Events
One deployment problem at a time, with the leaders who own it.
Each month takes one research theme. The council call, the startup session and the conference-week evening all work on that problem. Every event is request-to-attend: register on Luma and we review each request, so the room stays matched to the problem.
Monthly on Zoom
Two calls a month, kept strictly apart
Council calls are where leaders speak freely, so vendors and sponsors never join them. Startup speed dating is the sponsored format, where vetted companies show their approach to the same month’s problem.
First Tuesday · 9:00 AM PT · Zoom
Council call
A closed, 45-minute Chatham House call. Members only: no vendors, no sponsors, no recording.
- Dec 1What broke in 2026?
- Jan 5AccountabilityWho owns an agent’s actions?
- Feb 2RuntimeWhere should enterprise agents run?
- Mar 2OrchestrationWhen should a workflow constrain an agent?
- Apr 6Security and policyWhere should agent policy be enforced?
- May 4Enterprise integrationHow can agents safely change systems of record?
- Jun 1Evaluation and outcomesHow do we know an agent worked?
- Jul 6EconomicsWhat does a completed agent task cost?
- Aug 3Scaling agentsWhat breaks from one agent to a hundred?
- Sep 7Enterprise contextHow do agents use enterprise knowledge safely?
- Oct 5InfrastructureWhat limits agent scale in production?
- Nov 2Operational resilienceWho responds when an agent causes an incident?
- Dec 7Research prioritiesWhat worked in 2027, and what is still missing?
Last Tuesday · 9:00 AM PT · Zoom
Startup speed dating
A sponsored, 45-minute session on one problem leaders raised in the research. Two vetted startups each show their approach, then a moderated discussion. Executives opt in; follow-up only if they ask.
- Jan 26AccountabilityIdentity, delegated access and audit trails
- Feb 23RuntimeSandboxes, isolation and runtime controls
- Mar 30OrchestrationDurable execution, approvals and recovery
- Apr 27Security and policyAuthorization, gateways and policy enforcement
- May 25Enterprise integrationAPI contracts, connectors and rollback
- Jun 29Evaluation and outcomesEvaluation, tracing and business outcomes
- Jul 27EconomicsCost controls, routing and resource budgets
- Aug 31Scaling agentsAgent discovery, coordination and tool catalogs
- Sep 28Enterprise contextPermission-aware context and cross-system actions
- Oct 26InfrastructureCompute, memory, networking and platform operations
Conference weeks
In San Francisco when the industry is in town
An evening gathering during the major AI conference weeks: practitioners, a few founders and investors, and one deployment problem. Sponsorship is available for each week. Dates are tentative until the host and venue are confirmed.
Microsoft Ignite
Wed, Nov 18 · Mesa evening
What breaks when you deploy agents into the enterprise
5:00 PM PT · 88 Howard St, San Francisco
Daytona Compute
Feb 3–4
Wed, Feb 3 · Mesa eveningTentative
Where should enterprise agents run?
5:00–7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · venue to be announced
Theme: Runtime
PlatformCon + AgenticCon
Feb 24–25
Wed, Feb 24 · Mesa eveningTentative
Agent platforms: what should platform teams own?
5:00–7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · venue to be announced
Theme: Runtime
AI Council
Mar 23–24
Wed, Mar 24 · Mesa eveningTentative
Who controls the workflow when an agent decides?
5:00–7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · venue to be announced
Theme: Orchestration
RSAC + RIDE AI
Apr 5–8 · RIDE AI Apr 7
Wed, Apr 7 · Mesa eveningTentative
Who authorizes an agent to act?
5:00–7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · venue to be announced
Theme: Security and policy
AGNTCon + MCPCon
Apr 28–29
Wed, Apr 28 · Mesa eveningTentative
MCP and tool access: who controls what agents can call?
5:00–7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · venue to be announced
Theme: Security and policy
SaaStr AI Annual
May 11–12
Wed, May 12 · Mesa eveningTentative
From AI demos to dependable business workflows
5:00–7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · venue to be announced
Theme: Enterprise integration
Snowflake Summit
Jun 7–10
Wed, Jun 9 · Mesa eveningTentative
Can agents act on data without breaking permissions?
5:00–7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · venue to be announced
Theme: Evaluation and outcomes
Data + AI Summit
Jun 21–24
Wed, Jun 23 · Mesa eveningTentative
Proving agent value: outcomes, evaluation and accountability
5:00–7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · venue to be announced
Theme: Evaluation and outcomes
AI Engineer World’s Fair
Jun 29–Jul 1
Wed, Jun 30 · Mesa eveningTentative
What breaks at the agent-to-tool interface?
5:00–7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · venue to be announced
Theme: Evaluation and outcomes
Agentic AI Summit
Aug 20–21
Wed, Aug 18 · Mesa eveningTentative
From five tools to five hundred: governing agent scale
5:00–7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · venue to be announced
Theme: Scaling agents
Dreamforce + Customer Support Summit
Sep 21–23 · Support Summit Sep 21–22
Wed, Sep 22 · Mesa eveningTentative
Agents across systems: integration, orchestration and control
5:00–7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · venue to be announced
Theme: Enterprise context
OCP Global Summit
Oct 4–7
Wed, Oct 6 · Mesa eveningTentative
What limits agent scale: compute, memory or the network?
5:00–7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · venue to be announced
Theme: Infrastructure
Sponsored customer dinners
Houston, Chicago and Atlanta. Dates to be announced with sponsors. Host a dinner →