AI Agents in the Real World: From Prototypes to Production
Join tech leaders and AI product managers as they uncover how agentic AI is moving forward from hype to business impact. We’ll get a behind-the-scenes picture of prototypes turning into live products and discover what’s next for agentic AI in 2026.
For this panel discussion, we invited product and technology leaders who are actively building and deploying agentic AI systems. Through their stories and hands-on case studies, we’ll dive deeper in the process of developing architectures, orchestration mechanisms, and human-in-the-loop design.
We’ll also explore how AI companies are overcoming key hurdles in security, governance, user trust, and team dynamics. And let’s take a look ahead at the 2026 trends shaping the next wave of intelligent automation.
Why attend
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Event highlights
- Hear first-hand stories from teams who have taken AI agents from concept to live deployment. Learn what worked and what didn’t.
- Understand how tech companies are addressing risk, compliance, and ethical use of autonomous AI systems.
- Discover the trends and technologies that will define agentic AI in 2026.
- Ask panelists about your implementation challenges and get peer advice.
- Hear first-hand stories from teams who have taken AI agents from concept to live deployment. Learn what worked and what didn’t.
Meet the speakers
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Manuel Morales
Fractional CTO, NUA and KwiziqManuel Morales is a fractional CTO who helps SaaS startups implement GenAI without the hype. Over 15 years working with companies from early-stage to scale-ups like Typeform. He focuses on practical deployment, team autonomy building, and avoiding expensive mistakes. -
Kevin Östlin
Co-founder, AndsendKevin Östlin is one of the co-founders of Andsend, the business development app for consultants that suggests the right action for the right contact at the right time, helping them turn their network into revenue.
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Oliver King-Smith
Founder, smartR AIOliver holds a PhD in Mathematics from UC Berkeley and an executive MBA from Stanford, and is an innovator with expertise in Data Visualization, Statistics, Machine Vision, Robotics, and AI. As a serial entrepreneur, he has founded three companies and contributed to two successful exits. At his latest company, smartR AI, Oliver King-Smith spearheads innovative patent applications harnessing AI for societal impact, including advancements in health tracking, support for vulnerable populations, and resource optimization. Throughout his career, Oliver has been dedicated to developing cutting-edge technology to address challenges, and today smartR AI is committed to providing safe AI programs for manufacturing, MHI and SCM, and resource optimization, within your own secure and private ecosystems.
