AI giant NVIDIA is ready to showcase what AI is capable of in 2025 as this year’s GTC is scheduled to premiere from March 17 to 21 in San Jose, California.
This year’s iteration will ring together leading experts in AI to showcase advancements in physical AI, agentic AI, and scientific discovery. The conference is set to welcome 25,000 in-person attendees and 300,000 virtual participants, offering an in-depth look at the technologies shaping the future.
As for Jensen himself, the keynote will be delivered at the SAP Center on March 18 at 10 a.m. PT, focusing on AI and accelerated computing. Available both online and on-site, live attendees can arrive early to enjoy a live pregame show hosted by the “Acquired” podcast and additional surprise festivities, while virtual viewers can also tune in live.
With over 1,000 sessions, 2,000 speakers, and nearly 400 exhibitors, the event will demonstrate how NVIDIA’s AI and accelerated computing platforms are addressing global challenges in areas such as climate research, healthcare, cybersecurity, humanoid robotics, and autonomous vehicles. And of course, we can’t forget about the strategic partners, innovative startups, and leading academic figures.
Speaker lineup is as follows but is not limited to:
- Pieter Abbeel, UC Berkeley Robot Learning Lab
- Drago Anguelov, Waymo
- Frances Arnold, Nobel Laureate, Caltech
- Gülen Bengi, Mars Snacking
- Esi Eggleston Bracey, Unilever
- Noam Brown, OpenAI
- Nadia Carlsten, Novo Nordisk Foundation
- Max Jaderberg & Sergei Yakneen, Isomorphic Labs
- Athina Kanioura, PepsiCo
- Jeffrey Katzenberg, WndrCo
- Peter Kyle MP, UK Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology
- Yann LeCun, Meta / NYU
- Arthur Mensch, Mistral AI
- Joe Park, Yum! Brands
- RP Prasad, Accenture
- Raji Rajagopalan, Microsoft
- Aaron Saunders, Boston Dynamics
- RJ Scaringe, Rivian
- Clara Shih, Meta
- Alicia Tillman, Delta Air Lines
- Pras Velagapudi, Agility Robotics
More than 900 organizations will be represented, including Accenture, Adobe, AWS, BMW Group, Coca-Cola, CoreWeave, Dell, Disney Research, Ford, Google Cloud, Mercedes-Benz, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle Cloud, Pfizer, Salesforce, Samsung, ServiceNow, SoftBank, TSMC, Uber, Volvo, Volkswagen, Wayve, and Zoox.
Quantum Day for Quantum Tech
On the other hand, Team Green is also pushing quantum computing at the global scale by making the 4th day of the event as “Quantum Day”. Jensen and industry leaders will be hosting a panel discussion from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. PT, available via livestream and on demand. Notable panelists include:
- Alan Baratz, D-Wave
- Ben Bloom, Atom Computing
- Peter Chapman, IonQ
- Rajeeb Hazra, Quantinuum
- Loïc Henriet, Pasqal
- Matthew Kinsella, Infleqtion
- Subodh Kulkarni, Rigetti
- John Levy, SEEQC
- Andrew Ory, QuEra Computing
- Théau Peronnin, Alice & Bob
- Rob Schoelkopf, Quantum Circuits
- Simone Severini, AWS
- Pete Shadbolt, PsiQuantum
- Krysta Svore, Microsoft
Quantum Day will also feature technical sessions with NVIDIA researchers and industry partners.
And as tradition, GTC will also offer 80 hands-on workshops and training labs led by NVIDIA Training. And for the very first time, onsite attendees can take certification exams at no cost while pro certifications will also be available in accelerated data science and AI networking, along with workshops in generative AI, agentic AI, and CUDA C++ programming.
On the other hand, AI Day is aimed at startups and investors via NVIDIA Inception Pavilion program while a short financial Q&A session is scheduled for March 19 at 8:30 a.m. PT, with a live webcast available at investor.nvidia.com.
