AsianFin -- The 2025 Inclusion Conference is set to take place on the Bund in Shanghai from September 10 to 13, bringing together an impressive lineup of 16 academicians and Turing Award winners alongside more than 550 industry leaders.

Among the most anticipated speakers are Richard Sutton, a pioneer in reinforcement learning, and Jack Dongarra, a U.S. computer scientist and mathematician—both Fellows of the Royal Society. The event will also host Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind.

Tech innovators will be represented as well, including Wang Xingxing, founder and CEO of Chinese robotics startup Unitree Robotics, and Wu Chenglin, founder and CEO of AI-native software company DeepWisdom.

The conference program includes one main forum, over 40 open insight forums, 18 innovator stages, and three AI innovation competitions. For the first time, this year’s edition will also feature a dedicated venture capital meetup, highlighting opportunities for investment in emerging technologies and startups.