The Greater Bay Area is booming with the vitality of science and innovation. On October 29, the 2024 Top Scientists Bay Area Forum was held at the Bay Song Art Center in Guangzhou Pengrui No. 1. The forum was centered around the theme of "Walking with the World" and was hosted by Pengrui Charity Foundation and Shanghai World Top Scientists Development Foundation, and co-organized by Pengrui Group and Guangzhou Pengrui No. 1. The forum brought together the world's top wisdom. Three Nobel Prize winners from different fields shared their valuable experiences on the road of scientific exploration, bringing a top scientific event to Guangzhou, an "important carrier of international science and technology innovation center", and injecting new impetus for scientific development into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, an "international science and technology innovation center".

Professor Arieh WARSHEL, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Professor J. Michael KOSTERLITZ, winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics, and Professor Andre Geim, winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics, attended the forum and delivered wonderful speeches, leading the guests to embark on a scientific exploration journey. Ni Yugen, Vice Chairman of the Guangzhou Association for Science and Technology, Xu Hang, founder of the Pengrui Charity Foundation and Chairman of the Board of Pengrui Group, Gu Fang, Executive Director of the Pengrui Charity Foundation, Guo Dongfeng, Secretary General of the Pengrui Charity Foundation and Vice Chairman of the Board of Pengrui Group, Wang Jianhua, Director and Executive President of Pengrui Group, Tao Wei, General Manager of Pengrui Group Guangzhou City Company, Sun Liang, Deputy Secretary General of the Shanghai Center of the World Association of Top Scientists, as well as more than 300 representatives of entrepreneurs in the Bay Area and more than 60 representatives of central, provincial and municipal media attended the forum.

At the forum, Guo Dongfeng, Secretary General of Pengrui Charity Foundation, attended and delivered a speech: "Pengrui Charity Foundation has been actively exploring and practicing in many public welfare fields, especially in promoting technological innovation, promoting scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation, and helping young talents to cultivate talents. In his speech, Guo Dongfeng said that Pengrui Charity Foundation will be committed to promoting the holding of the Bay Area Forum of Top Scientists, using Guangzhou Pengrui No. 1 as a carrier and the forum as a link to communicate with top wisdom, enhance international cooperation, promote scientific development, and jointly promote the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area's technological innovation to a new level and create new glory.

The designated venue for the construction of the top science platform was unveiled

Taking this event as an opportunity, the designated venue of the Bay Area Forum of Top Scientists was officially located at Guangzhou Pengrui No. 1, which means that Guangzhou Pengrui No. 1 will become a bridge connecting the world's top wisdom. The wisdom and thoughts of the world's top scientists will collide freely here, inspiring more scientific sparks and providing stronger support for the city's technological innovation and development.

Professor Andre Geim, representative of the Shanghai World Top Scientists Development Foundation, Professor J. Michael Kosterlitz and Professor Arieh Warshel, Nobel Prize-winning scientists, Mr. Xu Hang, founder of Pengrui Charity Foundation and Chairman of Pengrui Group, Mr. Wang Jianhua, Director and Executive President of Pengrui Group, and Mr. Tao Wei, General Manager of Pengrui Group Guangzhou City Company, jointly unveiled the designated venue of the Top Scientists Bay Area Forum, Guangzhou¡¤Pengrui No. 1.

The designated venue of the forum is located in Guangzhou¡¤Pengrui No. 1, which is an important milestone for Pengrui No. 1 to help scientific innovation, scientific cause and high-quality urban development. Pengrui No. 1 adheres to the scientific spirit and advocates a high-quality lifestyle with an international perspective. In the future, it will also be committed to gathering the world's top wisdom, creating a better future with science and wisdom, and contributing landmark power to urban development.

Science keynote speech reveals top wisdom

Science is the driving force for the transformation and development of all mankind, and basic science is the source of all power. At the forum, the scientists invited to give keynote speeches were Nobel Prize winners in physics and chemistry. They discussed cutting-edge scientific issues such as artificial intelligence, physical exploration, and new graphene materials, and shared their latest research results in their respective fields and their profound insights into the future development of science.

