Agora RTE

Agenda

KEYNOTE

Main Forum

  1. Conversational AGI: The Next Chapter for Real-Time Engagement
    • Tony ZhaoFounder and CEO, Agora
  2. Panel Discussion
    • Tony WangCo-founder, Agora
  3. Panel Discussion
    • Moderator: Bo CuiChief Business Officer, Shengwang
    • Panelist: Wei ChenFounder, Xieyue Intelligence
    • Panelist: Zhili LiuCEO, Guanke Technology
    • Panelist: Guoxiang CaiCo-founder and Head of Ecosystem, Rokid
    • Panelist: Kan WuCEO, Titan Qiming
Agora Spotlight

Curated by Guanghua Yao and Ting Li; Media partner: Everyone Is a Product Manager

Agora Open Mic: What's New This Year

The latest Shengwang product launches and company updates.

  1. What's New in Shengwang AI
    • Guanghua YaoHead of AI Product Line, Shengwang
  2. RTE Next: Unified Communications as the Foundation for Real-Time Agent Interaction and Product Launch (tentative)
    • Xuebin YangShengwang
  3. From Conversation to Outcome: A Conversational AI Engine for Enterprise Voice Agents (tentative)
    • Yujie MaoShengwang
  4. AI + RTE Use Cases from a Global Perspective (tentative)
    • Ben WeekesAgora
  5. Smarter Conversations, Connected Experiences: IM 5.0 and the Next Era of Real-Time Engagement
    • Can WangShengwang
  6. Real-Time Speech, Translation Everywhere: Advances in Shengwang's Transcription and Translation Products
    • Fan YangShengwang
  7. Stop Reinventing the Wheel: Building a Real-Time Collaborative Meeting Engine (tentative)
    • Xiangzhong JiShengwang
  8. The Evolution of Cloud Recording: From Storage to a Core Cloud Media Component (tentative)
    • Rongjun MeiShengwang
  9. Content and Experience Together: Licensed Karaoke Catalogs and Beauty Effects for Social Entertainment (tentative)
    • Shihao RaoShengwang
  10. Open Connections, Strong Boundaries: Security and Compliance for Real-Time Intelligence (tentative)
    • Yuan XueShengwang
  11. Real-Time Intelligence for Good (tentative)
    • Lei QianShengwang
Enterprise Customer Service Agents

Curated by Fan Yang and Ying Li; Media partner: Jiazi Guangnian

The Last Mile of Customer Service Agents: From Conversation to Resolution

Enterprise customer service agents are moving rapidly into production. This forum explores the evolution of Voice Agents, end-to-end business workflows, and how to measure value as agents move from conversation to resolution, conversion, and growth.

  1. Shengwang Helps Agents Communicate and Convert, for Just RMB 2,999 per Month
    • Zhe HuangCall Agent Product Manager, Shengwang
  2. How to Capture the AI Voice Agent Opportunity in the Large-Model Era
    • Zhili LiuCEO, Guanke Technology
  3. Voice Agent Technology and Practice in Enterprise Scenarios
    • Jun XuSenior Technical Expert, Meituan
  4. Self-Evolving Customer Service Agents
    • Xinhua ShiSenior Architect, Alibaba ATH
  5. From Cascaded to End-to-End: Global Voice Agent Trends in 2026 and Opportunities for ASR x TTS
    • Ruhuan ZhangSenior AI Architect, MiniMax
  6. Global Practices of AI Outbound Calling
    • Patrick Ferriter Agora Senior VP Product
  7. Panel Discussion:AI Agents at Work — From Talking to Taking Action
    • Moderator: Sam Yao Agora Senior Director of Global Product
    • Panelist: Chi ZhangVice President, Public Cloud Business Unit, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence
    • Panelist: Zhilong Qian Chairman, Anxiaoxin
Conversational AI Technology

Curated by Lei Xie, Professor and PhD Supervisor at Northwestern Polytechnical University, and Bo Wu, Head of Multimodal AI at Shengwang

Interaction Is Intelligence: Conversational AI and Interactive Models

From end-to-end speech models to new multimodal architectures that listen, speak, reason, and act at once, this forum explores the evolution of conversational AI, full-duplex interaction, and the boundaries of next-generation models.

