NEW YORK, May 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — OlloBot is set to launch a new offline experience in North America in late June, featuring plush collectibles inspired by its OlloBot family member, OlloNi, while offering a first look at its upcoming product prototype, the OlloNi SS1. Scheduled for a global launch on Kickstarter in late August, the new model will be previewed on-site.

The move builds on the strong interest generated at CES 2026, where OlloNi first drew attention for its distinctive form and emotionally expressive interaction design. Unlike conventional robotic displays, the debut attracted sustained visitor engagement, signaling a growing appetite for technologies that can deliver more intuitive and human-centered experiences. The upcoming North America activation responds directly to that interest, translating early curiosity into a more immersive, real-world encounter. While the OlloNi SS1 will be presented in its current design-stage form as a preview of what’s to come, the experience focuses on creating tangible touchpoints that bring OlloBot’s vision of “companionship” closer to everyday contexts.

This approach reflects the brand’s broader thinking on how robots can exist within the home environment. “Robots designed for the home need to begin with emotional connection,” said Lyn Fang, founder of OlloBot. Lyn noted that development paths in the robotics sector have increasingly diverged. On one end are humanoid systems focused on advanced mobility and functional integration, while on the other are entertainment-oriented AI devices that often lack depth in emotional interaction. Between these two directions lies an emerging opportunity: companion-oriented robots designed to exist consistently within the home and build meaningful, long-term relationships.

Positioned within this space, OlloBot introduces the concept of a “cyber pet,” intended not to replace human roles, but to respond to the growing absence of companionship in modern households. Unlike task-oriented devices, such systems are designed to build familiarity over time through ongoing presence and subtle interaction.

This philosophy is further encapsulated in the brand’s core concept: technology that conveys warmth. From its rounded physical design to its soft, non-intrusive interaction cues, OlloBot prioritizes reducing the sense of distance often associated with machines. Rather than emphasizing mechanical precision or information delivery, the system is designed to make emotions perceptible. A multi-screen expression system enables communication through visual cues such as gaze and state changes, fostering a sense of emotional presence rather than transactional interaction.

The approach also extends to how companionship is delivered. OlloBot incorporates an active presence mechanism, allowing the device to remain perceptive and responsive without becoming disruptive. This balance reflects a restrained product philosophy that distinguishes the brand within the category. Instead of competing for constant attention or encouraging dependency, the design emphasizes ease of long-term coexistence. The goal is not immediate novelty, but a sustained sense of comfort that integrates naturally into daily routines.

The upcoming OlloNi SS1 represents a continuation of this direction and will enter crowdfunding on Kickstarter in August, with final commercial release details to be announced. Ahead of this, the North America showcase will also introduce a line of plush collectibles based on OlloNi, available in blind box format. These items serve as an accessible extension of the brand’s identity, reinforcing its focus on emotional resonance while broadening audience engagement.

As smart home technologies continue to evolve, the definition of innovation is gradually shifting from enhanced capability to deeper understanding. In this context, OlloBot’s exploration centers on a more immediate and human concern: the growing absence of companionship in modern living environments. By adopting a measured and empathetic design path, the brand seeks to integrate technology into everyday relationships in a more sustainable way—one that prioritizes being seen, understood, and accompanied over momentary novelty.

About OlloBot

OlloBot, a brand under BizConf Technology Co., Ltd. (SHE: 300578), specializes in embodied intelligence and develops proactive, family‑centric AI companion cyber-pet robots. The brand focuses on creating emotionally intelligent embodied AI that brings warmth, presence, and gentle connections to modern homes. Its products learn routines and emotional patterns with “gentle intelligence,” develop long‑term personality traits, and prioritize privacy and emotional safety.

Pioneering a new category defined by the Cyber Pet concept, OlloBot integrates AI and robotics into real domestic environments to rethink how families connect with technology and to make home life feel more meaningful and emotionally enriched.

