SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 Highlights AI, Robotics, Urban Resilience and Entertainment
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 spotlights AI, robotics, urban resilience and entertainment with live demonstrations, remote participation and programming at Tokyo Big Sight, April 27–29.
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 opens later this week with a compact, theme-driven format that places live demonstrations at the center of its program. The three-day event brings industry leaders, startups and municipal officials together at Tokyo Big Sight from April 27–29, 2026, and emphasizes four tightly defined technology domains. Organizers and partners say the goal is to move beyond conference buzz and show how these technologies are being built, funded and deployed today.
Focused tracks and on-floor immersion
SusHi Tech’s organizers have divided the event into four dedicated tracks — AI, robotics, resilience and entertainment — each with its own exhibit floor and scheduled demonstrations. The format pairs curated sessions with adjacent show floors so attendees can immediately see prototypes and products discussed onstage. This approach is intended to accelerate deal-making and technical understanding by reducing the gap between conversation and hands-on experience.
AI track: infrastructure and real-world deployment
The AI track highlights infrastructure and scaled deployment rather than abstract hype, bringing speakers from major cloud and silicon providers together with university spinouts. Sessions are reported to address where AI is already in production, the security and governance risks that follow, and practical requirements for moving models from lab to operations. An adjacent AI Film Festival explores cultural impacts and creative uses of generative models, illustrating how the technology is reshaping media workflows and content creation.
Robotics track: machines off the stage and on the floor
Robotics at SusHi Tech is explicitly physical: exhibitors are operating robots in aisles and demonstration zones rather than displaying them behind glass. Automotive and vehicle-software firms are scheduled to discuss software-defined mobility and autonomy, while startups present service and industrial robots meant for real-world environments. Organizers emphasize interactivity, allowing attendees to observe sensors, safety systems and human-machine interfaces in motion during live runs.
Resilience track and G-NETS city summit
The resilience program combines cyber defense, climate-tech investment and disaster preparedness into an integrated strand of sessions and fieldwork. Speakers from enterprise security firms and climate-focused venture funds will discuss investment flows and defensive strategies, while a VR disaster simulator and guided tours of Tokyo’s underground flood-control systems aim to make potential urban risks tangible. Concurrently, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will host the G-NETS meeting of city leaders from 55 municipalities, focusing on urban climate resilience and citizen well-being, with parts of the summit available for online viewing.
Entertainment track: Japan’s creative industries meet new tools
Japan’s animation and content industries are foregrounded in the entertainment track, where studio leaders and technology teams address how AI and platform strategies can scale Japanese intellectual property globally. Presentations will include workflows for manga translation, music generation from text prompts, and technology-driven approaches to making IP exportable as animation and immersive content. The programming underscores Tokyo’s push to combine cultural production with technological innovation to reach new markets.
Access options: remote participation and streaming
SusHi Tech offers more than a passive livestream for those who cannot attend in person; remote participants can arrange on-site staff to act as embodied proxies with video-enabled devices that allow face-to-face interactions on the floor. Ticket holders who do not opt for this service can still stream sessions and access recorded programming, although organizers note some sessions may not be available for remote viewing. The hybrid access model is intended to broaden engagement while preserving opportunities for hands-on discovery.
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 also features a partnership element with international media and startup programs, including a selection pathway for a standout startup to advance to an international startup battlefield lineup. That linkage aims to give competing startups a runway from regional visibility to global launch opportunities, and it has drawn interest from investors scouting early-stage deal flow at the event.
The timing of SusHi Tech’s curated format and practical demonstrations comes as companies and cities increasingly demand tangible proof points for new technologies. By concentrating themed floors, live demos and municipal engagement into three days at Tokyo Big Sight, the event positions itself as a focused showcase for technologies that organizers say have moved from research to operational reality.
