The conference and community for AI practitioners and users focused on technologies, processes, and people.
A friendly reminder...
This are only three days left to save money when registering for All Things AI 2026.
Beginning next Wednesday, March 18, the price will officially switch over to "Last Chance" status, and they will increase by $100 per ticket
Also, tickets are selling out fast, all the free workshops are SOLD OUT, and the tickets will likely not last long.
Register today or risk missing out on Raleigh Durham’s premier AI event.
The only two workshops left with seats are limited right now. You get a full day of training for $299 that’s two days with lunch, access to socials, and cutting-edge training and talks. But beyond that, you will get the skills and knowledge you need to succeed with AI.
AI for Business Professionals - Designed to take professionals from AI-curious to AI-fluent with the goal of doubling their productivity in 30 days. Taught by Mark Hinkle, CEO of Peripety Labs, founder of the AIE Network, and co-founder of All Things AI — a veteran technology executive with over 30 years of experience, including leadership roles at Cloud.com, Citrix, The Linux Foundation, the Node.js Foundation, and co-founding venture-backed TriggerMesh.
AI for DevOps - Taught by John Willis who has held executive roles at Chef, Red Hat, and Canonical. John was one of the earliest cloud evangelists and is considered a founder of the DevOps movement. John is the author of 7 IBM Redbooks. He is also the co-author of the “DevOps Handbook” and “Beyond the Phoenix Project” along with author Gene Kim.
By registering by next Tuesday, March 17 you can save $100 USD per ticket option.
Beginning next Wednesday, March 18 the Tuesday, March 24 Conference Pass - $299 USD and Monday, March 23 Workshop Pass - $399 USD
Questions? Contact us at [email protected].
2026 Speakers
Come hear from the industry experts using, developing, and thriving with AI
All Things AI 2026 brings together world-class speakers from companies like McKinsey, Microsoft, Netflix, Apple, and IBM alongside remarkable voices from our own 5,000+ member community. The result is two days of programming built by practitioners, for practitioners — covering everything from enterprise AI strategy to hands-on workshops you can apply immediately. Whether you are a C-suite executive or an indie builder, this lineup was curated to deliver substance over hype and real-world impact over slide decks.
James Kaplan, Partner/CTO — McKinsey | Advises global enterprises on turning AI strategy into operational reality.
Mikaela Eller, Associate Director — E&Y | Micaela Eller spent almost a decade growing the Open Collaboration and InnerSourcing capabilities at IBM, starting in Data & AI, supporting Watson NLP’s Agile and InnerSource transformation, and later in IBM Research as Senior Global Program Delivery and Operations Leader for the InnerSource Program Office (ISPO).
Taylor Smith, Developer Advocate — Red Hat | Taylor Smith is a developer advocate at Red Hat, where she specializes in helping global enterprises transition Generative AI from experimental pilots to production-scale deployments.
Igor Jablokov, Founder — Pryon & Father of Amazon Alexa | Led the IBM team behind the precursor to Watson. After that, he sold Yap to Amazon, which became Alexa. Now building enterprise AI for knowledge retrieval at Pryon.
Craig McLuckie, Co-Creator — Kubernetes | CEO and founder of Stacklok, where a team of community-minded software engineers is working to secure the Model Context Protocol. Craig is recognized as a co-creator of Kubernetes and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. He previously held product and engineering leadership roles at VMware, Microsoft, and Google.
Ben Heller, Field CTO — Microsoft | Ben Heller is a Field CTO at Microsoft and a former Global GenAI Transformation Lead, with experience at Google and beyond. He has guided top enterprises and startups through the full lifecycle of Generative AI adoption.
whurley, CEO — Strangeworks | One of tech's most candid voices on where AI is headed — and where it's getting lost.
Aaron Delp, Global Head of Technical Marketing — Mistral AI | The person helping the technical community understand why open-weight AI matters — and how to use it.
David Winter, Chief Cloud & Strategic Partnerships Officer — Orion Innovation | Focused on the unglamorous but essential work of taking AI from pilot to production at enterprise scale. He has held senior roles at both Google and Amazon around modernization and enterprise cloud deployments.
Mayor Leonardo Williams — City of Durham | Bringing the civic lens: what AI adoption means for communities, workforce, and the Research Triangle's future.
Chris Heivly, Co-Founder, MapQuest | For over 30 years, Heivly has worked at the highest levels for some of the world’s most recognized brands, including MapQuest, which was sold to AOL for $1.2 billion; Rand McNally, the world’s largest map publisher. He has also personally directed over $75 million in investment capital on behalf of these and other companies.
Conference T-shirts, Stickers, and Posters
Every conference has t-shirts and stickers, but generally….well, they are sort of meh.
But we like to think our t-shirts are a cut above, softer and better designed. This year, our theme is about teaching people how to live collaboratively with AI.
More than 1,000 conference t-shirts, 500 limited edition posters, and tons of stickers will be given away at the 2026 event taking place March 23 & 24.
Anyone registered for the conference is eligible, but all swag is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
We want to thank the incredible team at AWS for making the shirts possible.
This year's design represents the overall conference theme - "alliance", as well as where the conference is taking place - Durham, NC.
Build Your AI Network
We know networking socials and the people you meet can be just as important as the content you consume at a conference. We've set up this year's social schedule with the intent of creating as many opportunities as possible for attendees to grow their networks! And stay connected with them online after the event.
Can’t wait to see you in person, it’s going to be an amazing event, and we want to enjoy it with you.
Best Regards,
