AI/ML Sessions at Explore Barcelona 2023

Frank Denneman's recent blog, "Gen AI Sessions at Explore Barcelona 2023", inspired me to list and categorize the different AI/ML sessions that will be presented this week at VMware Explore Barcelona. The live broadcast for Tuesday can be watched here.

I differentiate sessions by format, breakout sessions, Customer Tech Exchange, Meet the Experts, and workshops hosted by Hands on Labs. I've formatted the session numbers to allow for easier scheduling via Explore Barcelona Content Catalog or for watching after the live conference ends.

I hope this helps attendees towards scheduling, or if one is like me, list sessions to watch recordings post-Explore. William Lam will list links on his GitHub here.

Breakout Sessions (Monday->Thursday):

These sessions are limited by room capacity. If a session is sold out, add yourself to the waitlist, as can lead the events team to schedule later in the week. One can also show up before the session and wait in the queue. If seating is available, the event staff will let one in a few minutes after the session begins.

• ’Til the Last Drop of GPU: Run Large Language Models Efficiently VIT2101BCN Monday 11:00-12:30pm CET
  Agustin Malanco, Emerging Workloads Solutions Architect, VMware
  Steve Blow, Solutions Engineer, Run:ai

• Using VMware Private AI for Large Language Models & Generative AI on VMware Cloud Foundation & vSphere CEIB2050BCN
  Tuesday 10:30-11:15am CET
  Justin Murray, Technical Marketing Architect, VMware
  Shawn Kelly, Principal Solutions Engineer, VMware

• How to Accelerate Innovation with Artificial Intelligence VIB2613BCNS
  Tuesday 10:30-11:15am CET
  Elliott Young, CTO, EMEA, Dell Technologies

• Ask Me Anything: Large Language Models VIM2332BCN
  Tuesday 10:30-11:00amCET
  Rick Battle, Staff Machine Learning Engineer, VMware

• ML/AI & Large Language Models – Implications for VMware Infra CEIM2282BCN Tuesday 12:30-1:00pm CET
  Justin Murray, Technical Marketing Architect, VMware

• Empowering Business Growth with Generative AI VIB2368BCN
  Tuesday 2:15-3:00pm CET
  Robbie Jerome, Principal Technologist - AI, VMware
  Serge Palaric, Vice President Alliances & OEMs EMEA, NVIDIA
  Shobhit Bhutani, Principal Product Marketing Manager, VMware

• AI and ML Accelerator Deep Dive CEIB1197BCN
  Wednesday 9:00-9:45am CET
  Frank Denneman, Chief Technologist, VMware

• Exploring the Future of AI/ML and Edge with VMware AI Labs VIB1780BCN
  Wednesday 10:15-11:00am CET
  Natalie Fisher, Sr Product Line Manager, VMware

• When Healthcare Meets Modern AI & VMware: The Results are Life-Changing INDB1728BCN
  Wednesday 10:15-11:00am CET
  Enrique Estrada, Sr. Director Healthcare Industry Solutions, VMware
  Jens Koegler, Healthcare and Life Science Industry Director EMEA, VMware
  Hasan Jouni, EMEA Senior Partner Manager, Healthcare, NVIDIA

• Accelerate End-to-End AI Pipeline on VMware VIB2287BCNS
  Wednesday 11:30-12:15pm CET
  Simon Todd, Technical Solution Specialist, Intel

• Improving Developer Productivity Using LLM’s VBT2627BCN Wednesday 12:30-12:55pm CET
  Giampiero Caprino, Staff 2 Software Engineer, VMware

• AI Without GPU’s: Run AI/ML Workloads on Intel AMX CPU’s with vSphere 8 & Tanzu MAPB2367BCN
  Wednesday 12:45-1:30pm CET
  Chris Gully, Staff II Solutions Architect, VMware
  Earl Ruby, Staff Engineer, VMware

• Fighting Fiscal & Social Fraud: How IT Could Save Billions to Taxpapers INDB1517BCN
  Wednesday 12:45-1:30pm CET
  Joachim Murat, Civilian Government Industry Director EMEA, VMware
  Serge Palaric, Vice President Alliances & OEMs EMEA, NVIDIA
  Rodolfo Rotondo, Business Solution Strategist Director, VMware

• Leveraging the AI Ecosystem: VMware Private AI Partnership Panel VIB2306BCN
  Wednesday 2:00-2:45pm CET
  Abhay Kumar, Vice President, Ecosystem Strategy & Technology Pa, VMware
  Ana Manrique, VP of Design - watsonx, IBM
  Yuval Zukerman, Director, Technical Alliances, Domino Data Lab

