Changbal Tech Summit 2026

Changbal Tech Summit 2026 lands Saturday, October 10, 2026 from 1:00 to 7:00 PM PDT at Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE 6th St in Bellevue. The theme is Beyond Boundaries in the AI Era. Public pricing sits near $40 for the conference, with about $30 more for the afterparty path when that add-on is live. The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Seattle is listed as a diamond sponsor. Speaker billing on host materials includes voices from Google, Amazon, and the University of Washington. Treat those names as a map of the Eastside Korean-American tech graph, not as a guarantee you will meet every keynote at the coffee line.

Changbal Society runs this as the Northwest’s flagship Korean-American tech summit: Bellevue geography, AI-era programming, and a consulate-backed sponsor line that signals civic density beyond a thin Meetup. Meydenbauer Center is a real conference floor, not a coworking loft. That structure is why the afternoon clears Circuit for readers who already work Redmond, Bellevue, and Seattle Korean professional corridors. Confirm conference versus afterparty tickets before you wire money so you do not assume evening access with a daytime-only pass.

This is right for Korean-American and Korea-facing engineers, founders, product leaders, and students who want Eastside tech density on a Saturday. Skip it if you need a downtown legal gala later in October or a free career fair without a Korean professional filter. I-405 and Bellevue downtown parking both need a buffer before the 1:00 start. Bring one AI or career question so hallway time after sessions is usable.

If you are choosing between this Bellevue summit and New Tech Seattle’s October meetup three days later, stay here for the denser Korean-American AI and tech awards-adjacent graph; use New Tech for a lighter SLU AI Week preview. Start on cts2026.changbal.org, confirm afterparty pricing on the event-info page, and keep the ticket for Meydenbauer check-in. Re-check speaker and schedule notes closer to October 10.