In response to China’s national strategy on population aging, to intensify international implementation of industry-university-research-application cooperation, promote integrative applications of artificial intelligence technology in innovation and development for an aging society, and guided by the Ministry of Education and the People’s Government of Jilin Province, the Ministry of Education’s Center for School Development and Planning will host the 2026 International Conference on the Cooperation and Integration of Industry, Education, Research and Application (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning Provinces and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region) and the 4th International Conference on AI-Empowered Innovation and Development for an Aging Society on September 19, 2026 at Changchun University.
This conference aims to bring elite Chinese and overseas experts and industry leaders to Changchun University to engage in extensive discussions on AI, technological innovation for aging, smart elder care, and other cutting-edge topics while exploring innovative methods to strengthen high-quality development of an aging society. This conference will also build networking platforms for implementing industry-university-research-application, display outstanding achievements in AI-empowerment for an aging society, and promote scientific and cross-border communication and cooperation.
Education Department of Jilin Province, Department of Science and Technology of Jilin Province, Department of Civil Affairs of Jilin Province, Human Resources and Social Security of Jilin Province, Changchun University, Gerontological Society of Jilin, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Smart Rehabilitation and Accessibility for Disabled People, Jilin Province Research Center of Innovation and Development Strategy for An Aging Society, Jilin Province Research Center of Services for an Aging Society, Jilin Province Research Center of Innovation and Development for a Digital Intelligence Economy
September 19th, 2026
Changchun University Tuanfeng Auditorium (Main Venue)
Offline and Online (Some of the overseas guests will attend online), The entire conference will be livestreamed on Changchun University’s official public WeChat account.
We are honored to have invited the following guests to this conference
(list not in order, currently being updated)
Li Jianan
Professor at Nanjing Medical University (China) / International Member of the National Academy of Medicine (United States)
Hamid Reza Karimi
Professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy) / Member of Academia Europa
Ng Yin Kwee
Professor at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) / Academician for the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Academician for the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Gabriel Yue Xiao-Guang
Professor at European University Cyprus / Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Engineering
Sibrandes Poppema
Professor/President at Sunway University (Malaysia)
Robbin Rowe
Chief AI Expert at the International Telecommunication Union / CEO of Fountain Abode Inc.
Christian Werner
Professor/President at German University of Health and Sport
Carolien Rieffe
Professor at Leiden University (Netherlands)
Matthias Dörrzapf
Professor at Cambridge University (England)
Smart Rehabilitation and Accessibility Development for Disabled People
Research Focus
Emphasizes smart rehabilitation devices, accessible information and communication, technology for making retrofitted elderly housing, and ways to promote the creation of an inclusive aging society. This seminar will rely on the platform advantages of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Smart Rehabilitation and Accessibility for Disabled People to illustrate its most recent research outcomes and transformational applications in a variety of fields.
Innovations in the Integration of the Digital and Silver Economies
Research Focus
Explores the industry ecosystem and innovative models of digital technology in elder care services, smart medicine, and elder care finance.
Integration of Art and Creativity: Contemporary Art and Cross-Media Innovation
Research Focus
Highlights the artistic creativity of cross-media methods, digital technology-empowered artistic expression, and the artistic participation of elderly people. Explores the creative methods and social value of contemporary art in the context of an aging society.
Collaborative Chinese and Western Medicine, the High-Quality Development of Elderly Rehabilitation Services
Research Focus
Explores the integration of rehabilitation services and Chinese medicine that forms new techniques and treatments while creating new modes and concepts related to elderly diseases and elder care.
Comprehensive Medical, Educational, Physical, Health, and Artistic Interventions for Autism
Research Focus
Explores medical, educational, physical, health, and artistic interventions for autism patients throughout their life. Examines new ways of creating multidimensional and integrated interventions for autism.
AI-Empowered Innovation and Development in an Aging Society：Achievement Exchange event
Currently being updated
Proactive Health, Boundless Life: Declaration of Innovation.
During this conference, this special health-focused activity is led by an invited scholar who will apply the content of his seminar to a practical health scenario.
This activity is intended for a wide-ranging audience, particularly students and teachers, middle-aged and elderly people, and disabled sports enthusiasts. Aiming to overcome the barriers of age, status, and physique and creating an inclusive environment where both young and old as well as the disabled can participate, it uses the power of sports to contribute towards the Healthy China strategy. It also intends to build a regional system for elderly health services.
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