Why attend All Things AI 2027
Two days in downtown Raleigh to learn how to put AI to work in your own job, from people who already have. What you get, who comes, and how to make the case to your manager.
April 19–20, 2027 Atlantic Union Bank Convention Center, Raleigh
Six reasons
What you get for two days
Each one is something we can show you, not something we are promising.
You do the work yourself
Monday is a workshop day. You bring your laptop and a real task from your job, and you practice with AI tools while an instructor helps. Nobody reads slides at you for an hour.
Workshops and tracksSpeakers tell you what broke
We ask every speaker for the real story, including the parts that did not work. Vendor talks are there to teach, not to pitch. You can hold us to it: the 2026 recordings are public.
What we ask of speakersThe people are the point
People from 1,897 different employers registered across our first two conferences: executives, engineers, public servants, teachers, founders and students. There is time between sessions to compare notes with them.
Who comesPick the track that fits your job
Ten tracks, from AI Users for people putting AI to work on everyday tasks to AI Engineers for people running it in production, with tracks for executives, small business owners, security leaders and managers in between.
See the 2027 tracksIt does not end on Tuesday
The conference is one part of a year-round community: 5,025 people in our Meetup group, in-person meetups around the Triangle, free webinars, Build an Agent Day, and recordings you can share with your team.
Meetups and eventsIt is in the Triangle on purpose
Research Triangle Park, three research universities within about twenty miles, and the employers who already run AI here. If you work in the Southeast, this is the one you can drive to.
Why the Triangle
Who it is for
Find your people on the program
The CFO, the state agency lead, the platform engineer and the owner with no IT department are in the same building on purpose. Every 2027 track is named for the people it serves.
Workshops at All Things AI 2026 in Durham.
People using AI in their daily work
AI UsersPut AI to work on research, writing, analysis and routine tasks. Develop the habits of giving clear instructions, checking results and protecting sensitive information as you build confidence.
IT, operations and transformation leaders
AI in the Enterprise (Transformation & Infrastructure)Move AI from isolated pilots into everyday operations. Explore adoption, architecture, data readiness and integration, with a focus on reliable systems and changes that people can use.
Product teams and hands-on builders
AI BuildersTurn an idea into a working AI application or agent. Connect models, tools and workflows, test whether they solve the problem, and decide where a person needs to review the result.
Software, data and platform engineers
AI EngineersBuild and operate AI systems that hold up in production. Explore model integration, data pipelines, evaluation, observability, performance and cost, with reliability built into the process.
Executives and business decision-makers
AI ExecutivesDecide where AI belongs in your organization and what success should look like. Connect strategy to investment, team capability, adoption and measurable outcomes, with clear accountability for the decisions.
Security, risk, compliance and technology leaders
AI Governance, Security & ComplianceMake responsible AI adoption practical. Explore security, privacy, governance and compliance, and how to translate policies into controls that teams can follow, test and improve.
Platform teams, security leaders and anyone who wants to own their AI stack
Sovereign AI and Open SourceRun AI you can inspect and control. Explore open-weight models, self-hosted inference and keeping your data where you decide it lives.
Owners and small teams without an IT department
AI for Small BusinessFind the AI tools worth paying for and the workflows that save real hours, and learn what to skip, without an IT department behind you.
HR, learning and development leaders, and managers leading teams through change
AI & the WorkforcePrepare people for AI-changed work. Explore reskilling, training that sticks, hiring, and how managers lead their teams through the change.
People evaluating AI tools and applications
AI Demo TheaterSee AI solutions in action in 30-minute live demos, with time to ask how they were built and whether they would fit your work.
Track names as published on the event page. Session details are being finalized. Read the full track descriptions.
The week
Three days, three ways in
Come for the day that fits how you learn, or all of them. The program below is the organizer plan.
Sunday, April 18
Agent Hackathon
An application-based build day for 150 selected builders. Winners are announced during Tuesday's closing keynotes.
Monday, April 19
Workshop day
Hands-on workshops, with Ignition Talks at lunch: five-minute talks with one sharp point each.
Tuesday, April 20
Conference day
Keynotes, sessions, the AI Demo Theater and exhibits. The closing social takes place among the exhibits.
