Future of AI 2026

About Future of AI 2026

A startup competition final is part of the day at Future of AI 2026, held on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at the Hilton Tel Aviv and organized by Lynx. Tracks include AI Business, Strategy and Investment; AI for Developers and Builders; Security in the Age of AI; and Aerospace, Defense and Physical AI. The audience ranges from AI engineers and data scientists to CIOs, CTOs and heads of AI.

The site lists 37 speakers and 22 sessions, among them Renana Ashkenazi, Managing Partner at Grove Ventures, and Zohar Cohen, CISO at Migdal Group. A call for papers is listed.

Registration is in the Early Bird phase. Prices are General $395, VIP $495, Startups and Scaleups $345, Enterprise Leaders, Founders and Investors $295, and Students under 26 $95. A team offer of buy 3, get 2 free (5 tickets total) is listed at $177.

Location

Tel Aviv, Israel

Venue: Hilton Tel Aviv

Agenda

Wednesday, October 21

• 08:00–09:00 · Breakfast
• 09:00–10:00 · Future of AI 2026 Startup Competition Finals
• 09:45–10:00 · Welcome to Future of AI 2026 — Ben Pelled
• 10:00–10:10 · The New AI Power Race: Technology, Security and the Future of Nations — Eyal Hulata
• 10:10–10:20 · From Research to Conversational Agents: Building AI That Feels Human — Sasha Glatt
• 10:20–10:30 · From Startup to Global Scale: Building AI with the World's Largest Enterprises — Asaf Green
• 10:30–11:00 · The Next 12 Months of AI: What Changes, What Wins, What’s Next
• 11:00–11:30 · Powering AI: The Infrastructure Behind the Intelligence
• 11:30–12:00 · Coffee & Networking Break
• 12:00–12:15 · From AI Pilot to Autonomous Enterprise: What Actually Works
• 12:15–12:45 · Where Is AI Value Being Created? From Technology to Business Impact
• 12:00–12:30 · Build an Intelligent Team of AI Agents That Actually Works in the Real World — Dror Mizrachi
• 12:30–12:37 · Your Database Was Built for Humans. AI Agents Are About to Break It. — Itamar Syn-Hershko
• 12:45–13:00 · AI Agents Are the New Attack Surface
• 13:00–13:30 · Securing the AI Enterprise: Builders Meet CISOs
• 12:45–13:45 · Claude for AI Transformation Leaders: Opening & Keynotes
• 13:30–14:00 · Can Startups Move Faster Than Defense Giants?
• 14:00–14:15 · From Autonomous Battlefield to Global Company
• 13:45–14:30 · AI Round Tables
• 14:15–14:45 · AI & Education: The Human Edge - What AI Cannot Replace
• 14:30–15:00 · Closing Panel: Lessons Learned
• 14:45–15:30 · Lunch, Networking & Pre-Scheduled Meetings

Tracks & topics

• AI Business, Strategy & Investment
• AI for Developers & Builders
• Security in the Age of AI
• AI Transformation Leaders
• Aerospace, Defense & Physical AI
• AI-Round Tables
• AI-Native World
• From Discussion to Action

Audience

• Software and AI engineers
• data scientists
• researchers
• product leaders
• CIOs
• CTOs
• Heads of AI
• product and innovation executives
• Founders & teams
• VCs
• corporate venture arms

Speakers

• Natali (Erel) Shtulman
  Head of AI Enablement, Tel Aviv Claude Ambassador
• Noa Asher
  NTT Innovation Laboratory IL
• Renana Ashkenazi
  Managing Partner, Grove Ventures
• Erez Askal
  Head, The Israeli National AI Directorate
• Michael Ben-Shimon
  Founding member, M&B IP, Patent Firm
• Dan Benger
  CEO & Co-Founder, Tego AI
• Gal Benkin
  Sponsorships Manager, Lynx
• Zohar Cohen
  CISO, Migdal Group
• Liron Fogler Mendelson
  Board Member, 81 Unit Alumni Association - AMIT
• Amir Gal Or
  Chairman, 42AI
• Refael Gatt
  CEO & Founder, QDM
• Sasha Glatt
  Growth, ElevenLabs
• Asaf Green
  Director of BD, NTT Innovation Lab Israel
• Dr. Assaf Horowitz
  Israel Innovation Authority
• Eyal Hulata
  Former Head, Israel National Security Council
• Kobi Katz
  Maccabi Healthcare Services
• Asaf Kochan
  Co-Founder, Sentra | Former Commander @ Unit 8200
• Amir Livne
  Former S.V.P Strategy, Innovation & Structural Change, Israel Electric Corporation
• Itsik Mantin
  AI Security Research Lead, Intuit
• Dror Mizrachi
  CTO & Lab Director, Toga Networks
• Dov Moran
  Managing Partner, Grove Ventures
• Idit Neuderfer
  Redhead-Method
• Yehu Ofer
  OdysightAI
• Ben Pelled
  Founder & CEO, Lynx

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