AI Summit · Silicon Valley

AF Tech Exhibition 2026

Annual showcase. Cannot miss.

Thursday, December 10, 2026 · Times in America/Los Angeles

Speakers

Aaron Cook
M.D., Chief Medical Officer and Cofounder
EmerRx Biopharm
Adam Cai
CEO
Numix
Ahmad Qazi
Founder and CEO
Soleeva Energy
Allen Yang
Executive Director, FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality
UC Berkeley
AZAngie Zeng
Head of Innovation & Cross Border Banking
East West Bank
Bill Sautter
Galaxy Venture
Charles Cheng
Cofounder
Summit Zenith
Charlie Liu
Venture Partner
Generative Ventures
Chris Pereira
Founder & CEO
iMPACT
Christie Wang
Co-Founder
Matrix Power
Chun Xia
TSVC
Cindy Lin
Co-Founder
522 Venture
Dylan Patel
Founder
SemiAnalysis
EHEmery Han
VC
Plug and Play / Stripe
Evan Tao
Cofounder
Tether AI
Fiona Ma
California State Treasurer, CPA
State of California
Gavin X. W.
Cofounder of Vyber.ai; Meta Llama3 post-training contributor
Vyber.ai
Holly Zheng
Founding Partner of EnvisionX Capital; Chairwoman BlueFocus Intl
EnvisionX Capital
Jason Nyeh
Lamarka Consulting
Jeff Yen
Founder
Energy Transition Institute (ETI)
Jing Xiong
YZi Labs (AI Investment)
JXJingjing Xu
Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Tech x Education x AI Healthtech Executive
Joe Chen
CEO
Moatable Inc
Kayvan Baroumand
Founder
SignalRank
Khalid Turk
Chief Healthcare Information Officer
Leah Wang
Director of Research
iHealth
Lei Zhao
Founder
ViiRaa AI Health
Liang Zhao
Professor; ex-FDA Division Head
UCSF
LYLiu Yao
President of xTool; ex-Tuya CFO
xTool
Luke Tang
Managing Partner
G Vision Capital
Margaret Koga
Santa Clara County Supervisor
Silicon Valley Clean Energy Committee
MCMarian Chaney
Founding Partner
AISA Group, AiCRE Partners
Martin Min
Department Head of Machine Learning
NEC Laboratories America
Mengfan Zhang
Founder; Ex-Stanford Healthcare Data Analytics Leader
Alpha Ring
Michael Noffsinger
Vice President
LotusPetalAI
Nicholas Sharp
Think Tank Venture
Nick Larson
Silicon Zombies
Peter Norvig
Education Fellow at Stanford University / Researcher at Google
Stanford University / Google
Pranav Mistry
Founder and CEO
Numeric Machines
Ran He
Founder
THC Lawyers
Sascha Haberling
Ex-Google Sr. Engineering Manager
/dev/agents
Scarlett Liu
Scientist / AI Biotech
Innovanexus
Scott Rozelle
Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow; Co-director of Stanford Center
Stanford University
Simon Lin
MD, Author of Digital Health
SCSonya Chen
Cofounder
Deep Horizon Capital
Sophie Ren
Founder of Chatslide.AI & AEOBOX.AI; Forbes 30 Under 30 2017; Forbes Council Member; Stanford Entrepreneurs Board Member
Chatslide.AI
Sue Xu
Amino Capital
WTWu Ting
Founder
Jiabin Business School
XLXiaohui Li
CEO
Robostorm Robotic
Xuecheng Michael Jin
Scientist / AI Biotech
Innovanexus
YHYenkai Huang
Staff Product Manager, AI-native Platform
Intuit

