💥NEX-T Summit 2025 - the New Era of X-Tech Summit

​On September 27–28, 2025, the NEX-T 2025 (New Era of X-Tech Summit) will take place at Stanford University. At this pivotal moment of global technological and industrial transformation, artificial intelligence, sustainability, the digital economy, and models of human collaboration are entering a new phase of evolution.

​AI has been shifting from “technical experiments” to “widespread adoption.” Meanwhile, both enterprises and societies are demanding more innovation, responsibility, and long-term value.

​the NEX-T 2025 will serve as a high-energy platform for exchange and showcase, bringing together industry leaders, technologists, financial markets, venture capital forces, cross-sector innovators, and the Next Generation of young pioneers to explore the possibilities of the “Next Step.” The summit expects over 400 global entrepreneurs, investors, scientists, and policymakers, and will attract wide coverage from leading U.S. media outlets.

​🔥 Why Attend

​NEX-T 2025 is more than a summit — it is a historic gathering at Stanford that will define the next chapter of global innovation, capital, and leadership. Being here means standing on the frontier of the future and leaving your mark on the world stage.

​✨ Who Should Attend

​This summit is designed for visionary leaders, innovators, and decision-makers who are shaping the future of technology, finance, and global business. You will find the event most valuable if you are:

​ • Entrepreneurs & Founders

​ Building startups in AI, robotics, new energy, fintech, or healthcare technology, and seeking insights, capital, or global networks.

​• Investors & Venture Capitalists

​From seed to growth stage, especially those focused on frontier technology, cross-border innovation, and global market expansion.

​• Corporate Executives & Strategists

​Leaders from technology companies, financial institutions, and multinational corporations looking to capture next-decade opportunities.

​• Researchers & Innovators

​Scholars, technologists, and product builders eager to exchange ideas at the intersection of science, business, and society.

​• Policy Makers & Thought Leaders

​Professionals shaping the innovation landscape through regulation, policy, and global collaboration.

​• Global Asian Leaders & Rising Voices

​Entrepreneurs, investors, and creators from Asian communities worldwide who are ready to connect, collaborate, and amplify impact on the world stage.

​🌍 Mission

• ​Inspire the global vision and leadership of a new generation of innovators

• ​Explore key trends in future technology development and investment

• ​Build a bridge between “Ideas × Capital × Application Scenarios”

​🏛️ Hosts

• ​NextFin.AI
  The world’s first AI-driven financial news and data analysis Agent platform. Through personalized AI News Agents, it delivers institutional-grade speed, context and depth to individual users worldwide, empowering them to make confident decisions.

• ​GALA (Global Asian Leaders Alliance)
  A forward-looking international platform dedicated to connecting Asian entrepreneurs, investors, and innovation leaders globally, advancing the rise of Asian leadership on the world stage.

​🤝 Co-hosts

• ​TMTPOST Group

​TMTPOST Group is one of Asia’s leading financial and technology media and data networks. TMTPOST has built a reputation as a trusted source of business intelligence, with deep coverage across China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and beyond. Supported by a strong network of professional journalists and contributors, TMTPOST provides timely, insightful, and data-driven reporting on technology, finance, and innovation.

• ​Shanda Group

​Shanda Group is a global private investment group founded by Chen Tianqiao in 1999. Originally known as a pioneer in China’s online entertainment and digital content industry, Shanda has since transformed into a diversified global investment firm.Today, Shanda Group manages a broad portfolio across public markets, private equity, venture capital, real estate, and biotechnology. With offices in Singapore, New York, and Shanghai, the group focuses on long-term investments that drive innovation and create sustainable value.

• ​Barron’s China

​The largest Asian branch of Barron’s, focusing on global market insights and building an exclusive community of Chinese and U.S. financial and technology leaders. Investments that drive innovation and create sustainable value.

​🔑 Core Tracks & Highlights

• ​Next Talks: Keynote speeches on AI trends, global transformations, and the evolution of finance

• ​Next Panels: Deep-dive discussions on AI+Industry, X-Tech, Capital & Investment, Women in Leadership, and Next-Gen Leadership

• ​NEX-T Demo Show: Global innovation roadshow

• ​Tech & Mindfulness: Cross-disciplinary dialogue on AI, ethics, humanities, and cognitive science

​📅 Preliminary Agenda

​September 27 ( Morning ) 9:00 am

​9:00 am – 9:15 am

• ​Opening Ceremony & Welcome

​Robin Lewis | Summit Chair, NEX-T 2025； Chair, Worldview Global Impact (WGI); Senior Advisor, NextFin.AI； Former Associate Dean, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)

​Fiona Ma | 34th Treasurer of California (Video and Writing Address)

​Chiling Tong ｜President & CEO, National Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship (Video Address)

