Encord Launches Long Horizon: The Physical AI Summit

Encord will host its inaugural Long Horizon Physical AI Summit at Fort Mason in San Francisco on October 20–21, 2026, bringing together more than 60 speakers from organizations including Waymo, Google DeepMind, Boston Dynamics, Amazon Robotics, and Skild AI. The two-day event focuses on robotics on the first day and autonomy on the second, examining subjects such as humanoid manipulation, robot learning data pipelines, world models, large behavior models, autonomous-vehicle deployment, fleet intelligence, navigation, and autonomy in contested environments. Featured speakers include Skild AI CEO Deepak Pathak, Wayve CEO Alex Kendall, Google X and Waymo founder Sebastian Thrun, and executives and researchers from leading robotics, automotive, defense, and AI companies. The program also includes technical workshops on automotive-plant instrumentation, trainable robots, hand dexterity, perception-model evaluation, and sensor-fusion data enrichment, with several major technology and business media outlets expected to attend.

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