The HUMANOIDS summit expands to tokyo
tokyo: May 28-29, 2026
Takanawa gateway convention center
Following widely successful events in Silicon Valley and London, the fourth edition of the Humanoids Summit expands to Tokyo, Japan. Leading companies, builders, and investors from the United States, Europe, and Asia come together for live humanoid demonstrations, with world-renowned speakers and discussions on commercialization, mass production, and capital allocation.
Aspiring Visionaries to Shape the Future of Humanoid Robotics
Shape the future of humanoid robotics by sharing your expertise at Humanoids Summit Tokyo.
Whether you’re advancing AI, robotics hardware, or commercial applications, this is your chance to present to global industry leaders, investors, and media.
The first batch of Humanoids Summit Tokyo speakers will be announced soon. In the meantime, below are speakers from the 2025 Silicon Valley edition, reflecting the caliber and scope of voices that will be represented in Tokyo.
Silicon Valley 2025 Speakers
Jian Yao
Director and Principal Engineer at XPeng
Modar Alaoui
General Partner at ALM Ventures & Founder at Humanoids Summit
James Wells
CEO at Sanctuary AI
Gerrit De Vynck
Tech Reporter at The Washington Post
Allen Ren
Member Technical Staff at Physical Intelligence
Rocket Drew
AI Reporter at The Information
Pras Velagapudi
CTO at Agility Robotics
Samantha Kelly
Tech Reporter at Bloomberg
Jason Ma
Co-Founder at Dyna Robotics
Tetsuya Ogata
Chairman at AIRoA Japan - AI Robot Association
Pete Florence
Co-Founder and CEO at Generalist
Jochen Rudat
Chief Growth & Revenue Officer at Humanoid
Ali Agha
Founder and CEO at FieldAI
Kaan Dogrusoz
Co-Founder and CEO at Weave Robotics
Rob Cochran
Co-Founder and CEO at Fauna Robotics
Steve Xie
Founder and CEO at Lightwheel
Edward Colgate
Director at HAND Eng. Research Center
Aadeel Akhtar
Founder and CEO at Psyonic
Chaoyi Li
Head of Globalization at Booster Robotics
Ani Kelkar
Partner at McKinsey & Company
Jeremy Fishel
Principal Scientist at Sanctuary AI
Christian Souche
Global Robotics Lead at Accenture
Evan Wineland
Co-Founder and COO at Weave Robotics
Behrad Toghi
Artificial Intelligence Lead at General Motors
David Zhang
Founder and CEO at High Torque Robotics
Bogdan Cristei
Co-Founder & Partner at Shack15 Ventures
Mikael Robertson
Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company
Jennifer Roberts
Co-Founder, Managing Partner at Grit Ventures
Kamel Saidi
Robotics Program Manager at NIST
Jeff Burnstein
President at A3
Marya Unwala
Sr. Investment Associate at ALM Ventures
Nick Tucker
Event MC at Humanoids Summit
Michael Sinkula
CO-Founder and CEO at Morelle
Matt Willis
Head of Product at Agility Robotics
Lorenzo Juncaj
Founder and CEO at Borg Robotics
Werner Kraus
Head of Robotics at Fraunhofer
Simon Gormuzov
Co-Founder and CTO at O-ID
Ashutosh Saxena
Founder and CEO at TorqueAGI
Rafe Rosner-Uddin
San Francisco Correspondent, Financial Times
Chris Kudla
Co-Founder and CEO at Mind Children
James Naylor
Founder and CEO at Adamo
Dr. Dominik Boemer
Manager at FEV Consulting
Pip Mothersill
Robotics UX Design Lead at MERPHI
Sumanth Nirmal
Head of Middleware, APEX.AI
Carolina Parada
Head of Robotics at Google DeepMind
Moritz Beacher
Director, Zurich Lab at Disney Research
Nic Radford
Co-Founder and CEO at Persona AI
Abhinav Gupta
Co-Founder at Skild AI
Anna Tong
AI Reporter at Forbes
Brendan Schulman
VP of Policy at Boston Dynamics
Yifan Yu
Tech Reporter at Nikkei Asia
He Wang
Co-Founder and CTO at Galbot
Udaya Rongala
Founder and Director of Research at Intuicell
Joe Michaels
Senior Global Vice President at 1HMX
Kimate Richards
Senior Strategic Architect at AWS
Jeff Pittelkow
Managing Director at Roboworx
Frederik Ebert
Founder and CEO at Emancro
Ramkumar Devarajulu
Vice President at Cambridge Consultants
Florian Weisshardt
Head of Synapticon Intelligence at Synapticon
Elliot Helms
Advanced Solution Engineer at Novanta
Stian Jakobsen
Co-Founder and CEO at O-ID
Anto Patrex
Founder and CEO at CosmicBrain AI
Donny Li
Director, Americas at RealMan Robotics
Cosima du Pasquier
Founder and CEO at Haptica Robotics
Igor Kulakov
Co-Founder at MicroFactory
Letian Wang
VP of Product at Robot Era
Max Goncharov
CTO at RemBrain
Prasanna Mantravadi
Manager at FEV Consulting
Niv Sundaram
Chief Strategy Officer at Machani Robotics
Mitchell Yun
Head of Office, Hyundai Mobis Ventures
Henry Huang
Investment Director, Micron Ventures
Roy Zorba
Founder and CEO at Human X
Previous speakers
Past editions of the Humanoids Summit featured programs focused on commercialization, mass production, and capital allocation. Explore the agendas below that helped make the Summit the world’s leading forum for humanoid robots and embodied AI.
Global Media Covering Humanoids Summit silicon valley 2025 edition
Leading global outlets covering humanoid robotics and physical AI will be onsite. Journalists will moderate select panels and help shape the conversations. TV and Documentary crews are expected to be filming key moments across the event.
For media inquiries : media@humanoidssummit.com.
SHowcase your innovation among Top Humanoid ecosystem Companies
Join leading startups, established companies, and key players in humanoid robotics at Humanoids Summit Tokyo. Exhibit your technology, connect with global decision-makers, and drive the future of humanoid innovation.
Silicon Valley 2025 exhibitors
Sponsoring Progress in Humanoid Robotics
Sponsorship brings organizations into the network pushing humanoid robotics forward. Partners participate alongside companies, researchers, and practitioners working on the next wave of physical AI.
Event Venue — takanawa gateway convention center
2-21-2 Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0074, Japan
Located in Tokyo’s innovation district, the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center is a fitting setting for the Humanoids Summit’s first Japan edition. As a modern hub connecting technology and industry, it reflects a key moment as humanoid systems move closer to real-world deployment.
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Media inquiries: media@HumanoidsSummit.com.