Ignite Talks Preview
We’re thrilled to host 5-7 minute Ignite Talks on both Monday, March 17 and Tuesday, March 18 at this year’s conference!
We LOVE Ignite Talks because they pack so much “punch” into just 5-7 minutes. And, the lineup will feature some of the top experts from all over the world, so the value is compounded even more.
Check out the talks to be featured below, and plan now to attend live and in person!
Monday, March 17
*Ignite Talks will take place at the end of the day from 4:45 – 5:30 p ET on the Fletcher Hall stage. A great way to cap off an amazing day of workshops and sessions
AI-Assisted Grant/RFP Writing Workflow: Scale Funding Efforts Without Scaling Costs
Will Mendoza, Co-founder & Chief Innovation Officer, i90
AI for Everyone with Open Models
Franziska Hinkelmann, Senior Engineering Manager, Google
Practical Generative AI Observability: Metrics and Tools for Real-Time Monitoring
Tony Shan, Principal, & Richard Shan, Chief Practitioner, CTS
Responsible AI Considerations for Language Models
Sophia Rowland, Senior product Manager, SAS
Leveraging Pre-Trained Transformer Models for Protein Function Prediction
Tia Pope, PhD Candidate, North Carolina A&T
Crushing Data Silos and Boosting AI Development with Postgres
Jonah Harris, NEXTGRES
Tuesday, March 18
*Ignite Talks will take place over lunch from 12:15 – 1:15 pm ET on the Fletcher Hall stage.
Beyond Single-Source RAG: Cross-Stack AI Assistants
Kevin Blanco, Senior DevRel Advocate, Appsmith
How I created Bookshelf : An Open Source AI-Powered Personal Knowledge Base
Ash Tewari, Solution Architect and Tech Lead, Applied Information Sciences
Understanding Vector Databases
Jessica Garson, Senior Developer Advocate, Elastic
Coding with AI – Revolution or Evolution
Brandon Mathis, Engineering Lead, This Dot
AI Observability
Wade Moore, Solutions Architect, Observe Inc.
Safeguarding Innovation: Navigating Patent Challenges in the Expanding AI Landscape
Keith Bergelt, CEO, Open Invention Network