China: Nobel laureate anticipates fruitful outcomes at upcoming AI conference in Shanghai.

Shotlist Shanghai, China - July 14, 2026 1. Various of venue for 2026 World AI Conference (WAIC) and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance Beijing, China - Recent 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Omar Yaghi, 2025 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry: "I'm excited about participating. It sounds like a great conference that brings people from different walks of society, from different professions to discuss our potential common future using AI. So, I'm looking forward to it." Shanghai, China - July 14, 2026 3. Entrance to 2026 WAIC 4. Aerial shot of exhibitors making preparations Beijing, China - Recent 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Omar Yaghi, 2025 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry: "I think that kind of extensive participation speaks highly of the conference itself, the WAIC. And I want to commend the organizers and the people who sponsored this conference for putting it together and bringing everybody together to try to figure out what aspects of AI are going to be of benefit to us, to society, to the economy, to the world at large. But also what potential harmful things that we need to anticipate and we need to configure into our models so that we don't have to face them down the road. So I think these two aspects are of interest to me. And clearly, when you have industry and academicians as well as researchers combined, I think that we might converge on some kind of idea of how to proceed in this important technology." Shanghai, China - July 14, 2026 6. Aerial shots of venue for 2026 WAIC Storyline Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi is looking forward to the upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) conference in Shanghai, expecting in‑depth discussions on how to maximize benefits while minimizing risks of the technology. The 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High‑Level Meeting on Global AI Governance (WAIC) is set to take off in Shanghai on Friday. Yaghi, who won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, welcomed the AI conference in an interview with China Media Group (CMG), highlighting its role in convening diverse voices to address inclusion, security and development in the global debate on artificial intelligence. "I'm excited about participating. It sounds like a great conference that brings people from different walks of society, from different professions to discuss our potential common future using AI. So, I'm looking forward to it," he said. The conference will include 140 forum sessions, with a total exhibition area exceeding 100,000 square meters. More than 1,100 enterprises will showcase over 3,000 products at the event, of which over 300 AI products will make their global debut. Yaghi commended the organizers for drawing unprecedented participation to the WAIC, noting the breadth of voices as vital to shaping AI’s future. "I think that kind of extensive participation speaks highly of the conference itself, the WAIC. And I want to commend the organizers and the people who sponsored this conference for putting it together and bringing everybody together to try to figure out what aspects of AI are going to be of benefit to us, to society, to the economy, to the world at large. But also what potential harmful things that we need to anticipate and we need to configure into our models so that we don't have to face them down the road. So I think these two aspects are of interest to me," he said. The Nobel laureate also expressed confidence that the event would generate fruitful outcomes. "And clearly, when you have industry and academicians as well as researchers combined, I think that we might converge on some kind of idea of how to proceed in this important technology," Yaghi said. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]