EmTech Future 2026: When AI Meets Everything

MIT Technology Review has made the full program of its EmTech Future 2026 event available on demand. The three-day conference covered questions including how AI is impacting industries, where quantum is heading, potential new energy systems, how robotics are evolving, and challenges and opportunities arising as these technologies converge.

Among the sessions are a talk by Yossi Matias, Vice President and Head of Google Research, on how AI is beginning to reshape biology, infrastructure, manufacturing, and science, and why its greatest impact may come when it intersects with other fields. Hartmut Neven, founder and lead at Google Quantum AI, explores how quantum is advancing alongside other frontiers and why its significance may lie not only in what it can do on its own but in how it interacts with surrounding systems. Evelyn Wang, VP for energy and climate at MIT, discusses how energy, computing, infrastructure, and climate technologies are increasingly interconnected and what these converging systems could mean for industry and society. Cory Doctorow, author and writer, examines how AI is changing the way people work and think.

MIT Technology Review subscribers receive a 20% discount on the full EmTech Future 2026 program, reducing the cost to $596, according to the announcement.