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 Uttam Paudel, Research Scientist, Deepgram
9:45 am
Talk
Building AI agents at Toast
Steve Brewer, SVP of Engineering, Commerce & Customer Experience Engineering, Toast
10:00 am
Talk
Product Keynote: The Next-Gen Voice Developer Stack
Kris Efland, VP Engineering, Deepgram Corey Weathers, Sr. Eng Manager, DevRel, 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 Will Edwards, GM, Deepgram (moderator)
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
Track B - Exec & Solutions
1:30 pm
Track A - Builders
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 Evan Henry, Director of PM, Deepgram (moderator)
Track B - Exec & Solutions
Fireside chat
Context is care: how our partners are making the pharmacy experience conversational
2:00 pm
Track A - Builders
Fireside chat
The real-time layer under every voice agent
Track B - Exec & Solutions
Panel
From scripted contact centers to agentic enterprise
Neeraj Verma, VP, Agentic AI Product & Technology, NiCE Andy O’Dower, Field CTO, Twilio Adam Sypniewski, CTO, Deepgram (moderator)
2:30 pm
Track A - Builders
Panel
One agent, twenty countries: languages, networks, and borders
Vyas A, VP of Product, Plivo Robin Braun, VP AI Business Development, Hybrid Cloud, HPE Nik King, Sr. Manager, Infrastructure, Deepgram (moderator)
Track B - Exec & Solutions
Fireside chat
What enterprises actually buy: agents, outcomes, and accountability
3:00 pm
Networking break
Connect with colleagues in the activation area
3:30 pm
Track A - Builders
Talk
The science of context: why voice agents still miss the moment
Kwindla Kramer, Co-founder and CEO, Daily
Track B - Exec & Solutions
Panel
Commercializing voice AI as part of your product strategy
Steve Brewer, SVP of Engineering, Toast Will Edwards, GM, Deepgram (moderator)
4:00 pm
Track A - Builders
Panel
Beyond the benchmark: measuring voice AI in the real world
Ajeet Greewal, Sierra Brooke Hopkins, Founder & CEO, Coval Caroline di Vittorio, Software Engineer, Langchain Nick Kaimakis, Product Manager, Deepgram (moderator)
Track B - Exec & Solutions
Panel
Enterprise voice AI in production: buying, building, and scaling
Tim Ikhizgilov, AVP of Engineering, RingCentral Shai Traister, PM watsonx Orchestrate, IBM Kris Efland, VP of Engineering, Deepgram (moderator)
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
Speakers to be announced
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.
