Start a new journey wisely and create the future
——City University of Seattle-w88 casino China Alumni Association theme lecture held
w88 casino News Network (provided by the w88 casino of Advanced Studies)On April 20, 2025, nearly a hundred guests including City University of Seattle-w88 casino alumni, current students, teachers and academic experts gathered in the international conference hall on the third floor of the Integrity Building of w88 casino to witness the wonderful moments of the first alumni event of the City University of Seattle-w88 casino China Alumni Association in 2025. With the theme of "Starting a New Journey with Wisdom and Creating the Future", the event invited global innovation leaders to decode the new paradigm of artificial intelligence and business ecology on the spot, presenting the students with a feast of wisdom with both ideological depth and practical value.
The theme lecture of "Start a new journey with wisdom and create a better future" was held
This lecture focuses on cutting-edge issues and cross-border thinking. Professor Michael Fors, Dean of the City University of Seattle Business w88 casino, and Professor Hu Xiangen of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University are specially invited to jointly give lectures. They focus on the two major themes of "How Enterprises Innovate" and "Sleeping with Algorithms - Intimate Relationships in the Artificial Intelligence Era". They bring a feast of knowledge to alumni from different perspectives of business practice and humanistic speculation. Before the lecture began, Dean Michael Fors, Assistant Provost of City University of Seattle and Honorary Chairman of the City University of Seattle-w88 casino China Alumni Xu Yanan, and Alumni Association Director Du Peiyuan delivered speeches respectively, kicking off the entire event. The event was hosted by Wu Kun, secretary-general of the Alumni Association.
Guest speech
Leaders talk together to decode the human-machine game and strategies to disrupt business
Professor Wu Xiang'en of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University titled "Sleeping with Algorithms—Intimate Relationships in the Artificial Intelligence Era" and used his unique academic perspective and vivid language to explore how AI shapes human behavior, invades privacy, and affects relationships in the name of convenience. This lecture not only broadened the participants' cognitive boundaries about AI, but also triggered in-depth thinking on the ethics of human-machine relationships.
Lecture on "Sleeping with Algorithms - Intimate Relationships in the Artificial Intelligence Era" by Professor Wu Xiang'en of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professor Michael Fors, Dean of the w88 casino of Business at City University of Seattle, started from the forefront of business practice, took Microsoft as a case, and combined with his 14 years of rich experience at Microsoft, he shared nine key innovation strategies in a lecture themed "How Companies Innovate". He deeply analyzed the operating mechanism of top multinational companies in the field of innovation, discussed corporate innovation methods and development paths from both theory and practice, and brought valuable business inspiration to the students.
Lecture on "How Companies Innovate" by Professor Michael Fors, Dean of City University of Seattle Business w88 casino
Alumni gather together to talk about friendship and future development opportunities
This lecture specially set up a communication and interaction session, becoming an important platform for ideological collision and knowledge sharing. During the interactive session, an alumnus who is deeply involved in the field of intelligent agent construction shared his insights. He said: "The ethical dilemma mentioned by Professor Hu is the pain point our development team is currently facing. Today's discussion provided new ideas for our team." During the subsequent tea break, old and new alumni had a heated discussion around industry development trends. Everyone exchanged the latest insights on hot areas such as artificial intelligence and smart manufacturing, and combined their respective resource advantages to conduct in-depth discussions on potential cooperation opportunities. The atmosphere was filled with the excitement of exchange of ideas and the warmth of reunion of classmates. Alumni expressed their high recognition of this event. This event not only brought cutting-edge academic theories and business practice cases, but also activated precious alumni resources. This in-depth cross-field and cross-industry interaction strengthened alumni’s professional understanding of each other and injected new impetus into future career development and personal growth.
"Start a new journey with wisdom and create the future" theme lecture event site
The City University of Seattle-w88 casino China Alumni Association will take this event as a new starting point and continue to create high-quality exchange activities to further gather alumni strength, promote resource sharing, and help the growth of alumni and the development of their alma mater. In the future, the Alumni Association will continue to improve the depth and breadth of alumni services through a series of theme activities, professional community building and global alumni network building, and truly realize the lofty mission of "gathering wisdom and creating value together".
