This session aims to leverage AI to empower a green and resilient industrial transformation and drive measurable progress toward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It will showcase UNIDO’s strategic vision and initiatives in AI-driven sustainable industrial transformation, highlight concrete project opportunities in healthcare and AI sectors facilitated by CAISTC’s overseas networks, and demonstrate NICE’s capabilities in advancing AI-powered industrial innovation. The session is designed to move participants from ambition to action—identifying partnership pathways, investment-ready projects, and implementation mechanisms aligned with the WAITRO Summit 2026 theme “Leading the Path of Implementation“. 

Speaker

• Dr. Zilong He – International AI & Digital Transformation Expert, UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization)
• Dr. Benjin Luo – Secretary General of WAITRO, Chief Expert of Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI) & National Innovation Center par Excellence (NICE)
• Prof. Nnanyelugo Martin Ike-Muonso – DG/CEO, Raw Materials Research and DevelopmenT Council, Nigeria