Data AI Weekend Topics

more to be announced

AI Economics & Value

Between the Strategy Deck and the Invoice: Data Platform and AI Economics for 2027 - Kierra Dotson / Karl Ivo Sokolov
How can a company measure whether AI is being used well? - Thais Cooke
Where does AI actually belong in the workflow? - Thais Cooke
Getting Business Value From AI : A Workshop - Bill Inmon
AI makes us wrong faster. How does that help the business? Who succeeds the most in this environment? - Ryan Boyd

Judgement, Learning & the Next Generation

If AI stops us breaking things, where does judgement come from? - Tim Frazer
If AI eats the junior work, how does anyone get in the long way round? - Tim Frazer
What is teaching and what is learning in the age of AI? - Aaron Black
AI makes us wrong faster. How does that help the business? Who succeeds the most in this environment? - Ryan Boyd

Creativity & Authorship

What does "creation" mean in the age of AI? - Aaron Black

Agents

Agents of Chaos - Matt Housley
The Future of Distributed Data Systems - Scott Haines
Who should own an AI agent's memory? - Serg Masís
Can smaller models make agents more trustworthy? - Serg Masís
How does data infrastructure need to evolve when agents drive the queries? - Ryan Boyd

Memory & Context

Who should own an AI agent's memory? - Serg Masís
Agents of Chaos - Matt Housley
Through the Context Glass: A Deep Dive on Principles - Jessica Freasier

Trust & Determinism

AI as Mathematician: how it works, when it doesn't, and what it means for other disciplines - Alexandra Pasi
Can smaller models make agents more trustworthy? - Serg Masís
Agents of Chaos - Matt Housley
Between the Strategy Deck and the Invoice: Data Platform and AI Economics for 2027 - Kierra Dotson / Karl Ivo Sokolov
Who should own an AI agent's memory? - Serg Masís

Security & Privacy

Agents of Chaos - Matt Housley
Who should own an AI agent's memory? - Serg Masís
Can smaller models make agents more trustworthy? - Serg Masís

Semantic Layer & Analytics

Will the real semantic layer please standup - Matthew Mullins
Does your reporting data layer live in 5 different tools? - Annie Nelson

Data Platforms & Architecture

Hot take, the only data migration that makes sense is to Apache Iceberg, but what comes next after you've chosen your storage layer? - Matthew Mullins
The Future of Distributed Data Systems - Scott Haines
Between the Strategy Deck and the Invoice: Data Platform and AI Economics for 2027 - Kierra Dotson / Karl Ivo Sokolov
How does data infrastructure need to evolve when agents drive the queries? - Ryan Boyd
Getting Business Value From AI : pt 2 / AMA - Bill Inmon

Open Source & Community

What does Openness in Open Source mean nowadays? - Scott Haines

Culture & Society

Culture and technology, a dynamical system: what the hell is even happening anymore? - Alexandra Pasi
What does "creation" mean in the age of AI? - Aaron Black
What does Openness in Open Source mean nowadays? - Scott Haines
AI as Mathematician: how it works, when it doesn't, and what it means for other disciplines - Alexandra Pasi