The Scaling Summit: House of AI by 499 x CityU x 0G @Hong Kong 2026
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📍 Venue: 8/F, United Centre, 95 Queensway, HK
🌍 The Scaling Summit — Hong Kong 2026
The Scaling Summit: AI Agents & Autonomous Systems
From Models to Systems · From Tools to Autonomous Intelligence
AI is entering a new phase.
👉 From models to systems.
👉 From tools to autonomous intelligence.
🔹HOST: 499 & City University of Hong Kong
🔹Co-host: 0G
🔹Special Partner: B.AI, Hetu
🔹Partner: Google Cloud, Pantera Capital, Hashkey Capital, BNB Chain, TON, Virtuals, Sentient, 1inch, Animoca Brands, AVA Labs, KiteAI, Flock.io, ANUBIS, Monad, AEON, Web3 Labs, Interlace, Let's Burn, POSX, Avinasi Labs, SVP Chain, 2u2.ai, DFG, Jsquare, SUN.io, JUST, BitTorrent, WINkLink
💡What This Event Is About
The Scaling Summit Hong Kong 2026 is a curated, high-signal gathering exploring how AI systems are beginning to perceive, reason, act, and coordinate in the real world.
Bringing together AI researchers, leading tech platforms, system builders, and top investors to explore its impact across:
• software systems
• scientific discovery
• healthcare & digital medicine
• biological systems & longevityIn collaboration with AI for Science Institute & Institute of Digital Medicine, supported by a global network of academic institutions and developer communities across Asia and Europe.
🌐 Main Stage - Agenda
11:00-11:30 Sign-in
11:30-11:40 Opening Speech
11:40-12:00 Keynote
Prof. Michael Yang, Senior President of CityUHK & Director at Institute of Digital Medicine
12:00-12:40 Panel
Enter the Machine Consumer: When AI Agents Drive Mass Adoption
Kenny, APAC, Ton Foundation
Dominic Cox, Head of PR, 1inch
Leo Li, CTO, AEON
Justin Yeo, Head of Product, Interlace
Prof. Xiaofan Liu, Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong
MOD: Pinot Jiang, Senior Consultant, TechFlow
12:40-13:20 Panel
Silicon Meets Carbon: From Embodied AI to Biological Longevity
Prof. Harry Yang, Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Prof. Yu Wang, Research Assistant Professor, Institute of Digital Medicine of CityU
Dr. Roy Rong, Founder & CEO, Longevity Pioneer
Winnie Qiu, Co-Founder, Avinasi Labs
MOD: June, Founder, Facet.ai & President, BayAI Venture Association
13:20-13:50 Fireside Chat
Autonomous Worlds: Engineering the Lifecycle of On-Chain AI Agents
Michael Heinrich, CEO & Co-Founder, 0G
Sal, Core Contributor, Virtuals Protocol
14:00-14:20 Keynote
From Stablecoins to Everyday Commerce: Building Real-World Payment Infrastructure
Carter Qiu, Founder, Omninal & POSX
14:20-15:00 Panel
Breaking the Compute Bottleneck: The Race to Build a Native Execution Layer for AI
Jing, AI Lead, Monad
Kin, CEO, LETSBURN
Laughing, APAC Lead, Kite AI
MOD: Serena Deng, Founder, Block Central
15:00-15:40 Panel
Beyond the Hype Cycle: Pricing the Real Utility of Decentralized AI
Jay Yu, Junior Partner, Pantera Capital
David Ching, Investment Director, Animoca Brands
Stella Yang, Investment Manager, Hashkey Capital
Jiahao Xu, Co-Founder, Grace Investment Machine
MOD: Vaelyn Luo, General Partner, Plutos Capital
15:40-16:00 Keynote
Web3.0+: How AI and Blockchain Are Reshaping the Market Economy
Caspar Wong, CEO, Web3Labs
16:00-16:40 Panel
The Hyper-Scale Pipeline: Orchestrating Intent and Execution for a Trillion Agents
Blues Lin, Web3 Business Development Manager, Google Cloud
Walter, Business Development, BNB Chain
Jiahao Sun, CEO, FLock.io
Jacky Kong, Head of HK, Ava Labs
MOD: Rika, KOL
16:40-18:30 AI Agent Demo Live
🌐 Sub Stage (Builder Session)- Agenda
11:00-12:00 OpenClaw Session
Closed-Door Builder Session:
(Builders × Capital × Infra)
12:00-12:05 Opening Remarks
12:05-12:15 Icebreak Session
12:15-12:35 Lighting Matching
12:35-13:05 1v1 Grant Guidance
13:05-13:25 Open Networking
13:25-13:30 Closing
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We also share curated research, ecosystem insights and ongoing initiatives across AI, Ethereum infrastructure, RWA and regulatory developments.
