The future is talking. Turn it up.
Deepgram Speak. One day with the people building voice AI.
San Francisco | October 29 | Free to attend
Only 500 seats
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Deepgram Speak brings the people building voice AI together for one day, in one room. Voice AI is about to pass its biggest milestone yet, and we’re revealing what it takes to get there. Come curious. There’s a lot to talk about.
Voices at Speak
Hear from Scott Stephenson, Deepgram Founder & CEO, alongside customers and partners putting Voice AI into production. More speakers will be announced throughout October.
ScottStephenson
Founder & CEO, Deepgram
SteveBrewer
SVP of Engineering, Commerce & Customer Experience Engineering, Toast
BrookeHopkins
Founder & CEO, Coval
KwindlaKramer
Co-founder and CEO, Daily
KrisEfland
VP Engineering, Deepgram
CoreyWeathers
Sr. Eng Manager, DevRel, Deepgram
HrushikeshGangur
Principal Solutions Architect, AI/ML, AWS
AndyO’Dower
Field CTO, Twilio
NeerajPramodkumar
Sr. Product Manager, Wearables, Qualcomm
JordanDearsley
CEO & Co-Founder, Vapi
TimIkhizgilov
AVP of Engineering, RingCentral
RobinBraun
VP AI Business Development, Hybrid Cloud, HPE
PingWu
CEO, Cresta
JodiBlomberg
VP of AI and ML, Cox Automotive
AjeetGreewal
Engineering, Sierra
GeoffWorks
RVP AI Sales, NiCE Cognigy
KeithRoehrenbeck
Director of Engineering, Doximity
Carolinedi Vittorio
Software Engineer, LangChain
ShaiTraister
Watson Orchestrate Product Manager, IBM
TrentWeston
VP of AI, Propio
Agenda
Morning
Start with the welcome keynote, product and vision moments, customer stories, and fireside chats.
8:00 am
Doors open
Registration and networking breakfast
9:00 am
Welcome remarks
9:15 am
Keynote
Opening keynote: Rebuilding voice for real conversation
Scott Stephenson, CEO, Deepgram
9:45 am
Fireside chat
Building AI agents at Toast
Steve Brewer, SVP of Engineering, Commerce & Customer Experience Engineering, Toast Will Edwards, VP & GM, Applied AI, Deepgram
10:10 am
Talk
From architecture to platform
Ed Anuff, CPO, Deepgram
10:45 am
Networking break
Connect with colleagues in the activation area
11:15 am
Fireside chat
Getting AI the context it needs while the call is still live
Ping Wu, CEO, Cresta Scott Stephenson, CEO, Deepgram (host)
11:45 am
Panel
Voice as the primary interface
Keith Roehrenbeck, Director of Engineering, Doximity Jodi Blomberg, VP AI & ML, Cox Automotive Imran Aziz, Sr. Director of Product Management, UiPath Theresa Foy, Technical Product Lead - Voice Agent, Deepgram
12:15 pm
Lunch break
Afternoon
Executive and builder tracks split off for hands-on workshops, live demos, and more. Choose a track.
