Hongqiao Tech Week 2026 will take place from 20 to 22 November at Halls 1.1 and 2.1 of the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). As part of Informa’s Global Tech Festivals portfolio, Hongqiao Tech Week joins London Tech Week, Africa Tech Festival and Asia Tech x Singapore to form a cross-regional tech exchange network, connecting overseas innovation resources with the Chinese market and the Yangtze River Delta industrial ecosystem.
Centered on the theme Global Tech Vision, Powered by China’s Implementation Momentum, this edition of Hongqiao Tech Week focuses on six key tech verticals: artificial intelligence, future mobility & energy, intelligent infrastructure, smart industry, life sciences & health, and startup ecosystem. Through themed stages, tech showcases, summits and forums, plus business matchmaking, it brings technological outcomes, industrial demands and commercial opportunities together in one venue.
Overseas pavilions from the United Kingdom, Israel, Malaysia, Argentina, Pakistan, Ireland and more will feature a curated lineup of innovative enterprises and institutions. Technical strengths and industrial practices from diverse markets converge at Hongqiao, unlocking greater opportunities for cross-border tech exchange and commercial collaboration.
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In this issue, we kick off our spotlight with three delegations from the UK, Malaysia and Israel. What standout technologies and services do these 17 enterprises and institutions bring? Let’s take an early look!
UK Pavilion
At this year’s Hongqiao Tech Week, the UK Pavilion, organised by the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST), brings together 9 participating enterprises and institutions covering cutting-edge fields including artificial intelligence, enterprise digitalisation, robotics, human-computer interaction, energy technology, digital infrastructure and standards.
The UK boasts the world’s third-largest and Europe’s leading tech ecosystem, and ranks among the globe’s most innovation-driven markets. The UK tech ecosystem is currently valued at USD 1.3 trillion, home to more than 200 unicorns. It is also one of Europe’s largest AI markets, continuously attracting global capital, talent and frontier technologies. In 2025, UK start-ups secured USD 23.7 billion in venture capital.
From valuation of innovative technologies to corporate management, robotic operation and network performance testing, the UK Pavilion will offer audiences diverse perspectives on technology application and industrial collaboration.
Pavilion Lineup Unveiled
OxValue.AI 牛津智能 Booth No.: 1C25
OxValue.AI is an AI-powered valuation platform that leverages data and artificial intelligence to support valuation of enterprises and intellectual property. Rooted in research outputs from the University of Oxford, the platform integrates multi-dimensional data analytics with valuation models. Its services include rapid project screening, valuation for tech firms and innovation projects, as well as ongoing risk assessment. Targeting investment institutions, corporations and science parks, OxValue.AI helps quantify the value of technologies and intangible assets, delivering evidence-based decision-making references for tech investment, technology transactions and commercialisation of research outcomes.
Pupillae AI Booth No.: 1C04
Pupillae AI is a UK-based artificial intelligence company focused on AI technologies and their industrial deployment. Registered in London, the United Kingdom in 2025, its business covers software development, software publishing and information technology consulting.
Sage Booth No.: 1C22
Sage is a leading UK provider of business management software, delivering finance, human resources and digital management solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Founded in Newcastle, UK in 1981, Sage has been developing products and services tailored to core operational needs including financial accounting, HR and payroll management. By unifying management tools, business data and AI capabilities, Sage helps businesses streamline daily workflows and improve data collaboration. This enables business leaders to gain clear visibility into operations and supports informed management and commercial decisions.
OpenText Booth No.: 1C03
OpenText is a global enterprise information management software company that helps organisations govern and leverage large-scale business data and digital content. Its portfolio spans content management, business networks, cybersecurity, software development and IT management, enabling enterprises to consolidate, store, protect and utilise information. Combining cloud services and AI technologies, OpenText connects siloed information and business workflows to empower knowledge access, content collaboration and process automation. It helps businesses boost data utilisation and digital operational capabilities while meeting security and compliance requirements.
TG0 触零科技 Booth No.: 1C24
TG0 is a UK human-computer interaction technology firm developing innovative touch and smart-surface technologies for automotive, consumer electronics and smart devices. Using material sensing, software and embedded AI, TG0 transforms ordinary materials into interactive smart surfaces capable of touch recognition, pressure mapping and shear-force sensing. Its technology works with plastics, rubber, textiles and other substrates, enabling product surfaces to detect contact positions, gestures and force variations. It powers interaction design for automotive interiors, smart controllers, robotics and more.
Calnex Solutions 卡耐斯 Booth No.: 1C27
Calnex Solutions is a UK communications test technology company delivering high-precision test and measurement solutions for telecom networks and data centres. Its products and services cover network synchronisation, monitoring and network emulation, enabling customers to replicate real-world network conditions and assess synchronisation accuracy, latency and application performance. Serving equipment R&D, system validation and pre-deployment assessment, Calnex Solutions supplies test tools for 5G communications, data centres, AI infrastructure and other scenarios. It helps users identify performance issues and verify the operational behaviour of networks and applications.
OptimiseAI 标研慧 Booth No.: 1C26
OptimiseAI is a UK energy technology firm that uses artificial intelligence to optimise building energy consumption, cutting energy use, costs and carbon emissions. Powered by digital twin technology, its platform integrates building management systems, IoT sensors and energy metering data to analyse the performance of rooms, zones and equipment systems. Drawing on temperature, humidity, occupancy and other data, OptimiseAI simulates operational scenarios, generates energy-saving recommendations for heating, cooling and lighting, and supports retrofit investment analysis and energy-saving outcome tracking. It provides evidence for building operation and carbon reduction planning.
