Agenda Fall '26 Voice and Conversations on the Net October 13–15, 2026 · Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center · Atlanta, Georgia The Schedule is currently being curated by Jeff Pulver. It will be published around September 1st. October 13 is set in full. The 14th and 15th have confirmed times and are still being curated session by session. Early-bird pricing ends August 28, 2026 After that, prices go up. -- Days -- Hrs -- Min Ticket prices What we cover Some of the topics covered will include Building on Spring '26 in Dallas, where more than 40 speakers from across North America and Europe took part. The state of vCon at the IETF and what comes next What breaks when voice AI hits production at scale How enterprises are putting conversational memory to work Why most voice agents don't survive contact with real customers Fraud detection and compliance built on conversation data The compliance landmines founders don't see until it's too late Voice AI agents that learn from their own calls What regulated industries actually require before they say yes The future of SIP and what it means for voice infrastructure The gap between a great demo and a deployable product CRM that starts when the conversation ends What enterprises need that voice AI founders rarely build for Building trust when the voice on the other end isn't human HD Voice, acoustic quality, and what gets lost in compression The conversation after the conversation — what the data reveals Building in the vCon ecosystem — developer sessions and live demos The vCon Foundation roadmap and how to get involved Conversation capture, structuring and governance vCons, and the state of the standard at the IETF AI communication inside enterprise deployments Compliance and analytics built on conversational memory Contact center deployments, including regulated industries What changes after a conversation ends Speakers confirmed from: AgentPhone, Alianza, Autom8ly, AVOXI, BoundaryAI, CarrierX, Dialpad, Drum, FlagStat, Gamma, Gigapipe, Integrative Technologies, Manulife, MindMaking, P2P Labs, SIPez, SoundHound, Speko, Strolid, The vCon Foundation , Tin Can, vConic , VICIdial Group, VoiceRun, WebRTC Ventures, Wireless Waypoint Session titles and speakers are published here as they are confirmed. Oct 13 Pre-Conference Day — two co-located events To learn vCons specifically, October 13 is the day. The Introduction to vCons Primer runs once, on the 13th. Sessions across all three days teach in their own way. Track A · The 2026 vCon Summit A vCon Foundation event Morning Introduction to vCons Primer Taught by Thomas McCarthy-Howe, CTO, vConic. There are four sections to be covered. Lunch Members only lunch For members of The vCon Foundation . Included with membership. Afternoon vCon Issues of the Day Update from IETF 126 and a deep dive into what is going on inside the world of vCons. Members of The vCon Foundation are encouraged to share updates on what they are doing with vCons. vCon Summit — Afternoon Schedule Session titles are shown here. Speaker names are listed above with the Summit description. 2:00–2:20 PM vCon as the AI agent audit trail 2:20–2:40 PM Provenance and chain of custody in the vCon lifecycle 2:40–3:00 PM When STIR/SHAKEN meets vCon: attestation for the full conversation 3:00–3:20 PM Should AI agents and human agents be modeled the same way? 3:20–3:35 PM Break 3:35–3:55 PM Fraud has a pattern. vCons have the signal. 3:55–4:25 PM From prototype to production: lessons from deploying vCon at scale 4:25–4:45 PM Why the vCon core spec matters for every AI agent on the network 4:45–5:00 PM The contact center extension and Working Group Last Call: what comes next 5:00–5:25 PM Growing the vCon ecosystem: Foundation, developers, and what's next 5:25–5:30 PM Wrap and close Track B · 2026 VoiceAI LIVE! Demos Back-to-back live demonstrations A day of live VoiceAI demonstrations brought to you by the companies driving the VoiceAI industry forward. Q&A Moderated Q&A Following the demos, a moderated Q&A. Pitch The only place to pitch The one opportunity at the conference for a Voice AI company to pitch. Then stay in the room. See what your competitors have built, watch the demos live, ask your questions. Listen and learn. VoiceAI Live! Schedule Each presentation is followed by five minutes of Q&A, not shown separately. 9:15–9:30 AM Opening remarks 9:30–9:45 AM Open 9:50–10:05 AM Open 10:10–10:25 AM SignalWire 10:30–10:45 AM BoundaryAI 10:50–11:10 AM Morning break 11:10–11:25 AM Speko 11:30–11:45 AM Callab AI 11:50 AM–12:05 PM Guava 12:10–12:25 PM SoundHound 12:30–2:00 PM Lunch 2:00–2:15 PM Open 2:20–2:35 PM Open 2:40–2:55 PM Modulate 3:00–3:15 PM Okareo 3:20–3:40 PM Afternoon break 3:40–3:55 PM AgentPhone 4:00–4:15 PM VoiceRun 4:20–4:35 PM Kidas 4:40–4:55 PM Open 5:00 PM Closing remarks 6:30 PM VIP & Speaker Dinner Speakers and VIP guests come together for the Speaker Dinner, continuing a tradition that has opened every conference curated by Jeff Pulver. Included with any VIP ticket. Oct 14 Voice and Conversations on the Net 8:15 AM Registration opens 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM Sessions begin promptly at 9:00 AM To be announced 12:30 – 2:00 PM Lunch Two hours. Many choices in the area. 2:00 – 5:30 PM Afternoon sessions To be announced 5:30 – 7:00 PM Welcome Reception Oct 15 Voice and Conversations on the Net 8:30 AM Registration opens 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM To be announced 12:30 – 2:00 PM Lunch Two hours. Many choices in the area. 2:00 – 5:00 PM Afternoon sessions To be announced Join us in Atlanta, Georgia. Help shape what comes next. This is a working conference designed for people who want to build and deploy, not just observe. Register Back to the event Sponsors Presenting Sponsor Gold Sponsors Silver Sponsors Become a sponsor