EmTech Future 2026
by MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review's flagship look at the technologies that will reshape business
About This Event
EmTech Future 2026 is MIT Technology Review's flagship emerging-technology conference, running September 29 - October 1, 2026 on the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a livestream option. The 2026 agenda — 'The Industrialization of Intelligence', 'When AI Meets Everything', 'Quantum in Context' and 'A Day in the Life, 2031' — examines how AI, quantum and energy technologies converge into deployable enterprise capability.
At a Glance
- Date
- September 29 – October 1, 2026
- Location
- MIT campus, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Format
- Hybrid
- Status
- Upcoming
- Expected Attendance
- 400 in-person (capped) + livestream
- Pricing
- Paid
- Organizer
- MIT Technology Review
- Source
- daily-ingest
Topics & Focus Areas
Who Should Attend
- ✓CIO
- ✓CTO
- ✓CEO
- ✓Chief AI Officer
- ✓VP of Technology
- ✓Founder
- ✓Head of Innovation
- ✓R&D Leader
Why Attend
EmTech Future is aimed squarely at director-and-above technology and business leaders (CIOs, CTOs, CEOs) who need an independent, non-vendor read on which emerging technologies are ready to fund and which are still research. The 400-seat cap and MIT faculty access mean a CIO leaves with a defensible 3-5 year technology thesis on AI, quantum and energy rather than a vendor pitch deck.
Event Features
- ✓Track: The Industrialization of Intelligence — moving AI from pilots to production systems
- ✓Track: When AI Meets Everything — AI's collision with energy, materials and the physical world
- ✓Track: Quantum in Context — what quantum realistically means for enterprises this decade
- ✓Track: A Day in the Life, 2031 — a forward look at work and operations reshaped by AI
- ✓Livestream tickets for teams that cannot travel; early registration discount until September 4, 2026
What Makes This Unique
- ★Run by MIT Technology Review's editorial team, so the agenda is journalist-curated rather than sponsor-driven
- ★In-person attendance is capped at 400, keeping access to speakers and MIT researchers unusually high
- ★Held on the MIT campus with access to MIT labs and faculty, including MIT CSAIL and Quantum@MIT
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Industries Represented
Organizer
MIT Technology Review
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