Track A - Builders (Expo Stage)
Track B - Exec & Solutions (Keynote Stage)
1:30 pm
Track A - Builders (Expo Stage)
Panel
Voice AI everywhere: cloud, GPU, and on-device
Neeraj Pramodkumar, Sr. Product Manager, Wearables, Qualcomm Hrushi Gangur, Principal Solutions Architect, AI/ML Startups, AWS Akshatha Kamath, Product Manager, Dynamo, NVIDIA Alisha Wilson, Staff Product Manager, Square Evan Henry, Director of PM, Deepgram (moderator)
Track B - Exec & Solutions (Keynote Stage)
Fireside chat
Every call is data - what 100% coverage reveals
Ryan Stomel, SVP of AI Innovation, Capacity Chris Dyer, SVP, NAM Sales, Deepgram
2:00 pm
Track A - Builders (Expo Stage)
Fireside chat
The real-time layer under every voice agent
David Zhao, CTO, LiveKit Adam Sypniewski, CTO, Deepgram (host)
Track B - Exec & Solutions (Keynote Stage)
Panel
From scripted contact centers to agentic enterprise
Andy O’Dower, Field CTO, Twilio Geoff Works, RVP, Agentic AI Sales, NiCE Cognigy Abe Pursell, SVP, Global BD (Partnerships), Deepgram (moderator)
2:30 pm
Track A - Builders (Expo Stage)
Panel
One agent, twenty countries - languages, networks, and borders
Vyas A, Director of Product, Plivo Trent Weston, VP of AI, Propio Robin Braun, VP AI Business Development, Hybrid Cloud, HPE Nik King, Sr. Manager, Infrastructure, Deepgram (moderator)
Track B - Exec & Solutions (Keynote Stage)
Fireside chat
Voice AI for 1 in 3 Americans, public services at national scale
Mike Raker, CTO, Maximus Shadi Baqleh, COO, Deepgram
3:00 pm
Networking break
Connect with colleagues in the activation area
3:30 pm
Track A - Builders (Expo Stage)
Fireside chat
The science of context: why voice agents still miss the moment
Kwindla Kramer, Co-founder and CEO, Daily Andrew Seagraves, VP of Research, Deepgram (host)
Track B - Exec & Solutions (Keynote Stage)
Panel
From pilot to program: why most enterprise voice AI stalls before production
Cindy Carlson, Director of Global Retail Solutions and Strategy, Dell Technologies Anoop Dawar, CSO, Deepgram (host)
4:00 pm
Track A - Builders (Expo Stage)
Panel
Beyond the benchmark: measuring voice AI in the real world
Ajeet Greewal, Head of Voice Engineering, Sierra Brooke Hopkins, Founder & CEO, Coval Caroline di Vittorio, Software Engineer, Langchain Nick Kaimakis, Product Manager, Deepgram (moderator)
Track B - Exec & Solutions (Keynote Stage)
Panel
Enterprise voice AI in production: buying, building, and scaling
Tim Ikhizgilov, AVP of Engineering, RingCentral Sean Robbins, Tech Lead, Experience Engineering, frog Shai Traister, Watson Orchestrate Product Manager, IBM Kris Efland, VP of Engineering, Deepgram (moderator)
1:30pm - 4:25pm
Track C - Builder lab presented by the developer relations team (Terrace Tent)
Builder lab
Speak's keynote reveals what it takes to reach voice AI's biggest milestone. Just hours later, the workshop tent opens, and it’s your turn to build with what was just announced.
The tent runs all afternoon alongside the sessions, so it fits however you plan your day. Block out time for a few missions, or drop in between talks and pick up right where you left off.
Missions are short, self-guided build challenges. Each one takes 20 to 30 minutes and teaches your agent a new skill:
- Waiting its turn
- Reading the room
- Talking while it looks something up
- Following you across languages
All skill levels are welcome, whether you're building your first voice agent or already running agents in production. Deepgram engineers will be there to help. Plus, keep an eye out for a code word hidden in one of the missions. It'll unlock a bonus.
Bring a charged laptop, headphones, and a mic. And when you leave the tent, your agent can keep building.
Evening
4:30 pm
Fireside chat
Building the voice-native future
Jordan Dearsley, CEO & Co-Founder, Vapi Scott Stephenson, CEO, Deepgram (host)
5:00 pm
Panel
Closing remarks
5:15 pm
Reception
Who's in the room
AI decision-makers
C-suite, VPs of product and engineering, and product managers at Fortune 500 companies, and named accounts.
Sponsors
Co-sell and ecosystem players including NiCE, AWS, and Vapi.
Developers
Engineers and builders putting voice AI APIs to work, plus the broader developer community.
Press & analysts
Reporters and analysts covering voice AI, and helping shape the conversation around it.
Attend Speak, get $500 in Deepgram credits.
Register with your work email and check in on October 29. We add $500 in promotional credits to a Deepgram project associated with that email. The credits work on any Deepgram API and don't expire. New and existing accounts both qualify.
One credit per Speak attendee. Personal email addresses don't qualify. Terms apply.
Register now
Venue & getting there
135 Fourth St, 4th floor San Francisco, CA 94103
In SoMa, just minutes from Union Square, with city views and an outdoor terrace overlooking San Francisco for the evening reception.
