BAAI CONFERENCE

    Recognized as the premier, in-depth event for the global AI community, the BAAI Conference has run successfully for seven editions since 2019. Over the years, the conference has welcomed attendees from over 30 countries, hosted a dozen Turing Award laureates and 1,000+ top experts, and amassed a registered attendance exceeding 600,000. The 8th BAAI Conference 2026 is set for a grand opening from June 12 to 13 at the Zhongguancun International Innovation Center in Beijing. Continuing its visionary and authoritative tradition, this year’s event will focus on cutting-edge AI advancements and core challenges, delivering an unparalleled intellectual feast for the global community. Invitation card

    • AM, June 12 | Opening Ceremony & Plenary Session


    • PM, June 12 | Large Model Industry


    • PM, June 12 | AI RecursiveSelf-lmprovement


    • 13:30-13:40 - Forum & Guest Introduction
      Mingchen Zhuge | Ph.D., KAUST & Founding Member, Recursive
      13:40-14:05 - Scaling Down: Optimizing Foundation Models for Edge Deployment
      Zechun Liu | Senior Research Scientist & Tech Lead, Meta
      14:05-14:30 - Towards Rollout-as-a-Service for Reinforcement Learning Training of LLM Agents
      Shaokun Zhang | Research Scientist, NVIDIA Research
      14:30-14:55 - Towards Native Unified Multimodal Large Models: From Few-Step Generation to Agent Understanding
      Tao Lin | Distinguished Research Fellow, Department of Artificial Intelligence, School of Engineering, Westlake University
      14:55-15:20 - The Illusion of Self-Improving Agents
      Yu Gu | Co-founder, NeoCognition
      15:20-15:45 - Empowering LLMs with More Agency: From Context Engineering to Self-Engineering Architectures
      Yan Wang | Frontier Researcher, Tencent Hunyuan
      15:45-16:10 - Causal World Understanding in Open-Ended World
      Mengyue Yang | Ph.D., University College London; Assistant Professor, University of Bristol
      16:10-16:30 - Brain-Inspired Continual Learning and Agent Memory
      Liyuan Wang | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, Tsinghua University
      16:30-17:30 - Panel Discussion｜Awakening & Evolution: How Can AI Iterate on Itself?
      Host ：Yuxuan Xiong | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Artificial Intelligence in Education, Central China Normal University
      Tao Lin | Distinguished Research Fellow, Department of Artificial Intelligence, School of Engineering, Westlake University
      Yu Gu | Co-founder, NeoCognition
      Yan Wang | Frontier Researcher, Tencent Hunyuan
      Mengyue Yang | Ph.D., University College London; Assistant Professor, University of Bristol
      Liyuan Wang | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, Tsinghua University

    • PM, June 12 | Brain-inspired Intelligence


    • PM, June 12 | On-device Agents & OpenClaw


    • PM, June 12 | AI+Health & Medicine


    • PM, June 12 | AI Compute Frontiers：AI for AI System


    • PM, June 12 | AI Token-Based Economy & OPC


    • PM, June 12 | BAAI Scholars Forum: Special Session on Cutting-edge Interdisciplinary Integration of AI