  1. Audio Intelligence in the Foundation Model Era: From Understanding and Generation to Interaction and Agents
    • Lei XieProfessor and PhD Supervisor, Northwestern Polytechnical University; Director, ASLP@NPU
  2. Multimodal Models and Real-Time Voice Interaction (tentative)
    • Zeyuan WangAudio Algorithm Expert, Shengwang; focuses on multimodal models and human-computer interaction
  3. Target Speaker Extraction and Multi-Speaker Recognition in Complex Group Conversations
    • Ming LiProfessor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
  4. Loxi-Speech: Speech Synthesis Built for Real-Time Interaction
    • Xinsheng WangHead of Soul Loxi and Co-founder, Loxinity
  5. Technical Perspectives on the Next Generation of Interactive Models
    • Xuerui YangHead of Speech and Interactive Models, StepFun
  6. Panel: Bringing Real-Time Interactive Models into Practice
    • Moderator: Bo WuHead of Multimodal AI, Shengwang
    • Panelist: Guangjian XuHead of Audio Technology, Liangyuan Xinchuan
    • Panelist: Zhifei XieNTU PhD; author of VoiceMem, Mega-ASR, and Mini-Omni
    • Panelist: Bin YangFounder and CEO, BreezeBlue AI
    • Panelist: Xinsheng WangHead of Soul Loxi and Co-founder, Loxinity
RTE 101

Curated by Huancheng Bai, RTE Developer Community Evangelist and AI Product Manager, and Zhen Chen, Agora Developer Experience Architect

Voice Agents 101 for Developers

What technical hurdles stand between a demo and a production-ready voice agent? This forum covers the RTE fundamentals developers need most, from audio pipelines and full-duplex conversation to interruption handling and latency optimization.

Annual Use Case Showcase

Curated by the Supersonic Program and RTE Developer Community

RTE Demo Day: New Frontiers in Real-Time Engagement

A showcase of the year's most compelling conversational AI hardware and software. Discover possibilities for the next generation of real-time engagement through emerging ideas and unconventional perspectives.

Social and Entertainment

Curated by Mingya Hu and Ying Li; Media partner: Beluga Global

Beyond Boundaries: From Human Connections to Human-Agent Interaction

Global in-app spending on social apps reached USD 15 billion in 2025, up 16% year over year. Generative AI is extending real-time engagement from person-to-person interaction to human-agent experiences. This forum explores new social entertainment formats, real-time content generation, AI companionship, and global growth.

  1. New Possibilities for AI-Powered Social Entertainment and Full-Stack Capabilities
    • Sifan CaiHead of Social Entertainment Products, Shengwang
  2. Taking Social Apps Global: Breaking Through with Localized Operations (tentative)
    • Yuzhi ZhangCTO, HOLLA Group
  3. From Finding People to AI Finding People: A New Growth Channel for Global Social Apps
    • Chao SuFounder, Duoshou Technology
  4. Technology and Challenges in Real-Time Game Screen Sharing
    • Shipeng LiCo-founder and CTO, KOOK
  5. Exploring Real-Time, Two-Way Digital Humans for AI Companionship
    • Yin ZhangCEO, Miaokan Technology
  6. Panel Discussion: Reinventing Sports and Entertainment Experiences with Real-Time Generative AI
    • Moderator: Sam Yao Agora Senior Director of Global Product
    • Panelist: He BaiPrincipal Architect, Global Media & Entertainment, AWS
    • Panelist: Yi LvCo-founder, Moment AI
    • Panelist: Ben WeekesAgora
Smart Hardware and Embodied AI

Curated by the RTE Community, Dongdong Zuo, Zhijie Li, Xiaodong Feng, and Zikun Zhang; Media partner: Zhixingxing

The Real-Time Evolution of IoT: AI Growth and Open-Source Devices

IoT is expanding into homes, education, and companionship. Real-time engagement and large language models are making previously impossible experiences practical. This forum covers multimodal intelligence, models and developers, chips and devices, global growth, open-source innovation, and new AI hardware.

  1. Opening Remarks
    • Bo CuiChief Business Officer, Shengwang
  2. Differentiation and Added Value in Intelligent Devices
    • Zhijie LiHead of IoT Products, Shengwang
  3. On-Device AI for Robotics
    • Lin HuangProduct Manager, Robotics Product Line, Rockchip
  4. Uniview's New Vision for Home Security Worldwide
    • Chengyuan JiangVice President, Smart Home Division, Uniview
  5. Intelligent Products for Pets
    • Weixue GuoCEO, PETKIT
  6. From Speech to Observation: How Multimodality Gives AI Genuine Understanding
    • Xiaodong FengHead of Physical AI Products, Shengwang
  7. Open-Source Chips
    • Xueli LvGeneral Manager, Ecosystem and Applications, Beken Corporation
  8. From Open-Source Robot Dogs to Robot Ducks: Bringing Desktop Embodied AI to Everyone Through Vibe Coding
    • Shinian LiCPO, LuWu Intelligence
Audio AI Technology

Audio AI Technology

Voice AI and Acoustics: Real-Time Speech Engineering in the Real World

From speech recognition and acoustic processing in challenging environments to industry adaptation, personalized recognition, and security verification, this forum focuses on the practical challenges of deploying Voice AI.

