AI Ecosystem Summit: From Edge to Agents

Join industry pioneers, researchers, and developers at the AI Ecosystem Summit as we explore the transformative convergence of mobile technology and artificial intelligence across cloud, edge and device ecosystems. The summit examines what mobile AI means in practice for traffic volumes, new usage patterns, edge computing, smarter network optimisation and the emerging Internet of Agents. 

13:15 - 13:26 Presentation 1 

• Huang Yuhong, General Manager, China Mobile Research Institute 

13:26 - 13:37 Presentation 2 

• Huo Jia, Research Fellow, Alibaba Group; Vice President, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group; General Manager, Product Solutions & Service Management 
   

13:37 - 13:48 Presentation 3 

• Jesse Wang, Head of Al Frontier Technology Center, Quectel 

13:48 - 13:59 Presentation 4 

• Siyuan Zhang, GM, Operator Business, Lenovo 

13:39 – 14:10 Fireside Chat 

Moderator: 

• Xiaoya Sun, Research Analyst, STL Partners 

Guest: 

Daniel Dobos, Research Director, Swisscom 

14:10 - 14:45 Fireside Chat: Device, Edge, or Cloud? The Mobile AI Compute Debate 

As mobile AI adoption accelerates in China and globally, operators, cloud providers, and device ecosystems face a critical architectural question: where should AI inference run - on device, at the edge, or in the centralised cloud? 

AI is not simply increasing mobile network volume; it is fundamentally changing traffic patterns. AI running on mobile devices drives higher uplink demand and creates more interactive, latency-sensitive traffic, forcing mobile operators to rethink edge deployment strategies and traffic management approaches to sustain quality while controlling cost. 

This session examines practical solutions and debate the balance between user experience, operational efficiency, and cost in the era of AI-driven mobile networks. It will explore the key trade-offs between latency and user experience, backhaul and power consumption, model size and update velocity, security and data governance, and operational complexity. 

Moderator: 

• Xiaoya Sun, Research Analyst, STL Partners 

Speakers: 

• Yue Sun, Deputy GM, RAN Product Marketing, ZTE 

Guo Xu,Director of Open Source and Software Security Dept., Cloud Computing and Big Data Research Institute, CAICT (China Academy of Information and Communications Technology)