At present, artificial intelligence is becoming a key driving force for promoting global economic transformation and social development, profoundly changing people's working methods and living habits. In his speech, Professor Aryeh Warshel explored the multi-scale and artificial intelligence research of enzyme catalysis in depth, allowing the guests on site to have a deeper understanding of the computational simulation of the functional properties of biological molecules. His research not only promoted the development of computational biology, but also brought revolutionary changes to the field of biomedicine.

"Through computer science modeling, we can better understand cells, proteins, receptors, etc. in the body. Based on this knowledge, we can build better drugs and contribute to the well-being of mankind. I hope our research can promote the further development of science, and even improve scientific productivity." Professor Aryeh Warshel shared.

Professor J. Michael Kosterlitz led the guests to review the process of his discovery of the topological phase transition theory through his speech "Random Walk: From Physical Exploration to the Nobel Prize". His discovery not only changed people's understanding of material phase transitions, but also provided a new perspective for the study of low-temperature superconductivity.

Talking about his views on the Bay Area Forum of Top Scientists, Professor J. Michael Kosterlitz said: "This event was very successful. Many very well-known scientists and technicians were invited. I enjoyed the process very much."

Professor Andre Geim showed the magical properties of graphene and other two-dimensional materials to the guests. His research not only opened the door to the new material technology revolution, but also pointed out the direction for the future development of materials science.

"In the past decade, graphene has been very popular in industrial applications. Many universities in the world have this subject, and there are also many people in China who are researching this material. Since people have used graphene, we have seen many industries, technologies, and products have achieved a qualitative leap. We should be confident in new materials, such as graphene and other two-dimensional materials, as well as the integration of these materials with existing materials. We need to further explore and try to reveal more possibilities." Professor Andre Geim said in his speech.

Chasing Scientists and Zero-distance Wisdom Collision

Chasing Scientists and Realizing the Dream of Scientific Exploration. This forum carefully set up a "zero-distance interaction" session with Nobel Prize winners, which set off a climax at the event. The business leaders, technology workers and youth representatives of the Greater Bay Area who were invited to participate in this event had in-depth and extensive face-to-face exchanges with top scientists, focusing on the world's most cutting-edge scientific fields, and jointly exploring the changes that science has brought to life, industry and learning, so as to better stimulate the scientific interest and innovation potential of young people and help them set sail for their scientific dreams. At the same time, the forum also created opportunities for outstanding entrepreneurs in Guangzhou to interact with top scientists, and promoted the prosperity and development of the science and technology innovation industry in the Greater Bay Area.

In the process of promoting new materials, what practical problems need to be solved? In response to this, Professor Andre Geim answered on the spot: "Our scientists in the industry are constantly making some attempts and breakthroughs. I want to emphasize that the breakthroughs we make must truly benefit the industry, rather than blindly pursuing behaviors without scientific foresight and uncertainty. Therefore, we need government measures to stimulate the transformation of this knowledge and encourage more small companies to make more changes."

"The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to artificial intelligence that can predict the three-dimensional structure of proteins with high precision. I wonder if it is possible to use artificial intelligence to predict the interaction between two proteins with different structures? Now that environmental pollution is quite serious, is it possible to use this kind of artificial intelligence modeling to find some molecular structures that can produce chemical reactions on things like plastic bags?" During the interactive session, an entrepreneur representative asked Professor Aryeh Wascher questions in his professional field.

In response to this, Professor Aryeh Warshel said: "Scientists are now looking for different directions, including mutations in enzymes. By changing the sequence of the enzyme to improve its efficiency, it can act on the plastics we use to reduce the negative impact of plastics. We can also model proteins through computer processes, implement these mutations in experiments, and use related technologies to identify which mutations are more efficient in digesting plastics. I think this direction will be very promising."

The entrepreneurs further clarified their future research directions and career development focuses through the insights of top scientists and gained a lot. The young people also seized the opportunity to consult and learn from the Nobel Prize winners in person, raised many imaginative questions, and received invaluable guidance in the stage of scientific enlightenment.

