AI, Robotics & Platforms is a four-day AI training program in Shanghai and Hangzhou, held in winter 2027, for senior executives and investors, and one of three programs in CKGSB’s Intelligent China series.
The program combines CKGSB faculty sessions with direct exposure to companies putting artificial intelligence and robotics to work, from platform companies building AI into everyday operations to teams moving robots from demonstration to deployment. You examine how these organizations turn AI capability into business value, and where robotics projects succeed or stall on the path to reliable, everyday use.
You consider which of these practices would carry over to your own organization: how to structure decisions around AI adoption, what separates a pilot that scales from one that stalls, and where platform intelligence creates a genuine advantage rather than just a demonstration.
You leave with a written China strategy for your own organization, built around a 90-day action plan for taking AI and robotics from pilot to everyday use.
AI, Robotics & Platforms completes CKGSB’s Intelligent China: AI, EVs & Smart Manufacturing series, three four-day programs that follow how China builds intelligent products. It builds on EV & Intelligent Mobility in Beijing (Summer 2027) and Smart Manufacturing & Hardware Innovation in Shenzhen (Fall 2027). This final program adds the intelligence layer: how AI and robotics are put to work across operations and platforms. You can join this program on its own or take all three as a 12-day series.
See how platform companies turn AI capability into everyday operations, and identify what applies to your own organization's approach to adoption.
Assess partnership, technology and investment openings across China's AI, robotics and platform businesses, from deployment infrastructure to data and adoption strategy.
See how China's AI and robotics companies move from demonstration to deployment, and what that means for the competitive bar elsewhere.
Build a clearer view of how AI and robotics create real business value, and where organizations elsewhere are likely headed next.
Separate what works because of a specific platform or dataset from what your organization can actually apply to its own operations.
Turn what you see into a written strategy and 90-day action plan for taking AI and robotics from pilot to everyday use.
Applications are reviewed on the same basis as the rest of the program: senior executives from companies in relevant industries, and investors. Companies not yet operating in China are welcome to apply if they meet this profile.
The program is designed to give you access to perspectives and conversations that are difficult to obtain through conventional business visits. Depending on the program and host organization, that access may include:
Participants learn to assess both opportunities and risks, including supply-chain dependencies, regulatory considerations, compliance requirements, IP concerns, geopolitical dynamics, and localization challenges.
Designed to help participants translate insight into action.
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) is China's first faculty-governed, privately-funded business school. It has more than 50 world-class faculty members, most of whom were tenured at top global schools such as Michigan, Duke, Wharton, and Yale. CKGSB's influential student and alumni network represents the best, brightest, and most influential leaders in China, with more than half at the Chairman or CEO level.
CKGSB has nurtured 151 unicorn companies since its inception. It has a vision of developing a global ecosystem that nurtures the next generation of breakthrough innovation. More than 4,500 global executives have participated in CKGSB programs offered in English and other non-Chinese languages since 2009.
CKGSB Alumni lead one-fifth of China's most valuable brands.
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AI, Robotics & Platforms runs in Shanghai and Hangzhou in winter 2027. It is part of the Intelligent China: AI, EVs & Smart Manufacturing series, preceded by EV & Intelligent Mobility in summer 2027 and Smart Manufacturing & Hardware Innovation in fall 2027. Each program can be taken on its own, or all three together for USD 23,880.
Yes. You can take this program on its own for USD 8,800, or combine it with EV & Intelligent Mobility and Smart Manufacturing & Hardware Innovation for the full 12-day series at USD 23,880.
Senior executives responsible for AI, robotics, or platform strategy, and investors evaluating AI or robotics businesses with exposure to China.
AI, Robotics & Platforms runs in Shanghai and Hangzhou in winter 2027.
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