Next Generation RTE Technology

Curated by Lianfu Hao, Chief Frontend Architect at Shengwang

Decoding the Next Generation of Real-Time Engagement

Explore the evolution of core RTE technology, from high concurrency, global networks, and quality observability to audio and video codecs, WebRTC, and SDKs.

  1. AI Across the Development Lifecycle of Large Distributed Software
    • Yong ZouTechnical Architect, Easemob
Education

Curated by Mingya Hu and Ying Li

Online Education Reimagined: Innovation in the AI Era

Online education is entering a new phase of sustained growth as learner needs and teaching models evolve. AI is improving content creation, personalized learning, tutoring, and assessment, while real-time engagement enhances the learning experience. This forum explores practical AI, interactive education, and new paths to growth.

  1. A New Chapter for Education: AI and Full-Stack Real-Time Engagement
    • Rongjun MeiShengwang
  2. Taking Education Global: Low Latency and Full-Stack Interaction
    • Xiao LiHead of International Business, PalFish
Developer Tools

Curated by Qianze Zhang, Head of Developer Experience and Platform at Agora

Tools as Productivity: AI Coding, Skills, and Agent Development

AI coding is changing how software is built, while Skills make expertise, tools, and workflows easier to capture and reuse. Agent development is moving beyond simple calls toward richer collaboration and workflows. Practitioners share what they are building, the challenges they face, and the changes that matter in developer tooling.

  1. Long-Horizon Tasks, AI Swarms, and Human-AI Collaboration
    • Feihu TangHead of Developer Relations, Moonshot AI
  2. Beyond Multimodality: Building Omnimodal AGI with Open Weights
    • Yuan LiHead of Open Source Technology, MiniMax
  3. From Remembering You to Acting for You: Continuous Memory for Multi-Agent Collaboration
    • ElliotHead of Open Source Ecosystem, Shanda EverMind
Video AI Technology

Video AI Technology

From Real-Time Video Generation to Interactive World Models

AI video generation is moving from asynchronous workflows to real-time interaction and converging with conversational digital humans and world models. This forum explores real-time video, spatial audio, and codecs for the next generation of immersive experiences.

  1. From Real-Time Perception to Long-Term Memory: Continuous Visual Context for Personal AI (tentative)
    • Junxiao ShenFounder, Memories AI
  2. From AI Development Boards to Phones: Heterogeneous Real-Time Optimization for Neural Image Codecs
    • Changcai LaiSenior Engineer, Hangzhou Dianzi University
  3. How Real-Time Interactive Models Unlock New Entertainment Experiences
    • Jiaxin ShiFounder, Xmax AI
  4. From SageAttention Acceleration to Vidu S1/S2: Video Generation in the Real-Time Interactive Era
    • Jintao ZhangHead of Streaming Video and Model Inference, Shengshu Technology
Real-Time AI Infrastructure

Real-Time AI Infrastructure

Real-Time Inference and the New AI Infrastructure

As large models expand beyond text into speech, vision, and omnimodal inference, low latency, high concurrency, and streaming orchestration become essential infrastructure challenges. Infrastructure experts explore the foundation for the next generation of real-time intelligence.

  1. End-to-End Engineering for Streaming Multi-Speaker Recognition and Real-Time TTS
    • Yang GaoHead of AI Infrastructure, Mosi Intelligence
  2. On-Device Real-Time Inference and Streaming Full Duplex: Running Omnimodal Models on a Mac
    • Tianchi CaiHead of Multimodal Infrastructure, ModelBest; OpenBMB Open Source Lead
  3. Using Agents to Accelerate Multimodal Inference
    • Ruoyi ZhangSGLang-Omni Maintainer

About iRTE

Founded in 2015 by Agora and the RTE Developer Community, the Real-Time Engagement Conference has been held for eleven consecutive years. What began as a technical exchange for developers has grown into one of the most influential gatherings in audio and video technology. Along the way, it has followed the growth of real-time engagement, from RTC technologies to a broad ecosystem of RTE experiences and industries.

This year, RTE evolves into iRTE, the intelligent Real-Time Engagement Conference: the first industry-wide summit dedicated to real-time engagement between human and AI. Explore how RTE technologies can become the nervous system connecting multimodal models, embodied intelligence and AI agents with the physical world, bringing AI from thinking in the cloud to interacting in real time.

iRTE 2026 Real-Time Intelligence Conference