AI Practitioner Summit

Key Topics

The AI Practitioner Summit brings together 70 engineering and operations leaders for a candid conversation about where organizations really are in their AI journey. Through honest, experience-based discussions, speakers will share what worked, what didn’t, and what they learned while driving AI transformation inside their organizations.

Enterprise Transformation

A holistic look at transformation: defining the future state of the organization, aligning change around it, and using AI to accelerate the journey.

AI Product Innovation

How product teams are responding to AI disruption, from rethinking roadmaps and feature sets to implementing new AI-powered capabilities.

Engineering Leadership

What engineering leaders need to navigate AI transformation: team capability, architecture decisions, and the organizational changes required to make it work.

AI Adoption

How transformation works when the pace is extreme: moving fast, aligning teams, and making change stick while the technology keeps evolving.

Summit Agenda

September 17, 2026

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10:30 AM

Morning Coffee & Registration

Arrivals, badge pickup, and informal networking over coffee and light breakfast bites.

Networking

11:00 AM

Opening Remarks — Sigma Software

Keynote

11:15 AM

Operational Transformation and the Role of AI

2026 is a year of efficiency, and organizations are rethinking how they operate. This panel brings together leaders navigating that transformation to discuss what needs to change in processes and operating models, and where AI can meaningfully accelerate the shift.

Panel 1

12:00 PM

Open Discussion

A moderated audience exchange designed to surface questions, compare perspectives, and extend the conversation beyond the panel.

Open Discussion

12:15 PM

Networking Lunch

NETWORKING

1:00 PM

Using Snowflake Cortex to Accelerate Internal Transformation

Snowflake

Case Study

1:20 PM

Building with IronClaw: Secure AI for Internal Transformation

A practical case study on building secure internal AI solutions with IronClaw.

Case Study

1:40 PM

The Assurance Layer: AI Security, Compliance & Cost Visibility at Enterprise Scale

As AI becomes core business infrastructure, the controls around it become non-negotiable. This panel explores what the assurance layer looks like in practice, from access controls and compliance requirements to AI security, quality gates, and cost visibility at scale.

Panel 2

2:25 PM

Coffee Break & Sponsor Showcase

Break

2:45 PM

Lightning Round: Biggest AI Regrets

Three speakers share the AI decision they regret most, what they got wrong, and what they would change if they were making the call again today.

PANEL 3

3:00 PM

From Assisted to Agentic: Rethinking How Engineering Teams Actually Deliver

Engineering teams are moving along a spectrum, from AI-assisted coding to agentic SDLC to fully AI-native delivery. This panel examines what each stage requires, how teams can make the transition without disrupting production, and what brownfield modernization looks like in practice.

Panel 4

3:45 PM

Fireside Chat: The Road Ahead for AI Transformation

Fireside

4:15 PM

Happy Hour & Evening Networking Reception

Networking

Seats are limited

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AI Practitioner
Summit

Thursday, September 17th, 2026

Convene

810 7th Ave, Floor 23

New York, NY 10019

Featured Speakers

Industry leaders sharing insights from the frontlines of AI adoption and enterprise transformation.

Alexey Stoletny

SVP Global Engineering, HUMAN

Leo Shklovskii

VP Engineering, Tabs

Kouros Esfahany

CTO, Locality

Oleg Korenfeld

Group President, Technology & Platforms, CMI Media Group

Mamdouh Alramadan

Managing General Partner , XTAM

Alex Brownstein

CEO & Founder, AHB Advisors

Wei Wei

Co-Founder & CTO, Firsthand

Eduardo Gonzalez

AI/ML Architect, Applied Field Engineering , Snowflake

Boris Trofimov

Data Architect, Sigma Software Group

Julie Gordon

Senior Programmer Writer, Docusign

Manny Flores

US Head of Transformation, AI & Business Intelligence, Ipsos

George Xian Zeng

CPO NEAR Foundation & GM NEAR AI

Song Du

CTO, Swivel

Micheal Gelb

SVP, Growth & Product, Danads

Justin J. Leto

Global Principal Solutions Architect, Private Equity — Amazon Web Services

Sandra Baez

COO, Premion

Katherine Tuluzova

CEO, Sigma Software

Hanna Abdel Hamid

Head of Sigma Software Canada

Become a Speaker

Our speaker lineup for the AI Practitioner Summit is now complete!

A big thank you to everyone who applied, reached out, or expressed interest in joining us as a speaker. We truly appreciate the enthusiasm and the incredible response.

We’re excited about the lineup we’ve put together and look forward to sharing more with you soon!

Paper Submission
August 10, 2026
Notification of Acceptance
August 17, 2026

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Brand Visibility
Prominent placement throughout the event, on all materials, and on the event website.
Speaking Opportunities
Panel participation and speaking slots available at select sponsorship tiers.
Networking Access
Connect with key players and decision-makers in AI over lunch and at the evening happy hour.
Bring Your Circle
Reserved seats for your team and guests, bring the colleagues and clients you want in the room
Post-Event Insights
Attendee engagement summary and event insights delivered after the summit.
Lead Generation
Walk away with meaningful connections, meet potential clients, collaborators, and partners in one room.