Festival to innovate second time round

The second Guangzhou International Innovation Festival, an event centering on the latest trends in innovation trend and mass entrepreneurship, will be hosted in the Guangdong province capital from Nov 25 to 27.

The second Guangzhou International Innovation Festival will be hosted in Guangzhou from Nov 25 to 27, it is announced at a press conference held on Nov 2. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com]

Held at Guangzhou Library, the three-day festival will focus on tech innovation hot spots such as the artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D printing and internet of things and discuss the great challenges, changes and influences innovations have brought to our lives.

Over 1,000 experts, scholars, entrepreneurs and company managers from more than 50 countries including the US, Israel, the UK, France, Australia and Singapore will take part in the event. Yossi Vardi, founder of Tel Aviv Innovation Festival and Brian Yen, professor from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be among the distinguished guests.

The festival will include an innovative enterprises exhibition, innovation and entrepreneurship competition road shows as well as over 100 booths displaying the latest products and technologies developed by leading technology companies, unicorn enterprises and renowned research institutes worldwide.

As of Nov 1, the organizer of the festival has sent invitations to more than 60 world-famous technology firms and research institutions as well as to over 20 innovation teams from Microsoft, Intel and Cisco.

Yossi Vardi, founder of Tel Aviv Innovation Festival and honorary president of Guangzhou International Innovation Festival, delivers a speech at last year's event. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]