Guanjun Wu, Mr. Brian Tse |
| June 1st, Evening |
| 18:00-21:00 | AIGC Night |
