Pre-AI Tech Week NYC & SVAIFF AI Film Festival-NY Chapter Launch

Pre-AI Tech Week NYC & SVAIFF NYC Chapter Launch

The day before NYC AI Tech Week begins, we are convening the city's most consequential AI builders, investors, and creators for a single afternoon in Downtown Brooklyn.
This is the room to be in before the week starts — the conversations that shape who you meet, where you go, and what you walk away with over the following seven days.
The Headline
For the first time, the Silicon Valley AI Film Festival arrives in New York. We will host the official NYC Chapter Launch and on-site Awards Ceremony, bringing the global frontier of AI, film, and digital art to Manhattan's doorstep.
Who You'll Meet
A curated, application-only room of 150 guests, including:
Founders and operators building the next generation of AI companies
Early-stage investors and venture partners actively deploying capital
Engineers, researchers, and product leaders from leading AI labs and startups
AI filmmakers, digital artists, and creative technologists defining a new medium
Press, media, and community leaders shaping the conversation
The Program
Opening Ceremony and SVAIFF NYC Awards
Mid-2026 AI Trend Keynote — featured speakers to be announced
A cross-disciplinary visual experience, debuted on stage
Panel: AI Art × The Frontier of AI
Founder and Investor Networking Reception
Panel Talk Speakers
Binghe (冰河) — Author · AI Film Director · Visiting Professor, California Institute of Technology Director of Wolfpack, the world's first AI-generated feature film. A pioneer working at the intersection of AI and literature.

Pai Zhu — Senior Researcher at a Frontier AI Lab Core contributor to a leading multimodal foundation model, focused on audio and speech understanding, agentic tool use, and shipping industrial-grade GenAI systems.

Ran Zhang, PhD — Lead Graphics Researcher & Manager, a Tech Compamy Video AI Center Head of the Film & Video World Model initiative. Expert in neural rendering and 3D generation for next-generation visual media.

Jesse Qin, PhD — Senior Technical Expert, KamiwazaAI · Founder, Solo Unicorn Club GenAI platform architect working across knowledge graphs and RAG. A leading voice in the solo-founder, AI-native company movement.

More speakers to be announced — stay tuned.
Language
Fully English-speaking program, designed for an international AI community and cross-cultural conversation.
Details
📅 Saturday, May 30, 2026 · 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 228 Duffield St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 — Sheraton Hotel
🎟️ 150 guests · Application-based admission
NYC AI Tech Week begins here. Secure your place before the room fills.

Pre-AI Tech Week NYC & 硅谷 AI 电影节纽约站启幕仪式

在 NYC AI Tech Week 正式开启的前一天下午，我们将把纽约最值得遇见的一群 AI 创业者、投资人与创作者，聚到布鲁克林市中心的同一个房间里。
这是 Tech Week 真正开始之前，你应该置身其中的那个下午——它会决定接下来一周你遇见谁、走进哪些场子、又能带走什么。
重磅亮点
硅谷 AI 电影节（Silicon Valley AI Film Festival）首次落地纽约。我们将在现场举行纽约站的正式发布与授奖典礼，把全球最前沿的 AI、影视与数字艺术创作带到曼哈顿门前。
你将遇见
一场审核制入场、限量 150 人的精选聚会，包括：
正在构建下一代 AI 公司的创始人与核心团队
处于活跃出手周期的早期投资人与风险合伙人
来自一线 AI 实验室与初创公司的工程师、研究员与产品负责人
正在定义全新媒介的 AI 电影人、数字艺术家与创意技术人
塑造行业话语的媒体、记者与社区领袖
当日议程
开幕仪式与 SVAIFF 纽约站授奖典礼
2026 年中 AI 趋势主题演讲（重磅嘉宾陆续揭晓）
一场跨界视觉首秀（现场揭晓）
Panel：AI 艺术 × AI 最新技术前沿
Founder & Investor Networking Reception
Panel 嘉宾
冰河（Binghe） — 作家 · AI 影视导演 · 加州科技大学客座教授 全球首部 AI 长片电影《狼群》导演，AI × 文学跨界先行者。
Pai Zhu — Senior Researcher at a Frontier AI Lab 头部多模态基础模型的核心研究员之一，方向覆盖音频与语音理解、Agent 工具使用、以及工业级 GenAI 系统落地。
Ran Zhang — Lead Graphics Researcher & Manager · 科技公司视频 AI Center 腾讯视频影视世界模型负责人，Neural Rendering 与 3D 生成方向专家。
Jesse Qin, PhD — KamiwazaAI 高级技术专家 · Solo Unicorn Club 创始人 GenAI 平台架构方向，专注知识图谱与 RAG，"一人独角兽"理念的实践者与布道者。
更多嘉宾陆续揭晓，敬请期待。
活动语言
全英文议程，面向国际化 AI 社群与跨文化交流场景。
活动信息
📅 2026 年 5 月 30 日（周六）· 13:00 – 18:00 📍 228 Duffield St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 · Sheraton Hotel 🎟️ 限量 150 人 · 审核制入场
NYC AI Tech Week，从这个下午开始。先来锁定你的位置。