Opening keynote
Prukalpa Sankar
Join Atlan co-founder Prukalpa Sankar to kick off Context Conference with a look at why context is crucial for getting AI right and what the emerging landscape of context platforms looks like.
Context Conference — The Context Layer for AI
Oct 28, 2026 / 11:00 AM ET
The conference for teams teaching AI their business.
Join the leaders and builders defining the context layer, the missing infrastructure of the AI era.
Agenda
11:00
AM ET11:20
AM ETExecutive decision room
Cindy Hoots
Leigh-Ann Russell
Hear from business leaders implementing AI at companies like AstraZeneca and BNY Mellon on why they invest in context, what value they see, and where it fits in their AI platforms.
11:50
AM ETArchitecture deep dive
Steven Huang
Verizon’s team are the earliest adopters of AI context platforms and the furthest along in building AI agents enterprise-wide. Walk through their architecture with the team that built it, from the first use case to the platform running today: what they built, bought, and standardized, and the decisions they’d redo.
12:20
PM ETField report
Jaya Gupta
After Jaya’s essay on context graphs went viral, every major company’s CIO approached her to figure out how to go about building them. Join Jaya as she reports the ground reality of how businesses are investing in context, what’s working, and where they’re struggling.
12:35
PM ETEcosystem debate
Austin Kronz
Is the context layer a semantic layer, knowledge graph, metadata graph, memory system, agent runtime, or a composition of them? Join thought leaders from every field to converge on a ratified definition of the context layer.
01:05
PM ETDeep dive
Lonne Jaffe
Nearly every AI platform now says they have a context layer: harnesses, graph databases, vertical AI, semantic layers, enterprise search. Join this session to break down what separates the types of context they store and what capabilities you need in a universal context layer.
01:25
PM ETEcosystem debate
Bob Muglia
Josh Klahr
This session brings together the voices defining open context, from Apache Ossie to Open Knowledge Format, to discuss what objects must become portable, what specs we should standardize on, and what protocols we need.
01:50
PM ETClosing keynote
Prukalpa Sankar
Join Prukalpa Sankar to close Context Conference with a ratified contract built by the ecosystem, for the ecosystem.
Meet the people defining context.
The biggest voices in AI, the deepest thinkers on context, and the leaders who’ve built it in production.
New speakers announced every week
Cindy HootsFormer Chief Digital Officer & CIO
Leigh-Ann RussellChief Information Officer & Global Head of Engineering
Steven HuangThe architect behind Verizon’s Enterprise Context Platform
Bob MugliaCoined “open context interchange” at Atlan’s Great Data DebateFormerly
Jaya GuptaAuthor of the viral essay on context graphs
Prukalpa SankarCoined “context is king” before it was cool
Josh KlahrForce of nature behind Apache Ossie
Prajakta DamlePioneering Open Knowledge Format
Austin KronzField CDAO & Host of WTF is the Context Layer
Lonne JaffeAI infrastructure’s all-seeing eye
Get early access to
the latest research from
MIT Technology Review Insights.
Registrants get early access to the first independent study examining the AI context gap, featuring survey findings and perspectives from leaders at Verizon and Workday.
The report explores the biggest blockers to AI projects, how business meaning and governance affect AI outcomes, and who should own the knowledge and rules AI depends on.
The ecosystem is convening on context.
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