Intel AI Summit 2025
Two-day AI developer conference - February 26-27, 2025
Conference Overview
Two-day AI focused developer summit focused on AI using Intel technologies. Unfortunately, with Intel laying off the developer relations team and the associated web team, there is no longer a specific link to the published agenda. However, video recordings are available.
Key Responsibilities
- Co-hosted and served as Master of Ceremonies for both days
- Opened and closed sessions with Susan Kahler
- Participated as speaker in “Simplifying Generative AI App Development: Standardization Matters” session
- Created run of show script
- Managed every aspect of this conference
Impact
- Two-day comprehensive AI developer conference
- Featured 20+ technical sessions covering LLM deployment, RAG applications, AI PC development, and hands-on workshops
- Brought together industry experts, researchers, and practitioners from diverse organizations
Video replay
The full conference is available in the Intel AI DevSummit 2025 playlist on Intel’s channel — covering most of the conference content.
Event Schedule
Due to Intel layoffs the original schedule is no longer available from Intel Developer Zone. As I was the organizer I have recreated the schedule. The video replay should have most of it.
Day 1 - Wednesday
| Time | Session | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00am - 09:15am | Welcome Session | Susan Kahler, Sriram Ramkrishna |
| 09:20am - 10:05am | AI PC: Achieving Success at Scale with Windows Copilot+ Experiences | Prashant Sethi |
| 10:05am - 12:00pm | Fundamentals of LLM Fine-Tuning Techniques | Yuri Winche Achermann |
| 12:00pm - 12:30pm | Lunch | |
| 12:30pm - 01:15pm | Navigating LLM Deployment: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques | Meryem Arik |
| 01:20pm - 02:05pm | Efficient Large Language Model Inference with SqueezeLLM and KVQuant | Coleman Hooper |
| 02:10pm - 02:55pm | Build RAG Apps in YAML | Jan Chorowski |
| 02:55pm - 03:10pm | Break | |
| 03:10pm - 03:55pm | The full circle developer experience using Podman - From Intel AI PC to Openshift AI | Chris Calderon |
| 03:55pm - 04:40pm | Simplifying Generative AI App Development: Standardization Matters | Katherine Druckman, Sriram Ramkrishna |
| 04:30pm - 04:45pm | AI PC-Powered Drones: Advanced Real-World Applications with Intel’s Latest NUC | Yuri Winche Achermann |
| 04:45pm - 05:00pm | Closing Session | Sriram Ramkrishna, Susan Kahler |
Day 2 - Thursday
| Time | Session | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00am - 09:15am | Welcome Session Day 2 | Sriram Ramkrishna, Susan Kahler |
| 09:15am - 09:30am | A Discussion on the Applicability of Mobile App Facilitating Biosignal Applications | Deepthi A J, PhD |
| 09:30am - 09:45am | AI methods for understanding implicit structures in medical records | Jian Huang, Tanner Hobson |
| 09:50am - 11:45am | Hands-on Workshop with Gaudi 2 on the Intel® Tiber™ AI Cloud | Alex Sin, Louie Tsai |
| 11:45am - 12:15pm | Lunch | |
| 12:15pm - 01:00pm | Innovating with LLMs on Venturely.io: The ‘Expedite’ Case Study | René Bohnsack |
| 01:05pm - 01:50pm | Build a RAG Pipeline with Red Hat Openshift AI and OPEA Validated Platform | Chris Calderon |
| 01:55pm - 02:40pm | Building Agentic LLM Workflows with AutoGen | Daron Yöndem |
| 02:40pm - 02:50pm | Break | |
| 02:50pm - 03:35pm | AI for Daily Efficiency: The Productivity Revolution by kAI | Kelvin Perea, Manuel Meza, Gilberto Pardo |
| 03:40pm - 04:25pm | Building private LLM-powered second brain on Intel CPU | Pradeep Sharma |
| 04:25pm - 04:40pm | Closing Session Day 2 | Sriram Ramkrishna, Susan Kahler |