For more information, please visit:

Website: https://ollobot.com/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ollo_bot
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TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ollo_bot

Scientific Research Achievements in Five Fields Showcase Hong Kong’s Strength in Innovation and Technology Commercialisation

HONG KONG, May 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The 4th BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize Award Ceremony, organised by the Hong Kong Alliance of Technology and Innovation (HKATI) and title-sponsored by Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (BOCHK), was concluded successfully. The Ceremony was officiated by distinguished guests including Mr Leung Chun-ying, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (NCCPPCC); Mr Zhang Yong, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Professor Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Mr Zhang Changwei, Deputy Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Mr Sun Yu, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of BOCHK; Professor Tong Wai-cheung, Chairman of the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong; Professor Teng Jin-Guang, Chair of HKATI; and representatives from Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province, and Science and Technology Bureaus of cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

The award laureates in the five major fields have made research achievements that possess both international frontier and strong application value, making outstanding contributions to core technological breakthroughs and the commercialisation of research outcomes. The laureates are Professor Lin Dahua, in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, recognised for his systematic innovations in computer vision and multimodal intelligence; Professor Chan Kwan Chee Allen, in Life and Health, recognised for his outstanding contributions to the development of non-invasive diagnostic technologies using cell-free plasma DNA; Professor Yu Changyuan, in Advanced Manufacturing, recognised for his breakthrough in the research and applications of photonic information devices and systems; Mr Kwock Yin Lun Alvin, Ms Ip Pui Yin Michelle and Mr Zhang Yu Rex, in FinTech, recognised for their pioneering work in digital asset insurance and generative AI security; and Professor Lu Yi-Chun, in New Materials and New Energy, recognised for her pioneering contributions to aqueous batteries.

The BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize is a prestigious award in the field of innovation and technology in Hong Kong and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Since its establishment, the award has consistently focused on major national strategic needs and Hong Kong’s research strengths, aiming to encourage researchers and innovation talent to drive the commercialisation of scientific and technological achievements. The number of nominations for this edition has increased significantly by more than 73% compared with the previous edition, reflecting the growing innovation and technology ecosystem in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area’s ability to gather high-calibre researchers and high-quality innovation projects. The laureates in each field will receive a cash award of HK$2 million, with a total prize pool of HK$10 million, fully sponsored by BOCHK.

At the ceremony, Professor Teng Jin-Guang, Chair of HKATI, delivered welcome remarks and stated: “This year marks the first year of the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The plan explicitly calls for moving faster to achieve greater self-reliance and strength in science and technology, developing new quality productive forces, supporting Hong Kong to develop into an international innovation and technology hub, and building an international hub for high-calibre talents. It presents a historic opportunity for Hong Kong’s innovation and technology development. As the organiser, HKATI will closely align with the strategic deployments of the 15th Five-Year Plan, continue to fully support Hong Kong’s  innovation and technology development, and leverage the influence of its awards to promote deeper integration of technological and industrial innovation — contributing to the building of Hong Kong as an international innovation and technology hub and to the nation’s goal of self-reliance and strength in science and technology.”

Mr Leung Chun-ying, Vice Chairman of the NCCPPCC, delivered opening remarks at the ceremony. He stated: “Since the establishment of the Innovation and Technology Bureau (now the Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau) in 2015, Hong Kong has gradually moved away from short-term thinking and accumulated a solid foundation.” He envisions that with another decade of dedicated cultivation, innovation and technology will emerge by 2036 as a major pillar industry alongside finance, trade, and shipping, forging a new economic landscape for Hong Kong. He also advocates drawing on the close ‘government-industry-academia-research’ collaboration experience of places like Sweden. Finally, he extended his congratulations to the laureates of the 4th BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize, thanked Bank of China (Hong Kong) for its sponsorship, and encouraged different sectors to persevere persistently, injecting new impetus into Hong Kong’s development and helping the nation achieve the grand goal of becoming a world leader in science and technology at an early date.

