28Wednesday · Workshops
4 full-day workshops
Go deep on one skill
Spend the day hands-on with an instructor who does this work for a living.
See the workshops →October 28-30, 2026 · Oakland University
Where Michigan's IT, engineering, robotics, and manufacturing communities meet.
58 practitioner-led conference sessions and 4 full-day workshops across 3 days — all on one campus.
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62sessions and workshops
56technology practitioners
4full-day workshops
3days at Oakland University
The program at a glance
What happens each day.
29–30Thursday & Friday · Conference
58 sessions · 11 topic areas
Two days of sessions
Practical talks across AI, software, security, robotics, and manufacturing.
Browse the sessions →New this year
Full-day workshops, Wednesday Oct 28.
4 hands-on, instructor-led workshops, each capped at 30 seats — reserve early to lock yours in.
Workshop pass$249Reserve a workshop seat
Featured sessions
A first look at the 2026 program.
Mission-Critical Code: What NASA’s Power of Ten Can Teach Us
Jonathan "J." Tower
AI Agents in Products: A Product Manager’s Guide to Building What Matters
Reshmika Dhandapani
Robotic Tracer Gas Sniffing for Leak Localization in EV Battery Packs and Energy Storage Systems
Davy Leboucher
Featured speakers
Sessions led by working practitioners.
Vijaykumar Jangamashetti
Staff Cloud Consulting Architect, Google
Google BigQuery - Heart of Smart Analytics toolset on Google Cloud
Varun Joshi
Senior Data Engineer at AWS
RAG for Data Engineers: What It Is, Where It Fits, and Why Your Metadata Is the Missing Piece
Harsh Ranjan
Senior Software Engineer @Snowflake
Engineering Beyond the "Rule of Eight"
Sarah Dutkiewicz
Software Architect
From Chaos to Context: A Hands-On Journey Through EventStorming and Architecture KatasTickets
One price per pass.
Bundle
$499All three days — save $49
Available through October 15
Conference
$299Thursday and Friday
Available through September 30
Workshop
$249Wednesday only
Available through September 30
Student
$99Thursday and Friday, discounted
Available through October 15
Sponsors and partners
Backed by organizations building Michigan tech.
3 days, one campus, across Michigan's IT, engineering, robotics, and manufacturing communities.
October 28–30, 2026 · Workshops Wednesday · Conference Thursday and Friday