One-sentence summary
NVIDIA GTC runs from October 20 to 22, 2026 in Berlin, Germany, with Jensen Huang delivering the keynote on October 21; the conference offers more than 100 sessions across the full AI stack, focusing on accelerated computing, agentic AI, physical AI and robotics, shifting the emphasis from selling GPUs to selling AI factories.
Event Overview
- From October 20 to 22, 2026, NVIDIA GTC is held in Berlin, Germany; Jensen Huang is scheduled to deliver the keynote on October 21.
- According to NVIDIA's official introduction, the conference features more than 100 sessions covering the complete AI technology stack, focusing on accelerated computing, agentic AI, physical AI and robotics.
- The National Business Daily Investment Briefing (October 21, 2026) noted that this GTC shifts the focus from selling GPUs to selling AI factories, making it NVIDIA's most-watched technology and ecosystem event of H2 2026.
Key Information
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Dates | October 20-22, 2026 |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Keynote | Jensen Huang, October 21 |
| Sessions | More than 100, covering the full AI stack |
| Focus areas | Accelerated computing, agentic AI, physical AI, robotics |
| Positioning | From selling GPUs to selling AI factories (per National Business Daily) |
Background and Impact
- Physical AI and world models are core directions for AI moving from the digital world into the physical world. Around the same time, Jiangsu Province issued the "Physical AI and World Model High-Quality Dataset Construction Action Plan (2026-2028)" to deploy key technology research on physical AI and world model data.
- NVIDIA has recently accelerated AI infrastructure moves: on October 19, 2026 (US time) it announced a 104-qubit fault-tolerant simulation on the JUPITER supercomputer, and on October 13 it open sourced the Run:ai platform, both consistent with this GTC's AI-factory strategy.