AIX Summit East 2026: Build America’s AI Future

Build America’s AI Future

The inaugural AIX Summit East 2026 convenes leaders across academia, industry, government, and the next generation of AI innovators to shape how artificial intelligence will transform—and be transformed by—science, engineering, health, education, and finance. At a moment of profound technological and societal change, the Summit centers collaboration across disciplines, sectors, and generations, bringing together established visionaries and rising stars to move the conversation from what AI can generate to what it can build for the nation.

Program Highlights

• Opening Keynote: Yann LeCun, one of the pioneers of modern AI
• Fireside Chat: Sir David MacMillan, Nobel laureate (host by NBC Richard Lui)
• Sessions: Frontiers of AI, AI x Science, AI x Health, AI x Education, and AI x Blockchain.
• 20+ research roundtables over lunch, each co-hosted by two leading scientists
• Student Poster Session, mostly by PhD students from Columbia, Cornell Tech, Boston University, Duke, Georgia Tech, Harvard, MIT, NYU, UPenn, Princeton, UIUC, and Yale
• Networking Reception: dedicated time for participants to connect
• Sponsor Banquet: to express our gratitude for our fellows, partners, sponsors and donors.

Who Should Attend:

• Researchers and academics seeking cross-disciplinary collaboration.
• Industry leaders and investors looking for the next wave of AI innovation.
• Policymakers shaping the regulatory landscape of technology.

Join us as we shape the future of America’s digital and physical infrastructure.

Co-hosted by the Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) and the AI NextGen Foundation, this one-day gathering in New York City will provide an exciting and energizing forum to exchange ideas, build partnerships, and define pathways for impact over the next five, ten, and fifty years.