Intel highlights its vision and progress toward open, scalable AI infrastructure, underscored by live demonstrations and ecosystem partnerships. #
At AI Infra Summit 2026, Intel will showcase its progress executing its vision for AI infrastructure at scale, demonstrating momentum across edge, enterprise, cloud, and physical AI environments. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan joins moderator Edmund (Ed) Nelson, co-founder & strategy director of AI Infra Summit, for a fireside chat on September 15 to discuss how innovation across silicon, systems, and software are shaping the future of AI infrastructure.
As enterprises implement AI, infrastructure is emerging as a key differentiator across performance, efficiency, and cost. Highlighting the systems-level approach outlined at Computex, Intel will demonstrate how its technologies, open approach, and ecosystem partners are building the foundation needed to scale AI across real-world environments.
Join Intel experts for panel discussions and sessions throughout the show and visit the Intel booth to see how Intel and its partners are delivering AI infrastructure innovations that are driving real-world impact.
AI Infra Summit 2026
When: September 15 – 17, 2026** Where**: Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA** Intel Booth:****Intel Booth:**#736
**Fireside Chat – The AI Opportunity: Silicon to Systems **
In a moderated fireside chat by Edmund (Ed) Nelson, co-founder and strategy director of AI Infra Summit, and Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Intel, will discuss how the industry will be driven by close collaboration across the ecosystem with advances in silicon, systems, and software enabling the next phase of AI.
When: Tuesday, September 15 from 10:15 –10:35 a.m. PTWhere: MainstageReplay: A video will be published on theIntel Newsroomafter the event. **Reshaping the Stack: Challenges of Building Purpose Built Inference Infrastructure **
Huma Abidi, Senior Director & General Manager, AI Frameworksat Intel,will join apanelonthe architectural and operational challenges of designing and deploying specialized inference infrastructure for AI workloads.
When: Tuesday, September 15 from 2:20 – 3:00 p.m. PT** Where:**Compute Track, Santa Clara Convention Center
From Digital AI to Physical AI: Open Infrastructure to Scale from Models to Machines
Nagesh Puppala, General Manager, Physical AI & Robotics, Client Computing and Physical AI Group at Intel, will discuss how the shift from experimentation to real-world scale will require an open, full-stack infrastructure approach spanning heterogeneous compute, software frameworks, developer tools, and ecosystem collaboration and hybrid architectures that combine cloud-scale training and reasoning with edge-based inference and control.
When: Wednesday, September 16 from 9:55 – 10:15 a.m. PT** Where**: Physical AI Track, Santa Clara Convention Center
Intelligence at Scale: A Blueprint for Agentic AI Infrastructure****
Anil Nanduri, Vice President, AI Products and GTM, Data Center Group at Intel, will join Anton McGonnel, Vice President, Product SambaNova Systems, to present a blueprint for agentic AI infrastructure. This discussion will explore how heterogeneous computing, disaggregated inference, and intelligent orchestration are emerging as foundational architectural patterns for scaling autonomous AI systems.
When: Wednesday, September 16 from 2:20 – 2:40 p.m. PT** Where**: Main Stage** Session replay:**A video will be published on theIntel Newsroomafter the event. AI Infra Summit Hackathon
Intel is hosting virtual and on-site hackathons where developers can leverage Intel’s Physical AI technologies to build, optimize, and deploy real-world robotics systems. For more information, visit https://www.ai-infra-summit.com/ai-infra-hackathon.
Schedule:
Virtual challenge: September 10-16Onsite challenge: September 15-16Final submissions/judging: September 16Where: Santa Clara Convention Center