• Deploy Generative AI with VMware Private AI and Unlock Business Innovation CEIB2369BCN
  Thursday 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CET
  Shobhit Bhutani, Principal Product Marketing Manager, VMware
  Earl Ruby, Staff Engineer, VMware
  Himanshu Singh, Director, Cloud Infrastructure & AI, VMware
  Chris Gully, Staff II Solutions Architect, VMware

Customer Tech Exchange (CTEX)

CTEX sessions require an invitation and a non-disclosure agreement (NDA.) These small sessions feature roadmap presentations and provide avenues for feedback discussions

• Why Do I Need AI in My Data Center? Does this Help Me Become a Differentiator?
  Tuesday 3:30-4:00pm CET
  Gareth Edwards, Solution Engineer

• Building an LLM Deployment Architecture: Five Lessons Learned
  Wednesday 1:30-2:30pm CET
  Frank Denneman, Chief Technologist, VMware
  Shawn Kelly, Principal Solutions Engineer, VMware

Hands on Labs Expert Led Workshops (ELW):

Expert Led Workshops offer a guided hands on enablement session led by 2-3x subject matter experts in the lab topic. These sessions are typically capped at around 50x attendees.

• Tanzu and Kubernetes for the vSphere Administrators ELW-2413-01-SDC
  Monday 9:45-11:15am CET
  Tuesday 11:45-1:15pm CET
  Bob Bauer, Sr. Staff Solutions Engineer, VMware
  Jose Manzaneque, Emerging Solutions Engineer, VMware
  Thomas Kraus, Field Principal, VMware

• Introduction to AI/ML ELW-HOL-2447-01-ISM
  Wednesday 3:30-5:00pm CET
  Thursday 1:15-2:45pm CET
  Diane Scott, Staff Solutions Engineer, VMware
  Cristian Lamson, Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, VMware
  Matthew Meyer, Staff Solutions Architect, VMware

Dive into Hands on Labs workshops and their self-paced labs, Meet the Experts panels, and more Explore Activities here.

Meet the Experts:

These sessions offer intimate, ~6-10x round table discussions led by an Subject Matter Expert (SME) with a whiteboard to 1:1 or 1:M questions, answers, and architectural diagrams.

• Machine Learning Accelerator Deep Dive CEIM1199BCN
  Monday 4:30-5:00pm CET
  Tuesday 11:30am-12:00pm CET
  Frank Denneman, Chief Technologist, VMware

• Ask Me Anything: Large Language Models VIM2332BCN
  Tuesday 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM CET
  Wednesday 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CET
  Rick Battle, Staff Machine Learning Engineer, VMware

• ML/AI and Large Language Models – Implications for VMware Infrastructure CEIM2282BCN
  Tuesday 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM CET
  Wednesday 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM CET
  Justin Murray, Technical Marketing Architect, VMware

• Intel Xeon Accelerator Benefits for Your Critical Workloads CEIM2313BCNS
  Tuesday 4:30-5:00pm CET
  Mohamed Elsaid, Cloud Solutions Specialist, Intel

• What Can AI Do for You: Lenovo, NVIDIA, and VMware Deep Dive CEIM2459BCNS
  Wednesday 2:30-3:00pm CET
  David Reeves, Director, Global Alliances, Lenovo
  Terry Kaigg, Alliance Manager, NVIDIA
  Anthony Sayers, EMEA Edge Business Development, Lenovo

Sponsor Booth Sessions:

• Lenovo + NVIDIA + VMware: 90 Minute Tutorial – Future Ready AI Infrastructure: Edge to Cloud Transformation at Lenovo Booth

• VMware: Democratizing Generative AI for All Enterprises with VMware Private AI VBT2596BCN at VMware booth
  Wednesday 3:00-3:25pm
  Shubot Bhutani, Principal Product Marketing Manager, VMware

• Intel: Technology Innovation Showcase TECK3257BCN

Exhausted? What to do next:

• Dive into the VMware Explore Barcelona Session Catalog *Recordings will also be available here

• Check out VMware's AI Labs models on HuggingFace and open source projects on GitHub

• Read Frank Denneman's blog for deep technical knowledge into designing systems for support AI/ML applications

• Think about how your team's projects can measure successful outcomes by leveraging these new AI/ML technologies