Why Your Agent Pilot Stalled — And What Changed for Teams That Shipped
A field view of where agent and copilot programs break down between prototype and production, and the patterns behind the ones that made it.
Dec 2–3, 2026 · New York City · In person
ODSC AI NYC— AI for Work Summit —
Deploying AI Agents & Copilots in Production.
Join 800+ AI practitioners, product leaders, and enterprise architects in Midtown NYC for two days of real case studies, evals, and hands-on workflows.
Built by ODSC for the people building, deploying, and leading applied AI.
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Why Attend ODSC AI NYC?
AI at work has moved beyond simple productivity tips and scattered pilots. Teams now need to understand which workflows to redesign, how agents and copilots connect to real systems, how to evaluate outputs, how to manage risk, and how to measure business value.
ODSC AI NYC is built for that next stage: practical, in-person learning for the people responsible for making AI useful inside teams and organizations.
From pilots to production
Learn what it takes to move AI agents, copilots, and workflow automation beyond experiments and into real deployment.
From tools to workflows
See how AI changes the way product, engineering, operations, analytics, and business teams actually get work done.
From adoption to trust
Explore evaluation, governance, security, and oversight practices that make AI systems reliable enough to use.
From strategy to execution
Connect leadership priorities with the technical and operational work needed to make AI valuable.
Program Themes
Six themes shape the two-day program — spanning the technical, operational, and leadership work of applied AI.
AI Agents & Copilots at Work
How agents, copilots, and assistants are being used across business, product, engineering, data, and operations workflows.
AI Engineering, Evals & Trust
Practical approaches to testing, evaluation, monitoring, reliability, human oversight, and production readiness.
Enterprise AI Deployment
Case studies and patterns for moving from isolated pilots to governed, scalable AI systems.
AI-Native Teams & Workflows
How teams are redesigning processes, roles, and collaboration around AI-first work.
Governance, Security & Risk
How organizations are managing AI risk, compliance, oversight, data access, and responsible deployment.
Hands-On Workshops & Demos
Practical sessions for builders and teams who want to see how AI systems are designed, tested, and deployed.
What You'll Leave With
- A clearer view of how AI agents, copilots, and assistants are being used in real workflows
- Practical patterns for moving AI projects from pilot to production
- A better understanding of evals, governance, oversight, and trust
- Examples of how teams are measuring value, adoption, and ROI
- Ideas for redesigning work across product, engineering, operations, and data teams
- Connections with AI practitioners, vendors, founders, executives, and local NYC AI leaders
- A practical roadmap for what your team should build, test, or deploy next
Who Should Attend
ODSC AI NYC is designed for cross-functional teams working on AI adoption, implementation, and scale.
- AI engineers and practitioners building agents, copilots, RAG systems, and AI workflows
- Product leaders bringing AI-native features and internal tools to market
- Data and AI leaders responsible for deployment, governance, adoption, and ROI
- Business operators redesigning processes around automation and AI assistance
- Executives and innovation leaders setting AI strategy and evaluating real business impact
- Founders and startup teams building AI-for-work products and platforms
- Consultants and transformation teams helping organizations adopt AI
Bring your team if you are responsible for moving AI from experimentation to real organizational impact.
Two Days Built for Focus and Depth
A deliberate arc from shared context on Day 1 to deeper implementation on Day 2.
Day 1 — Shared Context, Then Breakouts
Morning · Main stage
- Main-stage talks and fireside conversations
- Enterprise and startup case studies
- Panels on AI adoption, workflow redesign, ROI, governance, and trust
Afternoon · Breakouts (room splits once, at lunch)
- Agents & workflows in production
- AI engineering and evals
- Governance, security, and risk
Evening
- Networking reception and VIP dinner
Day 2 — Deeper Tracks, Demos & Implementation
All day · Breakouts
- Breakout sessions on agents, AI engineering, evals, governance, and AI-native workflows
- Practical demos and workshop-style sessions
- Leadership and operator discussions
- Partner-led sessions and curated networking
A Focused Summit, Not a Generic Expo
ODSC AI NYC is intentionally designed as a focused summit, not a large trade-show floor. The goal is practical learning, useful conversations, and direct access to the people building, buying, deploying, and leading AI for work.
Curated content
Sessions are designed around practical implementation, real workflows, and lessons from teams deploying AI.
High-quality networking
Meet practitioners, executives, founders, product leaders, operators, and AI teams working on similar problems.
Useful partner engagement
Sponsors participate through talks, workshops, panels, roundtables, demos, networking, and VIP experiences — not just booths.
Choose Your Pass
Two passes for how you want to experience ODSC AI NYC — plus team pricing for groups.
Regular Pass
$699$499
For practitioners, leaders, and teams attending the full summit program.
- Two-day summit access
- Main program sessions
- Breakout sessions and demos
- Attendee networking
- Refreshments during the program
- Access to partner showcase sessions
Recommended
Networking+ Pass
$899$699
For attendees who want deeper networking and access to the VIP dinner.
