The 2026 World Young Scientist Summit (WYSS) Brain-Computer Intelligence Forum opened on Oct 23 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. As one of the key parallel forums of the WYSS, the event focused on frontier directions such as brain-computer interfaces and neuromorphic computing, bringing together more than 20 experts, scholars and young scientists from universities, research institutes and industry at home and abroad to jointly explore frontier breakthroughs and future development pathways in the field of brain-computer intelligence. The forum attracted nearly 200 participants, pooling wisdom and injecting momentum into the development of China's brain-computer intelligence industry.
The forum was jointly hosted by the State Key Laboratory of Brain-Machine Intelligence at Zhejiang University, the Oujiang Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, and the Chinese Society of Cognitive Science. It was co-organized by the School of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at Wenzhou University, China Data Security Port, the Wenzhou Data Research Institute, the Nanhu Brain-Computer Interface Institute, the Brain-Computer Interface Subcommittee of the National Technical Committee 260 on Information Technology Standardization, the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Hangzhou Chapter, and the ACM Hangzhou Chapter, with support from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
The 2026 "China Brain-Computer Intelligence Science Rising Stars" Growth Support Program award ceremony was also held at the forum. The program was jointly initiated by the World Young Scientist Federation and the State Key Laboratory of Brain-Machine Intelligence at Zhejiang University, aiming to identify and honor young scholars who demonstrate outstanding potential in basic research, technological breakthroughs and industrial applications, and to inspire the next generation to scale new heights in science.
