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QCon AI New York 2026 highlights: agent authorization, ops agents, model serving, evaluation
QCon AI New York (Dec 15–16, 2026) has confirmed 23 sessions covering identity and authorization for autonomous agents (keynote by Nancy Wang, 1Password), guardrails for an operations agent on large-scale Kubernetes (LinkedIn), Netflix’s five‑year consolidation of its model‑serving platform, and post‑deployment evaluation and moderation platforms. The program frames AI engineering as systems engineering, focusing on bounded agent authority, observability, cost/latency trade‑offs, and continuous evaluation for production systems.
KEY POINTS
- QCon AI New York (Dec 15–16, 2026) has confirmed 23 sessions covering identity and authorization for autonomous agents (keynote by Nancy Wang, 1Password), guardrails for an operations agent on large-scale Kubernetes (LinkedIn), Netflix’s five‑year consolidation of its model‑serving platform, and post‑deployment evaluation and moderation platforms.
- The program frames AI engineering as systems engineering, focusing on bounded agent authority, observability, cost/latency trade‑offs, and continuous evaluation for production systems.
- This programmatic focus reflects a broader industry shift from model behavior to system behavior—practical engineering topics (identity, guardrails, shared serving, evaluation) that determine whether AI works safely and economically at scale.
WHY IT MATTERS
This programmatic focus reflects a broader industry shift from model behavior to system behavior—practical engineering topics (identity, guardrails, shared serving, evaluation) that determine whether AI works safely and economically at scale.