Convergence: RL Summit
The Researchers, Founders, and Operators building the next Era, in one room.
Speakers and Anchors
INDUSTRYAnastasios AngelopoulosCEO, Arena
Ben HuffmanCo-founder and CEO, ContraAllison NultyHead of Contra Labs
INDUSTRYSahil BhaiwalaCSO, Handshake
INDUSTRYDylan PorgesCBO, Deeptune
LABLogan KilpatrickMember of Technical Staff, Google DeepMind
INDUSTRYAlex TrottDatabricks
INDUSTRYEce KamarCTO, Turing
INDUSTRYPratyush MainiCornell professor / Founding member, DatologyAI
ACADEMIAMelissa PanPhD student, UC Berkeley
ACADEMIAAndy ZhangResearcher, UC Berkeley
ACADEMIASteven DillmannAI4Science PhD, Stanford University
ACADEMIACaleb ChuckPostdoctoral Researcher, Princeton University
What the day is
Research talks, Industry insight, live Q&A, and open panels.
Agenda
Thursday, October 29, 2026
- 8:00 – 9:00 AMDoors open, coffee and breakfast networkingBadge pickup, coffee, and light breakfast.
- 9:00 – 11:00 AMSessionsSpeakers and topics announced closer to the day.
- 11:00 – 11:15 AMIntermissionCoffee and a chance to move around the room.
- 11:15 AM – 12:30 PMSessionsSpeakers and topics announced closer to the day.
- 12:30 – 1:00 PMCatered lunchLunch is provided, and the day closes at 1:00 PM.
SVB Experience Center
San Francisco, CA
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM PDT on Thu, Oct 29, 2026. The venue sits a few minutes from Montgomery and Embarcadero BART.
Frequently asked
The researchers, founders, and operators building the next era of reinforcement learning. It is a curated, invite-only summit, and the host committee reviews the guest list by hand.
Registration runs on Luma. Put your name down there and the host committee will follow up with the details.
Register on LumaThu, Oct 29, 2026, 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM PDT. The summit is at the SVB Experience Center in San Francisco, CA, a few minutes from Montgomery and Embarcadero BART.
Read more about the locationDoors, coffee and breakfast networking from 8:00 AM, then sessions through the morning either side of an intermission, and a catered lunch to close at 1:00 PM.
See the full agenda13 speakers are confirmed so far, from Deeptune, Handshake, Databricks, DatologyAI, Stanford, Contra, Arena, Turing, Google DeepMind, Princeton and UC Berkeley. Speakers and topics for each session are announced closer to the day.
See who is speakingYes. Coffee and a light breakfast when doors open, and a catered lunch to close the day.