Professor Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, delivered opening remarks at the ceremony. He stated: “The Government is leveraging HK$10 billion measures such as the Research, Academic and Industry Sectors One-plus Scheme (RAISe+), the New Industrialisation Acceleration Scheme (NIAS), and the Innovation and Technology Industry-Oriented Fund (ITIF) to organically connect a complete pathway covering upstream R&D, midstream transformation and commercialisation of R&D outcomes, and downstream industrialisation. With clearer industrial policies, the Government aims to promote the development of the real economy and contribute Hong Kong’s strength to the nation’s drive to build a modern industrial system. The HKATI and BOCHK have continuously organised this award, building an important platform for research talents in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area to showcase outstanding research achievements.”

Mr Sun Yu, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of BOCHK, remarked, “Technological innovation cannot flourish without the precise nourishment of financial resources. As a local bank with deep roots in Hong Kong for over a century, and serving as Bank of China Group’s Southeast Asia regional headquarters, BOCHK has always been at the forefront of serving as an “enabler” and “practitioner” of technological innovation, fully supporting the development of Hong Kong into an international innovation and technology hub. Looking forward, BOCHK will continue to join hands with sectors of society, and advance innovation by building a technology and innovation ecosystem that connects the government, investment community, research institutes and industry leaders. By leveraging financial resources to support technological advancements and pushing forward concrete measures to drive industrial upgrades, BOCHK aims to make greater contribution for Hong Kong’s better integration into the overall national development.”

Since its establishment in 2022, the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize is now in its fourth edition. Its Review Committee brings together leading scholars around the world, upholding rigorous professional standards across the five major fields and earning broad recognition for its fairness and integrity. At the same time, past laureates have actively promoted the commercialisation of research outcomes, science popularisation education, and collaboration among industry, academia and research institutions, attracting frequent media attention and generating growing social impact. Looking ahead, the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize will continue to bring together the strengths of research, industry and finance, support more promising research achievements toward real-world application, and inject sustained momentum into Hong Kong’s innovation and technology ecosystem.

For further information about the 4th laureates, please visit www.stip.hk.

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About the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize

The BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize (STIP), established in 2022 by the Hong Kong Alliance of Technology and Innovation and title sponsored by Bank of China (Hong Kong), is a non-governmental merit-based award. The STIP aims to reward outstanding scientists and research teams in Hong Kong or in research-related corporations/organisations set up by Hong Kong institutions and located in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, for their significant achievements in scientific and technological innovation and transformation. The STIP encourages them to serve the motherland, connect to the Greater Bay Area, and contribute to the world with its foothold in Hong Kong.

KUNSHAN, China, May 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Arctech, a global leader in solar tracking systems and intelligent energy solutions, announced that it has been ranked the world’s No. 2 solar tracker supplier for the second consecutive year, according to the newly released Solar PV Tracker Market Report 2026 by S&P Global Energy.

In 2025, Arctech captured 12.1 percent of the global tracker market, with total shipments reaching 16 GW, while retaining its No. 1 market position in EMEA.

Global Market Growth Outlook

The global solar tracker market grew steadily in 2025, with total shipments reaching 133 GW, a 19 percent increase from 2024. The Middle East and Africa region surged 49 percent to a record 26 GW, while Europe reached 25 GW, driven by strong growth in Italy and Romania. S&P Global Energy forecasts global tracker shipments to exceed 160 GW by 2030.

Arctech Regional Leadership in EMEA

In the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Arctech became the No. 1 supplier with a 22.6 percent market share, recording the largest shipment growth in the region. The company’s strong presence is highlighted by its leading positions in Saudi Arabia, where it holds 53.6 percent of the market, and the UAE, where it holds 54.1 percent. Arctech also gained growing momentum across European markets, securing key projects in Greece, Italy, and other countries. In Africa, Arctech has also established a growing presence in South Africa, Egypt, and other markets, and will continue to deepen its footprint across the continent.

Grand Showcase Ahead

At SNEC 2026 (June 3–5, Shanghai), Arctech will unveil its new intelligent PV piling and automatic installation solutions alongside its full-scenario “Tracker+” and “Green Power+” offerings. “Tracker+” features the SkyLineⅡall-terrain intelligent tracking system, SkyFlex cable mounting system, and StarShineⅠcleaning robot, while “Green Power+” covers ArcBank and ArcTank energy storage systems, ArcTrack mobile solar-tracking & storage microgrid solution, and building-integrated green energy.

