NYC AI/LLM/ML Developers Group

AI Dev Day - Building AI workloads from Experiment to Production

Thu, May 21 · 9:00 AM EDT

1 Liberty Plaza, New York, NY 10007, New York, Ne, US

Register on AICamp event website is REQUIRED for admission.
RSVP on meetup is turned off.

Scale AI with confidence— Learn directly from industry experts and power builders at this free technical event featuring real-world talks and hands-on workshops designed to move your AI workloads from experiment to production.

Agenda:

• 9:00AM ~ 9:30AM: Registration + Networking
• 9:30AM ~ 12:00PM: Keynotes, Tech Talks, Q&A
• 12:00PM ~ 1:00PM: Expo Hall + Lunch
• 1:00PM ~ 4:00PM: Hands-on Track 1 — Fine tune VLA models for physical AI
• 1:00PM ~ 4:00PM: Hands-on Track 2 — Run Distributed training with Ray and PyTorch
• 4:00PM ~ 5:30PM: Happy Hour + Networking

What to expect:

• Community-Led Talks: Learn real-world lessons, proven architectures, and scaling patterns.
• Direct Expert Access: Engage directly with industry experts and builders
• Hands-on Workshops: Accelerate your path to production with an instructor-led workshop.
• Peer Networking: Connect with experienced engineers and AI teams and learn from shared experiences.

Agenda (Morning)

• 9:00AM - 9:30AMRegistration + Networking
• 9:30AM - 10:15AMOpening Keynote
• 10:15AM - 12:30PMRay User Talks
• 12:30PM - 1:30PMExpo hall: Lunch and Networking

VLA Track — Fine tune VLA models for physical AI

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• 12:00 - 12:30 PMRegistration + Networking
• 12:30 - 12:45 PMTraining kickoff and environment setup
• 12:45 - 1:30 PMModule 1: Ray, the Foundation for Distributed Physical AI
• 1:30 - 2:30 PMModule 2: Large scale VLA fine-tuning
• 2:30 - 2:45 PMBreak
• 2:45 - 3:45 PMModule 3: Robotics simulation
• 3:45 - 4:00 PMQ&A and closing remarks
• 4:00 - 5:30 PMHappy Hour + Networking

Ray Track — Run Distributed training with Ray and PyTorch

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• 12:45 - 1:30 PMModule 1: Scaling Python for AI Workloads with Ray
• 1:30 - 2:30 PMModule 2: Building scalable multimodal data pipelines
• 2:30 - 2:45 PMBreak
• 2:45 - 3:45 PMModule 3: Distributed Training at scale
• 3:45 - 4:00 PMQ&A and closing remarks

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Venue:
Convene One Liberty Plaza
1 Liberty St, New York, NY 10006