Community building in the AI/Web3 era: Discussion and networking

As AI scales and Web3 decentralises how people organise, community becomes the operating system. This gathering brings together four complementary engines of action: the China–Britain AI Association (bridging UK–China research, industry and policy), Way to AGI (largest AI contributor open source community network), the grassroots 706 Youth Community (field-tested methods for running inclusive, high-trust groups), and SmallWOD—an app that connects local Chinese founders and “doers” to start things together.

Across a fast-paced 2hours of lightning talks, a practical panel, and hands-on mini-labs/exercises, we’ll brainstorm and co-design playbooks for:

• building resilient, values-led communities around AI/Web3 projects;
• choosing the right “community stack” (on-/off-chain tools, onboarding, safety & governance);
• moving from hype to useful collaborations—research ↔ makers, students ↔ founders, diaspora networks ↔ local cities.

Bring a project or an idea: you can test it at our Doer Match clinic (SmallWOD), pick up how-to sheets and micro-tutorials (Way to AGI), and meet mentors and collaborators (CBAIA & 706). You’ll leave with a shared contact directory, an actionable next step, and a clearer path to grow community—not louder, but smarter.

China–Britain AI Association

China-Britain Artificial Intelligence Association (CBAIA) is a not-for-profit organization, with the aim of establishing a platform and a community where UK-based Chinese Artificial Intelligence professionals and researchers can share industrial and academic resources and knowledge.

Way to AGI：Yin Ying

Yin Ying is a co-creator and certified instructor of the open knowledge base Way to AGI (waytoagi.com), the lead of a video learning collective, and an evaluator of AI creative tools. With 10+ years as an internet product manager, she now focuses on AIGC product R&D and adoption; her step-by-step tutorials have surpassed 10M views across platforms. A hands-on AIGC practitioner, her works have aired on CCTV and other mainstream outlets. She received Best VFX in the AIGC Film section of the Beijing International Film Festival and 2nd place at the Cannes International Sci-Fi Summit. Her co-created short Shenxing Ji made Project Odyssey Top 50 and was selected among 32 core AI films across 11 countries; pieces such as War of the Gods have screened internationally. Her co-creation Ode to A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains was voted a 2025 Top-10 Audience Favorite in the AI Music Gala, and her paintings were shown at the 2025 FIRST International Film Festival.

SmallWOD:  Wenting

Wenting is the regional General Manager of SmallWOD.

706 London：Raine Li

Raine Li currently helps run 706 London and co-founded EAST2046. A curator and visual artist, Li graduated from the Glasgow School of Art. Her work explores and explores the intersection of culture, art, and technology. Her curatorial work focuses on cross-cultural dialogue and the integration of diverse media. She excels at reshaping traditional cultural narratives through contemporary expression, constructing profound and futuristic artistic experiences within a global context. She has extensive international curatorial experience, having organized and curated large-scale art and technology projects and exhibitions in Italy, the United States, and the United Kingdom. As curator of the Asian Art Show at Milan Design Week and the Digital Art Show at New York Design Week, she continues to foster dialogue and resonance between Asian art and technology on the global stage. She is the initiator of the "Nine Songs" exhibition at the Wandsworth Arts Fringe, which blends performance and digital art to explore the dynamic tension between cultural memory and contemporary expression. For the London Design Festival project "Cyber Folklore," Li employed a pioneering curatorial approach to construct a multidimensional space where futuristic technology intertwines with folk narratives.