Agenda

AGI Stage

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Registration & Welcome Coffee
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
TalkOpening Remarks
9:50 AM - 10:00 AM
TalkSponsor Remarks
- AZAngie Zeng
10:00 AM - 10:35 AM
TalkKeynote: Embedding Human Values into AI Systems
- Peter Norvig
- Sascha Haberling
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM
PanelPanel: How AI and Data Reshape Drug Discovery
- Liang Zhao
- Martin Min
- SCSonya Chen
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
TalkKeynote: AI is Global, Reality is Local
- WTWu Ting
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
TalkKeynote: When Knowledge Becomes Brand Equity: From Learning Science to GEO in the Smart Living Era
- Sophie Ren
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
TalkKeynote: AI Policy in California
- Fiona Ma
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch & Networking
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
TalkKeynote: Advanced Manufacturing & Made in USA
- Chun Xia
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
PanelPanel: Smart Health: How AI Is Redefining Care
- Leah Wang
- Lei Zhao
- Mengfan Zhang
- JXJingjing Xu
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
PanelPanel / Fireside Chat: Navigating the Silicon Valley Venture Capital Market
- Bill Sautter
- Charles Cheng
- Jing Xiong
- Jason Nyeh
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
TalkKeynote: Make Wave for Next-Gen AI Innovation
- Allen Yang
3:20 PM - 4:05 PM
PanelFireside Chat: AI Bubble or Breakthrough? How Far Are We, Really?
- Dylan Patel
- Nick Larson
- SCSonya Chen
4:05 PM - 4:35 PM
PanelFireside Chat: Rethinking Infrastructure and Energy for the AI Age
- Ahmad Qazi
- Christie Wang
- Jeff Yen
- Charlie Liu
4:35 PM - 4:45 PM
TalkStartup Pitch Winner Awards
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Social
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
VIP Dinner & Networking Reception

Transformer Stage

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Registration & Welcome Coffee
Attendees check-in, badges, light refreshments
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
TalkOpening Remarks
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
PanelFireside Chat: Topic To Be Provided by Speaker
- Kayvan Baroumand
- Nicholas Sharp
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
PanelPanel: Public Capital, Private Innovation: Government Funding Driven AI Projects
- Adam Cai
- Ran He
- Michael Noffsinger
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
PanelPanel: Edge-First Hardware Devices
- Joe Chen
- LYLiu Yao
- Luke Tang
- Pranav Mistry
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Networking Lunch & Expo Visit
1:30 PM - 2:05 PM
PanelPanel: Why Founders Start - and What VCs Actually Fund
- Cindy Lin
- Holly Zheng
- Sue Xu
- Xuecheng Michael Jin
- EHEmery Han
2:05 PM - 2:40 PM
PanelPanel: Home Robotics, Reimagined
- Evan Tao
- Gavin X. W.
- XLXiaohui Li
- YHYenkai Huang
2:40 PM - 3:25 PM
PanelPanel: AI, Data, and the Future of Healthcare Systems
- Aaron Cook
- Khalid Turk
- Scarlett Liu
- Simon Lin
- JXJingjing Xu
3:25 PM - 6:00 PM
Expo & Networking Free Time
Startup Pitch Winner Awards

Close Door Meetings

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
TalkSession 1: Financial Investment Strategies, Asia and America: Opportunities for the Growth of Silicon Valley Unicorns
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch & Networking
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
TalkSession 2: Building Sustainable Business Loops: From Product Design to Profitable Scale
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
TalkGlobal Expansion and Localized Growth Strategies for AI Projects
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
TalkSession 3: Taking Hardware Global: Product Strategy, Supply Chains, and Scaling Beyond China

VIP Dinner

6:00 PM - 6:05 PM
TalkHost Talk: Welcome Remark
- MCMarian Chaney
6:05 PM - 6:10 PM
TalkHost Talk
- SCSonya Chen
6:10 PM - 6:15 PM
TalkHost Talk
- JXJingjing Xu
6:20 PM - 6:45 PM
PanelPanel: AI & Humanity: Driven by Social Entrepreneurship and Responsibility
- Margaret Koga
- Scott Rozelle
- MCMarian Chaney
6:45 PM - 7:00 PM
TalkSponsor Talk
7:00 PM - 7:15 PM
TalkRobotic Dance
7:15 PM - 7:45 PM
PanelPanel: Post-CES Share: AI Hardware Directions Worth Watching After CES 2026
- Chris Pereira