All Things AI Executive AI Summit, April 21, 2027. A separate event with screened participation. About the summit
The community, by the numbers
807
Scholarships, partner programs and volunteers; 832 in 2025
1,897
Across the 2025 and 2026 conferences
67
community events since April 2023
Hosted by All Things AI (Live); partner events excluded
5,025
All Things AI (Live), as of September 2026
All Things AI 2025 · Attendee stories
In their words
People who came to our first conference, on what it was like.
“The whole one on creating agents — I do feel that agents are gonna help small businesses progress.”
“It was not getting into the weeds, and it was not at the 50,000-foot level. It was at the right level.”
“The conference was really presented in a way that was not intimidating, and very useful.”
On stage so far
The kind of people who speak here
Six talks from our first two conferences, each one still watchable. The 2027 lineup is announced on the event page as it is confirmed.
whurley
CEO, Strangeworks · 2026
Handed part of his keynote to an AI agent he had built.
What Agents Can Really Do
Craig McLuckie
CEO and founder, Stacklok · 2026
How better context management gets more value from every token.
The Context Economy: Getting More Bang for Your Token
Yassah Reed
Technical Support Engineer, Intercom · 2026
What is at stake when AI shapes clinical decisions.
Who Does the Algorithm Save: Preserving Humanity with AI in Healthcare
Luis Lastras
Director, Language & Multimodal Technologies, IBM · 2026
Why modules with well-defined interfaces matter for generative AI in production.
How the Oldest Principle in Engineering Will Reshape AI
Brian Moynihan
Director of AI & Automation Projects, Duke University · 2026
Moving from scattered experiments to a human-centered portfolio.
Designing an AI & Automation Portfolio That Puts People First: Lessons from Duke University
Angie Jones
Global VP of Developer Relations, Block · 2025
An open source agent that runs locally, built on the Model Context Protocol.
Codename Goose: An Open Source Local AI Agent Built on MCP
Make the case
What to tell your manager
Most people need a yes from someone else. Copy this and change the bracketed parts.
I would like to attend All Things AI 2027 on April 19–20, 2027 in Raleigh. Monday is a hands-on workshop day where I will practice with AI tools on [a task from my own work]. Tuesday is the conference day, with a track for [my role]. I will come back with [a working example, a shortlist of tools, a plan for our team], and the sessions are recorded, so I can share the ones that apply to us. It is a drive, not a flight, so the cost is the ticket and, if we need it, a hotel night.
- Close to home. Downtown Raleigh, with the Triangle's employers, agencies and universities close by.
- Two focused days. One to practice, one to learn and meet people. Nothing padded out to a week.
- Something to bring back. Workshops end with work you did, not notes about work someone else did.
- Free seats exist. 500 scholarship seats are committed for 2027. How to apply
Before you decide
Questions people ask us
Do I need a technical background to attend All Things AI?
No. The program is built for people in business, government and education as well as engineers. The AI Users track covers putting AI to work on research, writing, analysis and routine tasks, and the Monday workshops are for anyone who learns by doing, from first-time AI users to engineers. Build an Agent Day, our hands-on program, requires no programming experience.
What should I bring to the workshops?
Your own laptop and a real task from your job. Workshops are work-along sessions: you practice with AI tools on your own work while an instructor helps, instead of watching slides about them.
Can I see what the sessions are like before I decide?
Yes. Slides and recordings from the 2026 conference are published at allthingsai.org/sessions, including the keynote where whurley handed part of his talk to an AI agent he had built.
Is there a way to attend for free?
Yes. In 2026, 807 people attended the conference without paying for a ticket through Ada Lovelace Scholarships, access programs, partner codes and volunteering, and 500 free seats are committed for 2027. Details and the application are at allthingsai.org/ai-scholarships.
When and where is All Things AI 2027?
April 19–20, 2027, at the Atlantic Union Bank Convention Center, 500 S Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina. Monday is the workshop day and Tuesday is the conference day, with an application-based Agent Hackathon on Sunday, April 18. A separate Executive AI Summit with screened participation takes place April 21, 2027.
Where do I register?
Registration, tickets and the program live on the event page at events.allthingsai.org/events/all-things-ai-2027. For announcements as the program is finalized, subscribe to the newsletter at news.allthingsai.org.
2026 recordingsScholarshipsThe 2027 conferenceEvent page and registration
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