Original · Unique Research · 2026-03-15
Editor's note: This is a complete translation of the source's account of the March 14 event, published March 15. Attendance, GitHub growth, demonstrations, robot experiments and regional comparisons are reported by the source or named speakers; they have not been independently counted, reproduced or benchmarked for this edition. Names not supplied in Latin script are rendered descriptively or by romanization and are not a certification of official English legal names. All sponsor and partner acknowledgments are retained for completeness, not as current offers or recommendations. References to security, isolation, customized Skills and compliant deployment are accounts of event discussions, not security certifications or guarantees. The source summarizes the speakers' advice without supplying a complete implementation guide; this translation does not invent one.
OpenClaw Technology Festival
Pudong Software Park's OpenClaw Technology Festival: 400+ Developers Gather to Explore AI Agent Security and Practical Applications
A dedicated technical gathering for a breakout open-source project, packed with substantive discussion and hands-on practice
The Event Opens
On March 14, the Pudong Software Park OpenClaw Technology Festival opened at Shanghai Pudong Software Park. It was held under the guidance of Shanghai Pudong Software Park Co., Ltd. (“Pudong Software Park”) and jointly organized by Shanghai Pudong Software Park Venture Capital Management Co., Ltd. (“Pudong Software Park Ventures”), OpenClaw HK, TGO Kunpeng Club and Unique Research.
Dedicated to OpenClaw, a breakout open-source project in AI, the event attracted industry attention as soon as it was announced. More than 400 AI practitioners, OpenClaw developers and technology enthusiasts attended over the course of the day. The venue was packed, demonstrating the industry's enthusiasm for open-source AI technology.
With OpenClaw's applications and security practices at its center, the event combined talks, a panel, practical case demonstrations and interactive flash sessions. It delivered substantive technical exchange with a strong hands-on focus, showcasing the innovative energy of cutting-edge AI Agent technology and its value in industry.
Bringing Expertise Together and Supporting the Full Development Process to Foster New Growth in AI
In opening remarks, Li Jiashu, head of Pudong Software Park Ventures, said that AI technology was evolving ever faster and the industry was entering a period of explosive growth. By jointly creating the OpenClaw Technology Festival with industry partners, the organizers aimed to offer developers, one-person-company (OPC) entrepreneurs and businesses in the Pudong Software Park ecosystem an efficient platform for technical exchange and resource matching, encouraging innovative AI applications and coordinated industry development.
The Pudong Software Park incubator will continue to follow AI industry trends and provide diverse support for AI practitioners, entrepreneurs and OPCs, including AI-tool adaptation, dedicated benefit packages and access to technical resources. These services aim to help bring AI innovations into practical use and support high-quality industry development.
End-to-End Service Support
Strong support from numerous partners provided attendees with end-to-end services combining hardware and software.
Hardware: AMD, Lenovo Baiying, D-Robotics and Wanjie Fangzhou supplied high-performance computing hosts, mini PCs, embodied-intelligence hardware and customized devices, providing OpenClaw with stable local computing resources and hardware-interaction support.
Software and services: China Telecom, Wanjie Fangzhou, MemVerge, MiniMax, PPIO, Volcengine, AWS and others provided local computing stations, convenient deployment options, security-isolated environments, cloud services, substantial token benefits and on-site technical support.
Haidao Xiafan also added a lighthearted surprise: special “crayfish rice” meals for attendees.
A dedicated exhibition area brought partners together to present their latest OpenClaw-related hardware, software and real-world application examples. Attendees stopped to watch and exchange ideas in depth, helping establish the infrastructure and resource support needed to put OpenClaw applications into use.
The practical demonstration segment presented 11 innovative OpenClaw use cases, covering intelligent labor marketplaces, stock-monitoring bots, enterprise operations agents, connections to embodied-intelligence hardware, security plugins and client-tool optimization. Many developers had already identified practical applications based on OpenClaw and were exploring commercialization.
