Driving a new round of revolution in the second decade of the 20th century, Industry 4.0 and intelligent manufacturing technologies have been generating many transformative technologies while substantially boosting the development of the manufacturing industry. Since 2018, with the  quick application of 5G technology, the rapid promotion of industrial internet platforms and the gradual integration of AI technology with the manufacturing industry, new trends and opportunities for accelerating development have emerged in intelligent manufacturing technologies and industries.

The 2022 International Forum on Innovation and Emerging Industries Development (IEID2022) – Intelligent Manufacturing Technology & Industry Session, which has been successfully held in China and Germany for five sessions, is sponsored by the Department of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering Division of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and organized by the School of Mechanical Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The session will provide new insights into the technological innovation of intelligent manufacturing and industrial development, and generate new ideas for the intelligent transformation of the global manufacturing industry, andfurther promote global technological innovation and the development of emerging industries.

The forum will invite over 20 guests from the acatech (National Academy of Science and Engineering), the UK Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), Fortune 500 companies wellknown in the manufacturing sector, and national key large-scale enterprises. Aiming at indepth exchanges on major innovations, disruptive technologies and emerging industries development in the field of intelligent manufacturing, the sharing and panel discussions will concentrate on the common issues such as industrial policy, the role of technological innovation in promoting economic development, and institutional mechanisms for non-profit research institutions and innovation and entrepreneurship incubation.