Wednesday, August 12, 2026 · MSOE, Milwaukee

7:30 AM

Registration & Breakfast (1 hr)

Diercks Hall - Atrium

8:30 AM

Keynote (1 hr)

Diercks Hall - NVIDIA Auditorium

9:30 AM

Morning Break (30 min)

Diercks Hall - Atrium

10:00 AM

Session 1 (1 hr 45 min)

Track 1

Diercks Hall - NVIDIA Auditorium

Applied AI

Vision Transformers: An Attractive Alternative to CNNs

John G. Peters

Designing Scalable Intelligent Document Processing Platforms

Andrew McQueen

11:45 AM

Lunch (1 hr)

Diercks Hall - Atrium

12:45 PM

Session 2 (1 hr 45 min)

2:30 PM

Afternoon Break (30 min)

Award Scavenger Hunt prizes

Diercks Hall - Atrium

3:00 PM

Session 3 (1 hr 45 min)

Track 1

Diercks Hall - NVIDIA Auditorium

AI in Production, Part II

AgentOps for Data Teams: Observability, Evals, and Control for Production AI

Brian Haydin

Coming Soon

Michael Connor

Track 2

Direct Supply ITC - Great Hall

Using AI Assistants

Directing the Machine: What Happens When You Give AI Agents Structure Instead of Hope

James Lembke

ITC cleanup — slot intentionally left open

4:45 PM

Appetizers, Dinner & Networking (until 8:00)

Direct Supply ITC - Great Hall and Patio (weather permitting)