​Join Us for the vLLM Inference Meetup in IBM Givatayim, Israel!

​Hosted by Red Hat, IBM, and NVIDIA, this event takes place on 14 January 2026 in IBM Givatayim and brings together vLLM users, developers, and AI engineers to explore the latest in GenAI inference.

​​Learn from the vLLM Team

​​Hear directly from leading vLLM committers and users shaping the project’s roadmap and building its most advanced features. Expect deep technical talks, live demos, and plenty of time to connect with the community.

​vLLM Meetup Agenda (Subject to Change & More Awesomeness)

​17:00 – 17:30 — Doors Open, Snacks & Drinks

​17:30 – 17:45 — Welcome & Opening Remarks

​17:45 – 18:20 — vLLM Keynote: Intro to vLLM and Project Update

​Thomas Parnell, vLLM Committer & Principal Research Scientist, IBM Research Zurich

​18:20 – 18:50 — Distributed Inference with llm-d

​Vita Bortnikov, IBM Fellow & Senior Manager, IBM Research Israel

​18:50 – 19:20 — Optimizing Nemotrons: Reaching Roofline Performance with vLLM

​Tomer Asida, Sr. LLM Inference Software Engineer, NVIDIA

​19:20 – 20:00 — Startup Panel: Building the AI infrastructure of the future

​Kfir Wolfson, Principal System Architect, Pliops

​Boaz Touitou, CTO, Impala

​Roy Nissim, CEO, Jounce (now Red Hat)

​Alon Yariv, CEO, Atero (now Crusoe)

​20:00 – 20:30 — Networking, Food & Drinks

​​Important Information

​​Registration Deadline: Registration closes 24 hours prior to the event. We will be unable to admit any attendees who are not registered.

​​Check-In: Please bring a photo ID to verify your registration upon arrival.

​​We look forward to seeing you there!