AI & Machine Learning

NODES 2026

NODES 2026 is the largest online conference dedicated to Engineering Better Intelligence. It brings together thousands of developers, data professionals, architects, and AI engineers to explore modern applications, multi-agent workflows, and context-rich systems. The free, 24-hour global event features technical sessions across all time zones, delivering pra…

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24Speakers
93Sponsors
23On the bill · sessions
101Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at NODES, in alphabetical order.
Abhishek Das
CTO & Co-Founder · SourcingXPress
Andreas Kollegger
GenAI Lead for Developer Relations, Neo4j · Neo4j
Auxten Wang
Tech Director · ClickHouse
Clemens Anzmann
Software Engineer - Bloom, Neo4j · Neo4j
Divakar Kumar
Technical Architect @FlyersSoft | Microsoft MVP | MCT
Doriana Negruț
Founder & Software Architect · Luminaria
Emil Eifrem
Co-Founder & CEO, Neo4j · Neo4j
Frédéric Valentin
CEO, iNwealth · iNwealth
Giulia Marchese
Data Scientist, Co-founder & CEO · Geen.ai
Himanshu Goel
AI Research Engineer
Hiroki Kokubo
Digital Engineer · JGC Corporation
Johannes Sommer
Co-Founder, SemVec AI · SemVec AI
Karan Chellani
Senior Solution Architect, Persistent · Persistent
Kaustubh Darekar
AI Engineer, Persistent Systems · Persistent Systems
Lucas Matheus
Founder & Research Lead, RecomendeMe · RecomendeMe
Martyns Nwaokocha
Principal Knowledge Graph Engineer, IDC · IDC
Nivedita Thapa
AI Product Manager
Prakriti Solankey
Full Stack Developer, Persistent Systems · Persistent Systems
Pratiksha Zalte
IT Engineer, Nagels and Contributor, Neo4j PHP Driver · Nagels
Pravesh Kumar
Data & AI Engineer, Persistent Systems · Persistent Systems
Shuva Jyoti Kar
Sr Principal Engineer - Network R&D · Palo Alto Networks
Sudhir Hasbe
President, Technology & Chief Product Officer, Neo4j · Neo4j
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
42talents
Aarth
Acuative
Ahead AI
Alt Rocks
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amihan
Ancud IT
Apps Consultants
Apptium
Aptitude
AWS
BNC
Business at Work
Calibo
Capgemini
Cisco
CodeLogic
COG
Cognizant
Confluent
Corporate Technologies Inc (CTI)
Creationline
Data Blues
Databricks
Datacurate
Datavid
Digitate
Ecota
EK
Enterprise Knowledge
Esri
Expero
FactGem
GBG
Gemini Data
Google Cloud
Google Cloud Platform
Graph
Graphable
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Agenda

Selected from 23 sessions on the bill.
  • 01:30 am - 02:00 am UTC November 13

    Live Q&A with Emil Eifrém and Andreas Kollegger

    Americas - General Sessions
  • 02:00 am - 03:00 am UTC November 12

    Keynotes

    Asia Pacific - General Sessions
  • 03:00 am - 03:30 am UTC November 12

    Neo4j Product Vision & Roadmap

    Asia Pacific - General Sessions
  • 03:30 am - 04:00 am UTC November 12

    Vercel SDK Integration with Neo4j

    Asia Pacific - Modern Applications
  • 04:00 am - 04:30 am UTC November 12

    Using the Neo4j NVL Skill to Create Custom Graph Visualizations on Top of Your Neo4j Instance

    Asia Pacific - Modern Applications
  • 04:30 am - 05:00 am UTC November 12

    Self-Learning Agentic Workflows: Using Neo4j to Build a Reusable Network Validation Layer

    Asia Pacific - AI Engineering
  • 05:00 am - 05:30 am UTC November 12

    Beyond Queries: Engineering Full Neo4j PHP Driver Compliance with Bolt and TestKit

    Asia Pacific - Modern Applications
  • 05:00 pm - 05:30 pm UTC November 12

    Live Q&A with Emil Eifrém and Andreas Kollegger

    Europe - General Sessions
  • 06:00 pm - 07:00 pm UTC November 12

    Keynotes

    Americas - General Sessions
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 101 companies show up, and 1 bet on three roles at once?

101 companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
1All threespeak · spons · exh
86Sponsoringsponsor only
14Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Persistent

Speakers by seniority

38% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite521%
  • Founder / Owner313%
  • Director / Head of14%
  • Manager / Lead313%
  • Product14%
  • Engineer · IC833%
  • Research / Science14%
  • Other roles28%

Of 24 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Neo4j4V
  2. 02PersistentSp1V
  3. 0342talentsSp
  4. 04AarthSp
  5. 05AcuativeSp
  6. 06Ahead AISp
  7. 07Alt RocksSp
  8. 08AmihanSp
  9. 09Ancud ITSp
  10. 10Apps ConsultantsSp
  11. 11ApptiumSp
  12. 12AptitudeSp
  13. 13AWSSp
  14. 14BNCSp
Sponsors by tier
unspecified93
100% of 93
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

Related events · by shared sponsors

In the same series

Prior and forthcoming editions