PyTorch Conference North America Announces 2026 Keynotes

PyTorch Conference North America 2026 will be held in San Jose, California, on October 20–21, 2026, with keynote speakers including Mark Collier, Executive Director of the PyTorch Foundation; Mazin Gilbert, Executive Director of the Agentic AI Foundation; Edward Yang and Alban Desmaison, Research Engineers at Meta; Simon Mo, Co-Founder & CEO of Inferact; Bill Jia, VP of Engineering, Core ML/AI at Google Cloud; Brian Stevens, SVP & AI CTO at Red Hat; Ujval Kapasi, VP of AI & HPC Frameworks & Libraries at NVIDIA; Joelle Pineau, Chief AI Officer at Cohere; Mark Saroufim, Co-founder of Core Automation; and Sara Hooker, CEO & Co-Founder of Adaption. The PyTorch Foundation is accepting flare pin design submissions through August 14, 2026, with the winner receiving a complimentary ticket to the conference.

PyTorch Conference North America will be held in San Jose, California, on October 20–21, 2026. Featured PyTorchCon NA 2026 keynote speakers https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/program/keynote-speakers/ include: Mark Collier https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=mark-collier , Executive Director, PyTorch Foundation Mazin Gilbert https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=mazin-gilbert , Executive Director, Agentic AI Foundation Edward Yang https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=edward-yang , Research Engineer, Meta Alban Desmaison https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=alban-desmaison , Research Engineer, Meta Simon Mo https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=simon-mo , Co-Founder & CEO, Inferact Bill Jia https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=bill-jia , VP of Engineering, Core ML/AI, Google Cloud Brian Stevens https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=brian-stevens , SVP & AI CTO, Red Hat Ujval Kapasi https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=ujval-kapasi , VP, AI & HPC Frameworks & Libraries, NVIDIA Joelle Pineau https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=joelle-pineau , Chief AI Officer, Cohere Mark Saroufim https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=mark-saroufim , Co-founder, Core Automation Sara Hooker https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/?speaker=sara-hooker , CEO & Co-Founder, Adaption The two-day conference will include technical sessions and community collaboration across the PyTorch ecosystem. Submit a Flare Pin Design by August 14 PyTorch Foundation is accepting original designs for the 2026 PyTorch Foundation flare pin through August 14, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. PT. The winning entrant will receive one complimentary ticket to PyTorch Conference North America. PyTorch Foundation will produce the winning design as a 1-inch die-cut soft enamel pin for the conference. Share your design on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, or Bluesky using PyTorchPin and PyTorchCon. Review the contest requirements and submit a design https://pytorch.org/blog/pytorch-foundation-flare-pin-community-design-contest/ Become a Sponsor PyTorch Conference North America brings together 3,000+ members of the open source AI ecosystem. Companies interested in visibility with the engineers and technical leaders building the next generation of AI infrastructure and applications can review the available sponsorship opportunities.