In 2026, the industrial internet stands at a critical point of accelerated evolution in a new cycle. As AI moves from "being able to answer" to "being able to work", as industrial agents move from concept to scaled implementation, and as China's supply chain extends globally in a brand-new modal form, a deep deliberation on the "modal evolution" of the industrial internet has already begun.
The "2026 8th Ebrun Industrial Internet Annual Conference and First Industrial Agent Conference", hosted by Ebrun, has been officially scheduled and will be held on November 20 at the China World Hotel in Beijing. This year's annual conference takes "Modal Evolution Brought by AI and Going Global" as its theme, focusing on cutting-edge topics such as the implementation of industrial agents, value reconstruction of AI supply chains, data elements and the TOKEN economy, and the new ecosystem of industrial globalization. It will gather academic authorities, benchmarks among central and state-owned enterprises, industry leaders, investment institutions, and service ecosystem partners, pooling the core forces of industry to dissect the paths of industrial digital-intelligent transformation and share cutting-edge practical experience.
Counting from 2019, the first year of the industrial internet, the Ebrun Industrial Internet Annual Conference has been held for eight consecutive years and has become an annual bellwether event in the field of the industrial internet. Entering 2026, Ebrun Chairman and Ebrun Think Tank President Zheng Min has engaged in deep dialogues with industry leaders on multiple occasions, from industrial agents in the apparel industry to the integration path of the industrial internet and industrial agents, continuously driving the iteration of industry understanding. It is precisely based on deep insight into the trend of "modal evolution" of the industrial internet that this year's conference has been officially named the "2026 8th Ebrun Industrial Internet Annual Conference and First Industrial Agent Conference".
Five Cutting-Edge Topics, Deeply Focusing on "Modal Evolution Brought by AI and Going Global"
This year's conference topics are closely aligned with the core propositions of industrial internet evolution, setting five cutting-edge topics and deeply focusing on "modal evolution brought by AI and going global" from different angles.
In theindustrial agent implementation topic, the conference will focus on the paradigm leap of agents emerging in the development of B2B platforms, deeply exploring the mechanisms, conditions, and trends involved. Recently, in Ebrun's continuously published "Thousand Peaks Dialogues" series of interview articles, this trend has been confirmed through multi-dimensional in-depth discussions by multiple industry veterans.
In theAI supply chain value reconstruction topic, the conference will deeply explore how AI moves from "adding mystique" to "adding value". In particular, regarding the evolution of "digital-intelligent" scenario models of large supply chain procurement platforms with annual procurement volumes reaching hundreds of billions, and how to answer well the two mandatory questions of AI and procurement platforms, multiple parties will be invited to jointly summarize practical experience and new cutting-edge findings.
In thedata elements and TOKEN economy topic, the conference will deepen the concept of promoting data element competitiveness, analyze the evolution logic of Token's leap from a technical measurement unit to a new production factor, deepen comprehensive research on industrial agents, and provide ideas and references for enterprises to continuously enhance their data element competitiveness.
In thetopic of AI opening new industrial service scenarios, we will focus on in-depth discussions of how agents reshape the service effectiveness of industrial platforms; how industrial goods and B2B enterprises can establish network-wide AI credibility; how AI+3D can create visual interaction business scenarios; how industrial platforms should think about execution carriers, equipment intelligence, and industry implementation; what AI offline computing and data security needs various agent "boxes" can solve for enterprises, and so on.
In thenew industrial globalization ecosystem topic, the conference will focus on building enterprises' global competitiveness, with particular attention on how to use AI to connect global supply and demand chains. As Liu Bo, founder and chairman of Fanding International Group, pointed out, at the critical juncture of deep restructuring of the global industrial chain and the leap from "Made in China" to "Intelligently Connected in China", going global is no longer merely the spatial movement of goods, but a systematic, ecosystem-wide globalization of production capacity, brands, technology, and even entire industrial ecosystems.
Three Major Releases, with Splendid Concurrent Activities
The annual conference will also feature the release of the "2026 Ebrun Industrial Internet Development Report" (《2026亿邦产业互联网发展报告》)., marking the eighth consecutive year that the Ebrun Think Tank has released an annual industrial internet development report. The report will systematically review the latest practices and trend judgments of the industrial internet in 2026 across three major directions: industrial AI, industrial globalization, and deep value chains. In addition, this year's industrial internet annual report will further deepen the analysis of the value correlation between industrial agents and data elements.
The second release of the annual conference is the"Thousand Peaks Award · Modal Evolution Case Collection", which presents benchmark cases in fields such as industrial agents, AI supply chains, and industrial globalization. The 2026 "Thousand Peaks Award" selection was officially launched on July 27, with the application period running until September 30 and the review stage from October 8 to 30. Winning enterprises will be invited to attend the annual conference and the "Thousand Peaks Night — Thousand Peaks Awards Ceremony". This year's Thousand Peaks Award will focus on selecting winning enterprises from three major tracks: industrial AI, industrial globalization, and deep value chains, covering multiple sub-fields including data elements, industrial large models, industrial agents, AI-type industrial products/equipment, industrial digital-intelligent technology going global, and brand globalization. The Thousand Peaks Award was founded in 2019 by the independent third-party organization Ebrun. Funds with Chinese capital backgrounds account for nearly 60% of the judging panel. With revenue and valuation as important evaluation indicators, it is committed to discovering and honoring benchmark enterprises in the industrial internet.
The annual conference will also release the video collection"Visiting 2026 Benchmark Enterprises of Industrial Modal Evolution", a special project by the Ebrun Think Tank's chief analysts to excavate enterprises' "2026 modal evolution value points". The video collection will feature exclusive interviews with enterprise founders, and the Ebrun video team will professionally film enterprises' office environments and factories on site, combining materials provided by enterprises to produce 3-5 minute interpretive videos. The video collection will also showcase the value of enterprises as benchmarks in the industrial field in 2026 across all Ebrun channels, precisely recommending them to the industry, investors, and governments.
In addition, the annual conference will also host a closed-door meeting for decision-makers and the "Thousand Peaks Awards" ceremony. The decision-makers' closed-door meeting will bring together nearly a hundred decision-makers from leading industrial internet companies for discussions and exchanges around the theme of "New Modes of Digital-Intelligent Going Global," promoting deep alignment and collaboration among the industry's core forces.
Amid change and the struggle for survival, the thinking and practices of industrial internet companies continue to deepen. In the transformative year 2026, the fundamentals of the industrial internet remain unchanged, and the long slopes with thick snow come from the supply chain transformations brought about by the digital-intelligent technology revolution and globalization. On November 20, at the China World Hotel in Beijing, this annual grand event of the industrial internet will blaze new trails for the industry, discover new benchmarks, and confirm new directions and new modes, jointly accomplishing the stunning leap of the industrial internet's "modal evolution."
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