Israel vLLM & llm-d Meetup #3
Join Us for the 3rd vLLM & llm-d Israel Meetup!
Hosted by Google, IBM, and Red Hat we're gathering the AI community for a technical morning focusing on cutting-edge inference tech. If you're an engineer, a founder, or working in the field, this one's for you.
Mark your calendar for November 5th at Google Israel Offices.
What to Expect:
State-of-Inference & Roadmap: Hear from the core vLLM team and industry experts on the current state of inference and where it is going.
Technical Deep-Dives: Get into the weeds on KV cache offloading, intelligent model routing, data-center buildouts, and kernel optimization.
High-Value Networking: Connect over food and drinks with fellow engineers, founders, and leaders driving the local GenAI scene.
Agenda:
9:00 – 9:30 — Doors Open, Snacks & Drinks
9:30 – 9:45 — Welcome & Opening Remarks
Michal Malka (IBM Research) & Maya Goren Bar (Google)
9:45 – 10:15 — vLLM Keynote: What's new and what's next in vLLM
Dr. Roy Nissim, Inference Lead at Red Hat
10:15 – 10:45 — Optimizing agentic workloads with llm-d
Nili Guy, Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM Research
10:45 – 11:15 — Advancements in Speculative Decoding
Asaf Aharnoi, Distinguish Software Engineer at Google Research
11:15 – 11:45 — Food Break 😋
11:45 - 12:15 — Warp Speed Inference: Using AI Agents to Optimize the AI Stack
Dr. Gal Beniamini, Co-Founder at AAI (DoubleAI)
12:15 – 13:00 — Inside Israel’s next AI frontier research
Prof. Ilan Komargodski, Co Founder and CTO at Pearl Research Labs
Ronen Betser, Co Founder and CTO at Perfect labs
Dr. Ido Ben Shaul, Co Founder and CEO at Foundation Research
Yael Karov, Director of research at Google DeepMind
Moderator: Dr. Roy Nissim, Inference Lead at Red Hat
13:00 – 13:30 — Networking & Drinks
Important Information
Registration Deadline: Registration closes exactly 24 hours prior to the event. We cannot accommodate walk-ins, so please ensure you register on time.
Check-In: Please bring a valid photo ID to verify your registration upon arrival.
We look forward to seeing you there!
*By registering, attendees grant the event organizers permission to capture and share photos and information from the event
**Building policies: Personal weapons are prohibited within the office premises