Join the Bluffdale ACM Chapter for our Summer Tech Talk 2026 — our first hybrid event! Attend in person or online. Under this year's theme, "Human + Machine: AI in Everyday Engineering," we're bringing together engineers, researchers, and students to share practical experiences building, deploying, and living with AI in real-world software.
Speakers
⭐ Distinguished Speaker
Asker Shariff Subahan
Enterprise Support Manager · Amazon Web Services
"Building with AI Agents: From Idea to Deployment in Five Minutes"
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Community Presenters
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Swapneswar Sundar Ray
Assistant Vice President · US Bank
"Managing Hallucinations in Production Engineering"
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Rajendra Pallikonda
Integration Architect · Blue Ribbon Global Technologies
"A Multi-Dimensional Decision Framework for Enterprise Integration and Cloud Transformation in Heterogeneous Ecosystems"
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Sarath Kumar Kallayil Sreedharan
Senior Technical Account Manager · Amazon Web Services Inc
"When AI Meets the Message Queue: Engineering Patterns for Intelligent Routing and Prioritization"
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Bhaskar Reddy Kollu
Enterprise Architect · UnitedHealth(Optum)
"Agentic AI in HealthCare: Conversational AI & HITL in Healthcare workflows"
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Suhas Malempati
Co-Founder · MetaDigi Labs Inc
"Beyond the Screen: How Spatial AI Helps Humans Navigate, Understand, and Manage Physical Spaces"
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Avinash Ranganath
Lead Technical Account Manager · Amazon Web Services
"AWS AI Frontier Agents - Rise of Autonomous DevOps and SecOps"
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What You'll Learn
- Current state of applied AI in enterprise environments
- Practical use cases from Silicon Slopes companies
- Emerging trends in machine learning and automation
- Career opportunities in the AI/ML space
- Best practices for integrating AI into your workflows
Who Should Attend
Whether you're a developer, data scientist, product manager, or technology leader or student or learner or curious - if you want to understand how AI is transforming business today, this session is for you.
Developers
Data Scientists
Product Managers
Tech Leaders
AI Enthusiasts
Student
Event Schedule
5:00 PM MDT
Welcome & Opening remarks - Chaitanya Kulkarni, Founding Chair
5:03 PM MDT
Introduction of Communication Chair - Vijayakumar Venganti
5:05 PM MDT
Distinguished Speaker - Asker Shariff Subahan (Amazon Web Services)
5:20 PM MDT
Speaker 2 - Swapneswar Sundar Ray (US Bank)
5:35 PM MDT
Speaker 3 - Rajendra Pallikonda (Blue Ribbon Global Technologies)
5:50 PM MDT
Speaker 4 - Sarath Kumar Kallayil Sreedharan (Amazon Web Services)
6:05 PM MDT
Speaker 5 - Bhaskar Reddy Kollu (UnitedHealth(Optum))
6:20 PM MDT
Speaker 6 - Suhas Malempati (MetaDigi Labs Inc)
6:35 PM MDT
Speaker 7 - Avinash Ranganath (Amazon Web Services)
7:40 PM MDT
Closing remarks, Fall Tech Talk preview & membership announcements - Chandrashekhar Medicherla, Vice Chair
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