The HUMANOIDS summit expands to tokyo
May 28-29, 2026
Takanawa Gateway Convention Center
tokyo, japan
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.
Opening Keynote:
Hiroshi Ishiguro
Director at ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories at Osaka University
“I am excited to deliver the opening keynote for Humanoids Summit Tokyo and to demonstrate our Geminoid robot live on stage.”
— Hiroshi ishiguru
A global pioneer in humanoid robotics, Professor Ishiguro will open Humanoids Summit Tokyo with a keynote that sets the stage for the Summit’s exploration of humanoid design, human–robot interaction, and real-world embodiment. The session includes a live on-stage demonstration of the Geminoid robot.
Call for speakers is now open!
Humanoids Summit is known to convene the best speakers in the world working at the forefront of humanoids and embodied AI.
At our Tokyo edition, we continue that standard by inviting speakers from the U.S., Asia, and Europe who are leading the scale-up of humanoid systems, manufacturing readiness, deployment economics, and the capital strategies required to move from pilots to real-world deployment.
We welcome speaker submissions from those actively shaping this phase of the industry.
humanoids summit Speakers
The first batch of Humanoids Summit Tokyo speakers will be announced soon. Below are select speakers from our most recent Silicon Valley and London editions, reflecting the caliber and scope of voices that will be represented in Tokyo.
James Wells
CEO at Sanctuary AI
Pras Velagapudi
CTO at Agility Robotics
Luis Sentis
Co-founder at Apptronik & Prof. at UT Austin
David Reger
Founder and CEO at NEURA Robotics
Behrad Toghi
Artificial Intelligence Lead at General Motors
Samantha Kelly
Tech Reporter at Bloomberg
He Wang
Co-Founder and CTO at Galbot
Jonathan Hurst
Founder and CRO at Agility Robotics
Caitlin Kalinowski
Head of Robotics at OpenAI
Sergey Levine
Co-Founder at Physical Intelligence
Tetsuya Ogata
Chairman at AIRoA Japan - AI Robot Association
Ali Agha
Founder and CEO at FieldAI
Jason Ma
Co-Founder at Dyna Robotics
Chaoyi Li
Head of Globalization at Booster Robotics
Anna Tong
AI Reporter at Forbes
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
Modar Alaoui
Founder at Humanoids Summit
Abhinav Gupta
Co-Founder at Skild AI
Shaun Azimi
Robotics Technical Discipline Lead at NASA
Jian Yao
Director and Principal Engineer at XPeng
Rocket Drew
AI Reporter at The Information
Gerrit De Vynck
Tech Reporter at The Washington Post
Jim Fan
Lead of Embodied AI, NVIDIA
Bernt Bornich
Founder and CEO at 1X
Dhanush Radhakrishnan
Founder and CEO at Clone
Brendan Schulman
VP of Policy at Boston Dynamics
Pete Florence
Co-Founder and CEO at Generalist
Yifan Yu
Tech Reporter at Nikkei Asia
Danny Forsten
West Coast Correspondent at The Sunday Times
Rafe Rosner-Uddin
San Francisco Correspondent, Financial Times
SHowcase your innovation among Top Humanoid ecosystem Companies
Exhibit at Humanoids Summit Tokyo and engage with global companies, operators, and decision-makers shaping the humanoid ecosystem. The companies shown below are select exhibitors from Humanoids Summit Silicon Valley 2025, representing the breadth of the global humanoid and embodied AI landscape.
Sponsoring Progress in Humanoid Robotics
Sponsorship places organizations within the network advancing humanoid robotics and physical AI. Partners engage alongside companies, researchers, and practitioners shaping the next phase of the industry. Gold and Silver sponsorships, as well as à la carte opportunities, are available. We encourage you to reach out to our team to explore options.
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Previous Agendas
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.
world leading Media Covering global Humanoids Summit editions
Leading global outlets focused on humanoid robotics and physical AI are engaged across Humanoids Summit editions. Leading journalists participate in the program, moderate select panels, and help shape the conversations.
For media inquiries: media@humanoidssummit.com.
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.
contact US!
We welcome your inquiries and encourage you to be part of the conversation at the Humanoids Summit Tokyo 2026.
Exhibitor & sponsor inquiries: hs@HumanoidsSummit.com.
General inquiries: info@HumanoidsSummit.com.
Speaker inquiries: speak@HumanoidsSummit.com.
Media inquiries: media@HumanoidsSummit.com.