The Digital Belt and Road Program (DBAR) will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2025, marking a decade of impactful collaboration and innovation through the Science Program. In celebration of this milestone, DBAR is pleased to announce the 9th Digital Belt and Road Conference 2025, to be held in Chengdu, China from June 7 – 10, 2025. The theme of the upcoming conference is "Transforming Sustainability through Digital Innovation". This landmark event will bring together scientists, engineers, policy-makers, and experts from across the globe to deliberate on pioneering pathways to accelerate global and regional sustainable development through innovative application of emerging digital technologies.

The conference will showcase research and work dedicated to the innovative use of AI and advanced digital methods, emphasizing the need for global collaboration and strategic foresight to drive sustainable progress toward the SDGs. The conference will also organize events to attract focus on ideas, solutions, and mechanisms to ensure that global progress is sustained in long term as we near the 2030 deadline, with plans to support efforts and growth beyond 2030.

This conference will therefore serve as a unique platform for multi-stakeholder engagement, focusing on the latest digital innovations that drive SDG progress, improve decision-making systems, and strengthen informed policy. We invite all stakeholders to join us on this momentous occasion.

We sincerely hope all of our colleagues and friends within the DBAR community would take DBAR 2025 on the schedule. It would also be very appreciated and welcomed if you could give valuable suggestions on the session topics and side events. 

DBAR 2025 will be on 7-10 June 2025, in Chengdu.