Science x AI Summit 2026 (Caltech)
September 11, 2026 · Caltech · In-Person
Co-organized by SAIR Foundation, Caltech, and the Richard N. Merkin Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics.
The Science x AI Summit at Caltech brings together leading scientists, industry, AI builders, and investors for a day of talks, panels and discussions at the frontier of science and AI.
Co-organized by Merkin Center and SAIR, the Summit is designed to advance research and connect the scientific community shaping the future of AI.
Tentative Agenda
Main Event
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM — Check-In & Networking
- 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM — Welcome Remarks — Chuck Ng
- 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM — Keynote Speech — Barry Barish
- 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM — Keynote Speech — Sergei Gukov
- 9:50 AM - 10:00 AM — Short Break
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10:00 AM - 10:45 AM — Panel Discussion: LA Ecosystem & Innovation in the age of AI — Presented by UBS — Moderator: Chuck Ng; Amir Naiberg; Raj Singh; Gaurav Sukhatme; Guang Cheng
- 10:45 AM - 10:55 AM — Short Break
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10:55 AM - 11:55 AM — Panel Discussion: Science at Machine Speed: AI, Compute, and the Tools of Discovery — Presented by DLA Piper — Moderator: Josh Seidenfeld; Euwyn Poon; Scott Clark;
Jiachen Liu; Vincent Alessi
- 11:55 AM - 12:45 PM — Lunch — sponsored by Simular
- 12:45 PM - 1:15 PM — Keynote Speech — Terence Tao
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1:15 PM - 2:00 PM — Panel Discussion: Papers to Production: Founders Turning Open Problems into Companies — Presented by Snorkel — Moderator: Chuck Ng; Vincent Chen; Eric Wang; Shuxiang
Cao; Dorothy Li
- 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM — Short Break
- 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM — Keynote Speech — Anima Anandkumar
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2:45 PM - 3:30 PM — Panel Discussion: Funding the Technical Founder: How Investors Evaluate Deep Research — Presented by Samsung Next — Moderator: Noah Carr; Amit Gupta; Mark Kim; Jon
Chu; Andrew Schoen
- 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM — Keynote Speech
- 3:50 PM - 4:00 PM — Closing Remarks — Sergei Gukov
- 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM — Networking Reception sponsored by Talaria Scientific
- 4:00 PM - 4:10 PM — Welcome Remarks — Tony Chou
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