From November 27^th to November 29^th , the 9^th International Conference on Identification, Information and Knowledge in the IOT, cohosted by BNUBS and the Institute of Artificial Intelligence of BNU, was held successfully in the Zhuhai Campus of BNU. This conference is organized by Zhuhai Campus of our university and co-organized by Shandong University, Tencent Research Institute and Shandong Big Data Research Institute. The conference was organized both online and offline. More than 200 scholars from over 70 universities at home and abroad attended the meeting. The universities include George Washington University, University of Illinois, Oklahoma State University, University of New Mexico, Oxford University, Cardiff University, University of Melbourne, Tsinghua University, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shandong University, Xiamen University.

On the morning of November 28^th, IIKI2020 was opened in the Lecture Hall of International Exchange Center of Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai Campus. The opening ceremony was presided by Professor Zhiwen Zhao, School of Information Technology, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai Campus. Wei Wei, Party Secretary of Zhuhai Campus of Beijing Normal University; Li Zhijun, President of the Managing the World Magazine; Qi Yudong, Dean of BNUBS and Professor Peter Thomas,University of Melbourne, addressed respectively at the opening ceremony and extended a warm welcome to all the experts and scholars at home and abroad and wished the conference a complete success. Then it entered the part for theme report. Professor Ajith Abraham, US Machine Intelligence Research Laboratory (MIR Labs); Professor J.Christopher Westland, University of Illinois; Professor Betty J. Simkins, Oklahoma State University; Professor Fred Phillips, University of New Mexico; Professor Wang Ning, University of Oxford, UK; Professor Omer F. Rana, University of Cardiff and Professor Cheng Xueqi, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences all made keynote speeches. The topic covered Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Digital Economy and Fintech.

On the afternoon of November 28^th, The conference entered the part for the sub-forum results report and academic discussion. The conference has two major themes: Information Technology and Digital Economy. There are 11 sub-forums, including Blockchain, Knowledge Engineering, Big Data and Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence and The Internet of Things, Fintech, Intelligent Accounting, Quantitative Trading, and COVID-19's impact on the economy. Procedia Computer Science, a journal of Elsevier, will publish the paper collection after the meeting. This conference was supported by 12 SCI/SSCI/CSSCI journals, including Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Finance Research Letters, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and Management World. Excellent papers will be recommended to review and publish in relevant journals.

In recent years, emerging technologies such as Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things have been injecting new vitality into the real economy, and the integration of information technology and the real economy has greatly promoted the development of the digital economy. General Secretary Xi Jinping has made important instructions on many occasions, stressing the need to further integrate the Internet, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and the Real Economy. Proposal of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the 14th Five-year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-range Objective for the year 2035 clearly pointed out that during the 14th five-year plan period, it is necessary to "strengthen the construction of digital society and digital government, and improve the level of digital intelligence such as public service and social governance". Therefore, it is of great theoretical and practical significance to strengthen the research on information technology and digital economy in line with the major national needs. This conference is held at the right time. The insights and thoughts collision of experts and scholars at home and abroad provide new ideas and new approaches for the cross-integration and development of information technology and digital economy, and provide new references for the construction of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, Financial Technology and other disciplines in our university.

Provided by Zeng Xiaoping, Chen Yinfeng