¡°How long will people have to wait before they can realize the application of nuclear fusion?¡± When faced with this question raised by a child at the scene, Professor Andre Geim replied: ¡°This question about nuclear fusion is indeed a very big and very good one. The importance of nuclear fusion lies in that it involves a substantial transformation of energy. In my opinion, many of the challenges faced in the process of realizing the application of nuclear fusion are very important problems that we urgently need to solve today. The direction of nuclear fusion is very important for improving human life, especially for you children who will grow up in a better world. It is very important for you to understand this direction. You may live to the end of this century, and then all changes may happen.¡±

At the event, a 12-year-old child curiously asked the question, ¡°What is the most interesting thing about studying physics?¡±, which was patiently answered by Professor J. Michael Kosterlitz.

"The biggest task in physics is to solve problems. In fact, in my mind, there are still many unsolved physical problems in human beings. We need to find laws in dynamic and noisy systems. All systems are dynamic, and the mode selection in the system is everywhere. We need to analyze the system itself and the system's mode." In the view of Professor J. Michael Kosterlitz, young people are flexible in their minds and should boldly try any problems they encounter. Some complex problems need to be better understood, analyzed and solved in complex systems. Whether young people are engaged in complex system research such as physics or biology, they need to understand complex systems from the underlying logic.

The holding of a scientific event, the precipitated ideas and the spread of influence will empower the city for a long time. Top scientists Bay Area Forum Nobel Prize winners answered scientific questions in a simple and easy-to-understand way and encouraged young people to join in. When a city exudes the breath of science everywhere, when the public is willing to get close to science and know how to think about daily life with a scientific attitude, more and more seeds of innovation will surely take root here.

Together we plant top scientists and cultivate fertile soil for the scientific spirit

During this forum, three top scientists, Professor Andre Geim, Professor J. Michael Kosterlitz, and Professor Aryeh Vasher, also boarded the Beidisha Ecological Park Island and planted the "Top Scientist Bay Area Memorial Forest" symbolizing wisdom and life, which not only planted the seeds of scientific dreams, but also symbolized the inheritance and growth of the scientific spirit. Beidisha Ecological Park Island, as the ecological emerald presented by Pengrui to Guangzhou, will not only become a new business card for Guangzhou's ecological civilization, but also a fertile soil for the scientific spirit.

Walk with the world's wisdom and light up the light of future science. The successful holding of this Top Scientist Bay Area Forum is the practice and continuation of Pengrui's empowerment of science. Guangzhou is the city with the most vitality and potential for scientific and technological innovation in China. As one of the organizers of this forum, Pengrui Charity Foundation is committed to closely combining the concept of public welfare with the scientific spirit, and by supporting high-level scientific and technological exchange activities, it stimulates the scientific interest and innovation potential of young people and helps young people set sail for their scientific dreams. Through the forum, a platform for close communication with top scientists is created to promote social technological innovation and highlight the core value of scientific spirit in contemporary society.

Scientific and technological innovation is the first driving force for development, and scientific spirit is an important foundation for scientific and technological innovation. The Bay Area Forum of Top Scientists, starting from the Bay Area and walking with the world, allows the scientific spirit to fully burst out in the vibrant Guangzhou, providing more "possibilities" for Guangzhou and the Greater Bay Area to achieve leapfrog progress in science and technology, and providing more "certainty" for Guangzhou to build a "strong city of scientific and technological innovation" and the Greater Bay Area to build a "global highland of scientific and technological innovation". "The appointment of top scientists" is not only a "grand event" for Guangzhou, a "science, technology, education and cultural center", but also a "happy event" for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and a "fortunate event" for the world.

If the development of science and technology is likened to a bright night sky, then these top scientists from all over the world are the stars shining with dazzling light. The starry sky will not let down every "traveler", but will only strive to illuminate the way forward for those who dare to pursue their scientific dreams. Just as the successful holding of the 2024 Top Scientists Bay Area Forum will light up beacons for a large number of "rising stars" who love and care about science. With the guiding light of the scientific spirit, people will no longer need to ask "where is the future road", but will clearly believe that "the future road is right under our feet."

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