Tencent held the first youth science conference and jointly released the list of scientific highlights

2019.01.22

On January 20, the first Tencent Youth Science Conference was held in Shenzhen. Guided by the China Association for Science and Technology and hosted by Tencent, the event is a science popularization event tailored for young people and the first stop of the series of activities of "Tencent Youth Science Popularization Plan".

At the meeting, Tencent, together with the top science magazine Science, released the world's first list of young people's scientific highlights, and launched a series of short videos of scientific highlights, inviting Lucie Hawking, David Egman, Li Miao, Charles Tsesler, Tim Urban and other top scientists and popular science scholars in the world to communicate with young people face to face, and interpret the Martian liquid water, human origin The mysteries of frontier scientific fields such as memory manipulation.

"When I was young, I liked to look at the starry sky. In the face of this wonderful world, perhaps every child would ask, how many mysteries are hidden in the vast universe? Only by continuous encouragement, can children finally discover the mysteries unknown to their predecessors, which is the basis of scientific discovery and technological innovation. I hope the Science Club can become a meaningful attempt, and every child should be fascinated by the world we live in. " Ma Huateng, chairman of Tencent's board of directors and CEO, sent a message to the conference, calling on more people to join hands in youth education and jointly protect children's imagination and curiosity.

"Spreading the seeds of science and waiting for the spring is the original intention of Tencent Youth Science Conference". Liu Shengyi, senior executive vice president of Tencent and chairman of group marketing and global brands, said that he hoped that young people would always maintain the scientific spirit of "the world must have an answer", fight for the well-being of all mankind with science, and safeguard the future of the world.

Cheng Wu, vice president of Tencent Group and CEO of Tencent Pictures, defined the Science Conference as "facing small audiences, focusing on small goals, and focusing on small problems". It will participate in building a "science popularization ecosystem for young people" and create a growth environment for young people to "understand scientific knowledge, cultivate scientific beliefs, and participate in scientific practice" Cheng Wu also announced the launch of the "Tencent Youth Science Popularization Creation Plan" at the conference, encouraging young people with professional knowledge to create science popularization content on Tencent content platform, so that scientific knowledge can continue to benefit more people.

 

Tencent Joins Hands Science Release the list of teenagers' scientific highlights

Tencent and Science jointly launched the world's first "Youth Science Outlook List", which combines authority and attention. The authoritative science editors of Science, together with top scientists, selected from the cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs in the past decade, and was shortlisted for 20 scientific issues, and combined with the research on the interests of 100000 Chinese youth on Tencent's content platform QQ, Finally, ten scientific highlights were released and announced by Tim Appenzeller, Chief Editor of Science News.

The list includes scientific breakthroughs at the macro level, such as the discovery of liquid water on Mars, the appearance of the atmosphere 2.7 million years ago, as well as the latest progress in micro levels such as microorganisms and molecules. Among them, some topics have a long history, such as pursuing the oldest origin of mankind; Some are in the ascendant, such as breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, robots and other fields. Topics related to human beings themselves, such as the principle of human brain memory and the role of sleep, have also been listed on the top ten.

Among them, the five most popular attractions were made into popular science short videos and premiered on the scene. In the video, academician Ouyang Ziyuan, the "father of Chang'e", Zhou Zhonghe, an evolutionary biology and paleoornithologist, and other members of the scientific advisory group of the Small Society, incarnate as "Internet celebrities", giving vivid and interesting explanations of profound scientific problems. Tencent scientists also explained the breakthroughs in the field of artificial intelligence to teenagers based on the latest progress.

Tencent also cooperated with the China Association for Science and Technology to release the science popularization applet of "Chinese Youth Science Calendar" on the spot. This applet brings together annual scientific events, science popularization activities and science and technology competitions from authoritative institutions such as the Chinese Association for Science and Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Lunar Exploration and Aerospace Engineering Center, etc., covering a variety of topics such as innovative technology, aerospace, science fiction, science popularization and artificial intelligence. Primary and secondary students can obtain activity information, share science popularization content Participate in scientific activities.

 

Science Masters Explain the List and Top 100 Question mark teenager facing each other

On the hot topic of "Teenager Science Watch List", top scientists and popular science scholars from all over the world shared breakthroughs in astronomy, physics, life and other fields.  

