Agentic Systems: Engineering the Right Solution

Overview
Agent architecture decisions seem to fall into one of two categories; either they over‑complicate simple problems or under‑engineer genuinely hard ones. This session offers a framework for choosing between single, and multi‑agent systems, and orchestrated designs in real‑world LLM applications. Attendees will leave with a decision flow and heuristics that they can use to keep systems simple when it’s smart, split when it helps, and orchestrate only when it earns its keep.

Agenda
6:00pm - 6:30pm: Networking - food & drinks
6:30pm - 8:00pm: Presentation & discussion
8:00pm: Networking at Lake Monster Brewing

Meet Our Featured Speaker
Chase is a professor of Artificial Intelligence and AI Fellow at Metro State University, where he teaches Data Mining Tools, Advanced Data Mining and Applied AI in Business. His journey began on the factory floor as a welder, grew through systems integration and building management systems, and landed squarely in the world of cybersecurity, AI, and Industrial Controls. With an MBA and CISSP, Chase bridges the gap between industry reality and academic insight. He’s been featured on Minnesota Public Radio discussing the changing role of AI in higher education, and has spoken and presented at academic conferences like MWAIS, ICAIS, and IACIS. Known for his lighthearted and generally optimistic approach to serious tech, Chase’s talk explores the chaos found in the algorithm if you’re brave enough.

Sponsors
This event is sponsored by Lab651 & Recursive Awesome