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AI Journey 2026 to feature more than 30 key international AI industry speakers

TechnologyK Puspa12 Nov 2026

Nov 12: The program has been published on AI Journey’s website. Speakers include representatives of key organizations in the global AI industry. AI Journey will take place in Moscow on November 26–28 supported by the AI Alliance.

On Society Day, the event will be held online, and the broadcast will be available on the conference website. In the session dedicated to one of this year's key topics — AI agents — Chinese science fiction writer Chen Qiufan, co-author of the book AI-2041: 10 Images of Our Future, will talk about the future role of humans in this new world, while Anderson Rocha of the University of Campinas will continue the theme with a vision of global trends and national approaches.

Business Day and Science Day are open for in-person attendance.

The Business Day program will cover the full spectrum of applied topics — from the global AI development agenda to niche industry solutions. The main AIJ Global stage will host the Turning Dialogue into Solutions track, where the latest AI products will be announced and technology leaders will speak. The AIJ Global studio will host a program of strategic reviews of AI adoption in key sectors of the economy. In parallel, the AIJ Deep Dive track will offer in-depth exploration of professional topics: Technological Foundation, Industry Trends, and AI Transformation Readiness.

Leading experts in AI agents, cloud platforms, and industrial AI from China will take the stage. Lei Wang, former general manager of AI products at Tencent, will explain how to make the results of AI agents' work a key value for business. Li Tan, chief expert on enterprise solutions in manufacturing and the application of generative AI in enterprises at ByteDance and former director of digital transformation in mechanical engineering at Huawei, will offer a practical view of the transition from generative AI to the agent economy. Long Wang, founder and CEO of MatrixOrigin and former vice president of Tencent Cloud, will share his experience building AI and data infrastructure. The speaker is one of China's leading practitioners in cloud platforms, big data, and AI

The Business Day program will be rounded out by a presentation from 16-year-old entrepreneur and AI developer Raul Aju. The speaker from India will explain how AI helped him succeed in business. Despite his young age, he is a student, a content creator with millions of views and more than 500,000 subscribers, and a teacher who has trained over 500,000 people at schools and universities.

In the AIJ Deep Dive track, Adel Miran  will discuss the transformation of the construction industry under the influence of AI. And a discussion on the female voice in AI and capital for technological growth will feature Dr. Shikoh Gitau (founder and CEO of Qhala, Kenya), Ruby Sinha, Lyara Oliveira , and Aliya Ospanova

The Science Day program on November 28 will focus on fundamental research and applied development in AI. The main stage will present AI Vision & Frontier— discussions on the long-term prospects of AI in science and presentations of breakthrough technologies by leading scientists. The AIJ Global studio will explore Horizons of Science — discoveries shaping the new reality of technological progress. In parallel, the AIJ Deep Dive program of in-depth scientific tracks will unfold: Core AI, Practical AI, and GenAI, Agents, AI Physics. Valerii Babushkin, Senior Principal for Data & AI at BP and author of the book Machine Learning System Design with End-to-End Examples, will talk about determinism as an anchor in the world of agentic AI. Lü Bo, a leading Chinese expert in humanoid robotics with extensive experience delivering projects together with BYD, Huawei, and UBTech, will share his experience applying humanoid robots in manufacturing, logistics, and urban environments.

The cutting edge of AI science will be revealed in the discussion AI Horizons: Rethinking the Future of AI and in the presentations by members of the Scientific Council of the AI Alliance Network: Essam Halim Hussein (Egypt), Nebojša Bačanin-Džakula (Serbia), Ajith Abraham (India), and Gonzalo Ferrer (Spain)

The detailed program is available on the conference website, and you can register to attend on November 27 and 28 via the link.

AI Journey is an annual international conference that brings together leading professionals in the field of artificial intelligence. It is dedicated to cutting-edge AI developments, their impact on science, the economy, and public life, as well as the promotion of innovation among young people. Last year, more than 300 speakers from various countries, including Russia, India, China, and the US, spoke at the event. During the conference, the results of the international online AI competitions AI Challenge and AIJ Contest will be announced, along with a number of awards: the National AI Leaders Award and Russia's first professional AI award for culture and creative industries, the AI Creative Awards.