NTT Research CEO Kazu Gomi and NTT CEO Akira Shimada open Upgrade 2026 with a clear view of how fundamental science becomes global solutions—across AI, photonics, and healthcare.

Cursor COO Jordan Topoleski shares how AI is reshaping software development—from agent-driven workflows to enterprise adoption and measurable ROI.

Shweta Maniar of Google Cloud examines how AI is accelerating life sciences—from AI co-scientists to self-driving labs and enterprise AI adoption.

Discover expert perspectives on trustworthy AI with leaders from Microsoft and NTT Research. Explore AI agents, human-AI co-evolution, and AI safety.

Customer experience is being rebuilt for the AI era, with leaders from National Life Group and NTT Data focusing on human-centered systems.

At the foundation of tomorrow’s breakthroughs, experts from Harvard, Cornell, and NTT Research explore physical AI and biohybrid robotics.

Cisco’s Denise Lee joins leaders from Panduit, Workday, and NTT Data to show how energy networking and fault managed power support AI-scale infrastructure.

Discover how combinatorial innovation moves enterprises beyond basic AI to truly intelligent systems with experts from NTT DATA AI Vista.

Photonics offers a path beyond the AI energy bottleneck—explored here by leaders from NTT Research, Walden Catalyst, and OptiCore.

Red Hat and NTT Data leaders discuss operationalizing secure, on-premise AI factories for regulated environments and sovereign data needs.

Cisco's Andrew Lu explains how Power over Ethernet and Fault Managed Power solve the growing energy infrastructure crisis and electrician shortage.

Unify digital experiences and mitigate enterprise data risk with the Universal Wallet Infrastructure, a secure framework for verifiable credentials.

Accelerate next-generation AI and metaverse workloads using 6G in-network computing, presented by NTT Docomo Euro Labs' Riccardo Gorzoni.

Cisco's Dr. Gaurav Khanna unpacks the severe security vulnerabilities of agentic AI and provides three essential rules for building safe enterprise systems.

EQTY Lab founder Jonathan Dotan explains how advanced cryptography secures AI agents and verifies digital twins in the life sciences sector.

Leaders from NTT Data, Ema, and Krisp outline actionable strategies for building mutually beneficial tech partnerships and scaling AI innovation.

Join NTT Data and Archetype AI to learn how edge computing and the Newton foundation model power physical AI for real-world enterprise operations.