The "Summit on IT Vision2020", organized by Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList) ,was held in Tsinghua from July 12 to 13.

Tsinghua University President and Chairman of TNList GU Binglin, attended the summit and delivered the opening speech. A total of eleven world-renowned experts delivered lectures on the summit. Academician SUN Jiaguang, Dean of Tsinghua’s School of Information Science and Technology and Director of TNList also spoke at the opening ceremony.

Distinguished speakers include Academician James Plummer, Dean of Engineering School of Stanford University, Academician Vincent Poor, Dean of Engineering School of Princeton University, Academician Shankar Sastry, Dean of Engineering School of University of California, Berkeley, Academician Yannis Yortsos, Dean of Engineering School of University of Southern California, Academician P. R. Kumar from the University of Illinois, Academician Michael Waterman from the University of Southern California, Professor Jeannette Wing, President’s Professor of Computer Science in Carnegie Melon, Professor Byeong Gi Lee, Former Commissioner of the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), Professor Hideo Miyahara, Director of National Institute of Information and Communications Technology of Japan (NICT), and Dr. Nim Cheung, Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institution (ASTRI).

The experts looked forward to the development of information technology in 2020 from various aspects including electronics and telecommunication, computer science and software application, and systems control technology. They also shared their insight on the cross-discipline development of information technology, and its influence on the sustainable development of the society.