October 29-30, 2026 · Oakland University
Where Michigan's IT, engineering, robotics, and manufacturing communities meet.
Learn from people working across Michigan’s technology industries. Compare experiences between sessions, ask questions, and meet people outside your usual circles.
MITechCon 2026 is sold out. Public registration is closed. There will be no in-person ticket sales. Thank you for considering MITechCon.
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300technology practitioners
47conference sessions
1keynote
10topic areas
The program at a glance
What happens each day.
29Thursday
24 sessions · 5 session blocks
Keynote: 9:00 AM
Sessions: 10:00 AM–4:45 PM
Choose from concurrent sessions led by practitioners across Michigan’s technology fields.
Browse Thursday sessions →Networking Reception: 5:00 PM–6:30 PM
30Friday
23 sessions · 5 session blocks
Opening: 9:00 AM
Sessions: 10:00 AM–4:45 PM
Choose from concurrent sessions led by practitioners across Michigan’s technology fields.
Browse Friday sessions →Closing: 5:00 PM–5:30 PM
Make connections
Meet Michigan’s technology community.
Learn, share practical experience, and connect around the technology challenges you work on.
Thursday keynote · 9:00 AM
Build vs. Buy in the AI Era
Artificial intelligence is changing the way organizations operate, but one of the biggest questions leaders face remains the same: Should we build it ourselves or buy it? The answer isn’t just about cost.
Featured sessions
A first look at the 2026 program.
Mission-Critical Code: What NASA’s Power of Ten Can Teach Us
Jonathan "J." Tower
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"
Chris Birie
Software and Data Engineer
Designing Data Pipelines That Don’t Hate You Six Months LaterThank you for considering MITechCon.
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