7–8 October 2026 · Charlotte, North Carolina

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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.

Book cover: Vibe Coding

Three Perspectives

What to Expect in Charlotte

The summit combines real-world experience, expert insight and a look at emerging tools and practices.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

Two days · Carolina Theatre

The programme

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.

Day 1 · Wednesday, 7 October

  1. 9:00 – 9:15 am

    Opening Remarks: Gene Kim

    Program Chair, IT Revolution

  2. 9:15 – 9:40 am

    Dustin Warner

    Director of Software Engineering, NRC Health

  3. 9:40 – 10:05 am

    Aaron Searle & Khalid Elsawaf

    Aaron Searle · Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

    Khalid Elsawaf · Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

  4. 10:05 – 10:30 am

    Steve Yegge

    Co-author of “Vibe Coding”

  5. 10:30 – 10:55 am

    Jitesh Ghai

    CEO, Hyland

  6. 10:55 – 11:25 am

    30-minute break

  7. 11:25 – 11:50 am

    Art Smalley

    President · Author, Art of Lean

  8. 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

  9. 12:40 – 2:10 pm

    Lunch

  10. 2:10 – 2:35 pm

    Angelo Rivera

    Engineering Lead, GitLab

  11. 2:35 – 3:00 pm

    Christina Yakomin

    Senior Manager – Resiliency Testing Suite, Vanguard

  12. 3:00 – 3:25 pm

    Matt Klosterman & Jeremy Kooistra

    Matt Klosterman · Sr. Director, Mobile Software Engineering, Hilton

    Jeremy Kooistra · Senior Director Website Software Engineering, Hilton

  13. 3:25 – 4:25 pm

    Networking

  14. 4:25 – 4:50 pm

    Jeremy Eder

    Distinguished Engineer at Red Hat

  15. 4:50 – 5:15 pm

    Mik Kersten

    CTO · Author of “Project to Product”, Planview

  16. 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

  17. 5:40 – 5:45 pm

    Closing Remarks: Gene Kim

    Program Chair, IT Revolution

  18. 5:45 – 7:15 pm

    Industry party

Day 2 · Thursday, 8 October

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).

  1. 9:00 – 9:15 am

    Opening Remarks: Gene Kim

    Program Chair, IT Revolution

  2. 9:15 – 9:40 am

    Owen Parker & Kurtis Cochran

    Owen Parker · CTO, Arkana Laboratories

    Kurtis Cochran · Chief Financial Officer, Arkana Laboratories

  3. 9:40 – 10:05 am

    Jondavid “JD” Black

    CIDO Chief Engineer, Northrop Grumman

  4. 10:30 – 10:55 am

    Tapabrata “Topo” Pal

    SVP – Head of Developer Platforms, M&T Bank

  5. 10:55 – 11:25 am

    30-minute break

  6. 11:25 – 11:50 am

    John Rauser

    Senior Director, Software Engineering, Cisco Security

  7. 12:15 – 12:40 pm

    Nicky Pike

    Field CTO; Host of the [Dev]olution podcast, Coder

  8. 12:40 – 2:10 pm

    Lunch

  9. 2:10 – 2:35 pm

    Justin McCarthy

    Founder and CEO, Diffusion AI

  10. 2:35 – 3:00 pm

    Joe Beutler

    Head of Solutions Engineering, Strategics, OpenAI

  11. 3:00 – 3:25 pm

    Andrew Stellman

    O’Reilly author and AI educator

  12. 3:25 – 3:55 pm

    Break

  13. 3:55 – 4:20 pm

    Elisabeth Hendrickson

    CEO/Founder, Curious Duck Digital Laboratory

  14. 4:20 – 4:45 pm

    To be announced

  15. 4:45 – 5:10 pm

    To be announced

  16. 5:10 – 5:15 pm

    Closing Remarks: Gene Kim

    Program Chair, IT Revolution

Find Us

Carolina Theatre · Charlotte

Carolina Theatre, 230 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202

When
7–8 October 2026
Address
230 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202
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The Essentials

When and Where Is the Summit?

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.

How Do I Get the Customer and Friends Discount?

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.

What Does a Ticket Cost Before the Discount?

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.

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