The 2026 Inclusion Bund Summit closed on Friday after a four-day run in Shanghai’s Huangpu World Expo Park, showcasing AI’s accelerated shift from technological iteration to large-scale commercial implementation, industrial empowerment and inclusive public application. Bringing together more than 600 scholars, scientists, entrepreneurs and investors, alongside over 300 global tech exhibitors, the event consolidated industry consensus on AI-driven real economic growth amid evolving industrial and market landscapes. Hosted under the theme “Building the AI Economy Together”, the summit featured a 15,000-square-meter tech exhibition and a full lineup of industrial activities, including thematic forums, Developer Day, Innovators’ Stage, tech competitions, a venture capital meetup, a specialized job fair and the inaugural Inclusion AI Art Festival. Over 50 cutting-edge technologies, products and...
Robots on display at this year’s 2026 Inclusion · Conference on the Bund are not performing flashy stunts. Instead, Ant Lingbo Technology showcased practical deployments: autonomous medicine picking for pharmacies, logistics sorting and industrial loading tasks, highlighting a pivotal shift in the robotics industry. For years, the sector’s most eye-catching demos centred on dynamic robot movements. Yet rolling robots into pharmacies, warehouses and factories demands more than pre-programmed motions. Machines must interpret unstructured environments, understand tasks, adapt to unexpected changes and operate reliably around the clock — the core challenge Ant Lingbo aims to address with its natively embodied general AI brain. The centrepiece exhibit is a replica smart pharmacy, built in partnership with Shanghai Guoda Pharmacy and already live...
Inclusion 2026, officially the 2026 Inclusion · Conference on the Bund, runs Sept. 9–12 in Shanghai under the theme “Building the AI Economy Together”. Hosted annually by Ant Group since 2020 with official government support, the four-day event convenes over 600 global academics, entrepreneurs and investors, alongside 300 tech exhibitors, cementing its international standing as a key AI industry summit. The event comprises a 15,000-square-metre tech exhibition, one main forum and 40 themed sessions, plus Developer Day, VC meetups and a new tech talent fair. It also debuts its first AI Art Festival, merging tech innovation with digital art creation. Top global speakers headline the conference, including Nobel laureates Thomas Sargent and Philippe Aghion, leading Chinese academicians, and executives from...