​Jany H.J.Zhao ｜ Founder&CEO,NextFin; Founder&Chairperson,TMTPOST Group

• ​Keynote  Silicon Valley & AI Trends

​9:15 am – 9:45 am (30 mins)

• ​John L. Hennessy | 10th President of Stanford University; Turing Award Laureate

​9:45 am – 10:30 am (45 mins)

​Dialogue

• ​John L. Hennessy | 10th President of Stanford University; Turing Award Laureate

​Guest Host

​Zhang Lu | Founding Partner, Fusion Fund

• ​Panel： AI and the Future of Human Health

​10:30 am – 11:10 am (40mins)

​Prof. Michael Snyder｜ Professor and Chair, Stanford Genome Center; internationally recognized pioneer in precision health, genomics, and wearable technologies

​Dr. Emmett Cunningham | Former Senior Managing Director, Blackstone Life Sciences; over 20 years of venture investment and drug development leadership experience; currently Senior Advisor, HealthQuest Capital; Adjunct Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine

​Sanjeev Kumar ｜Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute Fellow, Venture Partner at Fusion Fund, Guest Host

​Dr. Michelle Chen, President & CEO ｜Form Bio Inc.; Former Chief Business Officer of Insilico Medicine; Senior VP of WuXi Biologics; senior leadership roles at Roche and Merck

​Guest Host

​Prof. Huijun Ring | Adjunct Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine; Serial Entrepreneur; Global Leader in AI Longevity Medicine and East–West Integrative Health

• ​Panel： Entrepreneurship in AI Era

​11:10 am – 11:50 am (40mins)

​Eric S. Swider | Board Member， Trump Media & Technology Group; CEO, Renatus Tactical Acquisition Corp; Strategic Development Advisor, High-Trend International Group

​Guangyu Robert Yang | Co-founder & CEO of Altera; Former Professor, MIT (Brain & Cognitive Sciences; Electrical Engineering & Computer Science); Head of the MetaConscious Research Group

​Alice Ahmed ｜AdTech, Creative, & Growth Leader | Ex-VP Product at AppLovin | Investor & Board Member

​Sang Wen ｜Cofunder&COO, Genspark.ai

​Babar Ahmed  ｜CEO, Mindstorm Studios

​Guest host

​Theresa Yu ｜ Managing Director, Global Bridge Capital; StartX, Board of Advisors

• ​Panel: Exploring VC Trends in Silicon Valley and the Rise of AI Investments

​11:50 am – 12:30 pm (40mins)

​Wei Zhou ｜Founding Partner, CCV Capital; Managing Partner,KPCB

​Jay Huang, PhD ｜ Founding Partner, Jadestone Capital; Former Managing Director, Intel China

​Echo Cheng ｜Founding Partner, BrightWay Future Capital

​Lewis Hong ｜Co-Founder and General Partner, FP Solutions VC; Former SpaceX executive

​Cynthia Zhang | Founder, FutureX Capital

​Guest Host

​Dr. Paul Fang ｜Founder /President, Bay Area Founders Club

​Noon 12:30 -13:30

​Networking lunch

​September 27 ( Afternoon ) 13:30

​Main Forum

• ​Keynote/ Dialogue: Investing in the AI Era & U.S. Market Trends

​Keynote

​14:00 — 14:20 (20mins)

​Gary Gensler | Former Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); Professor of the Practice, MIT Sloan

• ​Dialogue

​14:20 -15:00（40mins）

​Gary Gensler | Former Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); Professor of the Practice, MIT Sloan

​Guest Host

​Dr. Ken Lin | SVP, CP Group (Thailand) 

• ​Panel： Women Shaping Global Innovation: From Science to Capital and Global Business

​15:00 — 15:40 (40mins)

​Chrissy Luo | Co-founder, Shanda Group and Tianqiao&Chrissy Chen Brain Science Institute (TCCI)

​Prof.Bao Zhenan ｜Professor, Stanford University; Founder and Director, the Stanford Wearable Electronics initiative; The winner of the UNESCO Women in Science Award; Member of the U.S.National Academy of Engineering(NAE)

​Holly Zheng ｜ Founding & Managing Partner, EnvisionX Capital; Chairwoman, BlueFocus International; Adjunct Professor, USC

​Zhang Lu | Founding Partner, Fusion Fund

​Guest Host

​Jany H.J.Zhao｜Founder, NextFin.AI; Chairperson, TMTPOST Group; Publisher of Barron’s China

• ​Panel： AI, Media, and Public Trust

​15:40 — 16:20 (40mins)

​Adi Ignatius | Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Business Review

​Dexter (Tiff) Roberts | Fellow, Atlantic Council

​Henny Sender | Senior Advisor to the CEO, BlackRock; Former Chief Correspondent , Financial Times

