overview
With the development and popularization of AI technologies, the smart‑hardware industry is entering a phase of explosive innovation. Product forms have broken free from the established paradigms of traditional wearables and digital devices. A wealth of niche original designs, scenario‑specific innovations and forward‑looking hardware concepts keep emerging. Scenario‑driven, personalized and lightweight innovation has become the mainstream industry trend.
Nevertheless, alongside this surge in product innovation, numerous high‑quality ideas and innovative solutions lack professional channels for public exposure, exchange, partnership‑building and incubation. Many promising innovation resources struggle to connect with capital and industrial stakeholders. Against this backdrop, the 2026 Smart‑Hardware Innovation Trend Summit is convened. Focusing on original smart‑hardware concepts, cutting‑edge designs and innovative visions, the event calls for outstanding innovative ideas and forward‑looking designs from across the industry and invites emerging teams to deliver pitch presentations. Committed to building a platform for innovation demonstration and capital matching, the Summit helps premium ideas gain wider visibility and achieve real‑world implementation. It identifies future industry trends and supports differentiated, diversified and high‑quality innovative development within the smart‑hardware sector.
Organizer
- AGIC Shenzhen AI Exhibition Organizing Committee
- World Artificial‑Intelligence & IoT Innovation Alliance (WAIA)
Co-organizers
- Machine Trend
- New‑Hardware Insight
- AIoT Xingtu Research Institute
- Shenzhen IoT Industry Association
Event Time
10:00‑12:00, August 27, 2026
Venue
Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center (Bao’an) ,Meeting Room 6, Hall 11
Invited Guests
Representatives from AI smart‑hardware enterprises, investors & investment institutions, overseas e‑commerce operators, channel partners, end‑users and other organizations.
Forum Agenda
| Time | Topic | Speaker / Organization | Title |
| 10:00‑10:20 | Check‑in 10:20‑10:40 | – | – |
| 10:20-10:40 | Life Companion Robot with Soul – Xuanxiaoliu | Jiang Li Sichuan Kouxuan Technology Co., Ltd. | Founder |
| 10:40‑11:00 | Hearing Emotions: Biosensing and On-Device AI Open a New Portal for Affective Computing | Xiao Ling Nurnex | General Manager |
| 11:00‑11:20 | Bring Figurines to Life: Reimagining the Future of Digital Companionship with AI | Li Ruijiang Dipal | General Manager |
| 11:20‑11:40 | Vision-Aided Mobility System for the Visually Impaired Based on Autonomous Driving AI Vision | Chen Xuhui Hangzhou Tongxing Technology | General Manager |
| 11:40‑12:00 | Select Tracks, Source Factories, Build Blockbusters Together with 3721 Network | Zhiyong Luo Shenzhen 3721 Technology Co., Ltd. | Zhiyong Luo, Partner, Shenzhen 3721 Technology Co., Ltd. |