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Frontier Research in World Model

Hosted by Tripo

When
10:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Where
Downtown
Format
Happy Hour
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A day at SF Tech Week on the frontier of world models — the video, 3D and simulation models learning to predict, generate and reason about the physical world.

Schedule 10:30 AM · Doors open & check-in 11:00 AM · Opening 11:05 AM · Yilun Du — Harvard University 11:35 AM · Noam Malali — Decart 12:05 PM · Lvmin Zhang — Stanford University 12:35 PM · Avik Sethia — Reactor 1:05 PM · Dalton Omens — Moonlake AI 1:35 PM · Jieneng Chen — Stanford University 2:05 PM · Yanpei Cao — Tripo AI 2:35 PM · Jesse Allardice — Odyssey 3:05 PM · Randall Balestriero — AMI Labs 3:35 PM · Panel: The Future of World Models — moderated by Hokin Deng 4:00 PM · End

When & where Friday, Oct 9 · 10:30 AM–4:00 PM PT (doors open 10:30, talks start 11:00) · In person. The address will be shared with registered guests.

Attendance is for the full day (10:30 AM–4:00 PM): please register only if you can stay for the whole event. We're preparing food based on the approved headcount, and spots are limited.

Website: https://journal.video-reason.com/

This event is a part of #SFTechWeek, a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem.

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