Robin Li (L), Chairman and CEO of Baidu, chairs a breakfast meeting with the theme of "Dialogue: Technology & Innovation for a Sustainable Future" during the 2015 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) in Boao, South China's Hainan province, March 29, 2015. Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates (C) and CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk attended the meeting. [Photo/boaoforum.org]

Innovation and technology are seen as a hot topic in this year's annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) held in Boao, South China's Hainan province.

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and Robin Li, CEO of Chinese tech giant Baidu, discussed the significance of innovation for a sustainable future at a BFA breakfast meeting on Sunday.