NVIDIA announced that the 2026 Global Technology Event GTC (GPU Technology Conference) will take place from March 16 to 19 in San Jose, California. Centered on the theme of "The Age of Artificial Intelligence," this year’s conference is expected to bring together over 30,000 developers, researchers, enterprise leaders, and representatives from AI-native companies across more than 190 countries, collectively exploring how AI can become the core infrastructure driving a new industrial revolution. CEO Jensen Huang of NVIDIA will deliver the opening keynote address at 11:00 AM Pacific Time on Monday, March 16, at the SAP Center. He will provide an extensive overview of the company's latest breakthroughs across its full-stack AI technologies—including accelerated computing, AI factories, open-source models, agent systems, and physical AI—setting the technical direction for the entire year. The speech will be livestreamed online via nvidia.com and made available for on-demand viewing without requiring registration. This year’s GTC will present a panoramic view of “the five-layer cake of AI”: spanning energy, chips, infrastructure, models, and application layers, each featuring independent ecosystems and technological landscapes working collaboratively toward building humanity’s largest-scale infrastructure project ever. Over 1,000 technical sessions will cover critical areas such as AI factories, large-scale inference, robotics, digital twins, scientific computing, quantum computing, and enterprise-grade AI deployment. Huang will also host a roundtable discussion focused on frontier open-source models, bringing together representatives from A16Z, AI2, AMP Alliance, Black Forest Labs, Cursor, Reflection AI, Thinking Machines Lab, among others, to discuss the future of AI. Additionally, the event features a pre-show live stream titled “GTC Live,” airing online starting at 8:00 AM on March 16, hosted by guests including Aravind Srinivas of Perplexity, Harrison Chase of LangChain, Deepak Patankar of Skild AI, Daniel Nadler of OpenEvidence, and Arthur Mensch of Mistral AI—all focusing on acceleration beyond AI and global infrastructure development. Developers may participate in nine full-day training workshops, more than 60 hands-on labs, and certification events covering directions including AI, accelerated computing, networking, data science, and physics-based AI. Adaptive courses, teacher training programs, and one-on-one consultations will further support talent cultivation in artificial intelligence. Over 240 NVIDIA Inception accelerator startups will showcase innovations in physics-based AI, robotics, generative AI, and enterprise applications. Special tracks dedicated to startup ventures, venture capital matchmaking, and NVentures investment forums will foster ecosystem growth throughout the full stack of AI capabilities. Attendees can engage deeply in technical discussions, CUDA®-focused sessions, and infrastructure-focused workshops aimed at mastering techniques for large-model training, inference optimization, and deploying AI across cloud, edge, and sovereign environments. More than 150 cutting-edge research posters from around the world will highlight advancements in model innovation, robotics, system architecture, and novel AI applications. GTC will transform downtown San Jose into an AI campus encompassing ten venues. Cesar Chavez Park will feature daytime and nighttime markets offering food, entertainment, and live activities. On March 18, the All-In podcast will conduct interviews onsite. On March 19, “Students & Community Day” will welcome the public with discounted tickets. Customized virtual content tailored for multiple regions worldwide will also be offered. Representatives from leading institutions globally—including Adobe, Google DeepMind, Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, Tesla, General Motors, L’Oréal, Hugging Face, IBM, U.S. Department of Energy, Siemens, Shopify, Snap, Uber, Figure Robotics, Physical Intelligence—are set to share insights into AI-driven transformation across industries.