The program
Enterprise AI Summit — Charlotte, NC · Oct 7–8, 2026
Speakers
List view18 speakers
Agenda
Programming 9am – 5pm, both days
Schedule subject to change — sessions may shift as the program takes shape.
Day 1 — Oct 7
9:00am-9:15am
Opening Remarks
9:15am-9:40am
To be announced
9:40am-10:05am
Nirav Mehta
Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Services, Mastercard
10:30am-10:55am
Steve Yegge
Co-author of "Vibe Coding"
10:55am-11:25am
30-minute Break
11:25am-11:50am
Dustin Warner
Director of Software Engineering, NRC Health
11:50am-12:15pm
Elisabeth Hendrickson
CEO/Founder, Curious Duck Digital Laboratory
12:15pm-12:40pm
To be announced
12:40pm-2:10pm
LUNCH
2:10pm-2:35pm
Nicky Pike
Field CTO; Host of the [Dev]olution podcast, Coder
2:35pm-3:00pm
Matt Klosterman
Sr. Director, Mobile Software Engineering, Hilton
3:00pm-3:25pm
Art Smalley
President · Author, Art of Lean
3:25pm-4:25pm
4:25pm-4:50pm
Mik Kersten
CTO · Author of "Project to Product", Planview
4:50pm-5:15pm
Justin McCarthy
Founder and CEO, Diffusion AI
5:15pm-5:40pm
To be announced
5:40pm-5:45pm
Closing Remarks
5:45pm-7:15pm
Day 2 — Oct 8
9:00am-9:15am
Opening Remarks
9:15am-9:40am
Fernando Cornago
Global SVP Digital&Ecom Tech, adidas
9:40am-10:05am
Tapabrata "Topo" Pal
SVP - Head of Developer Platforms, M&T Bank
10:05am-10:30am
Owen Parker
CTO, Arkana Laboratories
10:30am-10:55am
Jeremy Eder
Distinguished Engineer, Red Hat
10:55am-11:25am
30-minute Break
11:25am-11:50am
Aaron Searle
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
11:50am-12:15pm
Khalid Elsawaf
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
12:15pm-12:40pm
Jondavid "JD" Black
CIDO Chief Engineer, Northrop Grumman
12:40pm-2:10pm
LUNCH
2:10pm-2:35pm
Marya Caples
Sr. Food Safety & Quality Manager, Thrive Market
2:35pm-3:00pm
Michael Winslow
Vice President of Engineering, Platform & SRE, Thrive Market
3:00pm-3:25pm
To be announced
3:25pm-3:55pm
BREAK
3:55pm-4:20pm
To be announced
4:20pm-4:45pm
To be announced
4:45pm-5:10pm
To be announced
5:10pm-5:15pm
Closing Remarks
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