Time: 13:00, Saturday, September 19 2026
Location: Santa Clara Convention Center

Registration Link: https://luma.com/tg9walub

​There will be tracks in the afternoon program “Technology Track” and “Education Track”.


Technology Track:

Engineering the AI-Native Future
How AI Is Transforming Technology, Business, and Innovation

​Artificial intelligence is transforming software engineering, cybersecurity, accessibility, autonomous systems, and the way organizations build and compete. The 2026 AAEOY Afternoon Technology Session brings together Silicon Valley founders, technology leaders, investors, and innovators to examine the emerging AI-native future.


Keynote Speaker

Jeremiah Owyang
General Partner
, Blitzscaling Ventures
Founder & Host,
Llama Lounge

Title: The AI-Native Era: How Organizations Will Compete, Build, and Scale

​Jeremiah Owyang will discuss AI-native organizations, agentic AI, enterprise transformation, and how artificial intelligence is changing the way companies innovate, compete, and scale.


Featured Fireside Chat

Bernard Harguindeguy
Founder, Executive Venture Fund (EVF)

​Title: AI, Enterprise Innovation, Cybersecurity, and Leadership

​A serial entrepreneur, former CTO of Ping Identity, and venture investor, Bernard Harguindeguy will share perspectives on how AI is reshaping enterprise technology, cybersecurity, innovation, and leadership.

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Featured Technical Speaker

Leo Tchourakov
Principal Engineer, Factory

​Title: Beyond Coding Agents: Inside the Self-Improving Software Factory (Tentative)

​Leo Tchourakov will explore how autonomous Software Factories are transforming the software development lifecycle through AI agents, continuous feedback, model evaluation, and self-improving engineering systems.


Startup Leaders Panel

​How AI Is Transforming Startups and Creating New IndustriesStartup founders will discuss how AI is enabling new products, industries, and real-world applications.

Xiaoran Wang
CEO & Co-Founder, AGIGA AI

​Xiaoran Wang leads the development of EchoVision, an AI-powered smart glasses platform that assists blind and low-vision users through real-time scene understanding.

Tom Pritsky
CEO & Co-Founder, Captify

Tom Pritsky leads the development of AI-powered smart glasses that provide real-time captioning for people with hearing loss.

​More Speakers to Be Announced

​Additional speakers from AI infrastructure, software engineering, semiconductors, robotics, cybersecurity, venture capital, enterprise AI, and emerging technologies will be announced soon.

​Join founders, engineers, researchers, investors, executives, and students for an afternoon of technical insights, industry perspectives, and meaningful networking.

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Location

Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA