Past speakers · 2025–2026

Speakers from All Things AI 2025 and 2026

Practitioners and leaders who spoke at our first two conferences in Durham. The 2027 program has not been announced.

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Leaders from McKinsey, IBM, Google, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Meta, and more share practical, actionable insights at All Things AI.

2026 archive

Every speaker is hand-selected for their real-world experience building, deploying, and governing AI systems. No vendor pitches — just practitioners sharing what actually works.

James Kaplan
2026
James Kaplan
Partner/CTO
McKinsey
Sriram Raghavan
2025
Sriram Raghavan
Vice President, IBM Research AI
IBM
Angie Jones
2025
Angie Jones
Global VP of Developer Relations
Block
Nithya Ruff
2026
Nithya Ruff
Director, Amazon OSPO
Amazon
Craig McLuckie
2026
Craig McLuckie
CEO/Founder
Stacklok
whurley
2026
whurley
CEO
Strangeworks
Burr Sutter
2025
Burr Sutter
Sr. Director, Developer Experience
Red Hat
Franziska Hinkelmann
2025
Franziska Hinkelmann
Senior Engineering Manager
Google
Michael Donovan
2025
Michael Donovan
VP of Product
Docker
Owen Chen
2026
Owen Chen
VP, AI/ML Engineering
Fidelity Investments
Akshay Sonawane
2026
Akshay Sonawane
ML Engineering Manager
Apple
Luis Lastras
2026
Luis Lastras
Director, Language & Multimodal Tech
IBM
Chris Heivly
2026
Chris Heivly
Co-Founder
MapQuest
Melissa Nysewander
2025
Melissa Nysewander
Head of AI Center of Excellence
Fidelity Investments
Ben Ilegbodu
2025/2026
Ben Ilegbodu
Senior Software Engineer
Netflix
Aaron Delp
2026
Aaron Delp
Global Head of Technical Marketing
Mistral AI
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