China 2.0 reconnects SLAC and IHEP computer scientists after 17 years
Seventeen years ago, the
first public internet connection was established between computer scientists at
the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and Beijing's Institute of High-Energy
Physics (IHEP). China now has 400 million online and 750 million mobile
consumers and recruits web talent from Silicon Valley for its growing number of
innovative web-based technology companies.
The two SLAC and IHEP computer scientists who helped to set in motion China's
rise as an online power will be reconnected at the commencement of the China 2.0: The Rise of a Digital Superpower conference to be held October 18-19,
2010 in Beijing. Organized by the Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and
Entrepreneurship (SPRIE), China 2.0-Beijing
is the second part of a conference held May 24-25, 2010 at Stanford University.
Companies thriving in China will increasingly shape the global digital
economy, either by their sheer scale at home or through investments and
acquisitions in the United States and other developed economies. The conference
will address the key questions: What are the drivers of innovation in China's
web-based industries? For China 2.0, what are the patterns for flows of people,
ideas, technology and capital across the Pacific? How can we assess the likely future shape and implications
of China's rise for consumers, industry players, investors, researchers and
policy makers? To answer these
questions, SPRIE's forum will feature presentations by 35 business leaders from
China's web-based technology industry, including such fields as gaming, mobile
2.0, and e-commerce.
Several U.S., China, and other international media outlets will cover the event
and China 2.0 iPhone and iPad
applications are now available. Video from the conference will follow on the SPRIE website and a book and documentary
film based on China 2.0 are
forthcoming.
For the China 2.0-Beijing agenda, a video interview with the SLAC and IHEP computer scientists, and video overviews of the conference, visit the China 2.0 website.