{"id":50317,"date":"2026-03-08T11:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T04:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=50317"},"modified":"2026-03-08T11:33:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T04:33:00","slug":"world-internet-conference-hosts-forum-on-embodied-ai-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=50317","title":{"rendered":"World Internet Conference hosts forum on embodied AI in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEIJING<\/span>, March 8, 2026 \/PRNewswire\/ — A report by CRI Online:<\/span><\/p>\n

The World Internet Conference Specialized Committee on Artificial Intelligence (the WIC\u00a0SC on AI)\u00a0hosted\u00a0a special forum\u00a0under the theme “Embodied AI: Leading a New Paradigm of AI Development”\u00a0on March 3\u00a0in Barcelona,\u00a0during the Mobile World Congress.<\/p>\n

Notable figures\u00a0addressing the event\u00a0included Francis Gurry<\/span>, vice-chair of the WIC and former director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organization; Mohamed Ben Amor<\/span>, director general of the Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organization; and Lara Dewar<\/span>, chief marketing officer of the GSMA.<\/p>\n

Others who gave\u00a0speeches\u00a0were Schahram Dustdar, co-chair of the WIC SC on AI, a member of Academia Europaea and president of the International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance; Zhang Dong<\/span>, executive vice president of China Mobile; Nakul Duggal<\/span>, executive vice president and group general manager at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.; and Wang Xiang<\/span>, senior vice president at ZTE.<\/p>\n

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The forum\u00a0also\u00a0featured a roundtable<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The forum\u00a0also\u00a0featured a roundtable moderated by John Higgins<\/span>, co-lead of the Standards Program of the WIC SC on AI and chairman of the International AI Governance Association.\u00a0It was participated by Liu Dong<\/span>, director of China Future Internet Engineering Center and Internet Hall of Fame Inductee;\u00a0Jayne Stancavage, vice president of policy and regulatory affairs at Intel Corporation; Emanuela Girardi<\/span>, president of ADRA;\u00a0and Qu Zhenbin, chief solutions architect for AI+ at Alibaba Cloud.<\/p>\n

They discussed the opportunities and challenges\u00a0emerging in the\u00a0embodied AI\u00a0industry.<\/p>\n

The participants agreed that embodied AI\u00a0is rapidly transitioning from research and development to large-scale implementation and\u00a0is now a key focus\u00a0in\u00a0AI\u00a0development.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They stressed the importance of deepening international cooperation to foster a healthy, diverse and inclusive global industry ecosystem\u00a0and\u00a0build a secure\u00a0collaborative\u00a0governance framework. These efforts are crucial to developing safe and reliable embodied AI and\u00a0ensuring\u00a0technological progress\u00a0benefits\u00a0humanity, they noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They expressed the hope that the WIC SC on AI would continue to play a vital role in building global consensus and\u00a0create\u00a0a shared, intelligent future.<\/p>\n

The forum was attended by over 100 representatives, including WIC SC on AI members, WIC members and representatives from international organizations, government agencies and institutions\u00a0in the\u00a0embodied AI\u00a0field.<\/p>\n

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BEIJING<\/span>, March 8, 2026 \/PRNewswire\/ — A report by CRI Online:<\/span><\/p>\n

The World Internet Conference Specialized Committee on Artificial Intelligence (the WIC\u00a0SC on AI)\u00a0hosted\u00a0a special forum\u00a0under the theme “Embodied AI: Leading a New Paradigm of AI Development”\u00a0on March 3\u00a0in Barcelona,\u00a0during the Mobile World Congress.<\/p>\n

Notable figures\u00a0addressing the event\u00a0included Francis Gurry<\/span>, vice-chair of the WIC and former director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organization; Mohamed Ben Amor<\/span>, director general of the Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organization; and Lara Dewar<\/span>, chief marketing officer of the GSMA.<\/p>\n

Others who gave\u00a0speeches\u00a0were Schahram Dustdar, co-chair of the WIC SC on AI, a member of Academia Europaea and president of the International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance; Zhang Dong<\/span>, executive vice president of China Mobile; Nakul Duggal<\/span>, executive vice president and group general manager at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.; and Wang Xiang<\/span>, senior vice president at ZTE.<\/p>\n

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\"The<\/a>
The forum\u00a0also\u00a0featured a roundtable<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The forum\u00a0also\u00a0featured a roundtable moderated by John Higgins<\/span>, co-lead of the Standards Program of the WIC SC on AI and chairman of the International AI Governance Association.\u00a0It was participated by Liu Dong<\/span>, director of China Future Internet Engineering Center and Internet Hall of Fame Inductee;\u00a0Jayne Stancavage, vice president of policy and regulatory affairs at Intel Corporation; Emanuela Girardi<\/span>, president of ADRA;\u00a0and Qu Zhenbin, chief solutions architect for AI+ at Alibaba Cloud.<\/p>\n

They discussed the opportunities and challenges\u00a0emerging in the\u00a0embodied AI\u00a0industry.<\/p>\n

The participants agreed that embodied AI\u00a0is rapidly transitioning from research and development to large-scale implementation and\u00a0is now a key focus\u00a0in\u00a0AI\u00a0development.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They stressed the importance of deepening international cooperation to foster a healthy, diverse and inclusive global industry ecosystem\u00a0and\u00a0build a secure\u00a0collaborative\u00a0governance framework. These efforts are crucial to developing safe and reliable embodied AI and\u00a0ensuring\u00a0technological progress\u00a0benefits\u00a0humanity, they noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They expressed the hope that the WIC SC on AI would continue to play a vital role in building global consensus and\u00a0create\u00a0a shared, intelligent future.<\/p>\n

The forum was attended by over 100 representatives, including WIC SC on AI members, WIC members and representatives from international organizations, government agencies and institutions\u00a0in the\u00a0embodied AI\u00a0field.<\/p>\n

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