​Jany H.J.Zhao｜Founder, NextFin.AI; Chairperson, TMTPOST Group; Publisher of Barron’s China

​Guest Host

​Jasmine Wang ｜ Co-Chair, Worldview Global Impact； Board member, United Nations Unitlife

• ​Panel： Next-Gen Perspectives： Youth Voices in the AI Era

​16:20 — 17:00 (40mins)

​Outstanding young students representing the next generation will share their perspectives on the AI era

​Elaine Du | Director, Producer, Actor, Photographer, Athlete, and Founder

​Tom Yuan | Stanford CS Junior, RL Researcher, Builder of the World's First RL Agent Ensemble for Roblox Playtesting, Passionate about philosophy, Piano, and boxing.

​Cindy Ren | Junior, Tabor Academy; Alzheimer’s Research Assistant (Harvard Medical School/Brigham & Women’s); Wovenly (Dementia Support) Intern; Kindness Matters Inc. Leader

​Catherine Chen | Student at the Nueva School, especially passionate about combining neuroscience, psychology, and music to explore human behavior in the digital age; Part of the iSing Silicon Valley Choir since second grade and advanced to the highest HD level.

​Guest Host
Frances Sun ｜Director for Asia, Harvard HAA, founder& President of EduTank 

• ​Panel: The U.S.-China Entrepreneurial Landscape: Bridge or Barrier?

​17:00 — 17:40 (40mins)

​Hang Zhou | Angel Investor; Partner, Shunwei Capital; Founder, YidaoYongchew

​Dr. Hongbin Li ｜ James Liang Endowed Chair, Stanford University; Faculty Co-Director, Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions (SCCEI); Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI) & Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)

​Tristan Dai, Ph.D | Founder/CEO, Notiom Robotics

​Charles Cheng ｜Managing Partner, Summit Zenith

​Guest Host

​He Jing | Managing Partner, Gen Law Firm

​Concurrent Tracks

​1:30 – 1:50 PM | Genspark
Lenjoy Lin | Co-founder, Genspark.ai

​1:50 – 2:10 PM | Menos.ai
William J. Wu, PhD | CFA, CEO & Co-Founder, Menos AI

​2:10 – 2:30 PM | Tanka
Bei Zhang | VP of Growth at Tanka; exGrammarly

​2:30 – 2:50 PM | Traini
Ying Chen | COO, Traini

​2:50 – 3:10 PM | Theta Health
Zifan Jiang | Chief Medical Officer, Theta Health

​3:10 – 3:30 PM | Solvea
Steven Yang | Co-founder, Solvea

​3:30 – 3:50 PM | Adas eco
Ethan Johnes | VP of Marketing, ADAS Eco

​3:50 – 4:10 PM | Quantea
Nan Liu | CEO, Quantea

​4:20-5:00 PM | Panel: Building Scalable AI Platforms: From Infrastructure to Everyday Impact Moderator： John Zhong, CFA; Alternative Investments Director, Morgan Stanley

​Speakers: Lenjoy Lin | Co-founder, Genspark.ai

​Nan Liu | CEO, Quantea

​Bei Zhang | VP of Growth at Tanka; exGrammarly

​Wendy Zhou | CEO, Adas Eco

​5:00-5:40 PM Panel: Is vertical AI a billion-dollar business?

​Moderator： Ren Wang, Managing Director, Cyber Creation Ventures(CCV)

​Speakers: Hunter Guo, Co-founder, Solvea

​William J. Wu, PhD | CFA, CEO & Co-Founder, Menos AI

​Arvin Sun | Founder&CEO, Traini

​Zifan Jiang | Chief Medical Officer, Theta Health

​NETWORKING 5:40-6:00 PM

​September 27 (Evening)

• ​VIP Dinner ( VVIP and Invite Only)

​September 28

• ​Afternoon: Closed-door Asian American Leadership Meeting (VVIP and Invite Only)

• ​Evening: GALA Private Dinner (VVIP and Invite Only)

​💎 Guest Speakers (Partial)

• ​Alice Ahmed ｜AdTech, Creative, & Growth Leader | Ex-VP Product at AppLovin | Investor & Board Member

• ​Babar Ahmed ｜CEO, Mindstorm Studios

• ​Prof. Zhenan Bao ｜Professor, Stanford University; Founder & Director, the Stanford Wearable Electronics initiative; The winner of the UNESCO Women in Science Award ; Member of the U.S.National Academy of Engineering(NAE)

• ​EmmettCunningham ｜Former Senior Managing Director at Blackstone Life Sciences with more than 20 years of venture investment and drug development leadership experience; Senior Advisor at HealthQuest Capital and Adjunct Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine;

