OpenMind AI Workforce Transformation Forum 2026
How AI Agents Are Reshaping Organizations, Talent and Leadership
A focused half-day forum for business and HR leaders navigating the AI-driven transformation of work.
50 Founders, CEOs, CXOs, HR leaders, AI leaders, digital transformation leaders, innovation and business leaders
About the Summit
As generative AI, embodied robotics and autonomous workflow tools get widely adopted across industries, enterprises are facing unprecedented adjustments to organizational structure, job responsibilities and talent development systems. Many management teams are struggling to answer core practical questions: which roles will be automated, what new competencies employees need, and how HR strategy should evolve to match technological progress.
This closed-door half-day forum gathers senior practitioners from consulting firms, leading AI startups, manufacturing enterprises and research institutions. Instead of abstract theoretical sharing, all sessions focus on real-world implementation cases, measurable transformation outcomes and actionable operational frameworks that attendees can introduce inside their own companies directly.
Participants will obtain first-hand industry insights, build connections with peer decision-makers, and shape their own roadmap for workforce adaptation in the AI era. We intentionally limit total attendance to 50 seats to guarantee high-quality discussion, one-on-one networking and deep exchange between speakers and guests.

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Our Conference Speakers
Monica Wang
Overseas Expansion Advisor for Leading Enterprises
Founder of AGI Villa
Guest Introduction
Global expansion advisor for multiple top corporations, with hundreds of millions of cross-lingual video views and weekly live streams covering global expansion, AI and entrepreneurship. Founder of AGI Villa (3,000+ AI entrepreneurs) and BridgingChina (200K followers). A former journalist who has visited 60 countries over 15 years, she is an in-depth observer and connector of tech globalisation. Serial entrepreneur, former CEO/CMO of unicorns in AI coding, youth education, Web3, local life services and social e-commerce; her startups have raised over 1.5 billion RMB from Sequoia China, Linear Capital, Junlian Capital, Innovation Works and other institutions. Mother of three, marathon runner.
Wang Qiyuan
PwC
Partner
Keynote Topic: AI-Driven Corporate Transformation: Organisational Restructuring, Practical Innovation & Transformation Insights
- How AI Agents reshape corporate organisations and future work models
- PwC’s real-world enterprise AI transformation practices
- Case studies of AI implementation within corporations
- Challenges and takeaways from AI-powered organisational transformation
Guest Introduction
Partner, Tax & Business Consulting, PwC China, with more than 17 years of tax and business consulting experience focusing on Chinese enterprises’ global expansion and multinationals’ operations in China. He has led cross-border tax, M&A restructuring and corporate strategy consulting projects for well-known organisations including Fosun, Alibaba, Xiaomi and Sequoia Capital. He brings profound hands-on experience in corporate digital transformation, cross-border investment and organisational restructuring in the AI era.
Hu Yingzhou
Youji Zhihui
Founder
Keynote Topic: From Digital Employees to Physical Silicon Entities: Commercial Loops, Capital Logic & Global Breakthrough of Embodied Intelligence
- Industrial evolution of Physical Agents (embodied intelligence)
- Commercial deployment of embodied intelligence in manufacturing, logistics and high-risk scenarios
- How investment institutions evaluate embodied intelligence startups
- Standardisation strategies for global expansion and collaborative overseas market entry
Guest Introduction
Master’s degree from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. He specialises in building industrial ecosystems for embodied intelligence, commercialisation and industrial investment & financing. He maintains deep connections with robot OEMs, core component suppliers and AI algorithm firms, having participated in over 50 commercial projects and capital matching initiatives. He created the “One-Page Due Diligence Model for Embodied Intelligence” and built the S&D Intelligent Matching Engine to empower the globalisation of Chinese embodied intelligence industrial chains.
Zhao Huanhuan
AI Robotics Industry Transformation Consultant Coach
Senior AI Trainer, Alibaba DAMO Academy
Industry Cooperation Expert, Shanghai Robotics Industry Technology Research Institute
Keynote Topic: Embodied Intelligence & Blue-Collar Workforce: How AI Robots Reshape the Future of Labor
- Latest commercial deployment cases of humanoid robots in manufacturing, logistics and retail
- How AI robots move beyond virtual environments to take over repetitive, high-risk manual labor
- Impacts of embodied intelligence on industrial upgrading and labor market restructuring
- Strategies for enterprises to manage talent transition and organizational reform in the AI robotics era
Guest Introduction
Master of Artificial Intelligence, The University of Hong Kong. She has 16 years of cross-industry management experience across domestic and international markets, dedicated to designing AI robotics transformation pathways for traditional industry professionals. She consistently drives deep integration of AI, robotics technology and industrial applications, with extensive practical experience in AI talent development, industrial transformation and commercialization of embodied intelligence.
