McKinsey Live: authors of the Technology Trends Outlook 2026 discuss the 14 frontier technologies, with agentic AI at the center

By McKinsey & Company · October 8, 2026.

McKinsey & Company has sent out an invitation to the next session of its "McKinsey Live" series, a live conversation format featuring experts from the firm. The event is scheduled for October 15 at 9:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time (3:30 p.m. CET) and will feature two McKinsey experts: Michael Chui and Roger Roberts.

The discussion will center on the firm's "Technology Trends Outlook 2026" report, which, according to the email, tracks 14 technologies considered to be at the frontier. The message explicitly lists the areas covered by the report: agentic AI, scientific discovery, robotics, cybersecurity, semiconductors, energy and quantum computing. The email does not specify the other technologies on the list of 14, nor does it offer any figures, forecasts or specific findings from the report. It only announces the event and lists the broad topics to be covered.

According to the text, Chui and Roberts will use the session to explore how some of these trends are evolving and where the biggest implications for business leaders could emerge. Attendees are invited to bring their own questions and are promised they will leave the event with "a clearer view of where to focus next."

The email contains no further substantive details about the report's content. It cites no data, statistics or concrete examples of how agentic AI or other technologies are being applied, so this summary is limited to what is literally stated: this is an invitation to a live webinar/event, not an analysis piece in itself. For industry context, McKinsey publishes annual technology trends reports that typically include projections on adoption, investment and maturity for each technology. Those specific details do not appear in this email, however, and are therefore not included here to avoid speculation.

The message ends with standard McKinsey template links (seat registration, the McKinsey Insights mobile app, privacy policy, subscription management and unsubscribe), which add no further information on the topic.