February 26, 2026
San Francisco, Ca
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The AI Executive Forum is an invitation-only, half-day executive forum focused on the near-term future of open AI. Hosted by the Linux Foundation, the event brings together leaders from open source AI foundations and projects, AI companies, and academia for thought leadership, project updates, and practical discussion – with dedicated networking throughout the afternoon and a cocktail reception and dinner.
Linux Foundation AI Executive Forum
February 26, 2026 | San Francisco
Julia Morgan Ballroom, San Francisco
| 1:00 – 2:00 PM | Registration / Badge Pick-up |
| 2:00 – 2:30 PM | Welcome & Opening Remarks, Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation |
| 2:30 – 3:00 PM | Plenary Sessions: The Near-Term Future of Open AI Forward-looking perspectives from AI leaders on what’s changing next, where momentum is accelerating, and what leaders should be preparing for over the next 12–36 months. Peter Norvig, Stanford & Google Ion Stoica, UC Berkeley & Sky Computing Lab |
| 3:00 – 4:00 PM | Project Updates: State of the Union Short briefings from leaders across key open AI projects and ecosystems highlighting what’s evolving faster than expected, where constraints are emerging; and what other projects and practitioners should understand now. MCP: Den Delimarsky, Anthropic PyTorch: Joe Spisak, Meta Kubernetes: Jago Macleod, Google Ray: Robert Nishihara, Anyscale Goose: Manik Surtani, Block |
| 4:00 – 4:30 PM | Networking Break Informal conversation and connection-building |
| 4:30 – 5:30 PM | Facilitated Executive Discussions Simultaneous small-group discussions with designated facilitators, focused on timely, real-world issues facing organizations building and deploying open AI. Sessions are designed to surface shared challenges, areas of alignment, and open questions across projects and sectors. – Trust and Identity – Facilitators: Daniela Barbosa, Executive Director and Hart Montgomery, CTO, LF Decentralized Trust – Security & Privacy – Facilitator: Matt White, PyTorch Foundation/Linux Foundation – AI in Regulated Industries – Facilitator: Gabriele Columbro, Executive Director, FinTech Open Source Foundation (FINOS) – The Role of Open Source in Agentic AI – Faciliator: Jono Bacon, Founder and CEO, Stateshift |
| 5:30 – 8:30 PM | Cocktail Reception & Dinner in the Julia Morgan Ballroom |
All times are listed in Pacific Standard Time (PST | UTC-8)