The Chey Institute for Advanced Studies, in collaboration with Nankai University, successfully co-hosted the 6th Tianjin Forum on October 19–20, 2025, under the theme “Technological Innovation and Future Cities: Opportunities and Challenges.” As digital technologies and urban innovation continue to redefine the future of cities worldwide, the Forum provided a platform to address both the opportunities and the challenges we must tackle in building more sustainable and inclusive future cities.
Opening Remarks:
1) Wang Xu, Vice Mayor of Tianjin Municipal People’s Government
2) Chen Yulu, President of Nankai University
3) Kim Yoo-suk, President of the Chey Institute for Advanced Studies
4) Siddharth Chatterjee, UN Resident Coordinator in China
Keynote Speech:
1) Li Peilin, Academian of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Director of the Faculty of Law and Political Science, and First-rank Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences
2) Dirk Messner, President of the German Environmental Agency
3) Pierre Agostini, 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics Laureate
4) Guo Huadong, Academian of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Director of the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals
5) Hyunjoon Yoo, Professor of Hongik University
High-level Dialogue:
1) Mohan Munasinghe, 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Co-Laureate
2) Gong Ke, Executive Dean of Chinese Institute for the New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Strategies
3) Hong Jingfang, Renowned Science Fiction Writer and Winner of the Best Novelette Hugo Award at the 74th World Science Fiction Society
Sub-Sessions:
1. Carbon-Neutral Technology Innovation
2. Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Cities
3. Culture and Social Development
4. Promoting Innovative and Sustainable Growth Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region
5. Global and Regional Economic Cooperation in the Digital Intelligence Era
6. Carbon Footprint and Intelligent Climate-Neutral City Construction
7. Smart City Governance
8. Social Equity in Smart Cities: Building Inclusive and Shared Urban Futures in the Digital Intelligence Era
9. Transformation of the International Order and High-Quality Development in Northeast Asia
10. Asian Inbound and Outbound Tourism & the Development of World Tourism Cities
11. Education and Youth Sustainable Development
12. Digital Intelligence Empowerment · Her Future: Women’s Development and Urban Innovation in East Asia’s Digital Advancement
13. Well-being and Creativity: Innovation and Development of Future Industries
14. Urban High-Quality Development: Coordination, Innovation, and Sustainability