BSI 英国标准协会 Booth No.: 1C02
BSI is the UK’s national standards body, driving standards development and best practice across artificial intelligence, digital technologies, cybersecurity and advanced manufacturing. Drawing on cross-industry and specialist expertise, BSI delivers standardised references for technology development, product deployment and organisational management. Beyond standards development, the BSI Group also offers certification, testing, training and related services. It helps enterprises embed standard requirements into daily operations, strengthen governance in information security, data privacy and digital trust, and boost the credibility of products, services and management systems.
Malaysia Pavilion
At this year’s Hongqiao Tech Week, the Malaysia Pavilion is organised by Cradle Fund Sdn. Bhd. (Cradle). It features Pasarkita, QUETTA BYTE and other companies, covering digitalised resource recycling, environmental education, IT consulting as well as software and hardware businesses. It offers a window for visitors to learn about the real-world practices of Malaysian tech enterprises. As an early-stage startup support agency under Malaysia’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Cradle nurtures local tech innovators, fosters innovation collaboration and expands regional and international market links.
Founded in 2003, Cradle has supported more than 1,300 tech startups. It backs ventures from ideation through to growth via funding, advisory services, capacity building and market matchmaking. From community circular resource systems to digital infrastructure development, the Malaysia Pavilion showcases diverse application paths where technology enables sustainable development and corporate digital transformation.
Pavilion Lineup Unveiled
Pasarkita Booth No.: 1C50
Pasarkita Technology Sdn. Bhd. is a Malaysian enterprise leveraging technology to enable resource recycling and community sustainable development. Its recycling centre management system integrates material tracking, customer management, e-payment, operational reporting and carbon footprint analysis. It also delivers gamified environmental education to help the public understand waste sorting and circular resource utilisation.
QUETTA BYTE Booth No.: 1C55
QUETTA BYTE is a Malaysian tech company focused on data centres and IT infrastructure. Its services cover data centre project delivery, server deployment and operation & maintenance. Centred on GPU and CPU servers, networking equipment and data centre operating environments, it provides equipment installation, system configuration, performance monitoring and troubleshooting to deliver technical support for continuous digital business operations.
At this year’s Hongqiao Tech Week, the Israel Pavilion is organised by the Foreign Trade Administration under the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry. It spans industrial automation, water control, radar sensing, biological waste treatment, trade matchmaking and cross-border trade digitalisation. The pavilion aims to boost the competitiveness of Israeli industries, expand exports, attract foreign investment, and drive Israel’s global trade and economic growth.
Working alongside enterprises, government bodies and global partners, the administration supports Israeli companies’ global expansion through strategic trade initiatives, international agreements, economic delegations and a range of financial assistance programmes. From factory floors to daily life, and cross-border business workflows, the Israel Pavilion demonstrates diverse application pathways for its technologies and services.
Pavilion Lineup Unveiled
Unitronics Booth No.: 2D34
Founded in 1989, Unitronics specialises in industrial automation control hardware, software and Industrial IoT solutions. Its product portfolio includes controllers integrating programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and human-machine interfaces (HMIs), variable frequency drives, servo drives and cloud platforms. Serving manufacturing, logistics, agriculture, energy management and other sectors, it helps enterprises simplify equipment control and automation deployment.
BERMAD 伯尔梅特 Booth No.: 2D33
BERMAD specialises in water control technology and supplies hydraulic control valves and related flow control solutions for agricultural irrigation, municipal water supply, construction, fire protection and other sectors. By managing flow, pressure and the operational status of water supply systems, BERMAD helps users improve water efficiency, supports stable operation of water systems and facilitates water resource management.
Vayyar 微眼慧视 Booth No.: 2D32
Founded in 2011, Vayyar specialises in 4D imaging radar sensing technology. Its sensors capture environmental and target information via radio-frequency signals and enable perception without cameras. The technology is deployed across automotive, elderly care, smart building and public safety sectors, delivering environmental sensing while preserving privacy.
Celitron 赛力通 Booth No.: 2D40
Celitron specialises in sterilisation and biological waste treatment systems. It develops and manufactures medical steam sterilizers, integrated sterilisation-and-shredding units, as well as biological by-product treatment systems for agriculture. Its solutions serve hospitals, clinics, laboratories and related production sites, providing equipment support for infectious waste disposal, contamination control and resource recovery.
TradeIL Booth No.: 2D41
TradeIL is the brand name used by Israel’s foreign trade promotion ecosystem. The Foreign Trade Administration under the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry and its overseas trade representative offices support enterprises with market intelligence, business partner matchmaking and trade exchanges, helping Israeli companies build cooperative ties with international markets.
Booth No.: 2D42
Reevol provides an AI‑powered‑customer‑to‑cash management platform for importers, exporters, wholesalers and distributors. It consolidates workflows including enterprise customer verification, accounts receivable management, global payment collection and reconciliation within a single workspace. It helps cross‑border trade businesses cut redundant operations and boost operational collaboration and capital management efficiency.
More highlights from additional national pavilions will be unveiled in the coming episodes…
Welcome to Hongqiao Tech Week 2026. Connect face‑to‑face with overseas innovative enterprises and institutions, and discover new opportunities for technology application and cross‑border collaboration.
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