The Future of Personalized Universal Agents - AI Talk & Reception

The Future of Personalized Universal Agents
An AI Talk & Networking Reception with Dr. Ed Chi

Join HKBANC for an evening of insights and professional networking with Dr. Ed Chi at Plug and Play in Sunnyvale.

AI is moving beyond tools built for individual tasks toward universal personal agents—systems that can understand users across different types of information, reason through complex situations, and provide personalized support for discovery, learning, and decision-making.

In this talk, Dr. Chi will explore how advances in multimodal foundation models—spanning images, video, audio, language, and reasoning—are shaping the next generation of personal AI systems. He will discuss three key trends:

• Integrated intelligence: The shift toward a single multimodal model with built-in reasoning capabilities.
• Personalization and memory: How agents can adapt to users’ preferences, retain context, and align with their goals.
• Intuition and deliberation: Bringing fast “System 1” responses and slower, deliberate “System 2” reasoning together in a unified universal agent.

Connect with fellow professionals, exchange perspectives, and explore what this next chapter of AI could mean for how we live, learn, and work. Hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be served at this event.

Event Details
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Time: 5:00–7:30 PM
Venue: Plug and Play
Address: 440 N Wolfe Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 94085

Meet Our Speaker:

• Dr. Ed Chi, VP of Research at Google DeepMind

Special thanks to Title Sponsor:

• Mr. Wilson Lau, Past Chair, Executive Committee of HKBANC

All Event Sponsors and Partners:

• Cathay Bank
• CCD Laws
• Commercial One Insurance
• HSBC Bank
• Polaris Advisory