The Chey Institute for Advanced Studies, in collaboration with Fudan University, successfully co-hosted the 19th Shanghai Forum under the theme “Age of Innovation: Technology, Development and Governance.”

This year’s forum carried special significance, commemorating both the 20th anniversary of the Shanghai Forum and the 120th anniversary of Fudan University. In honor of these milestones, the 2025 Forum reaffirmed its commitment to advancing global dialogue, with a renewed focus on expanding international cooperation and academic exchange. 

Opening Remarks:

1. Xie Dong, Vice Mayor of Shanghai

2. Jin Li, President of Fudan University

3. Chey Tae-won, Chairman of SK Group (*Zoom Live)

Keynote Speech:

1. Dilma Rousseff, President of the New Development Bank (Former President of Brazil)

2. Hatoyama Yukio, Former Prime Minister of Japan

3. Kim Won-soo, Former UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs

4. Rick Waters, Director of Carnegie China (Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State)

5. Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe

6. Michael Levitt, 2013 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Honorary Dean of the Multiscale Research Institute for Complex Systems, Fudan University

7. Li Shimo, Founder and Chairman of Guancha.cn

Sub-sessions:

1. Navigating International Cooperation and Innovation in the Era of Technological Transformation 

2. Global AI Governance

3. Digital Intelligence, Health, and Financial Technology 

4. Ultraintelligent Machine, Imagination of Technology and Human Future 

5. China-US Relations: The General Trend and Short Cycles (Senior Dialogue Between Wu Xinbo and Rick Waters)

6. Building an International Green Finance System to Address Global Challenges: Reformation and Transformation

7. Technological Innovation, Economic Development, and Global Governance I & II

8. Deepening China-ASEAN Cooperation on Science, Technology and Innovation against Geopolitical Risks 

9. Changes in Technology and Trade: Overcoming Unilateralism in EU-China Relations 

10. The Global Transformation and State Development Drivers

11. ESG and Environmental Innovation Cases in Corporations

12. Technological Innovation for Aging Societies in the Context of Globalization and Local Transformation

13. New Quality Productive Forces Empower the Healthy China 2030

14. Global Governance and Technological Innovation in the Context of the Rise of the Global South

15. Labor Market Transformation in the Digital Economy