2026 Schedule
Voted on and finalized the evening of October 2nd
Topics get filled in by whoever shows up the night before. Empty slots are the point, not a bug. How are topics decided?
Friday, October 2nd
Reception at The Poplar Restaurant
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Cash bar, networking, and appetizers at The Poplar Restaurant at The Virginia Guest House, 2017 Ivy Rd.
Pitch Night at the UVA School of Data Science
5:30pm – 8:30pm
Pizza, pitches, and voting at 1919 Ivy Rd. Anyone can propose a session about something they would like to teach, share, demonstrate, discuss, or understand better. Topics may be technical, creative, professional, civic, practical, or completely unexpected.
4:00pm
Volunteers arrive
5:30pm
Doors open
5:30pm
Dinner arrives
6:00pm
Intros & Haiku, Sponsor highlights, Topic pitches, Saturday schedule posted
Saturday, October 3rd
Sessions at the UVA School of Data Science
9am – 4pm
A full day of community-selected conversations, workshops, demonstrations, and discoveries: breakfast, sessions, lunch, lightning talks, more sessions, and a retrospective.
9:30am - 10:15am
Why do we read?
Jessica Otey
Breakout Room 1 · Share
Oops, I ran that in prod
Jeff Bordogna
Breakout Room 2 · Share
AI sucks. Change my mind
Noah Bloom
Breakout Room 3 · Share
Let's build an AI agent, part A
Andrew Boyd
Breakout Room 4 · Present/Share
The accelerator micro-workshops to start something or get unstuck
John Rabasa
Breakout Room 5 · Present
10:20am - 11:05am
Roversa community + play build robot
Kim Wilkens
Breakout Room 1 · Share/Learn
How not to kill your trees
Taylor Vierrether
Breakout Room 2 · Present
Build your own Jev
Nish Tahir
Breakout Room 3 · Present
Let's build an agent, part B
Justin Schroder
Breakout Room 4 · Present/Share
Making better decisions in life and work
Mason Montgomory
Breakout Room 5 · Present/Share
11:10am - 11:55am
What have you vibe coded lately?
Jessica Otey
Breakout Room 1 · Share
Home automation
Boris Rapoport
Breakout Room 2 · Present/Share
What are all the DEAD stores that now Spirit Halloween stores?
Jon Kropko
Breakout Room 3 · Present
Proof of Thought: Bringing slop down to zero
John Feminella
Breakout Room 4 · Present
How to start collecting rare books
Donna Sy
Breakout Room 5 · Present
12:05pm - 12:35pm
Lightning Talks
Main
12:35pm - 1:25pm
Lunch
Main
1:25pm - 1:55pm
Lightning Talks
Main
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Technical future of government consulting in the age of AI
Albert Lee
Breakout Room 1 · Present
How to raise children in a highly intelligent AI world
Shannon Coble
Breakout Room 2 · Present/Share
Unc solicited career advice
Doug Turnbull
Breakout Room 3 · Present/Share
Taiwanese civic hacking digital democracy
Joe Holmes
Breakout Room 4 · Present
Meditation
William Proffitt
Breakout Room 5 · Share
2:50pm - 3:35pm
How to learn in the age of AI
Vaughn Spurrier
Breakout Room 1 · Share
State of Charlottesville Technology Community
Patrick Harrison
Breakout Room 2 · Share
AI security
Carson Sweet
Breakout Room 3 · Present
How to make health decisions without data
Jason Itri
Breakout Room 4 · Present
Crazy alcohol regs of the U.S.
Sidd Dalal
Breakout Room 5 · Present/Share
3:40pm - 4:05pm
Conference Retrospective
Main
4:05pm - Whenever
Clean-up
Main
October 2–3 in Charlottesville, VA
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