About Arctech

Arctech is a world-leading provider of solar tracking systems and intelligent energy solutions.

For more information about Arctech, visit: https://en.arctechsolar.com/

BEIJING, May 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The 4^th China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), is now 30 days away and will take place from June 22 to 26 at the China International Exhibition Center (Shunyi Venue) in Beijing.

The expo will feature six core supply chain sectors — Digital Technology, Advanced Manufacturing, Green Agriculture, Healthy Life, Smart Vehicle, and Clean Energy — alongside a dedicated Supply Chain Service exhibition area. To date, 676 Chinese and international companies; national-level specialized, sophisticated, distinctive, and innovative enterprises; and industry organizations have confirmed participation. Including upstream and downstream partners participating alongside exhibitors, the total number of exhibitors is expected to exceed 1,200.

Registration Opens with Free Admission

The expo will be open to trade visitors from the afternoon of June 22 through June 24, before opening to the general public on June 25–26. Registration is now open for trade visitors, buyers, media representatives, and public attendees, with free admission available to all registered participants.

115 Returning Exhibitors Participate for a Fourth Consecutive Year as New Participants Join

The number of participating countries and regions continues to grow compared with the previous edition. First-time participants include companies from 13 countries, such as Finland, Austria, and Kazakhstan, alongside organizations including UNICEF, the UN Global Compact, and the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI). At the same time, 115 Chinese and international companies are returning for the fourth consecutive edition, while several globally recognized multinational companies will participate for the first time this year.

Launched in 2023, the CISCE is the world’s first national-level exhibition dedicated to supply chain cooperation. Following the successful staging of its first three editions, the expo has grown into a widely recognized international platform for trade and industrial collaboration.

For more information about the 4^th China International Supply Chain Expo, please visit https://en.cisce.org.cn/, or register for visit from https://en.cisce.org.cn/audience/WEB/access

SHANGHAI, May 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit (HiFS) 2026 (Global Session), themed “Hello Fintelligent World: Beyond Digital, Advance to Agentic Banking,” opened today at Huawei’s Lianqiu Lake Campus in Shanghai. At the summit, Huawei announced six key initiatives to accelerate the large-scale deployment of financial AI, launched its Financial Data Intelligence Solution 6.0 and Digital CORE Solution 6.0, and unveiled a resilience infrastructure for both general-purpose and AI computing. These efforts aim to empower global financial institutions to unleash AI productivity, driving the digital and intelligent transformation and business success of customers worldwide.

Focusing on Four Business Strategies and Building a 4-Win Model to Drive Success for Global Financial Institutions

During the summit, Jason Cao, CEO of Huawei Digital Finance BU, noted that over the past 16 years of deep engagement in the financial sector, Huawei’s financial strategy has continuously evolved from financial-grade hardware and software to industry solutions. By driving sustained innovation in foundational software and hardware, building systematic engineering capabilities, developing a diverse ecosystem, and providing localized services, Huawei has established an effective business growth flywheel.

Huawei Digital Finance is committed to advancing its four core business strategies. Backed by Huawei’s resilient ICT infrastructure, the company continues to deepen its RONGHAI global partner ecosystem, co-creating financial solutions to foster a new “4-Win” collaboration model encompassing customers, ISVs, SIs, and Huawei. As Agentic AI crosses the inflection point toward production-grade intelligence, accelerating its effective, large-scale adoption becomes paramount. To this end, Huawei has introduced a hybrid AI architecture powered by open-source foundation models, empowering global financial institutions to scale AI across high-value scenarios. In international financial markets, Huawei is focusing on six key initiatives—scenarios, architecture, engineering, data, AI infrastructure, and talent—collaborating with customers and partners to accelerate the transition to Agentic Banking.

