AAMA Future of AI Summit 2026

Wednesday October 14, 2026, San Francisco

Event Sponsored by Cooley LLP and Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office

AAMA Future of AI Summit 2026

AI Opportunities, Capital, and Strategic Navigation Across the U.S. and Asia

Date: Wednesday October 14, 2026, 1:00-5:00PM

Location: Cooley LLP, 3 Embarcadero Center 20th Floor, San Francisco CA 94111

The Artificial Intelligence is reshaping global competition, capital formation, industrial policy, and the future of work. The next era of AI will be defined not by a single geography, but by the interconnected opportunities and challenges across the United States, the broader Pan-Pacific ecosystem and the rest of the world.

The AAMA Future of AI Summit brings together leaders across investment, enterprise, technology, and entrepreneurship to explore where the most important AI opportunities are emerging - and how organizations can navigate the increasingly dynamic geopolitical, regulatory, and funding landscape surrounding AI.

The summit aims to move beyond hype and focus on actionable insights, strategic partnerships, and responsible paths forward.

Event Schedule

1.       Keynote / Fireside Chat. Moderator: Canice Wu

Jeff Herbst - VP BD & Inception Ventures, NVIDIA, GFT Ventures Founding Partners

2.     Panel on Opportunities in AI. Moderator: Anson Liang

This panel will cover questions such as where the next real AI value will be created, which layers are investable and defensible, how U.S. and Asian ecosystems differ, and where founders, investors and corporations should position themselves now.

Topics will include AI infrastructure/semiconductors/computing. Enterprise AI and workflow transformations, Agentic AI and vertical applications, robotics/physical AI, human and AI collaboration, and U.S.-Asia commercialization and ecosystem advantage.

Panel members:

Henry Kang - Founder & CEO, Clipto.AI

Arvin Sun - Founder & CEO, Traini AI

Gary Chen - CEO, Raise Robotics 

Nate Liang - CEO, Vishwa Labs

Kolento Hou - Co-founder & CEO, Emergences Labs

Joe Heanue - CEO, Triple Ring Technologies

3.  Panel on Agentic AI Without Borders. Moderator: Ray Cheung

Navigating Trust, Security, and Strategy in a Bifurcated World; Agentic AI is redefining software—from copilots to autonomous systems capable of making decisions, executing workflows, and collaborating across organizations. But as AI becomes more autonomous, the geopolitical environment is becoming more fragmented.

This panel brings together leaders across cybersecurity, enterprise AI, legal strategy, and venture-backed innovation to discuss how organizations can design, govern, and scale Agentic AI while balancing innovation with trust, resilience, and global market realities.

Rather than viewing regulation as merely a compliance exercise, the discussion explores how governance, security, and geopolitical awareness become strategic advantages for companies building the next generation of AI.

Panel members:

David Chun - Founder & CEO, Equilar 

Rick Orloff - CISO Everpure (formerly Pure Storage)

Clarence Chio - Co-founder & CEO, Coverbase; faculty at UC Berkeley

Cayetano Gea - Chief Strategy Officer, Dun & Bradstreet

Catherine Guan - Managing Director, Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan

4.  Pan-Pacific Investment Opportunities in AI - owner Canice Wu - Moderator  Jay Eum

Panel Members:

Evan Schnidman - Head of Fidelity Labs & Investor

David Gerster - Investment Partner, Fusion Fund

Ryan Wang - General Partner, Solaris Venture Partners & Outpost Capital

Cindy Chen - Brookfield Asset Management

David Suh - Head of Korea Investment Partners