What's Up Wudaokou: This Week's Best Events in the Heart of Studentland

What's Up, Wudaokou? Whether you're at Tsinghua, BLCU, Peking University, or even Google, there is an event for you in Haidian. In this series, we round up the best innovation, entrepreneurship, technology forums and workshops as well as student-related events. Don't worry, we'll even sneak in the occasional happy hour...

Sunday, Apr 7

Mongolian Students Association of Beijing Badminton Tournament
The Mongolian Students Association of Beijing has organized a day-long badminton tournament this Saturday. While participation is only available for members, anybody can tag along to watch and cheer during the event. RMB 50, free (for spectators). 11am-4pm. Beijing Jiaotong University

Hotpot at Wutaiyun
Wutaiyun Vegan Restaurant hosts a special healing organic vegan hotpot dinner this Sunday, including a free elemental reading using the five elements of chi (wu xing) for participants. Come down for this unique opportunity to learn more about the relationship between traditional Chinese medicine and food, meet other lovers of vegan food and enjoy a delicious meal. RMB 100. 5-9pm. Wutaiyun Vegan Restaurant
 

Monday, Apr 8

The Way Business Works China vs Israel
Tsinghua SEM X-elerator and WeWork Labs present this discussion examining the challenges, differences, opportunities, and collaborations between the innovators in Israel and China. The talk will feature keynote speakers Dr. Li Jizhen, associate professor of the Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, Tsinghua University, and Roee Adler, a longtime team member at WeWork Labs. Attendees will also have the opportunity to ask questions during the Q&A session and deepen their knowledge of the innovation landscape in Isreal. RMB 50. 2-7pm. Innoway
 

Thursday and Friday, Apr 11-12

2019 Artificial Intelligence Pioneer Conference
The Beijing Institute of Technology's School of Computer Science and Technology brings you this two-day conference on advanced AI tech, spanning topics such as algorithms and key common technologies, their innovations, and their applications. The discussion will also include details on how to develop an application from scratch as well as how to manage it. In Chinese only. Free. 8.30am-7.30pm. Beijing Institute of Technology

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Images: Unsplash, courtesy of organizers