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SUMMARY:EVOLVE 2026
DESCRIPTION:### Overview\nEVOLVE 2026 is a premier engineering leadership event hosted by Cortex in New York City. The conference gathers engineering leaders\, platform teams\, and practitioners to explore the future of software development in the AI era. The event foregrounds AI software factories\, platform engineering\, reliability\, and DevOps excellence\, and aims to shape how organizations design\, operate\, and scale AI powered software systems. The program emphasizes practical infrastructure\, operational practices\, and governance needed to run AI workloads at scale.\n\n### Agenda and format\nThe agenda centers on sessions and interactive formats designed to share real world insights and hands on learning:\n- Expert Led Sessions: Talks and panels led by engineering leaders who are building AI software factories and the operational systems that scale them. These sessions cover best practices\, case studies\, and practical guidance for running AI powered platforms.\n- Interactive Roundtables: Candid discussions focused on the challenges of building AI infrastructure. Attendees engage with peers to test approaches\, share problems\, and crowdsource solutions.\n- Hands On Workshops: Practical workshops aimed at delivering a playbook for engineering operations. Attendees leave with concrete artifacts and checklists to implement or improve their own AI software factory.\n\n### Speakers\nThe event features notable speakers including:\n- Anish Dhar\, Co-Founder & CEO of Cortex\, who discusses driving adoption of best practices and visibility into services and infrastructure.\n- Ganesh Datta\, Co-Founder & CTO of Cortex\, who describes building an Engineering Operations Platform to bring clarity to services and health.\n- Nathen Harvey\, DORA Lead & Developer Advocate at Google Cloud\, who shares research and actionable guidance to enable teams to thrive.\n\n### Who should attend\nEVOLVE 2026 is designed for engineering leaders\, SREs\, platform engineers\, DevEx teams\, and any professional involved in scaling AI software production. Attendees can expect networking with peers\, exposure to emerging patterns in AI operations\, and opportunities to learn from practitioners actively shaping the future of engineering organizations.\n\n### Venue and logistics\nThe conference is planned as an in person event at Convene 237 Park\, New York City\, NY 10017. The venue is described as a modern event space intended for high signal sessions and excellent sightlines for all attendees. The event is organized by Cortex\, an engineering operations platform focused on mission control for AI software factories. Attendees are invited to apply to attend via the event page\, with on site sessions and activities that explore the themes described above.\n\n### FAQs\nThe page highlights onsite attendance with a clear geographic focus. Details about travel\, schedules\, or additional speakers may be updated on the official EVOLVE site. Attendees may find additional information about sessions\, tracks\, and registration through the site links and the application form.\n\n### Summary\nEVOLVE 2026 offers a focused experience for engineering leaders to learn how to design\, operate\, and govern AI driven software systems. It combines expert talks\, peer roundtables\, and hands on workshops to equip attendees with practical strategies and tools for building and maintaining scalable AI software factories.\nhttps://www.evolve.cortex.io?ref=ainave
LOCATION:New York\, United States\, US
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