Baidu World 2026 to Open Nov 12 in Beijing With Theme 'The Next Act: Intelligent Organizations'

Baidu founder Robin Li will lead the opening keynote, where he is expected to set out his latest assessment of where AI development is heading and how intelligent organizations may evolve. At Baidu World 2025, Li argued that companies and individuals need to internalize AI capabilities so that AI becomes a native driver of business and personal growth. At the Create conference in May, he proposed what he called an evolution theory for the AI era and offered suggestions on how organizations can renew themselves. How he frames the AI outlook this year is presented by the company as a central point of the conference.

Baidu plans to release several products at the event and to show upgrades across what it describes as its full-stack "chip, cloud, model and agent" AI layout. The company said corporate demand is shifting from single-point capabilities toward system-wide coordination as AI moves into production environments. The conference will present a full-stack product lineup aimed at the agent era and show how AI is entering organizations and industry scenarios. Baidu may release enterprise-grade AI products intended to help companies reshape production relations and advance organizational change, according to the announcement.

The 12 sub-forums will address AI in office work, organizational evolution, scaled deployment of agents, and talent and organizational vitality. Topics include how to turn agents into organizational productivity, how to upgrade scattered AI tools into organizational capability, and how companies move from using AI to becoming what the company calls AI enterprises. The sub-forums will also cover embodied intelligence, marketing, AI games, automotive and government affairs, offering industry-specific examples of how intelligent organizations are being put into practice.

The program also takes up individual capability. As AI expands what a single person can do, the conference will examine how that capability can be retained, reused and scaled into organizational capacity through products, technology and new ways of collaborating. More than 30 AI open classes organized around the themes AI WHY, AI HOW and AI WOW will cover application awareness, operating methods and innovative practice, aimed at developers, business teams and other professionals.

Baidu World 2026 will additionally take up frontier topics including recursive self-improvement and AI for science, spanning the use of AI to reshape life sciences, scientific research and drug development. In the 6,000-square-meter exhibition area, Baidu will demonstrate its full-stack chip, cloud, model and agent capabilities, with scenario-based presentations showing how AI fits into workflows and how people and agents work together.

Baidu World has been held since 2006 and has served as the company's main stage for presenting its AI technology and applications. Registration for this year's event has opened, with four ticket categories: VIP, premium, all-access and professional audience. Tickets are available through the conference website and a mini program.