Program
The 1st International Conference on AI Scientists (ICAIS 2025)
November 23-25, 2025 | Zhongguancun Academy, Beijing, China
Venue: Building D5, Zone D, Haidian Dayue Information Technology Park
会场地址： 海淀大悦信息科技园D区D5号楼
Day 1: November 23, 2025 (Sunday)
Venue: C5 Auditorium
| Time | Activity | Session Chair |
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| 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration | — |
| 09:00 - 09:45 |
Opening Ceremony & Launch of the ZGCA & ZGCI Intelligent Scientific System: OmniScientist
1. Opening Ceremony & Welcome Address 2. Launch of the ZGCA & ZGCI Intelligent Scientific System: OmniScientist 3. Launch of Beiwei Nobel Forum & Release of the Scientific Breakthrough List: Frontiers in Technology and Predictions for Future Breakthroughs |
Prof. James Evans, Dr. Chuan Cao |
| 09:45 - 10:30 |
Keynote Speech 1: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Economy
Speaker: Prof. Thomas J. Sargent (Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, 2011) |
Prof. Yaqin Zhang |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Tea Break | — |
| 10:45 - 11:30 |
Keynote Speech 2: Materials for the Future
Speaker: Prof. Konstantin Novoselov (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2010) |
Prof. Bin Shao |
| 11:30 - 12:30 |
High-Level Roundtable: AI and Humans on Future Science
Moderator: Prof. Tie-Yan Liu Panelists: Prof. Arieh Warshel, Prof. Thomas J. Sargent, Prof. Yong Li OmniScientist Empowered AI Scientists: AI Specialist Alpha and AI Generalist Omega |
Prof. Bin Shao |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | — |
| 13:30 - 14:00 |
Keynote Speech 3: My Consideration on Machine Learning (Remote Presentation)
Speaker: Prof. Giorgio Parisi (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2021) |
Prof. Tao Qin |
| 14:00 - 14:45 |
Invited Talk 2: AI Science NOT AI Scientists
Speaker: Prof. James Evans · University of Chicago, Director of Knowledge Lab |
Prof. Tao Qin |
| 14:45 - 15:15 |
Invited Talk 3: Agentic AI and Agent-based Models in Economics
Speaker: Prof. Doyne Farmer · University of Oxford, Dean |
Prof. Tao Qin |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Tea Break | — |
| 15:30 - 16:15 |
Keynote Speech 4: Combining the Insight from Physical Based Simulations and AI Analysis
Speaker: Prof. Arieh Warshel (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2013) |
Prof. Bin Dong |
| 16:15 - 16:45 |
Invited Talk 5: Exploring the Property Space of Materials with Self-Driving Labs
Speaker: Prof. Koji Tsuda · Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo |
Prof. Bin Dong |
| 16:45 - 17:15 |
Invited Talk 4: Exploring Chemical Complexity with Assembly Theory and Chemputation (Remote Presentation)
Speaker: Prof. Lee Cronin FRSE · Regius Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow |
Prof. Bin Dong |
| 17:15 - 17:30 |
Conference Paper Introduction & Best Paper Award Ceremony
Speaker: Dr. Yue Wang |
Prof. Yue Zhang |
| 17:30 - 20:30 |
Poster Session & Welcome Reception
Refreshments and snacks provided |
Dr. Yue Wang |
Day 2: November 24, 2025 (Monday)
Venue: C5 Auditorium
| Time | Activity | Session Chair |
|---|---|---|
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration | — |
| 09:00 - 09:45 |
Keynote Speech 5: Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Creativity
Speaker: Prof. Serge Haroche (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2012) |
Prof. Haiguang Liu |
| 09:45 - 10:15 |
Invited Talk 1: Learnings from Agents4Science (Remote Presentation)
Deep Decoding "AI Scientists": Frontier Exploration of AI Empowering Scientific Research Speaker: Prof. James Zou · Stanford University, Head of Virtual Lab |
Prof. Haiguang Liu |
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
AI Scientists Leaderboard and Challenge Award Ceremony
www.sciencearena.ai Award Presenters: ZGCA & ZGCI Leadership, Prof. James Evans, Prof. Kostya Novoselov, Prof. James J. Heckman |
Dr. Fengli Xu |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Tea Break | — |
| 10:50 - 11:35 |
Keynote Speech 6: Building Resilience and Adaptation to Change
Speaker: Prof. James J. Heckman (Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, 2000) |
Prof. Keke Gai |
| 11:35 - 12:30 |
High-Level Roundtable: AI Scientists — The Present and Future
Moderator: Dr. Fengli Xu Panelists: Prof. Serge Haroche, Prof. Konstantin Novoselov, Prof. James J. Heckman, Prof. James Evans, Dr. Lei Bai |
Prof. Keke Gai |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | — |
| 13:30 - 14:00 |
Invited Talk: Accelerating Science and Medicine with Collaborative AI Agents (Remote Presentation)
Building a New Era of Science and Medicine with Collaborative Agents Speaker: Vivek Natarajan · Google DeepMind, Head of AI Co-Scientist |
Beijie Dai |
| 14:00 - 15:40 |
Invited Talk Series: Advances in Technology and Systems for Generalist AI Scientists
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Beijie Dai |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Tea Break & Discussion | — |
| 16:00 - 17:45 |
Invited Talk Series: Research Progress in Domain-Specific AI Scientists
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Dr. Tong Xia |
| 17:45 - 18:00 |
Closing & Remarks
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Day 3: November 25, 2025 (Tuesday) · The 1st AI Scientist Challenge
Venue: C5 Auditorium | Host: Dr. Fengli Xu
| Time | Activity | Reporter(s) |
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| 09:00 - 09:15 |
AI Scientist Challenge Winner Presentations
Literature Review |
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| 09:15 - 09:30 |
AI Scientist Challenge Winner Presentations
Research Ideation |
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| 09:30 - 09:45 |
AI Scientist Challenge Winner Presentations
Paper Q&A |
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| 09:45 - 10:00 |
AI Scientist Challenge Winner Presentations
Paper Review |
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| 10:00 - 10:20 | Break | — |
| 10:20 - 10:38 |
Tutorial: Literature Review
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| 10:38 - 10:56 |
Tutorial: Research Ideation
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| 10:56 - 11:14 |
Tutorial: Automated Experimentation
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| 11:14 - 11:32 |
Tutorial: Scientific Writing
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| 11:32 - 11:50 |
Tutorial: Paper Review
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| 11:50 - 12:00 |
Tutorial: Summary
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