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...

Wednesday, May 29

2019 Denmark Creative Business Cup China
The Creative Business Cup entrepreneurial competition originated in Copenhagen, Denmark and is now one of the world's best-known entrepreneurial events, attracting more than 5,000 contestants from more than 70 countries. The Beijing edition of the competition will begin today, and whichever team places first place will win a trip to Denmark as well as EUR 7,000. Even if it's too late to sign up for competition, you can tag along to watch all the action unfold. Free. 2-7.30pm. Innoway
 

Thursday, May 30

Mapping Knowledge and Cognition
The Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence brings some of China's leaders in machine-based learning together for a discussion about what the future holds in the field. Keynote speaker Li Zizi, Tsinghua University professor and director of the Language and Knowledge Computing Committee of the Chinese Information Society, will lead the discussion, shedding light on knowledge-guided natural language processing and learning-based computer-aided translation. Free (registration required). 2-5.30pm. Tsinghua University
 

Friday, May 31

Mobile Advertisement Strategies Workshop
This Friday, More Than Data and Google jointly present a workshop focussing on mobile advertising strategies. The talk will impart practical advice on how to adjust your existing advertising strategies, enhance your competitiveness, optimize an advertisement plan, and control the costs associated with doing so. Among the key speakers is a CEO from Malaysian financial comparison aggregator iMoney. Free (registration required). 1.30-5pm. Tron Space
 

Saturday, June 1

Board Game Night
Australia China Youth Association (ACYA) invites you for this night of high-stakes competitive boardgame fun! Come along and enjoy free drinks and snacks as you work your way through games like Monopoly, Jenga, and chess, all the while making new friends (when you're not crushing them with your boardgame prowess). RMB 20 (registration required, closes May 30). 7-9pm. 706 Youth Space

Shangri-La Ice Cream Festival
Ok, so this event might technically be aimed at kids and families, but hey, we're all somebody's kid! This Saturday (coinciding with Children's Day), head over to the Shangri-La Hotel in the afternoon to get stuck into as much delicious ice cream as you can. Perhaps pair up with a friend of the opposite sex and another one who is vertically challenged and pretend to be a 'family' so you can score the group entry price. RMB 268 per family, RMB 80 (children between 4-18), free (children under 4). 2-10pm. Shangri-La Hotel

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Images: Pixabay, courtesy of event organizers