• ​Tianqiao Chen  (Closed-door) | Founder, Shanda Group

• ​Echo Cheng ｜Founding Partner, BrightWay Future Capital

• ​Tristan Dai, Ph.D ｜Founder and CEO, Noitom Robotics; Co-Founder, Noitom Technology

• ​Dr.Paul Fang ｜Founder & President, Bay Area Founders Club

• ​Sheng Fu  | Founder & CEO, Cheetah Mobile

• ​Gary Gensler | Former Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); Professor of the Practice, MIT Sloan

• ​Jing He  | Managing Partner, Gen Law Firm

• ​John L. Hennessy | 10th President of Stanford University; Chairman of Alphabet; Turing Award Laureate

• ​LewisHong ｜Co-Founder and General Partner, FP Solutions VC; Former SpaceX executive

• ​Dr.John Hu (Colsed-door)| Director, the Advanced Technology Group at Nvidia; Founding Partner, GeneratiVision Ventures

• ​Jay Huang, PhD ｜ Founding Partner, Jadestone Capital; Former Managing Director, Intel China

• ​Adi Ignatius | Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Business Review

• ​ZifanJiang | Chief Medical Officer, Theta Health

• ​Sanjeev Kumar | Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute Fellow, Venture Partner at Fusion Fund

• ​Robin Lewis | Summit Chair, NEX-T 2025; Chair, Worldview Global Impact (WGI); Senior Advisor, NextFin.AI; Former Associate Dean, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)

• ​Dr. Hongbin Li ｜ James Liang Endowed Chair, Stanford University; Faculty Co-Director, Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions (SCCEI); Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI) & Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)

• ​Dr. Ken Lin | SVP, CP Group (Thailand)

• ​Chrissy Luo | Co-founder, Shanda Group and Tianqiao&Chrissy Chen Institute for Brain Science

• ​Fiona Ma | 34th Treasurer of California

• ​Prof. Huijun Ring | Adjunct Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine; Serial Entrepreneur; Global Leader in AI Longevity Medicine and East–West Integrative Health

• ​Dexter (Tiff) Roberts | Fellow, The Atlantic Council, former Bloomberg BusinessWeek Beijing Bureau Chief

• ​Wen Sang | Co-founder & COO, Genspark.ai

• ​Henny Sender | Senior Advisor, BlackRock; Former Chief Correspondent, Financial Times

• ​Arvin Sun｜Founder&CEO, Traini

• ​Sun Frances | President, EduTank;Director for Asia,Harvard HAA;Senior Partner,LiquidMetal Ventures

• ​Eric S. Swider | Board Member, Trump Media & Technology Group , CEO Renatus Tactical Acquisition Corp; Strategic Development Advisor, High-Trend International Group

• ​Jasmine Wang ｜Co-Chair, Worldview Global Impact; Board member, United Nations Unitlife

• ​Victor Wang (Closed-door) | Founding Partner, CEG Ventures

• ​William J. Wu, PhD, CFA ｜ CEO & Co-Founder, Menos AI

• ​Guangyu Robert Yang | Co-founder & CEO of Fundamental Research Labs; Former Professor, MIT (Brain & Cognitive Sciences; Electrical Engineering & Computer Science); Head of the MetaConscious Research Group

• ​Theresa Yu ｜Managing Director, GlobaT Bridge Capital; Board of Advisors, StartX

• ​Bei Zhang ｜VP of Growthat Tanka;exGrammarly

• ​Cynthia Zhang ｜Founder ,FutureX Capital

• ​Lu Zhang  | Founding Partner, Fusion Fund

• ​Jany Hejuan Zhao | Founder & CEO, NextFin.AI; Chairperson, TMTPOST Group; Publisher of Barron’s China

• ​Holly Zheng | Founding and Managing Partner, EnvisionX Capital; Chairwoman, BlueFocus International; Adjunct Professor, USC.

• ​John Zhong, CFA｜Alternative Investments Director, Morgan Stanley

• ​Hang Zhou | Renowned Angel Investor, Partner at Shunwei Capital, and Founder, YidaoYongche

• ​Wendy Zhou｜CEO, Adas Eco

​📱For business cooperation and media inquiries, please contact: [email protected]

​🌟 Sponsorship Opportunities

​By partnering with NEX-T 2025, sponsors gain not only global stage exposure, but also access to the world’s most influential networks in technology, finance, and policy.

​💎Core Values for Sponsors

​• Global Visibility – Brand presence amplified across international media networks.

​ • Thought Leadership – Senior executives on stage to shape industry discourse.

​• Exclusive Networking – Direct access to world-class investors, entrepreneurs, and scientists.

​• Prestigious Recognition – Priority nomination for international awards and leader lists.

​• Sustained Collaboration – Priority access to future NEX-T summits and initiatives.

​👉 To explore sponsorship opportunities, please contact: [email protected]