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The AI
Conference
Built for Monday.

Every session answers one question: what does your business look like next Monday?

"Every other AI conference teaches you what AI can do. MONDAY shows you what AI can do for your business - starting next monday."

January 27, 2027
San Francisco Bay Area
1,000+ Attendees
Get Your Ticket What Makes MONDAY Different
40+
Speakers
1k+
Attendees
1
Incredible Day
20+
Sessions

About the Conference

A new kind of AI conference

MONDAY is a single-day, high-signal conference designed for business leaders who need real results - and the builders helping them get there. No theory. No demos. Just AI that works starting Monday morning.

World-Class Speakers

Keynotes and panels from the researchers, founders, and business leaders at the frontier of AI development.

Curated Networking

Structured sessions to connect with builders across AI infrastructure, applications, policy, and research.

Hands-On Workshops

Deep-dive sessions on agents, AI adoption, ROI measurement, and practical implementation - for technical and non-technical attendees alike.

Topics We'll Cover
AI for Business Leaders AI Agents ROI & Measurement AI Safety Foundation Models Enterprise AI AI Policy Implementation & Adoption No-Code AI Tools Inference at Scale Open Source AI AI for Science
Produced by GathR Group
Producing large-scale events since 2013
San Francisco
To be announced

Why MONDAY AI

10 things no other
AI conference offers

We built MONDAY specifically for business leaders and builders. Every session is designed around one question: what changes on Monday morning?

"Every other AI conference teaches you what AI can do. MONDAY shows you what AI can do for your business - starting next monday."

01

AI Adoption Clinics

Bring your actual business problem. In small cohorts, our facilitators help you map an AI solution live on the spot - not a hypothetical, your real operation. You leave with a documented adoption plan.

02

The ROI Stress Test

Volunteer your business case and watch a panel of operators and AI experts tear it apart - then rebuild it. Live, unscripted, and brutally useful. This is the session people talk about for months.

03

No Laptop Track

A full track designed for non-technical business leaders - no code, no jargon, no laptops required. Business leaders learn exactly how to direct their teams and vendors without becoming engineers.

04

The "Day After" Protocol

Every attendee leaves with a prioritized 30-day action plan - not just notes. A structured workshop at the end of the day synthesizes what you've learned into concrete, sequenced next steps for your specific situation.

05

Dual-Track Programming

Parallel tracks run all day: a Technical Track for builders and engineers, and a Business Track for owners and business leaders. No more sitting through content that isn't for you.

06

Vendor Matchmaking Marketplace

Pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings with vetted AI vendors who have been matched to your specific use case in advance. No cold booths, no pitch slaps - just relevant conversations you actually asked for.

07

The Implementation Room

A dedicated space open all day where facilitators help you apply what you just learned to your own tools and workflows. Bring your laptop. Get it working before you leave the building.

08

Outcome-Focused Programming

Every session is submitted and reviewed against one standard: does it produce a business outcome for the attendee? No technology theater, no vanity demos. Sessions that don't answer "so what?" don't make the cut.

09

Industry Peer Learning Circles

Facilitated small-group discussions organized by industry vertical - healthcare, retail, hospitality, finance, and more. Meet the exact people facing your exact problems. Leave with a peer group, not just a business card.

10

Executive Roundtables

Closed-door, off-the-record conversations between 10 to 15 senior leaders per table. No audience, no slides, no recording. Just honest conversation about what is actually happening inside your organization.

Speakers

Minds shaping the field

Confirmed and upcoming speakers across AI research, product, policy, and engineering.

Lu Zhang
Lu Zhang
Founder
Fusion Fund
Talk: Future of AI-powered workforces
Marc Clark
Marc Clark
Sr. Specialist - GenAI
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Talk: Building AI Products People Actually Use
Craig Jahnke
Craig Jahnke
Principal AI Business Solutions Engineer
Microsoft
Penal: Prove It's Working: Build Your AI Usage Scorecard
Shivanshu Upadhyay
Shivanshu Upadhyay
Principal Solutions Architect, BDSI
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Panel: From Pilot to Production: Why AI Keeps Stalling and What Actually Works
Shadaab Kanwal
Shadaab Kanwal
Executive Director Research Informatics | AI and Innovation.
Yale University
Panel: The Regulated-Industry AI Bottleneck: Where Scaling Actually Breaks
Dipti Borkar
Dipti Borkar
Vice President & GM
Microsoft
Talk: Why AI Projects Actually Fail: A Live Data Stack Teardown
+ 34 more speakers to be announced
Follow us for updates as we confirm the full lineup

Agenda

January 27, 2027

Every session is designed around one question: what changes for your business on Monday morning? All times Pacific.