    • PM, June 12 | Special Event: InnoVibe Creator Space


    • All-Day, June 13 | Embodied AI and Humanoid Robots


    • All-Day, June 13 | AI + NeuroScience


    • All-Day, June 13 | Agent for Science


    • 09:00-09:05 - Opening Remarks
      Bang Liu | Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Université de Montréal
      09:05-09:25 - Keynote Speech
      Bang Liu | Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Université de Montréal
      09:25-09:45 - Thematic Talk
      Yue Zhang | Vice Dean, School of Engineering, Westlake University
      09:45-10:05 - Thematic Talk
      Xiaoxiao Li | Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
      10:05-10:25 - Thematic Talk
      Chao Huang | Assistant Professor & PhD Supervisor, The University of Hong Kong
      10:25-10:45 - Thematic Talk
      Yuyu Luo | Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
      10:45-11:45 - Panel Discussion
      Host : Bang Liu | Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Université de Montréal
      Yue Zhang | Vice Dean, School of Engineering, Westlake University
      Xiaoxiao Li | Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
      Chao Huang | Assistant Professor & PhD Supervisor, The University of Hong Kong
      Yuyu Luo | Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
      13:30-13:35 - Opening Remarks
      Yutao Zhu | Postdoctoral Researcher, Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence, Renmin University of China
      13:35-13:55 - Thematic Talk
      Shuxin Zheng | Vice President, Zhongguancun Institute of Artificial Intelligence
      13:55-14:15 - Thematic Talk
      Jian Tang | Associate Professor, Mila – Quebec AI Institute
      14:15-14:35 - Thematic Talk
      Siheng Chen | Associate Professor, School of Artificial Intelligence, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
      14:35-14:55 - Thematic Talk
      Tianxiang Sun, | Founder & CEO of Analemma; Assistant Professor, Shanghai Chuangzhi Academy
      15:00-17:00 - Judges of the Agent for Science Creative Competition
      Bo An | President’s Chair Professor, NTU & Dean, Interdisciplinary AI Research Institute

    • All-Day, June 13 | World model


    • All-Day, June 13 | Tech Tutorial：AI Open Source Project


    • AM, June 13 | MultiModal


    • 09:00-09:05 - Forum Introduction and Moderation
      Min Zhao | Assistant Professor at Nanjing University
      09:05-09:30 - Generative Modeling via Drifting
      Deng Mingyang | PhD candidate at MIT
      09:30-09:55 - LPM 1.0: An Interactive Performance Model Based on Video Generation
      Ailing Zeng | Researcher at Anuttacon
      09:55-10:20 - Research on Spatial Perception Foundation Models for 3D World Modeling
      Sida Peng | Researcher at Zhejiang University
      10:20-10:45 - HY World: Towards a Unified Multimodal World Model
      Tengfei Wang | Head of Tencent Hunyuan World Model (HY World)
      10:45-11:10 - From Skyreels V4 to Mureka V9: Kunlun Tech's AIGC Multimodal Layout
      Yu Cheng | Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Chief Scientist at Kunlun Tech Group
      11:10-11:35 - Video World Models: From Offline Content Generation to Real-Time Interaction
      Min Zhao | Assistant Professor at Nanjing University
      11:35-12:20 - Roundtable Discussion | From Understanding to Interaction: How Will Multimodality Reshape World Models?
      Host：Min Zhao | PhD candidate at MIT
      Mingyang Deng | PhD candidate at MIT
      Ailing Zeng | Researcher at Anuttacon
      Sida Peng | Researcher at Zhejiang University
      Tengfei Wang | Head of Tencent Hunyuan World Model (HY World)
      Yu Cheng | Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Chief Scientist at Kunlun Tech Group

    • AM, June 13 | Agentic AI Safety


    • AM, June 13 | AI Compute Frontiers：AI Native Infrastructure


    • AM, June 13 | CEO Forum of Embodied AI Industry


    • PM, June 13 | Reinforcement Learning‌


    • 13:30-13:35 - Opening Introduction
      Yang Yu | Professor, Nanjing University
      13:35-14:05 - Highly Flexible Large-Scale RL Framework RLinf for Embodied Intelligence
      Chao Yu | Assistant Professor, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School
      14:05-14:35 - Towards Next-Generation General Agents: Personalization, Proactivity, and Sustainable Evolution
      Weiwen Liu | Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
      14:35-15:05 - Scalable Reinforcement Learning Post-Training for Embodied Foundation Models
      Haoran Li | Associate Researcher at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
      15:05-15:35 - Computational Power Economics of Large Model Reinforcement Learning
      Ziniu Li | Ph.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
      15:35-16:05 - AReaL: Towards the Next-Generation Agentic RL Framework
      Shusheng Xu | Senior Algorithm Expert at Ant Group & Algorithm Lead of the AReaL Project
      16:05-17:00 - Roundtable Discussion
      Moderator: Chao Yu | Assistant Professor, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University
      Weiwen Liu | Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
      Haoran Li | Associate Research Professor, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
      Ziniu Li | Ph.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
      Shusheng Xu | Senior Algorithm Expert at Ant Group & Algorithm Lead of the AReaL Project

    • PM, June 13 | AI Compute Frontiers：Next-Gen Architecture


    • PM, June 13 | AI Open/Closed Source Industry Forum


    • PM, June 13 | AI Native Education



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