Summit: Connect NYC 2026

Red Hat's travelling Summit returns to NYC again this year.

Red Hat Summit: Connect 2026 gives you access to technology experts, hands-on learning opportunities with Red Hat solutions, and options to connect with partners and your peers. You’ll leave with the tools and strategies needed to develop, scale, and reach your organization’s technology goals—or your own.

RSVP at https://www.redhat.com/en/summit/connect/na/new-york-city-ny-2026

Agenda:
8 - 9AM: Check-in & Breakfast

9 - 10:25 AM: Opening & Keynotes:

• Built for impact: AI, security, and the infrastructure decisions that matter
• The Power of 1%, From Platform Strategy to Business Outcomes
• AI-Driven Research Innovation at Albert Einstein College of Medicine

10:40 - 12:10: Hands On Labs:

• Practical image mode for RHEL: delivering more secure application baselines
• Experience OpenShift Virtualization

10:40 - 11:20: Breakout sessions:

• Isovalent Networking & Nexus One Integration: Architecting a Secure, Unified Foundation
• Securing the Software Supply Chain in the AI-Era
• AI-Driven Research Innovation at Albert Einstein College of Medicine with Red Hat OpenShift AI and IBM Fusion

11:30 - 12:10: Breakout sessions:

• You Don't Own Your Data Stack. Your Vendor Does.
• Unlock AI-driven automation: From AIOps insights to trusted action
• Beyond the Zero CVE Myth: Building the Agentic Software Factory of the Future

12:10 - 1:10PM: Lunch

1:10 - 1:55 PM: Breakout Sessions:

• The Data Foundation for Modern Infrastructure: VMs, Containers, and AI on Red Hat with Everpure
• Build Applications, Not Platforms: Reduce Costs and Move Faster with AWS + Red Hat

2:05 - 2:50 PM: Breakout Sessions:

• From Migration to AI Innovation: Modernizing VMs, Containers, and Apps with Microsoft and Red Hat
• Day 2 and Beyond: Running OpenShift with Confidence at Enterprise Scale

3:00 - 4:30 PM: Hands-on Labs:

• Machine-Speed Security: Defend, Contain, Comply
• AgentOps in production: Agentic end-to-end observability with Red Hat AI

3:00 - 3:40 PM: Breakout Sessions:

• From Alert to Action: Building Self-Healing Infrastructure with SHI and Red Hat Ansible
• Inner-loop security: Introducing Red Hat Desktop for enterprise container and AI development
• Addressing Mythos and Enterprise Patching with Lightwell and Automation Orchestrator

3:50 - 4:30 PM: Breakout Sessions:

• AMD + Red Hat: A Unified Blueprint for Modern Enterprise Infrastructure
• A customer journey to image mode in RHEL: Hardening at scale without slowing delivery
• From Tokens to Tokenomics: Optimizing AI Costs with Open Source

4:30 - 5:30 PM: Networking Mixer