2026 U.S. Taiwan High-Tech Forum: From Silicon to Sovereignty - AI Empowerment in the Age of Agents

From Silicon to Sovereignty: AI Empowerment in the Age of Agents For nearly 30 years, UTHF has brought together the engineers, founders, and investors who connect Taiwan and Silicon Valley. This year's question: as AI moves from a service you call to an agent that acts on your behalf, who owns the intelligence, and who controls what it does? The afternoon opens with a keynote from NVIDIA's Deepu Talla, followed by two panels, open networking, and a closing raffle with a round-trip flight ticket among the prizes. Opening KeynoteDeepu Talla, VP and GM of Robotics and Edge AI at NVIDIA, works where AI stops being software and starts moving through the physical world. Keynote details to be announced. additional agenda to be announced... Confirmed Speakers Deepu Talla, VP and GM, Robotics and Edge AI, NVIDIA (Keynote)Leads NVIDIA's robotics and edge AI business and has shaped the Isaac, Metropolis, and Jetson platforms over the past decade. Previously ran NVIDIA's mobile unit and the Tegra SoC line. PhD in Computer Engineering, UT Austin. Wesley Chu (朱振兆), Executive Advisor, Stanford Taiwan Science & Technology Hub (Sovereign AI)Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center and co-drafter of Taiwan's first AI Basic Law. Licensed attorney in Taiwan and China specializing in AI regulation and data governance. Former General Counsel at Foxconn and Sharp. APMIC (Sovereign AI)The only Taiwanese ISV named by NVIDIA as a generative AI partner, and builder of Taiwan's first sovereign AI model, recognized by Taiwan's Ministry of Digital Affairs. The model scores 100% on Taiwanese culture and values benchmarks at just 24 to 30B parameters. APMIC's CaiGunn model and PrivStation on-premises platform serve more than 1,000 government, finance, manufacturing, and aviation customers. Austin Yu, Deep Tech Investor, Playground Global (Agentic AI)Invests in next-generation compute and semiconductors at Playground Global, the $1.2B deep tech fund behind PsiQuantum, d-Matrix, MosaicML, and Agility Robotics. Previously at Taiwania Capital and Mesh Ventures. Sibyl Chen, General Manager, Berkeley SkyDeck (Moderator)Runs UC Berkeley's accelerator, which has graduated more than 1,650 startups during her tenure, and grew its advisor network from 100 to over 900. More speakers to be announced.