Oracle and NVIDIA Executives to Keynote AI Infrastructure Summit
Event summary
- Dr. Sanjay Basu of Oracle and Pete Coticchia of NVIDIA will headline The Connected World LIVE! 2026 with a keynote and fireside chat on September 9, 2026.
- Basu's keynote will focus on AI factories for inference, token economics, and next-generation connectivity.
- Coticchia will join Basu to discuss the evolution of NVIDIA's AI platforms and future infrastructure challenges.
- The event takes place September 8–11, 2026, in Chicago.
The big picture
The event underscores the strategic shift from AI model training to large-scale deployment, highlighting the critical role of infrastructure in enabling global AI adoption. As organizations transition to AI inference, the focus on token economics and next-generation connectivity becomes increasingly important for economic efficiency and performance.
What we're watching
- Infrastructure Scaling
- How NVIDIA's next-generation AI platforms will address the growing challenge of scaling infrastructure for global AI deployment.
- Token Economics
- Whether token economics will become the defining metric for next-generation digital infrastructure as AI shifts from training to inference.
- Data Center Evolution
- The pace at which data center architecture and connectivity solutions will need to evolve to support AI factories at unprecedented scale.
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