Thought-Leaders Summits
Our two AI & Agile Alignment invitational events – a summit on October 11 2024 and November 11 Promptathon – use intelligence-mining to rank thought leaders based on contributions to this growing field – so we don’t have these events clogged with brand boosters and certificate collectors.
Our June summit focused on “AI & Business Alignment” and you can watch the keynots and panel session here. October is on “AI & Product Alignment”. Keynoters to be announced shortly
We’re also calling for proposals by AI & Agile Alignment folks with fire in their bellies to speak at Agilign 2025. And that’s open to all, newcomers welcome!
Agilign Conference 2025
The first AI & Agile Alignment conference. TED-style talks and hands-on workshops in AI Driven Development, AI Business Alignment & AI Product Alignment. With three edges:
- Cutting Edge: important new patterns.
- Bleeding Edge: war stories & surprises.
- Air Edge: experimental ideas seeking collaborators & feedback.
Agilign 2025 runs 3 days starting March 11. Early Bird is on sale at $240 USD; Full Price starts at $490 USD. Early Birds also get priority seating and 15% off of 2025 XSCALE courses.
Conference Formats
Traditional formats divide speakers from audience. Open-space “unconference” formats, which empower attendees, don’t align learnings, reconcile differences, or resolve questions.
XSCALE’s Camelot model does those things by forming attendees into an AI-integrated learning ecosystem that focuses on the greatest mutual interest to the attendees.
Prepared talks, hands-on workshops, and open space sessions plus a breadth-first structured marketplace of ideas – it’sboth conference and unconference. And Camelot really comes into its own at the Promptathon – which is like a hackathon but tech skills aren’t required – everybody’s welcome!
June 11 Summit
Summit Theme: AI & Business Alignment
LA 8-11am / NY 11am-2pm / UK 4-7pm / EU 5-8pm / AEST 1am / UTC 3-6pm
AI in business today is where Agile was in business a generation ago. Aligning business with AI is a critical advantage that everyone is struggling to achieve – based on zero experience. Every day brings another future-shock to junk yesterday’s plans.
So this summit brings together Agile pioneers with AI experts to share winning patterns and war stories about instructive failures. But mutual benefit is the name of this game – you have to bring thought leadership to share with us too. If the theme seems a bit vague, try the Alignment Manifesto to get a better idea of what this is all about. If it speaks to you, we want you in the tent.
Evan Leybourn
Head of Thought Leadership, BAI
Jim Highsmith
Agile Pioneer
John Tanner
CEO & Chief Strategist, C4G
Peter Merel
CEO, XSCALE Alliance
September 10 Summit
Summit Theme: AI Driven Development
AI writes software faster, cheaper, and better than humans, but it also hallucinates and misinterprets us. So agile teams remain essential to keep AI on the road – even when they no longer drive. In this summit we’ll explore solutions from breadth-first whole-board AI product alignment down to executable BDD contracts for value stream flows, set-based experimentation and workflows between interdependent teams at every level of the organization – root and branch, not just at operational leaves.
But mutual benefit is the name of this game – you have to bring thought leadership to share with us too. If the theme seems a bit vague, try this introduction to AIDD to get a better idea of what this is all about. If that speaks to you, we want you in the tent.