08:00
Doors Open & Registration
Check-in, coffee, and morning networking
Break
09:00
Opening Keynote: Future of AI-powered workforces
Sets the stage: not "what is AI" but "what does AI do for your revenue, cost, and operations today."
Keynote
Business Track - No Laptop Required
AI for Business Leaders: Evaluate, Direct, and Measure
Built for owners and executives. No code, no jargon. Learn to evaluate AI tools, brief your team confidently, and measure whether it's actually working - without becoming an engineer.
Technical Track
From Prototype to Production
For builders and engineers. Covers the practical steps to take an AI feature from demo to shipped product at scale - inference optimization, agent frameworks, and deployment pipelines.
Business Track - No Laptop Required
Clinic: Map Your AI Opportunity
Bring your actual operation. In small cohorts, facilitators help you identify your highest-ROI AI opportunity and map a concrete adoption plan - in the room, in real time. Pre-register your use case at checkout.
Technical Track
Clinic: Architecture & Stack Review
Bring your current stack and the problem you're solving. Facilitators and peers evaluate model choices, integration patterns, and implementation sequencing for your specific environment.
12:00
Lunch & Vendor Matchmaking Marketplace
Pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings with vetted AI vendors - matched to your specific use case before the event.
No cold booths. No pitch slaps. Only conversations you asked for. The Implementation Room is also open - bring your laptop and start applying what you learned with facilitators on standby.
Lunch
Business Track - No Laptop Required
Industry Circles: By Vertical
Facilitated small-group discussions by industry: healthcare, health sciences, retail, hospitality, finance, logistics, and more. Meet the exact people facing your exact problems and walk out with a peer group you can call on Monday.
Technical Track
Builder Circles: By Domain
Small-group discussions for engineers and builders organized by technical domain - AI infrastructure, agents and RAG, fine-tuning, safety and evaluation. Trade real lessons with people working on the same problems.
14:00
Keynote: What Interpretability Has Taught Us So Far
What's actually inside these models - and what it means for trust, reliability, and deploying AI in high-stakes business contexts.
Keynote
Business Track - No Laptop Required
Live Business Cases: Tear It Apart
Volunteer your business case. A panel of business leaders and AI experts tear it apart - then rebuild it live. Unscripted. Brutally useful. Volunteers sign up in advance; the full audience participates throughout.
Technical Track
Technical Deep Dive: Inference Optimization at Scale
Shivanshu Upadhyay (AWS) and guests on the practical engineering decisions behind fast, cost-effective AI deployment - latency targets, batching strategies, hardware choices, and what breaks at scale.
Business Track - No Laptop Required
Scaling AI Across Your Organization
From "we tried one thing" to "AI is embedded in how we operate." Change management, vendor selection, team upskilling, and measuring what actually matters - Aisha Nwosu, Tariq Masood + guests.
Technical Track
Agentic Systems in Production
Multi-agent frameworks, RAG pipelines, memory and state management, and real lessons from shipping agent-based products at scale - Tariq Masood, AgentFlow.
Business Track - No Laptop Required
Your 30-Day AI Action Plan
Facilitated synthesis of the day. You map your top 3 AI moves, assign owners, and set a 30-day check-in date. You leave with a document, not just notes - backed by the 90-day ROI guarantee.
Technical Track
Your 30-Day Technical Roadmap
For builders: map the 3 highest-leverage experiments to run in the next 30 days, the stack decisions to make, and the metrics to track. Leave with a prioritized technical backlog, not just inspiration.
18:00
Closing Remarks & Evening Reception
Open bar, networking, and after-party
Networking
⚙
The Implementation Room - open all day
A dedicated space where facilitators help you apply what you just learned to your own tools and workflows. Open throughout the conference - not a scheduled session, but an always-on resource. Builder and Founder ticket holders get priority access.

Tickets

Join us on January 27

Early bird pricing available until October 1, 2026. All tickets include lunch. Backed by our 90-day ROI guarantee.

General
$399
Early Bird - ends Oct 1, 2026
  • Full day conference access
  • All keynote sessions
  • Business & Technical Tracks
  • Industry Peer Learning Circles
  • Lunch included
  • 90-day ROI guarantee
Register - General
Most Popular
Builder
$699
Early Bird - ends Oct 1, 2026
  • Everything in General
  • AI Adoption Clinic (reserved seat)
  • All workshops (all tracks)
  • Day After Protocol workshop
  • Implementation Room access
  • Digital session recordings
Register - Builder
Founder
$1,199
Per seat - team pricing available
  • Everything in Builder
  • VIP lounge access
  • Priority vendor matchmaking
  • Private speaker meet & greet
  • Evening reception dinner
  • Post-event community access
Register - Founder
Exhibitor
Custom
Team passes + exhibition space
  • Expo hall booth
  • Vendor matchmaking leads
  • Multiple team passes included
  • Sponsor recognition & branding
  • Speaking opportunity (optional)
  • Full sponsorship deck on request

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"Every other AI conference teaches you what AI can do. MONDAY shows you what AI can do for your business - starting next monday."

January 27 • San Francisco Bay Area

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