7–8 October 2026 · Charlotte, North Carolina
Meet Us at the Enterprise AI Summit
Two days with leaders advancing AI in business. Meet XALT in Charlotte and save 25% on your ticket with code EAIS26XALT.
Enterprise AI in Practice
From Experiments to Enterprise Impact
Gene Kim has shaped conversations about modern technology organisations for years. The Phoenix Project made DevOps tangible through a story about flow and collaboration; The Unicorn Project puts developers’ experience at the centre. In Accelerate, he, Nicole Forsgren and Jez Humble examined how software delivery relates to organisational performance. His current focus is Vibe Coding and agentic software development: with Steve Yegge, he presents them as a fundamental shift, not simply a new tool.
Those ideas meet a shared project in Charlotte. IT Revolution hosts the Enterprise AI Summit, and XALT is developing the Event Chief of Staff, a personal AI companion for attendees. It is designed to help people find sessions and contacts relevant to their goals, then capture useful takeaways. The project brings a personal agent experience together with curated knowledge from the IT Revolution community. It builds on our work around the summit series, from conversations in San Jose to preparations for Charlotte. The experience is still in development; at the summit, we plan to test it against real challenges from enterprise life.
Three Perspectives
What to Expect in Charlotte
The summit combines real-world experience, expert insight and a look at emerging tools and practices.
Enterprise Experience Reports
Leaders and teams share how they use AI and vibe coding in production. Hear what worked, what broke and what they learned along the way.
Expertise for Hard Questions
Explore how AI is changing team structures, security, code review, productivity and skills, alongside experts in GenAI, DevOps and platform engineering.
Frontier AI Labs
Explore emerging tools and ways of working in enterprise AI. The labs focus on approaches that are experimental yet already delivering practical value.
The programme
Day 1 · Wednesday, 7 October
The Programme, Day One
All times are local to Charlotte (EDT). Published agenda as of 1 October 2026 – talk titles have not been announced yet and timings may change. See the official programme for the latest.
- 9:00 – 9:15 am
Opening Remarks: Gene Kim
Program Chair, IT Revolution
- 9:15 – 9:40 am
Dustin Warner
Director of Software Engineering, NRC Health
- 9:40 – 10:05 am
Aaron Searle & Khalid Elsawaf
Aaron Searle · Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
Khalid Elsawaf · Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
- 10:05 – 10:30 am
Steve Yegge
Co-author of "Vibe Coding"
- 10:30 – 10:55 am
Jitesh Ghai
CEO, Hyland
- 10:55 – 11:25 am
30-minute break
- 11:25 – 11:50 am
Art Smalley
President · Author, Art of Lean
- 12:15 – 12:40 pm
Nirav Mehta & Dylan Sykes
Nirav Mehta · Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Services, Mastercard
Dylan Sykes · Senior Vice President, Business Rules Engineering & Decision Management Platform Product, Mastercard
- 12:40 – 2:10 pm
Lunch
- 2:10 – 2:35 pm
Angelo Rivera
Engineering Lead, GitLab
- 2:35 – 3:00 pm
Christina Yakomin
Senior Manager – Resiliency Testing Suite, Vanguard
- 3:00 – 3:25 pm
- 3:25 – 4:25 pm
Networking
- 4:25 – 4:50 pm
Jeremy Eder
Distinguished Engineer at Red Hat
- 4:50 – 5:15 pm
Mik Kersten
CTO · Author of "Project to Product", Planview
- 5:15 – 5:40 pm
Marya Caples & Michael Winslow
Marya Caples · Sr. Food Safety & Quality Manager, Thrive Market
Michael Winslow · Vice President of Engineering, Platform & SRE, Thrive Market
- 5:40 – 5:45 pm
Closing Remarks: Gene Kim
Program Chair, IT Revolution
- 5:45 – 7:15 pm
Industry party
Day 2 · Thursday, 8 October
The Programme, Day Two
Two afternoon slots are still to be announced. Also announced as speakers, not yet scheduled: Fernando Cornago (adidas), Randy Shoup (CircleCI) and James Wickett (DryRun Security).
- 9:00 – 9:15 am
Opening Remarks: Gene Kim
Program Chair, IT Revolution
- 9:15 – 9:40 am
Owen Parker & Kurtis Cochran
Owen Parker · CTO, Arkana Laboratories
Kurtis Cochran · Chief Financial Officer, Arkana Laboratories
- 9:40 – 10:05 am
Jondavid "JD" Black
CIDO Chief Engineer, Northrop Grumman
- 10:30 – 10:55 am
Tapabrata "Topo" Pal
SVP – Head of Developer Platforms, M&T Bank
- 10:55 – 11:25 am
30-minute break
- 11:25 – 11:50 am
John Rauser
Senior Director, Software Engineering, Cisco Security
- 12:15 – 12:40 pm
Nicky Pike
Field CTO; Host of the [Dev]olution podcast, Coder
- 12:40 – 2:10 pm
Lunch
- 2:10 – 2:35 pm
Justin McCarthy
Founder and CEO, Diffusion AI
- 2:35 – 3:00 pm
Joe Beutler
Head of Solutions Engineering, Strategics, OpenAI
- 3:00 – 3:25 pm
Andrew Stellman
O’Reilly author and AI educator
- 3:25 – 3:55 pm
Break
- 3:55 – 4:20 pm
Elisabeth Hendrickson
CEO/Founder, Curious Duck Digital Laboratory
- 4:20 – 4:45 pm
To be announced
- 4:45 – 5:10 pm
To be announced
- 5:10 – 5:15 pm
Closing Remarks: Gene Kim
Program Chair, IT Revolution
Find Us
Carolina Theatre · Charlotte
7–8 October 2026
230 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202
Plan Your Visit
The Essentials
The Enterprise AI Summit takes place on 7 and 8 October 2026 at the Carolina Theatre, 230 N Tryon St, Charlotte, North Carolina. Check the official programme for session timings.
XALT customers and friends save 25% with code EAIS26XALT. Enter the code when registering for the summit; tickets are booked through the official event site.
The official individual pass is US$1,600. A 25% discount with code EAIS26XALT works out to US$1,200; check the organiser’s terms when booking.
We’ll Be in Charlotte
Let’s Talk About What Comes Next
Whether you’re evaluating AI or already putting it into production, we’d love to compare notes at the summit. XALT customers and friends save 25% on their ticket with code EAIS26XALT.