HYSTA

HYSTA 27th Annual Conference

HYSTA Annual Conference 2026

AI at Scale

September 26,2026Santa Clara Convention Center

25th Annual Conference →26th Annual Conference →

HYSTA 27th Annual Conference

HYSTA Annual Conference 2026

AI at Scale

September 26,2026|Santa Clara Convention Center

25th Annual Conference →26th Annual Conference →

Conference Agenda

Explore the sessions, speakers, and activities planned for the 2026 HYSTA Annual Conference.

Agenda

08:00-11:50

Main Morning Session

11:50-17:00

Track 1： AI at Scale: From Models to Systems to Market

13:00-17:30

Track 2: HYSTA 2026 Annual Demo Day - From Breakthrough to Scale

5:30-9:00 PM

Evening: VIP Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony

Speakers & Moderators

Ion Stoica

Ion Stoica

Databricks

Lin Qiao

Lin Qiao

CEO of Fireworks AI

Dawn Song

Dawn Song

VP of AI Research, Meta; Professor, UC Berkeley; Founder, Oasis Labs

Ed Chi

Ed Chi

VP of Research at Google DeepMind

Junqiao Wu

Junqiao Wu

Professor, UC Berkeley

Bill Jia

Bill Jia

VP of Engineering, Core ML/AI, Google

Yangqing Jia

Yangqing Jia

Co-founder & CEO, Intent Lab. Co-Founder & CEO of Lepton AI (Acquired by NVIDIA ); Board member of HYSTA

Junchen Jiang

Junchen Jiang

Cofounder @Tensormesh & LMCache; Prof@UChicago CS

Yuandong Tian

Yuandong Tian

Founder, AI startup; Former Research Scientist, Meta AI / FAIR

Banghua Zhu

Banghua Zhu

Cofounder & CTO of RadixArk

Andrew Dai

Andrew Dai

Co-founder @ Elorian AI | ex-DeepMind

Yanbing Li

Yanbing Li

Chief Product Officer, Datadog; Chairwoman, HYSTA 2025

Li Fan

Li Fan

Chief Technology and AI Officer, Circle

Jiantao Jiao

Jiantao Jiao

Director of Research & Distinguished Scientist, NVIDIA; Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley

Reynold Xin

Reynold Xin

Co-founder, Databricks

Xingchu Liu

Xingchu Liu

Chief Data & Analytics Officer / Head of Data, Digital, and Analytics, Genentech

Bo Li

Bo Li

CEO, Virtue AI; Abbasi Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Connie Chan

Connie Chan

Silicon Valley VC; Early-Stage Consumer Tech Investor

Xiaochuan (Giovanni) Ge

Xiaochuan (Giovanni) Ge

CTO of Applovin

James Zou

James Zou

Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science and, by courtesy, of Computer Science and of Electrical Engineering

Cheng Liu

Cheng Liu

HYSTA Board Member; Founder, Chairman and CEO of Eureka Therapeutics Inc.

Peidong Yang

Peidong Yang

Professor, UC Berkeley

Changan Chen

Changan Chen

Co-founder and Chief Research Officer at Rhoda AI

Ding Zhao

Ding Zhao

Director of Safe AI Lab, CMU; Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, CMU

Yunzhu Li

Yunzhu Li

Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University

Jan Liphardt

Jan Liphardt

Founder, OpenMind; Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Stanford University

Zhenjia Xu

Zhenjia Xu

Co-Founder of Genesis AI

Brad Bao

Brad Bao

Co-founder & Chairman, Lime

Hanrui Wang

Hanrui Wang

Co-Founder and CEO, Eigen AI (Acquired by Nebius); SVP of Applied AI, Nebius.

Leo Ma

Leo Ma

Founder & CEO, RoboForce

Shuyun Chung

Shuyun Chung

Co-Founder & Chief Robotics Scientist, Flexiv

Tony Zhao

Tony Zhao

Co-founder and CEO, Sunday Robotics

York Yang

York Yang

Co-Founder, Dyna Robotics

Partners

Conference Sponsors

Thank you to the organizations supporting the HYSTA community.

East West Bank

Diamond

Llama Ventures

Diamond

Deloitte

Platinum

EY

Platinum

Miniso

Platinum

CBIZ

Gold

Duncan Peak

Gold

G Vision Capital

Gold

QBay

Silver

K & L Gates

Silver

7Edu

Silver

UpMarket

Silver

Altos Bank

Silver

Hankun

Silver

MalaTown

Silver

West Coast Community Bank

West Coast Community Bank

Silver

Anchron Law

Silver