🟧 AI Demo Day × Closed-Door Builder Session
🔹HOST: 499 & City University of Hong Kong
🔹Co-host: 0G & OpenSchool & IDM of CityU
🔹Special Partner: OpenBuild & Web3 Labs & CUPA
🔹Partner: HashKey Capital, Animoca Brands, Pantera Capital, Paramita, Ava Labs, KiteAI, 0G, Ton Foundation, Monad, etc.
🔹University Partners (Student Blockchain Associations)：CityU, HKU, HKUST, Imperial, Tsinghua (THUBA), PKU, NUS, NTU, Fudan, Zhejiang, SZU, etc.
We’re inviting AI builders to submit AI Agents & Autonomous Systems for two connected tracks at The Scaling Summit HK:
1/ Closed-Door Builder Session (for builders only)
2/ AI Agent Demo Day (Top 6 teams live demo)
🧩 Two Tracks
1/ Closed-Door Builder Session (Builder-only, application required)
A private working session connecting:
• Selected builders
• VCs & ecosystem decision-makers
• Layer1 & infrastructure teams Access requires project submission (deck required)
2/ AI Agent Demo Day (Public showcase)
• Selected teams present live demos
• Top 6 projects chosen from submissions
• Evaluated by VCs & ecosystem partnersA high-signal showcase of real AI systems
🛠 What to build
• AI Agents & autonomous workflows
• AI infra & coordination systems
• AI for science / real-world applications⚡️ Timeline
• April 1–13 — Online Build
• April 13— Submission Deadline
• April 14 — Selected Teams Announced
• April 20 — Demo Day + Closed-Door Session
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🏆 What you get
• Direct access to VCs & ecosystem leaders
• Closed-door interaction with decision-makers
• Grant opportunities & ecosystem support
• Exposure + follow-on funding opportunities🔥 Why this matters
• Not just demos — a path to funding
• Real interaction, not panels
• From project → evaluation → support🚀 Submit Your Demo:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSde0HStMXUyGWZkXcXUbR2-k4mtz75dmBFZnLYONyzsXQfyTA/viewform
🏠 Venue
📍United Centre, 8th Floor, 95 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong
This is not a large-scale conference.
It is a curated room for those building the next generation of intelligent systems.
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🔹Host
499 - 499 is one of the industry's earliest and largest decentralized open organizations, pioneering the OG community since its founding in 2018.
As a global DAO with over 30 core members spanning 10+ countries, our mission is to build a public and open platform for the decentralized industry, breaking traditional organizational boundaries to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange.
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🔹Co-Host
0G is the largest L1 for AI offering unparalleled infrastructure to power the next generation of decentralized AI applications. Building the first decentralized AI Operating System, unlike traditional closed AI systems, 0G empowers users with full autonomy, ensuring privacy, verifiability, and censorship resistance.
🔹Special Partner
B.AI is the foundational economic infrastructure for AI Agents. Access global top-tier AI models anonymously via a borderless payment system. Provides a unified API and settlement network, empowering artificial intelligence with true financial autonomy.
HETU is the intersubjective consensus, decentralizing AI for Science. It’s the social contract machine, bringing humanic intelligence to crypto.