Wednesday, August 12, 2026 · MSOE, Milwaukee
Registration & Breakfast (1 hr)
Diercks Hall - Atrium
Keynote (1 hr)
Aaron EricksonSoftware Engineering in the Post AI Era
Diercks Hall - NVIDIA Auditorium
Morning Break (15 min)
Diercks Hall - Atrium
Session 1 (1 hr 30 min)
Diercks Hall - NVIDIA Auditorium
Applied AI
Vision Transformers: An Attractive Alternative to CNNsJohn G. Peters
Designing Scalable Intelligent Document Processing PlatformsAndrew McQueen
Direct Supply ITC - Great Hall
Data Engineering
Data Contracts in Practice: Shifting Reliability LeftSam McCune
Beyond the Batch: Sub-Second Analytics on Streaming Data with Apache DruidKatie Windau
Lunch (1 hr)
Diercks Hall - Atrium
Session 2 (1 hr 30 min)
Diercks Hall - NVIDIA Auditorium
AI in Production, Part I
6 Years Later: Our AI Is Still Kicking – And Here's the Messy RealityCameron Vetter
Hacky, Useful, Effective: How Our LLM Strategy EvolvedJack Flitcroft
Direct Supply ITC - Great Hall
Data Engineering for IoT
From Raw Signals to Real-Time Insights: Building an End-to-End IoT Pipeline with Databricks ZerobusKirat Mokha
From Sensors to Decisions: Architecting Real-Time IoT Data PipelinesAiden Vandenbush
Afternoon Break (30 min)
Award Scavenger Hunt prizes
Diercks Hall - Atrium
Session 3 (1 hr 30 min)
Diercks Hall - NVIDIA Auditorium
AI in Production, Part II
AI Agents in Production: What We've Learned Building Real SystemsSebastian Diaz
Growing a Production Customer-Facing AI SystemMichael Connor
Direct Supply ITC - Great Hall
AI Assistants and AgentOps
Directing the Machine: What Happens When You Give AI Agents Structure Instead of HopeJames Lembke
AgentOps for Data Teams: Observability, Evals, and Control for Production AIBrian Haydin
Appetizers, Dinner & Networking (until 8:00)
Direct Supply ITC - Great Hall and Patio (weather permitting)