Go deep on the technology
Get practical perspectives on real-time AI, multimodal models, RTC and embodied intelligence from the researchers and engineers building them.
THE REAL-TIME INTELLIGENCE CONFERENCE
Intelligence.
In real time.
In real life.
Where AI meets human connection. Join the developers, founders and researchers turning real-time intelligence into experiences that matter.
A WORLD IN REAL TIME
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VOICE AI✳REAL-TIME INTERACTION✳EMBODIED AI✳HUMAN CONNECTION✳
01 / THE CONFERENCE
The next wave of AI
is a conversation.
AI is moving beyond the prompt. It can listen, respond and act in the moment. At iRTE 2026, explore what it takes to make those interactions feel natural—and work in the real world.
Find your next opportunity
Explore how enterprise agents, smart devices, social experiences and education are evolving—and where real-time intelligence can make a difference.
Build with the community
Exchange ideas with developers and technical leaders. Learn from working projects, sharpen your skills and make connections beyond the session.
Experience AI in action
Explore robots, wearables, smart home devices, AI companions and learning tools that bring perception, interaction and action together.
150+Technology & industry leaders
100+Talks & conversations
20,000+RTE community developers
500+Product & operations professionals
200+Founders
100+Investors
Conference and community figures from the event organizer.
02 / THE PEOPLE
Meet the minds
moving us forward.
Perspectives from the people turning research into products and possibility into practice.
Tony Zhao
Founder & CEO, Shengwang
Yangqing Jia
Founder & CEO, Intent Lab
Tony Wang
Co-founder, Agora
Track curatorLei Xie
Professor & Director, Audio, Speech and Language Processing Lab, Northwestern Polytechnical University
03 / THE PROGRAM
Two days.
Ahead of the curve.
From core infrastructure to the experiences it makes possible. Find your focus across 14 tracks.
DAY 01 / FRIDAY
October 23↗
Opening keynotes. Enterprise voice agents. Conversational AI. Developer fundamentals. Demo Day.
09:00–18:00 · Beijing timeDAY 02 / SATURDAY
October 24↗
Smart hardware. Audio and video AI. Social experiences. Education. Developer tools. Real-time infrastructure.
09:00–17:30 · Beijing time04 / BEYOND THE TALKS
Less sitting back.
More getting involved.
BUILD · TEST · CONNECT
Hands-on workshop
Build your own voice agent
Bring a laptop and an idea. Work on your own or team up to build a real-time demo with voice AI, agents, audio and video, or connected hardware. Experiment with Agora Skills, SDKs and open-source frameworks, with technical experts on hand to help you build and debug.
Join the workshop · RMB 19.90DRAW · THINK · PLAY
AI board game
Talk With: Play with the possibilities
Draw a scenario, bid for conversational AI and voice technologies, and pitch your solution. Talk With turns the possibilities of voice interaction into a collaborative game of creativity, strategy and unexpected challenges.
Join the game · RMB 19.90WITH SUPPORT FROM
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October 23–24 · Beijing
Be part of
what happens next.
Two days of ideas, working demos and conversations with the people building real-time intelligence.
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