Annual Meeting of the New Champions

27–29 June 2017 Dalian, People's Republic of China

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President, DiDi Chuxing

Alex Molinaroli

Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering

Advisory Professor, East China Normal University (ECNU)

Director, Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells, Helmholtz Zentrum München

Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla

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