MIT Technology Review’s EmTech AI 2026: Leading in the Era of AI Integration

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MIT’s flagship AI conference returns April 21–23 on the MIT campus and online, exploring how leaders can move AI from experimentation into core business infrastructure.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — MIT Technology Review’s flagship AI conference, EmTech AI 2026, will take place April 21–23 on the MIT campus, bringing together 400 senior executives, technologists, and researchers to examine one of the most important shifts in artificial intelligence: its transition from experimentation into core business infrastructure.

As organizations move beyond pilots and proofs of concept, this year’s event focuses on what MIT Technology Review calls “the Great Integration”—the challenge of embedding AI into the systems, workflows, and decision-making processes that define modern organizations.

Curated by MIT Technology Review’s editorial team, the 2026 agenda delivers practical insight into how leading businesses are deploying AI at scale. Sessions will explore the evolving AI stack, data readiness, governance, agentic systems, and the growing role of AI in shaping strategy and operations.

The speaker lineup brings together leaders from across industry and research, including voices from Microsoft, OpenAI, Snowflake, ServiceNow, Walmart, and more, alongside MIT faculty and MIT Technology Review editors. Speakers include:

Donna Morris, Chief People Officer at Walmart, on integrating AI into the workforce and systems of America’s largest private employer
Sulman Choudhry, Head of Engineering, ChatGPT at OpenAI, on the rise of AI platforms and integrated architectures
Kellie Romack, Chief Digital Information Officer at ServiceNow, on building an agentic workforce across enterprise systems
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, National Executive Director at SAG-AFTRA, on the future of human expression in an AI-first world
Ali Farhadi, recently appointed to Microsoft’s AI intelligence team, on the…

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