EmTech Future 2026 Examines AI’s Convergence With Other Fields

Summary

MIT Technology Review’s EmTech Future 2026 focuses on how artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape biology, infrastructure, manufacturing, and science, with the event arguing that AI’s greatest effects may emerge when it intersects with other fields. In one featured session, Yossi Matias, Google’s vice president and head of Google Research, discusses these cross-disciplinary changes. The three-day event also examines quantum technology, future energy systems, robotics, and the challenges and opportunities created when these technologies converge. Other sessions include Hartmut Neven on quantum’s relationship with surrounding systems, Evelyn Wang on the links among energy, computing, infrastructure, and climate technology, and Cory Doctorow on how AI is changing work and thinking. The complete program is available on demand, but access is limited to MIT Technology Review subscribers. Subscribers receive a 20 percent discount, bringing the stated price to $596.