Cyberport Kicks Off Its ‘Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum 2024’, Exploring AI-Powered Entertainment In Web3
In Brief
Cyberport has successfully launched its annual flagship event, the “Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum 2024.”
Creative digital community Cyberport announced that it has successfully launched its annual flagship event, the “Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum (DELF) 2024.” The event is scheduled to take place over three days, starting on August 16th and concluding on August 18th, at Cyberport in Hong Kong.
This year’s DELF theme is “Imaginary Fairground: AI-Powered Entertainment in the Web 3.0 Era,” which is set to explore four main areas, encompassing “Smart Lifestyle,” “Robotics,” “Sports & Gaming,” and “Culture & Arts.” It will feature nearly fifty interactive activities, such as industry forums, experiential zones, workshops, and competitions, providing the public with an opportunity to engage in an innovative, AI-powered summer carnival.
Today, the DELF opened with a ceremony featuring distinguished guests, including Paul Chan Mo-po, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Lillian Cheong Man-lei, Under Secretary for the Innovation, Technology, and Industry Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; and Simon Chan Sai-ming, Chairman of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, who delivered introductory speeches.
The first day also featured over twenty sessions of keynote presentations and panel discussions, presented by more than sixty experts from the digital entertainment industry, including representatives from Microsoft, Cisco, Alibaba, Baidu, Foxconn, Xiaohongshu, Dell, NVIDIA, BytePlus, Meta, teamLab, 9GAG & Memeland, ESRI, and FATface Production, a member of OneCool Group. Topics covered included smart entertainment, generative AI, high-performance computing (HPC), the night economy, sports entertainment, and micro-entertainment.
Interactive AI Workshops And Competitions Highlight DELF’s Weekend Events
On the second and third days, over the weekend, the main stage will offer a range of interactive and personalized entertainment and smart living experiences. These include AI-powered workshops on topics such as robotics programming, flight simulation, game development, and audio mixing.
Additionally, there will be performances and competitions such as the AI Everywhere Robotics Esports Invitational 2024 (GBA), Elderly eSport Tournament & Experience Day, the From Player to Page English Writing Competition, the Hong Kong Game Development Competition, and the NEXX AI for Entertainment award presentation ceremony. Events will run from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, as outlined in the DELF agenda.
Cyberport is Hong Kong’s digital technology hub and incubator for entrepreneurship, boasting over 2,000 members, including more than 900 onsite and over 1,100 offsite startups and technology companies.
The organization aims to support the technology ecosystem by developing talent, encouraging youth entrepreneurship, and advancing technology industry growth. It promotes strategic partnerships with local, Mainland Chinese, and international entities and drives digital transformation across both public and private sectors to bridge new and traditional economies.
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