Woodenfish Forum on Buddhism & New Technology a Success in Shanghai

On June 11, 2017, a three-day International Woodenfish Forum, "Shanghai Buddhism and New Technology Conference" kicked off at Intercontinental Shanghai Puxi hotel. Over one hundred experts, scientists, and artists from around the globe specialized in the studies of Buddhism, Sinology, Theology, and Psychology participated in the event and delivered talks about their work. For student scholars, relevant youth forums were held each evening. Young rising talent thus could also engage in spreading the ideas of collaboration between Buddhism and Science. The forum covered a wide variety of topics and themes, including artificial intelligence, meditation, study of consciousness, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, IT, music, and education. Intellectuals from around the world took the stage to make their ideas heard, and these speakers represented the top talent from domestic and international fields: famous scientist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mr. Qingshi Zhu; vice chairman of Chinese National School Sports Robot League, Jian Wang, PhD.; co-founder of M-Lab--Multimedia Entrepreneurial Research, Education and Creative Laboratory--at