Pioneering New Paths for AI Value Realization via Open-Source Models and Hybrid AI Architecture: Six Initiatives to Accelerate Agentic Banking

Building core advantages based on open-source models is becoming the strategic direction for global financial institutions.

Leveraging open-source models and hybrid AI architecture, Huawei is driving six key initiatives spanning scenarios, architecture, engineering, data, AI infrastructure, and talent:

• Targeting high-value scenarios to accelerate deployment: Aiming at four major domains—intelligent interaction, efficient operations, intelligent risk control, and revenue growth—Huawei and its partners have jointly launched nine AI agent business solutions.
• Building a hybrid AI architecture that balances security, compliance, business performance, and cost: Ensuring data security while leveraging engineering optimization to minimize token costs, enabling the large-scale deployment of innovation.
• Consolidating leading engineering practices to accelerate AI adoption: Leveraging open-source models and open compute power, Huawei drives low-latency AI interactions, optimized domain-specific models for risk control, and deep agentic engineering with seamless partner integration. Through computing engineering, model engineering, and agentic engineering, Huawei enhances both the effectiveness and speed of AI adoption for financial institutions.
• Building a digital-intelligent foundation: Delivering a three-layer capability upgrade across data platforms, governance, and applications to establish an AI-ready R.A.C.E. foundation for finance.
• Building an enterprise-grade, high-performance AI computing foundation: Unveiling the Huawei Atlas 850E SuperPoD, which provides an enterprise-grade, efficient AI computing foundation powered by a leading compute architecture and high-performance networking.
• Launching an AI talent development program: Over the next three years, Huawei aims to cultivate more than 10,000 interdisciplinary “Finance + AI” experts for the global financial industry.

Building a Solid Data Foundation for AI: Driving the R.A.C.E. Upgrade of Financial Data Architecture

Huawei unveiled its Financial Data Intelligence Solution 6.0, delivering a three-layer capability upgrade spanning data platforms, data governance, and data applications.

• Building a converged data-AI platform: Powered by hardware-software synergy, the newly launched AI data lake supports multimodal storage and computing, enabling the efficient processing of unstructured data such as documents and videos.
• Establishing one-stop data governance: In collaboration with Keyrus and Sunline, Huawei has developed a comprehensive data governance framework designed to enhance data utilization efficiency.
• Advancing data-AI applications: Together with Sensors Data, Huawei has introduced a hyper-personalized marketing solution that utilizes over 5,000 customer tags to deepen user operations. In addition, a joint intelligent anti-fraud solution developed with TrustDecision achieves a 30-millisecond detection response time, incorporating AI-driven case analysis to drive a 40-fold efficiency gain.

Accelerating Application Modernization with AI: Upgrading to Digital CORE Solution 6.0 as the Foundation for Agentic Banking

Drawing on over a decade of expertise in core application modernization, Huawei has developed systematic capabilities across four pillars: platforms, databases, engineering, and O&M. To date, these capabilities have empowered more than 150 financial institutions worldwide to modernize their core systems, utilizing AI to further accelerate the “Free Legacy” process for financial core architectures.

At this summit, Huawei unveiled its Digital CORE Solution 6.0, featuring comprehensive upgrades across scenarios, AI-powered development, engineering, architecture, and platforms:

• Enriched core scenarios: Huawei is collaborating with top-tier global partners to co-develop new solutions across three pivotal domains: credit cards, central bank payments, and insurance core modernization.
• AI-powered application modernization: Driven by Huawei CodeArts and co-developed with Stefanini and Sunline, the AI-powered mainframe code transpilation solution achieves an adoption rate of over 90%, significantly accelerating application modernization.
• Engineering and process upgrade: Comprehensively upgrading application refactoring and zero-downtime migration solutions to shorten planning and design cycles by over 50%; collaborating with ecosystem partners to build the Switchover system, ensuring seamless, zero-downtime service switchovers.
• Enhanced cell-based architecture: Deepening cell-based and auto-scaling architectures to support 10-fold traffic surges, while minimizing the blast radius to achieve 99.999% high availability.
• New cross-platform container solutions: Capitalizing on its multi-core, high-concurrency performance, TaiShan general-purpose computing has empowered application modernization for over 80% of Chinese banks and financial institutions across eight countries. This year, Huawei has further partnered with container leaders like Alauda and Rancher to co-develop a cross-platform container solution. Already deployed at scale across leading banks in Asia-Pacific and South Africa, this solution enables more flexible application containerization.

