为深化高水平改革开放、推动高质量发展贡献巾帼力量，7月6日下午，以“AI时代·女性职业发展新图景”为主题的2023世界人工智能大会·AI女性菁英论坛在上海世博中心蓝厅成功举办。著名国际组织代表、外国政府代表、国内外知名科技企业家、著名科研院所院士专家以及青年学子新秀等应邀在论坛上发表致辞、讲演和对话。UNIDO政府代表团成员委内瑞拉人民政权科学技术部信息与通信技术发展部副部长格洛丽亚·卡瓦略出席本次论坛，并在圆桌对话中发表精彩致辞。联合国工业发展组织投资与技术促进办公室（中国上海）携《弥合数字时代性别鸿沟》报告参与并支持本次论坛。

上海市副市长、上海市妇女儿童工作委员会主任华源出席并致辞。

国际人工智能联合会议理事会秘书长维斯那·赛博丽考维克·弗利兹、联合国驻华协调员常启德做特别致辞。

在“数字经济发展与加强女性STEM教育”圆桌对话中，委内瑞拉科学技术部信息与通信技术发展部副部长格洛丽亚·卡瓦略，上海人工智能实验室规划发展部部长杨燕青，以色列驻上海总领事馆总领事白乐潍，上海钛米机器人股份有限公司董事长潘晶，上海药明奥测医疗科技有限公司首席科官兼首席技术官方焯，上海市“科技明日之星”、华东师大二附中学生姜语宸，围绕人工智能产业创新与国际合作、女性新职业能力培育和应用导向的STEM教育问题，展开了中外对话与讨论。对话认为应抓住联合国教科文组织将在上海设立教科文组织STEM教育一类机构契机，加强女性STEM素养提升和新职业能力培育，增强数字经济时代女性的适应力、胜任力、创造力和竞争力，同时建议学校、教师、家长应为青少年参与STEM教育提供更多支持和帮助，为更好拥抱AI时代做出教育变革和技能储备。

本次论坛强烈传递出AI时代女性发展的蓬勃力量，AI科技创新为女性发挥独特优势创造了新机遇，UNIDO上海ITPO将全力支持AI赋能弥合性别鸿沟。《弥合数字时代的性别鸿沟》是由UNIDO上海ITPO联合上海社科院经济所在上海市妇联的支持下推出的报告。在实现联合国可持续发展目标和可持续的产业发展进程中，性别平等和妇女赋权是必不可少的。数字性别鸿沟问题是市场经济发展中产生的社会负效应问题，难以通过市场经济运行自动弥合。因此，需要政府强化顶层设计，运用“看得见的手”，制定可操作的政策工具予以干预和弥合。同时，数字经济下产生的各种新业态、新模式、新经济也有助于推动性别平等发展。政府、企业、社会多元合力并举，才是性别鸿沟问题可行的解决之道。

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The 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference - AI Women Elites Forum, themed "Embracing new career for women in teh AI era", was successfully held in the Blue Room of Shanghai World Expo Center in the afternoon of July 6. Reknown international organization representatives, foreign government representatives, domestic and foreign famous science and technology entrepreneurs, academicians and experts from famous research institutes, as well as young students and new talents were invited to deliver speeches, lectures and dialogues at the forum. Gloria Carvalho, Vice Minister for the Development of  Information and Communication Technologies, Ministry of Popular Power for Science and Technology, Venezuela, a member of UNIDO government delegation, attended the forum and delivered a wonderful speech in the roundtable dialogue. UNIDO Investment and Technology Promotion Office (ITPO) Shanghai participated and supported this forum with the report "Bridging the Gender Divide in the Digital Age".

HUA Yuan, Vice Mayor of Shanghai Municipal People’s Government and Director of Shanghai Municipal Working Committee for Women and Children, attended and delivered a speech.

Special speeches were made by Vesna Sabjiakovic-Fritz, Secretary General of International Joint Conference on AI, and Siddharth Chatterjee, United Nations Resident Coordinator in China delivered special speeches.

In the roundtable dialogue of "Development of Digital Economy and improving STEM Education for Women,", Gloria Carvalho, Vice Minister for the Development of  Information and Communication Technologies, Ministry of Popular Power for Science and Technology, Venezuela, Yang Yanqing, Head of Digital Economy Research of Shanghai AI Lab, Ravit Baer, Consulate General of Israel in Shanghai Consul General, Godpheray, Chairman of Taimi Robotics Technology Co., Ltd., Minnie Fang, Cheif Scientific Officer & Chief Technology Officer of Wuxi Diagnostics, and Jiang Yuchen, student of No.2 High School Of East China Normal University, had an international dialogue on the issues of AI industry innovation and international cooperation, and cultivation of new vocational skills for women and application-oriented STEM education. The dialogue suggested that UNESCO should seize the opportunity like the establishment of the UNESCO STEM education institution in Shanghai to enhance women's STEM literacy and cultivate new vocational skills, and strengthen women's adaptability, competence, creativity and competitiveness in the digital economy. It was also suggested that schools, teachers and parents should provide more support and assistance for young people to participate in STEM education, and make educational changes and skill reserves to better embrace the AI era.

The forum strongly conveyed the vibrant power of women's development in the AI era, AI technology innovation has created new opportunities for women to play to their unique strengths, and UNIDO will fully support AI empowerment in bridging the gender divide. Bridging the Gender Divide in the Digital Age is a report launched by UNIDO ITPO Shanghai and Institute of Economics, Shanghai Academy of  Social Sciences,with the support of the Shanghai Women's Federation. The report states that Gender equality and empowerment for women are fundamental to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development (ISID). Gender divide in digital age is a negative effect deriving form development of market economy, and it is not easy to bridge the divide through market economy itself. Therefore, government needs to strengthen the top-level design, utilize the "visible hand", and develop practical policy tools to intervene and bridge the gender divide. At the same time, various new forms, new models and new economies arising from digital economy also contribute to facilitating gender equality process. The joint efforts of government, enterprises and society can provide feasible solutions to bridging gender divide.

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