As one of the series of events for Nankai University's centennial anniversary, Tianjin Forum (2019) was held from October 18th to 20th. The theme of this forum is Technology empowers cities and regional development and innovation.More than 160 political, business, and academic figures from China, South Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, Sweden, India, Tanzania, Rwanda, Bangladesh and other countries attended the meeting. Through sharing and exchanging cutting-edge technologies and theories, they analyzed and summarized existing practices and experiences. Discover the new capabilities and new directions that emerging technologies give to urban and regional governance, and promote multidisciplinary research on urban and regional governance.