FutureStack 2026 — Full Conference Agenda
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Conference: FutureStack 2026 Dates: October 15-16, 2026 Venue: Austin Convention Center, Austin, TX Expected Attendance: 800 Theme: AI Infrastructure Format: Single-track main stage + breakout workshops
Day 1 — Thursday, October 15
Main Stage (Ballroom A)
| Time | Session | Speaker | Company | Format | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration & Breakfast | — | — | — | 60 min |
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Opening Remarks | Conference Chair | FutureStack | Welcome | 15 min |
| 9:15 - 10:00 | Keynote: The Future of Foundation Models | Dr. Amara Osei | DeepMind | Keynote | 45 min |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Real-Time ML Pipelines at Scale | Raj Krishnan | Databricks | Talk | 30 min |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Coffee Break | — | — | — | 20 min |
| 10:50 - 11:20 | Orchestrating Multi-Model Inference in Production | Marcus Chen | Anyscale | Talk | 30 min |
| 11:20 - 11:50 | Building Reliable AI Payment Systems | Elena Vasquez | Stripe | Talk | 30 min |
| 12:00 - 1:15 | Lunch (Exhibit Hall B) | — | — | — | 75 min |
| 1:15 - 1:45 | Scaling Vector Search to a Billion Embeddings | Priya Nair | Pinecone | Talk | 30 min |
Afternoon Workshops (Parallel Tracks)
| Time | Room | Session | Speaker | Company | Format | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:00 - 3:30 | Workshop Room 1 | GPU Infrastructure for Training: Hands-On Lab | Wei Zhang | NVIDIA | Workshop | 90 min |
| 2:00 - 3:30 | Workshop Room 2 | Building Feature Stores from Scratch | Jordan Reeves | Tecton | Workshop | 90 min |
| 3:30 - 3:50 | — | Afternoon Break | — | — | — | 20 min |
Evening
| Time | Location | Session | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Ballroom A | Lightning Talks (5 x 5-min community presentations) | Lightning |
| 4:30 - 6:30 | Terrace & Exhibit Hall B | Networking Reception (sponsored by Databricks) | Social |
Day 2 — Friday, October 16
Main Stage (Ballroom A)
| Time | Session | Speaker | Company | Format | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Breakfast & Coffee | — | — | — | 30 min |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Cost-Efficient Training on Spot Instances | Tomoko Hayashi | AWS | Talk | 30 min |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Observability for LLM Applications | Derek Okonkwo | Datadog | Talk | 30 min |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Coffee Break | — | — | — | 20 min |
| 10:20 - 10:50 | Data Pipelines for Continuous Model Improvement | Laura Mendez | dbt Labs | Talk | 30 min |
| 10:50 - 11:20 | Edge Inference: Running Models on 10 Watts | Felix Gruber | Qualcomm | Talk | 30 min |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Panel: Responsible AI Deployment — From Principles to Production | Samira Al-Rashid (Moderator), Dr. Amara Osei, Elena Vasquez, Derek Okonkwo | Multiple | Panel | 45 min |
| 12:15 - 1:30 | Lunch (Exhibit Hall B) | — | — | — | 75 min |
Afternoon Workshops (Parallel Tracks)
| Time | Room | Session | Speaker | Company | Format | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:30 - 3:00 | Workshop Room 1 | Deploying LLMs with Kubernetes and Ray | Carlos Rivera | Anyscale | Workshop | 90 min |
| 1:30 - 3:00 | Workshop Room 2 | Prompt Engineering & Eval Frameworks | Nina Patel | Anthropic | Workshop | 90 min |
| 3:00 - 3:20 | — | Afternoon Break | — | — | — | 20 min |
Closing (Ballroom A)
| Time | Session | Speaker | Company | Format | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:30 - 4:15 | Closing Keynote: What Comes After the GPU — The Next Decade of AI Compute | Dr. Lisa Feldman | Intel | Keynote | 45 min |
| 4:15 - 4:30 | Closing Remarks & Community Awards | Conference Chair | FutureStack | Wrap-up | 15 min |
Room Assignments Summary
| Room | Capacity | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| Ballroom A | 800 | Main stage — all keynotes, talks, and panels |
| Workshop Room 1 | 120 | Hands-on workshops (power + monitors provided) |
| Workshop Room 2 | 120 | Hands-on workshops (power + monitors provided) |
| Exhibit Hall B | 400 | Lunch, sponsor booths, networking reception |
| Terrace | 250 | Evening reception overflow |
AV & Production Notes
- Main stage: dual screens, confidence monitor, lapel + handheld mics, livestream capture
- Workshop rooms: projector, whiteboard, power strips at every table, Wi-Fi boosted
- All sessions recorded; speakers must sign release forms by Oct 1
- Panel requires 5 chairs + table on stage, 5 lapel mics