The 2024 Shandong Innovation-Driven Development Conference will be held from September 10 to 11. The theme of this conference is "Deeply Integrating Scientific and Technological Innovation and Industrial Innovation to Develop New Quality Productive Forces".
The conference adheres to the principle of serving innovation-driven development and promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation. It organizes and designs 51 activities throughout the year while adopting the "1+3+N" model for the first time. "1" refers to one theme, that is, "Deeply Integrating Scientific and Technological Innovation and Industrial Innovation to Develop New Quality Productive Forces". "3" refers to three major sections, including the main activity, 30 serial activities, and 20 matchmaking exchanges for experts and enterprises organized around key industrial chains in Jining. "N" refers to other activities organized by Jining independently.
The serial activities of the conference run through the whole year, including high-end dialogues, academic exchanges, investment promotion, and talent introduction, as well as achievement transfer and commercialization, technology matchmaking services, innovation competitions, science and technology experiences, and others. Up to now, 13 serial activities have been successfully held in seven cities across the province, with the participation of more than 200 academicians and experts as well as over 500 enterprises. Besides, 26 cooperation agreements have been signed.