The 6th International Forum on Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals

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05-15

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07-20

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08-06

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09-05

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09-06~09-08

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Welcome Message

GUO Huadong

Chair

The 6th International Forum on Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals

In 2026, we stand at a historic juncture of continuity and transition. Having systematically reflected on the decade-long journey of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2025, the year 2026 marks our official entry into the sprint phase of achieving the SDGs while also inaugurating forward-looking planning for global sustainable development beyond 2030.

We understand that the global challenges of sustainable development are complex. The approaching climate tipping points, cascading ecosystem impacts, and disparities in regional development remind us that we need broader strategic perspectives, deeper scientific understanding, and more precise technological innovations to comprehend the interactions between human activities and the Earth's natural environment and to take targeted actions. The explosive growth of big data and artificial intelligence (AI) has provided a "golden key" to addressing bottlenecks in global sustainable development.

Over the past six years, FBAS has witnessed a shift in how the perspective about digital technologies for SDGs have transformed from "important tools" for monitoring and evaluation, to being "core drivers" of sustainable development. Today, advancements in AI hold tremendous potential for SDGs as it unlocks new ways of understanding our planet, shifting from passive data analysis towards intelligent prediction, and from single-factor assessments to more integrated view of socio-economic-environmental systems.

This year’s forum, under the theme “Inheriting the Future: Innovations in Digital Intelligence for Global Sustainable Development” will delve into six major scientific topics: 1) accelerating the transformation and realization of global sustainable development goals through digital intelligence technologies; 2) strengthening the scientific foundation of big data for SDGs monitoring and evaluation; 3) exploring research paradigms for AI-driven sustainable development; 4) enhancing the critical role of global partnerships in accelerating SDG achievement while breaking down data barriers and bridging the digital divide; and looking ahead to summarize the progress of sustainable development goals and co-create new pathways for global sustainable development beyond 2030. The forum also features the SDGs Youth Stage, recognizing that young people are not only beneficiaries of a sustainable future but also co-creators of the present.

With only four years remaining until 2030, time is pressing, but the potential for progress is substantial. We must examine the present with scientific rationality and embrace the future with fearless innovation. On behalf of the forum, I extend a heartfelt invitation to scientists, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and young minds worldwide to gather with us. Let us transcend disciplinary and national boundaries to contribute solutions to the urgent challenge of achieving the SDGs and, together, shape the blueprint for long-term sustainable development with digital intelligence and collective strength.

Let us look to the future, advance hand in hand, and illuminate the path to sustainable development for 2030 and beyond with the light of digital intelligence!

Speakers

Quarraisha Abdool Karim

President of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)

Abdool Karim, is an infectious diseases epidemiologist whose seminal contributions spanning over three decades have shaped the global HIV prevention landscape, notably in prevention technologies for women. She demonstrated that ARVs prevent sexually transmitted HIV that laid the foundation for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP); and has provided insights in Africa and globally on the impact of Covid-19 on HIV and in the evaluation of Covid-19 vaccines and therapeutics. Abdool Karim is the President of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (USA); and Fellow of The World Academy of Science, Royal Society of South Africa, Academy of Science of South Africa and the African Academy of Science. Her research contributions have been recognized nationally and internationally with over 30 honors including South Africa’s Order of Mapungubwe, 2014 TWAS-Lenovo Prize; the John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award; the 2020 Christophe Mérieux Prize; and the 4th Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize for Medical Research. She is the Associate Scientific Director of CAPRISA; Professor in Clinical Epidemiology, Columbia University; and Pro-Vice Chancellor for African Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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GAO Wen

Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Director of Pengcheng Laboratory, Boya Chair Professor at Peking University

GAO Wen is a member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, ACM Fellow and IEEE Fellow. He is the founding director of Pengcheng Laboratory (Shenzhen, China). He is also a Boya Chair Professor at Peking University. He is currently a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress. He used to be a member of the 10th, 11th and 12th CPPCC National Committee, the vice president of National Natural Science Foundation of China, the chairman of China Computer Federation and the chief editor of Chinese Journal of Computers. He earned seven State Awards in Science and Technology Achievements as the first accomplisher. He received the IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award (2025), National May 1 Labor Medal (2023), Wu Wenjun AI Highest Achievement Award (2023), the Special Prize on Scientific and Technological Progress of the Guangdong Province Science and Technology Award (2023), the Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (2022), the Outstanding Contribution Award of Guangdong Province (2021), the CCF Wang Xuan Award and the title of “2005 China’s Top Ten Educational Talents”. GAO Wen has engaged in the research of artificial intelligence, multimedia, computer vision, pattern recognition, image processing, and virtual reality. He published six books and over 300 papers in international journals in the above areas.

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GUO Huadong

Director General of the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS)

GUO Huadong is the Director General of the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), an Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a Foreign Member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, and a Fellow of TWAS.

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Csaba Kőrösi

President of the 77th UN General Assembly, Strategic Director of the Blue Planet Climate Protection Foundation

As a career diplomat, he has spent his entire professional life in public service, combining national duties with assignments received from various international communities.

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Simon Redfern

President's Chair in Earth Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Simon Redfern is President's Chair in Earth Sciences at the Asian School of the Environment and Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University (NTU). A mineralogist and geochemist by training, he connects the properties of Earth materials with pressing challenges in climate mitigation and sustainable development.

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