- Everything in Regular Pass
- Speaker and VIP dinner
- Priority networking opportunities
- Access to invited guests, speakers, and partners
VIP dinner capacity is limited.
Team Passes
Bringing 3 or more people? Bring your AI, data, product, or operations team and align around what to build, deploy, and govern next.
Ask About Team Pricing
Preliminary Program
A working view of the two-day agenda. Filter by track or search by topic. Session titles and speakers are being finalised and will be updated as talks are confirmed.
12 sessions shown
From 40 Pilots to 4 Products: Consolidating an Enterprise AI Portfolio
How a large organisation killed most of its pilots, picked the survivors, and built the platform underneath them.
Proving ROI When the Baseline Was Never Measured
Operators and finance partners on what counts as evidence of value, and how to instrument work before you automate it.
Making Brittle Agent Workflows Boring and Reliable
Retries, idempotency, tool contracts, state, and failure containment for multi-step agents running against real systems.
Building an Eval Suite Your Team Will Actually Run
Offline and online evaluation, golden sets, LLM-as-judge pitfalls, and wiring evals into CI so regressions surface before users do.
Governance That Scales Instead of Blocking
Access control, audit trails, human-in-the-loop design, and the review process that lets a second team ship without starting over.
Hands-On: Instrumenting an Agent for Observability
Bring a laptop. Trace a multi-tool agent end to end, add structured logging, and find where latency and errors actually come from.
Retrieval That Holds Up Under Real Enterprise Data
Chunking, permissions-aware retrieval, freshness, and evaluating grounding quality on messy internal corpora.
Copilots in Regulated Workflows: What Legal and Risk Asked For
The controls, disclosures, and fallbacks a regulated deployment needed before it was allowed near customers.
Cost, Latency, and Quality: Choosing Models Without Guessing
A practical routing and benchmarking approach for deciding which model does which job, and when to change your mind.
Redesigning Team Workflows Around AI-Native Work
Operators compare notes on roles, handoffs, and process changes that stuck — and the ones that quietly reverted.
What to Build, Test, or Retire in the Next 90 Days
A synthesis of the two days into a concrete shortlist you can take back to your team.
Preliminary program. Session titles, formats, and speakers are subject to change as the agenda is finalised.
Speaker Lineup — Being Announced
The ODSC AI NYC program will feature practitioners, founders, executives, and technical leaders working on real AI-for-work deployments. Expect a mix of case studies, technical sessions, leadership discussions, demos, workshops, and curated networking.
Partners & Sponsors
ODSC AI NYC partners reach a room of practitioners, product leaders, and executives actively selecting and deploying AI tooling — through hosted talks, workshops, roundtables, demos, and VIP networking rather than a booth on an expo floor.
Speak to buyers, not passers-by
Hosted sessions and workshops in front of teams with live agent, copilot, and platform initiatives.
Curated introductions
Roundtables, the VIP dinner, and matchmaking with attendees matching your target profile.
Limited partner slots
A deliberately small partner cohort so each one gets real visibility across the two days.
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From the Team Behind ODSC AI
ODSC has spent more than a decade bringing together the people building and applying data science, machine learning, and AI. ODSC AI NYC builds on that community with a focused summit for the next phase of applied AI: agents, copilots, workflows, evaluation, governance, and enterprise deployment.
Built for practitioners and technical leaders
Designed for both builders and decision-makers
Grounded in applied AI and real-world use cases
Connected to the broader ODSC AI event community
Venue
ODSC AI NYC will take place at Jay Conference Center Bryant Park, 109 West 39th Street, New York City.
Located in Midtown Manhattan, the venue is close to Bryant Park, Times Square, Penn Station, Grand Central, major subway lines, hotels, restaurants, and offices across Midtown.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ODSC AI NYC?
A two-day in-person AI for Work Summit focused on agents, copilots, workflows, evaluation, governance, and enterprise AI deployment.
Who should attend?
AI practitioners, engineers, product leaders, operators, executives, founders, and teams responsible for bringing AI into real workflows.
Is this a technical event or a business event?
Both. The summit connects technical implementation with business adoption, governance, and measurable value.
Will there be hands-on workshops?
Yes. The program will include practical demos and workshop-style sessions. Details will be announced as the agenda is finalized.
Where is the event?
Jay Conference Center Bryant Park, 109 West 39th Street, New York City.
What is included in the Networking+ Pass?
Everything in the Regular Pass plus access to the speaker and VIP dinner, priority networking opportunities, and access to invited guests, speakers, and partners.
Are sponsorship opportunities available?
Yes. ODSC AI NYC offers limited sponsor opportunities focused on hosted talks, workshops, panels, roundtables, networking, VIP dinners, and curated demos.
Join us December 2–3, 2026 in New York City
Two focused days on AI for Work. Whether you are building agents, deploying copilots, redesigning workflows, evaluating AI systems, or leading adoption across your organization, ODSC AI NYC is designed to help you understand what is working now and what to build next.