Lucy Hawking, the daughter of Stephen Hawking, the master of physics, reviewed the history of human space exploration and shared Professor Hawking's ideas on space travel from the perspective of the importance of water for the planet. As a world-famous science writer, Lucy Hawking believes that science education will be more interesting and vivid by means of short videos and other forms, which will stimulate children's curiosity and interest in science topics.

David Egman, a well-known brain neuroscientist, believes that memory can be manipulated. He explained how memory comes into being? What is the principle of memory manipulation? As the scientific consultant of the popular science fiction drama Western World, David Egman explained the core knowledge of the play: only the brain has memory, it can predict the future.

Li Miao, who once wrote "Talking about Quantum Mechanics to Children", is an outstanding theoretical physicist. He explained how the imitation brain chip works and its impact on future human society around the breakthrough of neural chip. In the future, can AI do creative thinking? "We look forward to the emergence of quantum computers in the future, which can really create artificial Newton, Einstein and Hawking."

Charles Tsesler, known as "the world's most knowledgeable sleep therapist", shared the mystery of the relationship between brain and sleep, and how he and his team designed special lighting equipment to help astronauts on the International Space Station sleep. For teenagers who often don't want to "waste time" sleeping, he gave advice - sleep can clear away harmful metabolites in the brain and make the brain more efficient; Deep sleep will also integrate and repeat the short-term memory during the day into long-term memory, and sleep can also "learn" to actually exist.

In the long process of exploring the origin of mankind, what interesting theories and discoveries have been made in history? Tim Urban, one of the most popular science and technology writers in the world, started from ancient times and shared the topic of the origin of Homo sapiens and life evolution

In addition to listening to the guests' speeches on the spot, some young people attending the meeting also got the opportunity to communicate before the meeting and challenge the science masters to ask questions at close range. Previously, the Science Club launched the recruitment of "question mark teenagers" on the QQ watch platform, inviting teenagers to obtain the qualification to participate in the conference by asking questions. More than 450000 users participated in the interaction and put forward nearly 40000 scientific questions. Partners such as Aibo also collected young people's participation through their respective platforms.

 

Tencent Youth Science Popularization Creation Plan Releases Content and Jointly Creates Science Popularization on the Whole Platform

Focusing on youth science popularization, Tencent also announced the launch of "Tencent Youth Science Popularization Creation Plan" at the conference, which will use "Penguin" as the operating creation platform, encourage young people with professional knowledge to participate in the creation of science popularization content through the sharing mechanism, traffic support, authoritative label certification and other ways, and through information flow platforms such as QQ Watch, QQ Browser, Daily Express, etc YOO video and other short video platforms, as well as Tencent video and other content platforms. The science fiction film "Wandering Earth", co produced by Tencent Pictures and adapted from Liu Cixin's novel, will also be released on the first day of the New Year, which is the first time that Chinese people have taken their own science fiction to the big screen.

"Science education and network literacy training are crucial to the survival and development of the next generation, and also an indispensable foundation for building an innovative power and a harmonious network society. The innovative generation with both ability and integrity will play a major role in China's future development." At the 2018 two sessions, Ma Huateng put forward a written proposal to encourage all social forces to deeply participate in science education and network literacy training.

In September 2018, Tencent released the "Tencent Youth Science Popularization Plan", which covers a number of important projects of youth talent training. Previously, Tencent held two Tencent Youth Camps to promote youth communication among the three regions, understand the latest new technologies and new cultural innovations, and reserve young talents for the development of the Bay Area; The Tencent WE Conference has been held for six consecutive times, connecting the most breakthrough scientific discoveries and cutting-edge ideas. Teenagers have become one of the main groups concerned about the conference.

Tencent has also continued to invest in youth art education and improving network literacy. In November 2017, Tencent, together with the Hefeng Art Foundation, launched the "Art Action" to jointly explore the "Internet+Art Education" and open art enlightenment for rural children. In August 2018, Tencent DNA (Digital Natives Action) planned to release the online literacy support program, jointly with colleges, public welfare organizations and other institutions, to carry out online literacy open classes for rural children, and explore a new model of online literacy education.