09:00 - 09:15
| Opening Remarks
- Department of Science and Technology, MIIT
- Local Host
- Seizo Onoe, Director, TSB, ITU
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| 09:15-09:30 | Special Session: ITU FG-EAI Achievements and Working Group progresses
Provides a focused overview of the Focus Group's progress, key achievements, and current working items across its Working Groups
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| 09:30-09:40 | Setting the Stage: Embodied AI industry developments in 2026
Key findings from the latest research from CAICT and Tsinghua University
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| 09:40-10:30 | Session 1: Core Technologies for Embodied AI
Move beyond foundational overviews to critically examine the practical bottlenecks in Embodied AI. This session will dissect the genuine challenges in foundation models, multimodal interaction, and spatial intelligence, while highlighting underappreciated yet critical infrastructures, such as data pipelines, that dictate the next wave of fundamental technical breakthroughs.
Moderator: Shin-Gak Kang, Vice-Chair, FG-EAI | ETRI (Korea)
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| 10:30-10:50 | Coffee Break (offered by the host)
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10:50-11:40
| Session 2: Industry Applications and Deployment
Shift the focus from theoretical introductions to actionable engineering insights. We will explore the hidden gaps in current EAI and multimodal capabilities, discuss the unglamorous but vital data and communication infrastructures, and share core technical experiences from the frontlines of Embodied AI development.
Moderator: Andrea Cavallaro, Prof, EPFL (Switzerland)
- Linchao Zhu, Research professor, Zhejiang University & Jinglianwen (China)
- Hyewon Song, CTO, WHATs LAB, (Korea, Rep. of)
- Prabhat Mishra, Assistant professor, Department of Artificial Intelligence, IIT Kharagpur (India)
- Guangdong Hou, Vice President, R&D department, Robotics Kindergarten Lab, Tashan (China) Technology (China)
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| 11:40-12:20 | Roundtable: Making Embodied AI Deployable, Comparable, and Trusted
The roundtable provides a venue for the leadership of the Focus Group and Working Groups to share views on the next practical steps on interoperable services, data and safety practices, shared benchmarks, real-world testing, scaled deployment, and open-source ecosystem.
Moderator: Yuntao Wang, Chair, FG-EAI | CAICT, China
- WG1 chair: Shin-Gak Kang, ETRI (Korea)
- WG2 chair: Kei Kawamura, Research Manager, KDDI Corporation (Japan)
- WG3 chair: Andrea Cavallaro, Prof, EPFL (Switzerland)
- WG4 chair: Rongwei Ren, Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center (China)
- WG5 chair: Tony Zeng, Huawei (China)
- WG6 chair: Hongki Cha, Director, ETRI (Korea)
- WG7 chair: Avinash Agarwal, DoT (India)
- WG8 chair: Weimin Zhang, CAICT (China)
- WG9 chair: Emily Chen, Dexmal (China)
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| 12:20-12:25 | Closing Remarks
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| 12:25-12:30 | Group Photo and Networking
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12h30-14h30
| Lunch break (offered by the host)
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