Examining Technical Practice from Multiple Angles to Strengthen OpenClaw's Security
OpenClaw's rapid development has brought both its technical applications and security risks into the spotlight. How can this technological “little lobster” be nurtured efficiently? How can it be deployed securely and compliantly?
The event invited industry speakers to unpack OpenClaw's technical value and application logic from several perspectives, including its technical foundations, implementation approaches and risk prevention.
Bruce: The Upgrade to OpenClaw Asia
At the event, OpenClaw Asia initiator Bruce formally announced that OpenClaw Hong Kong was becoming OpenClaw Asia. He positioned it as an important link connecting Asian developers and advancing OpenClaw community collaboration and practical ecosystem development.
He then began with OpenClaw's remarkable growth to more than 250,000 GitHub Stars in 60 days, tracing its evolution from stateless question answering to a unified orchestration platform gateway. He highlighted key advances in IM interfaces, taking control of system permissions, hardware–software coordination and embodied intelligence, as well as OpenClaw's rapid expansion globally and particularly in Asia. This gave attendees a clearer understanding of its technical value, community momentum and ecosystem potential.
Yang Jilong: Tackling Security Pain Points
Yang Jilong, a veteran Chinese cybersecurity expert and founder and CTO of Knownsec, addressed OpenClaw's security problems directly and offered recommendations for using the technology securely.
He identified inherent issues including excessive permissions, overtrust in large models and frequent vulnerabilities. He also outlined four common attack patterns: counterfeit installation packages, malicious tutorial traps, AI poisoning attacks and malicious Skills plugins. He offered targeted security recommendations covering installation, configuration, usage and operations, providing developers with professional, systematic guidance for safer OpenClaw use.
Yiyun: Reinventing Enterprise AI Productivity
MiniMax AI architect Yiyun focused on how AI can transform enterprise productivity, breaking down OpenClaw's core architecture and design logic. He emphasized that security is a fundamental prerequisite for deploying AI Agent technology in enterprises, and that customized Skills are key to applying it securely and efficiently. Enterprises can build customized Agents to fit particular business scenarios, both mitigating security risks and exploring the technology's opportunities for business innovation.
Irvin Cardenas: ROSClaw in Embodied Intelligence
Irvin Cardenas, a Silicon Valley researcher in robotics and human–computer interaction and founder of the open-source ROSClaw project, shared the latest ROSClaw research and practice.
Designed for embodied-agent control, the project connects OpenClaw with the Robot Operating System ROS 2. It has developed a relatively comprehensive execution framework for dynamic capability discovery, multimodal observation processing, validation before action execution and structured auditing, and has conducted experimental validation on wheeled, quadruped and humanoid robot platforms.
Irvin said that, judging by current technical developments, China was already ahead of overseas markets in the application and deployment speed of OpenClaw-related use cases, demonstrating strong community vitality and the ability to translate technology into industry applications.
Panel Discussion: Industry Insights from Multiple Perspectives
The panel was moderated by Wu Wei, founder and CEO of Unique Research. Liu Jialing, co-founder and managing partner of Shuidi Capital; Xu Guosheng, head of the D-Robotics developer community; Yang Ji, an AI-security strategy and technology expert at Qi-Anxin; and Bruce, lead organizer of OpenClaw Asia, discussed core industry issues including OpenClaw's technical evolution, ecosystem development, security and compliance, and commercialization.
Drawing on technology, industry, capital and security perspectives, the speakers explored the AI Agent industry's current opportunities and challenges in depth, offering multiple ways to think about technical innovation and industrial deployment.
Conclusion
OpenClaw is driving a profound shift in AI from conversational interaction to execution in the real world, and security is an indispensable foundation of that shift.
The Pudong Software Park OpenClaw Technology Festival not only provided developers with a platform for technical exchange and demonstrations but also brought the industry together around AI Agent security practices, helping advance the open-source ecosystem and secure, compliant deployment.
Going forward, the Pudong Software Park incubator will further connect global innovation resources and continue creating platforms that unite technical innovation, security practice and industry. It aims to help AI startups and developers strengthen their security defenses, grow steadily and support high-quality development of the AI industry.