On October 12-13, the Third OpenHarmony Technology Conference, hosted by the Technical Steering Committee (TSC) of the OpenAtom Foundation's OpenHarmony Project Group, was grandly held at the Shanghai World Expo Center. With the theme "Technology Leads, Building Ecosystems for an Intelligently Connected Future", the conference featured one main forum and 14 sub-forums, showcasing OpenHarmony's technological innovations and ecosystem development to a global audience. Prominent guests, including Ding Kuiling, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Wang Huaimin, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chair of the CCF Open Source Development Committee; Cheng Xiaoming, Chairman of the OpenAtom Foundation; and Gong Ti, Chairman of the OpenHarmony Project Group Working Committee and President of the Software Department of Huawei's Terminal BG, attended the event and delivered speeches.

As a partner of the conference and an A-level donor of the OpenHarmony Project Group, SwanLink participated deeply in the event. iSoftStone Senior Vice President and General Manager of SwanLink, Qin Zhangbo, led a team to participate in relevant activities and garnered multiple awards. In addition, through various forward-looking thematic presentations and displays of multiple intelligent achievements, SwanLink injected strong momentum into the future development of domestic open-source operating systems.

During the main forum of the conference, important sessions were arranged, such as the launch of the OpenHarmony Unified Connectivity PMC Incubation and the pre-release of OpenHarmony 5.0 Release. These milestones aim to further advance OpenHarmony technology, accelerate the construction of a cross-platform, cross-manufacturer, and cross-device interconnectivity ecosystem, and provide developers with broader innovation space. Qin Zhangbo witnessed this significant moment on-site.

Qin Zhangbo (11th from the right) attended the OpenHarmony Unified Connectivity PMC Incubation Launch Ceremony

Qin Zhangbo (3rd from the right) attended the pre-release ceremony of OpenHarmony 5.0

At the same time, the conference also recognized companies and individuals who made outstanding contributions to the development of OpenHarmony technology. SwanLink was awarded the title of "OpenHarmony Unified Connectivity Extraordinary Partner" for being the first to achieve seamless interconnectivity between OpenHarmony and Pure HarmonyOS Next as well as OpenHarmony devices. Ye Xiaobin, Head of Technology Planning and Solutions Department, and Wu Wanli, Head of the R&D Management Department, were awarded the title of "Community Ambassador", while Lian Zhian, General Manager of the Production and Financing Solutions Department, was named "MVP". In addition, technical experts Han Yan, Wang Congding, and Chen Shi were awarded the title of "OpenHarmony Unified Connectivity Pioneer Experts". These honors not only recognize their outstanding individual contributions but also highly commend SwanLink's relentless efforts and continuous contributions to the development of OpenHarmony technology.

SwanLink Technical Experts Receive Honors On-site (Slideshow)

At multiple sub-forums on topics such as communication interconnectivity and hardware ecosystems, SwanLink experts shared innovative ideas for the era of intelligent connectivity, from the perspectives of commercial display industry applications and the construction of OpenHarmony terminal products' software and hardware systems.

SwanLink Senior Architect Han Yan: "OpenHarmony Unified Connectivity Empowers Cross-end Integration in the Commercial Display Industry"

The OpenHarmony Unified Connectivity technology can achieve unified access protocols, unified object model standards, and unified file transfer protocols, which are of great significance for the leapfrog development of the commercial display industry. Based on OpenHarmony, SwanLink has developed the SwanLinkOS commercial display distribution, providing industry clients with cross-terminal seamless integration and intelligent interaction capabilities in areas like multi-screen display, smart interaction, AI recognition, and distributed management.

SwanLink General Manager of Production and Financing Solutions Lian Zhian: "Progress on AI PC Software and Hardware System Construction Based on OpenHarmony"

SwanLink has built SwanLinkOS 5 (Tianhong Operating System) based on the latest OpenHarmony 4.1.1 Release version, fully integrating powerful functions such as interconnectivity, 4G/5G data and voice support, multi-screen same/different display, and support for heterogeneous chip architectures. Through software and hardware collaboration with iSoftstone Computing (Tongfang Computer), SwanLink has made significant achievements in the development of new-generation intelligent terminal products such as OpenHarmony AI PCs and smart interactive tablets.

At the OpenHarmony Partners Exhibition, SwanLink showcased the latest research results in artificial intelligence, comprehensively demonstrating its SwanLinkOS AI intelligent solutions and the OpenHarmony AI PC equipped with SwanLinkOS 5. With its excellent performance and intelligent application design, these products attracted many participants to stop by and experience them, receiving unanimous praise.

In the future, SwanLink will continue to uphold the spirit of openness and cooperation, working with industry partners to promote the prosperity and development of the OpenHarmony ecosystem, and to create a bright future of intelligent connectivity for all.