Building “4 Zeros” AI-Ready Infrastructure to Strengthen Financial Resilience

From traditional DCs to cloud DCs, and further to AIDCs, resilience remains an indispensable foundation for financial institutions. Anchored by its “4 Zeros” resilience value proposition and the product framework of the R-A-A-S solution, Huawei has comprehensively upgraded its architecture, solutions, and infrastructure. By delivering cutting-edge capabilities that span DR consulting, intelligent traffic scheduling, and heterogeneous DR, Huawei upgrades active-active DR capabilities to a premium level. Facing the AI computing era, Huawei is further constructing a converged general-purpose and AI computing resilience architecture. Through its AIDC integrated inference and full-lifecycle intelligent DC O&M solutions, Huawei empowers global financial institutions to fast-track AI innovation while building future-proof, resilient infrastructure.

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SYDNEY, May 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Sydney harbour and CBD has once again been reimagined as a vibrant city in colour as Vivid Sydney kicks off its 16^th year. In a festival-first, there is no theme for artists and creators to work within, so visitors can expect to see unparalleled creativity across curated Light, Minds, Music, and Food events and experiences this year.

From today, festival-goers can experience more than 200 events over 23 nights that will ignite the senses, stimulate their minds, and tap into unexplored wonder, giving both locals and visitors a unique opportunity to experience Sydney in a whole new light.

This year’s program is home to more than 80% free events across both daytime and evening, a condensed 6.5km light walk with 43 installations, projections and large-scale public artworks, as well as the eagerly-awaited return of the drone show – this year, shining bright over Cockle Bay across 22 performances.

Additionally, the well-loved Vivid Fire Kitchen has a new home in Barangaroo reserve and boasts a significant lineup of culinary heavyweights, while Vivid Minds (formally Ideas) delivers world-class conversations and performances from some of the leading creative minds globally.

Vivid Sydney Festival Director Brett Sheehy AO said, “This year marks the start of an exciting evolution of Vivid Sydney. We’ve expanded the program across all pillars and have opened up the brief for artists and removed the creative limitations of needing to centre around one key theme. 

“Visitors can expect a more immersive and interactive experience that will encourage them to explore new locations, unexpected installations, and spend more time enjoying the festival – both after dark and during the day.

“We’ve gone back to the core of what Vivid Sydney is all about which is tapping into creativity, and through this, there’s this incredible platform to showcase leading Australian talent as well as a chance to bring legendary international talent to the Sydney landscape too.”

Vivid Sydney Partners

Returning as Major Partners for 2026 are Kia and Samsung Electronics Australia.

Kia returns in its 5^th consecutive year as a Major Partner and will display Kia Refraction in Bligh & Barney Reserve.

Samsung will activate with an immersive and interactive sculptural installation, Sky Portal Studio in First Fleet Park for its 5^th year as a Partner.

Joining the Major Partners for 2026 is IREN – proud sponsor of ‘Star-Bound: Vivid Sydney Drone Show’.

Joining as an Official Partner for 2026 is Lilly Australia. Celebrating its 150th Anniversary, Lilly will be presenting a panel as part of Vivid Minds titled A New Horizon of Health.

Uber also joins them as an Official Partner with dedicated pickup and dropoff zones across the footprint.

Dine Out with Uber Eats will also be the presenting partner of the Food for Thought Stage in the Vivid Fire Kitchen.

The festival’s Charity Partner for 2026 is Foodbank NSW & ACT who will be at Tumbalong Park with their interactive installation called Foodbank Truck Packer.

Vivid Sydney runs from Friday 22 May to Saturday 13 June. For more information visit vividsydney.com.