AI For Work Summit | NYC
About the event
AI has changed. It’s time for workflows to catch up.
Join AI builders, business practitioners, product leaders, founders, and executives in Midtown Manhattan for ODSC AI NYC, a two-day, workshop-driven summit focused on putting AI to work. 📅 December 2-3, 2026 📍 Jay Conference Center Bryant Park, New York City 🤝 In person This is where technical implementation meets real business adoption. Through hands-on workshops, practical demonstrations, enterprise case studies, and leadership discussions, you’ll explore how organizations are moving AI agents, copilots, and automation beyond experimentation and into reliable, scalable workflows.
Why Attend?
ODSC AI NYC is designed to help you:
• Move AI agents and copilots from pilots into production • Build reliable evaluation, monitoring, and governance processes • Redesign workflows around AI-native ways of working • Understand the cost, latency, quality, and security trade-offs of AI systems • Learn from teams actively deploying AI across their organizations • Connect with practitioners and leaders facing the same challenges • Create a practical 90-day roadmap for what your team should build, test, scale, or retire
Program Themes
Choose Your Learning Path
🔨 Build For AI engineers and technical practitioners building production-ready agents, copilots, RAG systems, and AI applications. ⚡ Apply For professionals in sales, marketing, finance, operations, and HR who want to automate real parts of their work—no coding required. 🧭 Lead For executives, founders, and AI, data, and product leaders responsible for funding, governing, measuring, and scaling AI adoption. 💻 AI Engineering Bootcamp For attendees who want a structured, hands-on path from AI engineering foundations to building and shipping a working agent.
Two Days of Focused Learning
Day 1 The summit begins with a shared main-stage session examining the state of AI at work and the lessons learned by teams that have moved beyond pilots. After the opening plenary, attendees will separate into four focused learning tracks for workshops, technical sessions, practical labs, and leadership discussions. The day concludes with an attendee networking reception. Day 2 Go deeper through function-specific labs, agent and evaluation workshops, context-engineering sessions, enterprise case studies, and collaborative working sessions. The summit concludes with a practical exercise to help you create your own 90-day build, test, and retire roadmap. 
Who Should Attend?
ODSC AI NYC is designed for:
• AI and machine learning engineers • Data scientists and analytics professionals • Product and engineering leaders • Business and operations professionals • AI, data, and technology executives • Founders and startup teams • Governance, security, legal, and risk professionals • Teams responsible for bringing AI into real business workflows
Whether you are building AI systems, applying AI within your role, or leading adoption across an organization, you’ll leave with practical ideas, useful frameworks, and a clearer plan for what to do next.
A Focused Summit, not a Generic Expo
ODSC AI NYC is built around workshops, labs, open discussions, and real implementation experiences. There is no traditional trade-show floor. Partner sessions are curated and clearly identified, keeping the program focused on what attendees can learn, build, and take back to their organizations. You’ll also have opportunities to meet AI practitioners, product leaders, operators, founders, and executives during breaks, the networking reception, and curated networking experiences. Access to the VIP dinner is included with eligible passes.
Venue
Jay Conference Center Bryant Park 109 West 39th Street New York, NY The venue is conveniently located in Midtown Manhattan, near Bryant Park, Times Square, Penn…