Meng Yan
iFLYTEK
Business Development Manager
Senior Technical Consultant for Government & Enterprise AI Implementation
Keynote Topic: Enterprise-Grade Application Scenarios & Deployment Cases Powered by Large Language Models
- Core capability matrix and underlying architecture of large language models
- Enterprise intelligent applications and efficiency-boosting use cases
Guest Introduction
Specialised in commercial deployment of AI technology. Former technical lecturer for iFLYTEK Open Platform, proficient in Spark large model and voice AI enterprise integration solutions. He has delivered AI project rollouts for top enterprises including Meitu, Didi and Inspur, covering digital transformation scenarios across government and private industries. He possesses end-to-end practical expertise spanning technical integration, solution design and business delivery. Focused on large model industrial commercialisation, he delivers lightweight, high-value AI implementation solutions tailored for physical enterprises.
Xing Yi
Chief AI Technology Officer, AnsiPai AI Technology Co., Ltd.
Founder of Ripple
Keynote Topic: From Forecasting the Future to Verifying Decisions: How Ripple Builds a Closed Loop for Corporate Decision Simulation & Evidence Tracking
- Enterprises require verifiable, reviewable decision systems rather than purely responsive intelligent agents
- Ripple simulates diverse scenarios via multi-agent systems to predict plans, risks and failure boundaries; it links simulation with real-world execution, analyzes deviations and forms a traceable decision-making closed loop
- Pushing intelligent agents toward verifiability, authorisation, rollback functionality and continuous iterative learning
Guest Introduction
His research covers multi-agent simulation, complex adaptive systems and product design for corporate decision intelligence. He leads the overall architecture of Ripple, simulating interactions between market participants, organisations and social actors within virtual environments. He advances large models, multi-agent systems and reinforcement learning toward enterprise decision systems with defined evidence boundaries, real-world feedback loops and governance frameworks.
Yin Zijian
Shuhua Intelligent Computing
Partner | Algorithm Expert
Guest Introduction
Partner and core algorithm expert at Shuhua Intelligent Computing. Former Algorithm Engineer at Baidu Intelligent Cloud and AI Product Manager at NetEase Fuxi Lab. National Champion of the 2026 Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology Winter Innovation Competition (1 out of 1,800 participants), incubated under Professor Li Zexiang’s innovation system. Algorithm consultant for Gansu Humanoid Robot Center. His expertise spans industrial intelligence and corporate digitalisation, combining algorithm R&D, AI product design and commercial delivery. He leads R&D for Shuhua Intelligent Computing’s large model data decision product line, focusing on low-cost, highly deployable AI data intelligence solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises and industrial digital transformation scenarios.
Chen Zhichao
Shanghai Zhiqiying Education Technology Co., Ltd.
CEO
Guest Introduction
He ranked 3rd nationwide in the 2025 ASEAN AI + Cross-border E-commerce Innovation Application Competition, and received the WaytoAGI Global Hackathon AI Explorer Award as well as the Outstanding AI Potential Award of Shanghai at the 2025 China International Import Expo. He is a certified AI Agent Practitioner, senior prompt engineer trained by Alibaba DAMO Academy, and Datawhale certified engineer. He also serves as a distinguished AI enterprise implementation trainer at the 5G Integrated Application & Talent Training Laboratory, expert member of Yitang.top Academy, and expert member of Hunt Brand Hangzhou Campus.
Agenda
Full Day Schedule · Keynotes + Industry Roundtables + Interactive Discussion
Agenda
Full Event Schedule
Guest Check-in & Pre-event Networking
Attendee check-in and free communication.
Opening Remarks
Host opens the event, introducing the forum theme, agenda and all attending guests.
Keynote Speech: AI-Driven Corporate Transformation: Organizational Restructuring, Practical Innovation & Transformation Experience
Speaker: Wang Qiyuan | Partner, PwC
Keynote Speech: From Digital Employees to Physical Silicon Entities: Commercial Loops, Capital Logic & Global Breakthrough of Embodied Intelligence
Speaker: Hu Yingzhou | Founder, Youji Zhihui
Keynote Speech: How Embodied Intelligence Reshapes the Workforce: Humanoid Robots Driving Future Labor Transformation
Speaker: Zhao Huanhuan | AI Robotics Industry Transformation Consultant Coach
Panel Discussion I: How AI Agents Restructure Traditional Corporate Organizations
Host: Zhao Huanhuan | Panelists: Wang Qiyuan, Hu Yingzhou, Chen Zhichao
Coffee Break & Free Networking
Light refreshments and free communication for all guests.
Audience Re-entry
Host reminds attendees to take seats for the second session.
Keynote Speech: Enterprise-Grade Application Scenarios & Deployment Cases Powered by Large Language Models
Speaker: Meng Yan | Business Development Manager, iFLYTEK, Senior Technical Consultant for Government & Enterprise AI Implementation
Keynote Speech: From Forecasting the Future to Verifying Decisions: How Ripple Builds a Closed Loop for Corporate Decision Simulation & Evidence Tracking
Speaker: Xing Yi | Chief AI Technology Officer, AnsiPai AI Technology Co., Ltd., Founder of Ripple
Panel Discussion II: AI Agents × New Organizational Structures × New Business Growth
Host: Zhao Huanhuan | Panelists: Meng Yan, Xing Yi, Chen Zhichao
Event Summary & Group Photo
Host summarizes core viewpoints of the forum, thanks all speakers and partners; group photo with all guests.
Free Networking Session
Unrestricted business communication and negotiation among attendees.

