Name: 2026-08 Maria-AI Avkash Hirpara
Start: 2026-08-26T17:30:00-06:00
End: 2026-08-26T20:00:00-06:00
Location: Platform Calgary

**Presentation - What It Actually Takes to Run Agentic AI in Production**
A tour of Maria-AI, eClinicalWorks' production agentic AI platform — the challenges of running agents for real, and solutions that blend traditional software engineering philosophy with the latest agentic techniques and architecture choices. Real system, real trade-offs, real scars.

**Where:** Platform Calgary, East Annex
**When:** Wednesday, August 26, at 5:30 PM
**Schedule:**
5:30 - Pizza and Networking
6:00 - Presentations and Discussion
7:30 - Wrap up

**Presenter:**
Avkash Hirpara is a Software Architect at eClinicalWorks with 16 years of experience designing and shipping large-scale systems, and the architect of Maria-AI, the company's agentic AI platform.

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