Our third annual conference · Make AI Work for You

All Things AI 2027

The AI conference in Raleigh, North Carolina

April 18–20, 2027 Raleigh, NC

After two sold-out years in Durham, the conference moves to downtown Raleigh. Build at the Agent Hackathon, learn in hands-on workshops, and meet the people putting AI to work.

Explore the 2027 tracks Why attend

Where
Atlantic Union Bank Convention Center500 S Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina
Executive AI Summit
April 21, 2027. A separate event with screened participation. About the summit
A full ballroom audience watching a keynote at All Things AI 2026
A keynote audience at All Things AI 2026 in Durham.

Build. Learn. Connect.

Three days, three ways in. April 18–20, 2027, at Atlantic Union Bank Convention Center in Raleigh. The program below is the organizer plan; session details are being finalized.

A speaker on stage presenting to a packed room, some attendees following along on laptops
A packed session, laptops open, All Things AI 2026 in Durham.
Attendees talking in a crowded hallway outside the Grand Ballroom at All Things AI 2026
Conversations in the hallway between sessions, All Things AI 2026 in Durham.

SUN 18 APR

Build with other builders.

Agent Hackathon

An application-based build day for 150 selected builders. Winners are announced during Tuesday's closing keynotes.

MON 19 APR

Learn by doing.

Workshop day

Hands-on workshops anchor the learning program. An invitation-only executive mixer is planned for the evening.

TUE 20 APR

Meet the people putting AI to work.

Conference + exhibits

Keynotes, sessions, demonstrations and exhibits bring the community together. The closing social takes place among the exhibits.

Separate Executive AI Summit: April 21, 2027. A separate event with screened participation.

2027 tracks

Learn, share and use AI.

Bring your questions. Share what you’ve learned. Learn from people putting AI to work, then try it yourself. Our tracks help you build the skills and confidence to use AI in your work and your community.

Latest program and schedule details on the event page

Conference tracks

Choose the topics that fit your work, from everyday use to engineering, leadership and responsible adoption.

  • AI Users

    Put AI to work on research, writing, analysis and routine tasks. Develop the habits of giving clear instructions, checking results and protecting sensitive information as you build confidence.

    For People using AI in their daily work

  • AI in the Enterprise (Transformation & Infrastructure)

    Move AI from isolated pilots into everyday operations. Explore adoption, architecture, data readiness and integration, with a focus on reliable systems and changes that people can use.

    For IT, operations and transformation leaders

  • AI Builders

    Turn an idea into a working AI application or agent. Connect models, tools and workflows, test whether they solve the problem, and decide where a person needs to review the result.

    For Product teams and hands-on builders

  • AI Engineers

    Build and operate AI systems that hold up in production. Explore model integration, data pipelines, evaluation, observability, performance and cost, with reliability built into the process.

    For Software, data and platform engineers

  • AI Executives

    Decide where AI belongs in your organization and what success should look like. Connect strategy to investment, team capability, adoption and measurable outcomes, with clear accountability for the decisions.

    For Executives and business decision-makers

  • AI Governance, Security & Compliance

    Make responsible AI adoption practical. Explore security, privacy, governance and compliance, and how to translate policies into controls that teams can follow, test and improve.

    For Security, risk, compliance and technology leaders

  • Sovereign AI and Open Source

    Run AI you can inspect and control. Explore open-weight models, self-hosted inference and keeping your data where you decide it lives.

    For Platform teams, security leaders and anyone who wants to own their AI stack

  • AI for Small Business

    Find the AI tools worth paying for and the workflows that save real hours, and learn what to skip, without an IT department behind you.

    For Owners and small teams without an IT department

  • AI & the Workforce

    Prepare people for AI-changed work. Explore reskilling, training that sticks, hiring, and how managers lead their teams through the change.

    For HR, learning and development leaders, and managers leading teams through change

  • AI Demo Theater

    See AI solutions in action in 30-minute live demos, with time to ask how they were built and whether they would fit your work.

    For People evaluating AI tools and applications

  • Format

    Hands-on workshops

    Monday, April 19

    Work along on your own laptop instead of watching slides. Bring a real task from your job and practice with AI tools while an instructor helps.

    For Anyone who learns by doing, from first-time AI users to engineers

  • Format

    Ignition Talks

    Monday and Tuesday at lunch

    Five-minute talks with one sharp point each, meant to spark ideas and point you to places to learn more. A good first stage if you are newer to speaking.

    For Everyone at lunch, and first-time speakers looking for a stage

For attendees

What you can do there

Planned for 2027, built on how our first two conferences worked.

  • Try it yourself

    Workshops are hands-on: you work with AI tools instead of watching slides about them.

  • Hear what actually worked

    We ask speakers for their real story, including what didn't work. Vendor talks are there to teach, not to pitch.

    What we ask of speakers
  • Meet people working on the same questions

    Executives, engineers, builders, public servants, teachers, founders and students, with time between sessions to compare notes.

  • Get a feel for it first

    Watch recordings from the 2026 conference before you decide.

    Browse 2026 sessions
A seated breakout audience listening, with more people standing along the back wall
Standing room at the back of a breakout, All Things AI 2026.

Past conferences · Durham, NC

Two years in Durham

All Things AI began in 2025 at the Carolina Theatre in Durham. In 2026 it returned on March 23–24 to the Carolina Theatre and Durham Convention Center, with a workshop day and a conference day of keynotes and sessions across six tracks.

Both years have archives with the speakers, sponsors and schedule, and the 2026 sessions have slides and recordings wherever speakers shared them.

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