Conference Agenda

    September 14-21, 2025

    A week-long immersive experience featuring presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities with the world's leading AI innovators.

    Sunday

    September 14, 2025

    Welcome Reception

    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

    Speaker: All Speakers

    Meet fellow attendees and speakers in a relaxed setting

    Main Lobby

    Monday

    September 15, 2025

    Registration & Coffee

    9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

    Check-in and networking coffee

    Conference Hall

    Opening Keynote: The Future of Neural Architecture Search

    9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

    Speaker: Alexander

    Exploring automated neural network design and optimization

    Main Auditorium

    Designing Scalable NLP Application Stacks

    10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

    Speaker: Johan

    Architecture for data pipelines, orchestration, evaluation & safe deployment of language systems.

    Tech Theater

    Networking Lunch

    11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

    Catered lunch with themed discussion tables

    Garden Pavilion

    Quantum-Classical Integration Patterns

    12:45 PM - 2:15 PM

    Speaker: Lorentz

    Practical hybrid workflows for near-term advantage.

    Main Auditorium

    Break

    2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

    Reset & refuel

    Foyer

    Panel: Choosing the Right Model

    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

    Speaker: All Speakers

    Balancing classical ML, transformers, quantization & cost.

    Main Auditorium

    Panel: Measuring AI ROI

    3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

    Speaker: All Speakers

    KPIs, time-to-value & continuous improvement loops.

    Main Auditorium

    Networking / Office Hours

    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

    Speaker: All Speakers

    Follow-up questions & connections

    Foyer

    Tuesday

    September 16, 2025

    Keynote: Automated Model Optimization Pipelines

    9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

    Speaker: Alexander

    Continuous architecture & hyperparameter search loops.

    Main Auditorium

    Break

    10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

    Refresh & connect

    Foyer

    Probabilistic Safety Nets in ML

    10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

    Speaker: Lorentz

    Uncertainty-aware gating & rollback strategies.

    Tech Theater

    Executive Lunch

    11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

    Strategy discussions for AI leadership

    Executive Lounge

    RAG Evaluation & Monitoring

    12:45 PM - 2:15 PM

    Speaker: Johan

    Precision, hallucination tracking & feedback loops.

    Main Auditorium

    Break

    2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

    Reset & refuel

    Foyer

    Panel: Ethics & Governance in Applied AI

    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

    Speaker: All Speakers

    Risk management & compliance patterns.

    Main Auditorium

    Fireside: Quantum-Accelerated AI Horizons

    3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

    Speakers: Lorentz, Alexander

    Roadmap for hybrid accelerators in production.

    Main Auditorium

    Networking / Office Hours

    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

    Speaker: All Speakers

    Follow-up questions & connections

    Foyer

    Wednesday

    September 17, 2025

    Keynote: Next-Gen NAS Benchmarks

    9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

    Speaker: Alexander

    Benchmarking efficiency & emergent capabilities.

    Main Auditorium

    Break

    10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

    Refreshments

    Foyer

    Conversational AI Observability

    10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

    Speaker: Johan

    Instrumentation & drift detection in dialogue flows.

    Tech Theater

    Lunch & Birds-of-a-Feather Tables

    11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

    Topic tables (RAG, Quantum, Governance, Platforms).

    Garden Pavilion

    Product Strategy for AI Feature Rollouts

    12:45 PM - 2:15 PM

    Speaker: Viktor

    Incremental release & stakeholder alignment.

    Main Auditorium

    Break

    2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

    Reset & refuel

    Foyer

    Quantum ML Tooling in Practice

    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

    Speaker: Lorentz

    APIs, simulators & when it matters.

    Tech Theater

    Panel: Building Cross-Functional AI Teams

    3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

    Speaker: All Speakers

    Org design, roles & collaboration models.

    Main Auditorium

    Networking / Meet the Speakers

    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

    Speaker: All Speakers

    Informal follow-up & connections

    Foyer

    Thursday

    September 18, 2025

    Keynote: AI Platform Architecture Patterns

    9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

    Speaker: Viktor

    Composable services, guardrails & telemetry.

    Main Auditorium

    Break

    10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

    Refreshments

    Foyer

    Architecting Production Conversational AI

    10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

    Speaker: Johan

    Latency budgets, retrieval layers & monitoring.

    Tech Theater

    Networking Lunch

    11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

    Meet peers & discuss implementations

    Garden Pavilion

    Quantum-Classical Hybrid ML Systems

    12:45 PM - 2:15 PM

    Speaker: Lorentz

    Hybrid execution & scheduling strategies.

    Main Auditorium

    Break

    2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

    Reset & refuel

    Foyer

    Model Lifecycle Governance

    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

    Speaker: Viktor

    Versioning, approval gates & auditability.

    Tech Theater

    Panel: Evaluating AI Platform Maturity

    3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

    Speaker: All Speakers

    Capability models & evolution paths.

    Main Auditorium

    Networking / Office Hours

    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

    Speaker: All Speakers

    Follow-up questions & connections

    Foyer

    Friday

    September 19, 2025

    Keynote: Responsible Acceleration of AI

    9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

    Speaker: Lorentz

    Balancing velocity with governance & safety.

    Main Auditorium

    Break

    10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

    Refreshments

    Foyer

    Production RAG Patterns

    10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

    Speaker: Johan

    Indexing, retrieval shaping & evaluation loops.

    Tech Theater

    Lunch

    11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

    Buffet & networking

    Garden Pavilion

    Optimization Playbook Live

    12:45 PM - 2:15 PM

    Speaker: Alexander

    Live tuning & performance diagnostics.

    Main Auditorium

    Break

    2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

    Short reset

    Foyer

    Panel: Ethics in AI Development

    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

    Speaker: All Speakers

    Bias mitigation & responsible scaling.

    Main Auditorium

    Closing Session: Future Directions in AI

    3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

    Speaker: All Speakers

    Strategic predictions & audience Q&A.

    Main Auditorium

    Farewell Networking

    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

    Speaker: All Speakers

    Final connections & wrap-up

    Foyer

    Saturday

    September 20, 2025

    Open Innovation & AI Exploration Lab

    10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

    Speaker: All Speakers

    Sandbox: agents, RAG tweaks & optimization experiments.

    Innovation Hub

    Community Demos & Lightning Talks

    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

    Speaker: Participants

    Showcase prototypes & rapid insights.

    Main Auditorium

    Unconference: AI Challenges Roundtables

    3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

    Speaker: Facilitators

    Deep dives on attendee-selected topics.

    Breakout Suites

    Closing Gala Dinner

    7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

    Celebration dinner with awards ceremony

    Grand Ballroom

    Sunday

    September 21, 2025

    Farewell Brunch

    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Final networking opportunity before departure

    Garden Pavilion