Shanghai agenda

Solana Foundation President Lily Liu opens the day with the latest from the Solana ecosystem and her perspective on how blockchains are reshaping global capital markets and commercial infrastructure.

Chinese teams are moving large models and AI agents into real-world use at remarkable speed. In this session, Qwen's Head of Agent shares how Alibaba's Qwen team is building agents, and how an open-model ecosystem accelerates innovation for developers worldwide.

From core components to mass production, China has one of the most complete robotics supply chains in the world, and it is redefining how fast robots go from lab to market. As part of the "What the World Can Learn from China" series, this session introduces China's robotics industry to a global audience.

As AI moves off the screen and onto roads, factory floors and into daily life, physical AI is becoming the next frontier. Speakers from venture capital, autonomous driving and robotics share first-hand lessons on taking the technology from R&D to commercial scale.

Solana Foundation President Lily Liu sits down with Claire of Solana China for a conversation on where technology, capital and globalization meet, and how builders can seize the next wave of opportunity.

Emerging markets across Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa are the world's fastest-growing digital economies, and stablecoins and on-chain payments are lowering the barriers to cross-border business. Learn how Chinese companies are using next-generation payment and financial infrastructure to reach the next billion customers.

As AI agents begin to transact, pay and collaborate on behalf of users, a new agent economy is taking shape. Founders share how they build agent products, and how on-chain infrastructure lets agents take real action.

Breakthroughs in embodied AI depend on large-scale, high-quality real-world data. An expert from Fudan University shares the state of China's embodied AI industry and key lessons from data collection in practice.

BitRobot is building an open robotics lab for the world, where anyone can contribute to robot data collection, model training and evaluation. In this lightning talk, learn how BitRobot uses an open, decentralized approach to accelerate embodied AI research.

Where capital flows often signals the next wave. Investors from leading venture firms share their latest views on AI and global startups, and what they look for in founding teams today.

Solana is working with tech giants around the world to rebuild the foundations of the traditional financial system. The Solana Foundation's Head of Enterprise Architecture walks through Solana's enterprise-grade technical solutions.

Cosmos Mind demos MetaRSI, a meta-recursive self-improving AI system for R&D, and shows how AI can keep improving itself to speed up research and innovation.

Dotwise.ai demos its local-file-first AI workspace, which brings your on-device files and AI tools together in one place without trading off data privacy.

What happens when one of the best-known Solana native IPs meets a world-class sports brand? Pudgy Penguins and NBA China discuss how IP can bridge online and offline, Web2 and Web3, to connect with a new generation of consumers.

ModCraft AI is building AI models that understand game design. Starting with game mods, its platform enables players to create new gameplay experiences using natural language, then share and play them. By learning from the creative process, player feedback, and game runtime data, ModCraft aims to help AI understand what makes games fun and empower creators to build better games.

More and more Chinese founders are building for global markets from day one. Speakers from venture capital, law and go-global services share practical lessons on choosing markets, structuring for compliance, and building brand and growth overseas.

Openroboto demos its approach to decentralized robot training, showing how an open network lets more people contribute to training robots and speeds up progress in embodied AI.

Developers are the foundation of every technology ecosystem. Leaders from developer education and community organizations share how to grow developer talent, run hackathons, and help Chinese developers play a bigger role in the global open-source community.