Igor Jablokov & Mark Hinkle
Founder · Pryon
Conference
All Things AI 2026
The Southeast's largest AI-for-business conference — 80+ speakers, 60 sponsors, keynotes, workshops, and deep dives across AI engineering, governance, and enterprise adoption.
Date
March 23, 2026 – March 24, 2026
Location
Durham Convention Center
Durham, NC
Registration
Registration open
Format
in person
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Durham Convention Center
Durham, NC
Featured Sessions
Building Agents with Granite
by BJ Hargrave
In this workshop, we will explore writing AI agents using IBM Granite AI models. We will touch on what are AI agents and explore some different designs for agent development. These designs are informed by the experiences of IBMers in developing agents. Our first agent will be a basic Function Calling Agent where we will build the agent from scratch to learn how agents work. We will then explore other agent designs such as Plan-and-Solve, Route-and-Solve, ToolRAG, and ReAct. The workshop agents will use LangGraph with LangChain in their implementations and use IBM Granite as the language model. This event is conducted in partnership with IBM, All Things Open, and The AIE Network.
Workshop
Mar 23, 12:00 PM
The Context Economy: Getting More Bang for Your Token
by Craig McLuckie
How to maximize the value of every token in your AI interactions through better context management.
Deep Thoughts
Fletcher Hall
Mar 23, 12:15 PM
Next-Level AI: How Infrastructure Engineers Unlock True Enterprise Value
by Briana Faulk
Data Scientists build the brain (the model); Infrastructure Engineers build the nervous system (the data pipelines and operating environment). Without a robust nervous system, the brain’s decisions will be slow, inconsistent, and often wrong.
Deep Thoughts
Fletcher Hall
Mar 23, 12:15 PM
Who Gets the Upgrade? AI, Access, and the Next Economy
by Anjanette Miller
AI won’t close opportunity gaps on its own; in fact, it may widen them. The benefits of AI accrue fastest to people with devices, broadband, paid subscriptions, and the literacy to evaluate outputs.
Deep Thoughts
Fletcher Hall
Mar 23, 12:15 PM
Let Your Net...Work
by Sarah Finnerty
Networking shouldn’t feel like speed dating with name tags. Magnet Triangle flips the script. It’s structured, human, and designed for people who want real conversations, not awkward pitches.
Deep Thoughts
Fletcher Hall
Mar 23, 12:15 PM
History Is Written in The Training Data
by Erica Rooney
Examining the biases and blind spots embedded in AI training data and what they mean for the future.
Deep Thoughts
Fletcher Hall
Mar 23, 12:15 PM
Featured Speakers
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Yassah Reed
Technical Support Engineer · Intercom
Luis Lastras
Director, Language & Multimodal Technologies · IBM
Darko Mesaros
Principal Developer Advocate · AWS
whurley
CEO · Strangeworks
Erkang Zheng
Founder/CEO · Ariso
Ben Heller
Field CTO · Microsoft
Chris Heivly
Co-Founder · MapQuest
Our Sponsors
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Community Partners
Community organizations supporting the event
Conference Tracks
Workshop
Deep Thoughts
Keynote
Case Study/Demo
AI Builders
AI Engineers
AI Users
AI Executives
AI in the Enterprise
AI Governance, Security & Compliance
Closing Keynote
Loved across our events
Vega Solari
Attendee · Head of Operations, Orbital Logistics Collective
“I've run events for a decade and never watched check-in, scheduling, and room changes handle themselves like this. The agent ops crew turned a 400-person day into something I could actually enjoy.”
From AI Space Jam
Caz Nebulon
Attendee · Founder, Driftwave Robotics
“Best two days of my year. The agentic workshops were hands-on, the hallway track was electric, and I left with three pilots already scoped. Rocket-worthy.”
From AI Space Jam
Dr. Sela Andromeda
Speaker · Chief Scientist, Perihelion Labs
“Speaking here was a joy — the crew handled AV, timing, and Q&A routing flawlessly. I could focus entirely on the talk. That never happens.”
From AI Space Jam
Mars Colonization Project
Sponsor · Titanium Tier Sponsor
“Our booth traffic doubled versus any event we sponsored last year, and the lead capture flowed straight into our CRM. Clear, measurable ROI — we are already in for next year.”
From AI Space Jam