(Yicai) March 9 -- This year's Global Developer Pioneers Summit will be hosted by the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Industry Association in the city's Xuhui district at the end of this month, with AI technologies in the spotlight.

The three-day GDPS 2026 will kick off with an opening ceremony on March 27 and include three competitions, over 50 workshops, more than 100 interactive experiences, and multiple carnivals, according to the organizer.

The opening ceremony will focus on the release of industrial policies, while frontline developers and Super Entrepreneurs will take the stage to share the latest technological achievements, application cases, and implementation practices during an AI innovators session.

The summit aims to build a system-level verification platform for global developers and the industrial sector, Zhong Junhao, secretary general of the Shanghai AI Industry Association, said at a media briefing on March 6. It will let the industry propose academic research questions, enabling AI for Science plus agent, or AI4S+Agent, to provide solutions for industrial applications and empower tech to serve Super Entrepreneurs and developer communities, Zhong added.

Through innovative development and deployment models such as OpenClaw and the Skills Marketplace, GDPS 2026 will drive AI tech to reach every link of the supply chain, Zhong said.

The Super Entrepreneur Innovation Competition, the OpenClaw Hackathon, and the Vibe Coding Tournament will target the discovery of one-person AI startups, the verification of closed-loop execution of agents in complex scenarios, and AI-assisted programming and generative coding respectively.

The workshops will cover cutting-edge fields, including AI4S, AI Coding, AI short dramas, AI advertising, agent, OpenClaw, and intelligent terminals, building an in-depth dialogue platform for developers, companies, and capital.

Participants will be able to try real application scenarios empowered by AI at close range at the interactive experience sessions, highlighting the ultimate application experience of agent tech.

In addition, the carnivals, including Developer Night by the Huangpu River, OpenClaw Lobster Festival, Silicon-Based Parent Meeting, Geek Party, and WAIC Innovation Roadshow, will create a vibrant tech environment for global developers.

"The AI industry has become an important engine driving economic growth in Shanghai," said Pan Yan, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology.

"AI enterprises above a designated size in Shanghai exceeded CNY637 billion (USD88.2 billion) last year, up 40 percent from the previous year," Pan noted. "The city had also completed the registration of 149 generative AI services as of the end of last month."

Editors: Tang Shihua, Martin Kadiev