AI Agent Unconference (NYC)
Welcome to the AI Agent Unconference — hosted by NYU:Tandem, IBM and AI Alliance!
Join this open and collaborative gathering where you shape the discussion. This isn’t a typical conference — it’s a participant-driven event for builders, developers, adopters, and anyone interested in discussing the rapidly evolving world of agentic AI.
Whether you’re bringing use cases or solutions, exploring how to address current limitations and evaluation challenges, or working on technical approaches to the governance of AI agents, this event is for you.
Together, we’ll co-create the agenda, form spontaneous discussion groups, and dive into the topics that matter most to the attendees. Come ready to share ideas, exchange perspectives, and collaborate on the next generation of open, responsible, and powerful AI agents.
How to find us: The Unconference will start in the Pfizer Auditorium.
Agenda:
1:30 pm Registration & Networking
2:00 pm Welcome & Opening
2:15 pm 5 min Lightning Talks
#1: From RAG to Agentic Rag. Lessons from AllyCat - Dave Nielsen of The AI Alliance
#2 Agentic Patterns - Jim Laredo, Distinguished Engineer, AI for Automation, IBM
#3: Deep Research Agent - Sarmad Qadri, Co-founder & CEO of LastMile AI
#4: Education AI : Student Support System: A Multi-agentic AI Approach - Dr Rui 'Ray' Li of NYU plus students Raj, Shagun, Devika, and Sanjana
#5: Human Robot Interactions with Mobile Robots - Aliasghar Moj Arab, PhD of Bell Labs
2:45 pm Propose Topics for Breakout Sessions
- Possible topics: Agent lifecycle; Open Source Projects; etc.
3:00 pm Coffee Break
3:15 pm Breakout Session Topic #1
4:00 pm Breakout Session Topic #2
4:45 pm Wrap Up
Join us for our workshop:
10:00 am - 12:30 pm MCP-Agent Workshop (see agenda here)