Fall ’26 Voice and Conversations on the Net

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Name: Fall '26 Voice and Conversations on the Net
Start: 2026-10-13
End: 2026-10-15
Location: Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center

The AI Communication Industry Conference

October 13–15, 2026 · Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center · Atlanta, Georgia

Three days of Voice AI, conversations as data, communications infrastructure, enterprise deployment, trust, policy and the business being built around them.

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As of October 14, 2026

October 13, 2026

2026 vCon Summit

8:15 AM

Registration Opens

9:00 AM

Welcome

Jeff Pulver · Chair · The vCon Foundation

Morning instructor: Thomas McCarthy-Howe, CTO, vConic

9:10 AM

Why conversations need a file

Read a vCon to identify who spoke, what was said, what was promised and what was allowed, with each answer traced to the JSON.

9:40 AM

Data privacy

Use purpose grants to determine whether a call may support marketing, model training or a fraud callback, including a phone-only restriction.

10:10 AM

The conversation graph

Follow four calls from one patient’s discharge to track promises, unresolved commitments and what the printed checklist misses.

10:40 AM

Break

10:55 AM

Small ball

Draft a follow-up email, record an analysis and create a redacted copy that documents what was removed and points to the original.

11:05 AM

Long ball (on screen)

Analyze resident calls for topics, sentiment and weekly trends, with every count supported by vCon UUIDs.

11:25 AM

The Network Problem

Follow Priya’s call through five companies to examine what each can see, retain and use under the purpose grants.

11:55 AM

Closing the loop

Use Gmail, Calendar and Drive to find open commitments, prepare for meetings and draft a weekly status with links to its sources.

12:30 PM

vCon Foundation Member Lunch

2:00 PM

A Major Step Forward for vCon: What Is New in the Core Spec, What It Unlocks, and How to Bring Your vCons Along

Dan Petrie · President · SIPez

2:45 PM

The vCon Is Your Compliance Witness: Auditable AI Voice in Regulated Industries

Shai Berger · CMO · Consig AI

3:00 PM

Human in the Loop

Audrey Hayn · Co-Founder & COO · MindMaking
Jeff Pulver · Chair · The vCon Foundation
Jeff Dworkin · Managing Director · The Cloud Voice Alliance (Moderator)

3:20 PM

Break

3:30 PM

Anatomy of a High Value vCon & Tight Integration

Dan Petrie · President · SIPez

3:50 PM

Fraud Has a Pattern. vCons Have the Signal.

Ron Kerbs · CEO · Kidas

4:05 PM

vCon Demo - Empowering new Communication Service

Eugene Tcipnjatov · Co-Founder & CTO · Phound

4:15 PM

vCon Consent Demos

James L. Lee · CEO · Inlayer
Dean Landsman · Strategy & Business Development · JLINC
Sridhar Ramachandran · CEO & Co-founder · Cortega
Chris Celiberti · Head of Customer Experience (CX) · vConic (Moderator)

4:35 PM

Lessons Learned From Deploying vCon Solutions

Dan Petrie · President · SIPez
Eugene Tcipnjatov · Co-Founder & CTO · Phound
Kevin Selkowitz · VP of UCaaS · Netlink Voice
Chris Celiberti · Head of Customer Experience (CX) · vConic (Moderator)

5:00 PM

Growing the vCon Ecosystem

Audrey Hayn · Co-Founder & COO · MindMaking
Dan Petrie · President · SIPez
Nishith Chudasama · Senior VP Strategy & Growth · Crexendo
Mary Cheney · CMO · 888VoIP
Thomas McCarthy-Howe · CTO · vConic
Jeff Pulver · Chair · The vCon Foundation (Moderator)

2026 VoiceAI LIVE!

8:15 AM

Registration Opens

9:10 AM

Welcome

Jeff Pulver · Chair · The vCon Foundation

9:15 AM

SignalWire

Luca Pradovera · Head Solutions Architect · SignalWire

9:35 AM

MyWayv

Yaron Seidman · Founder & CEO · MyWayv

9:55 AM

Vapi

Jonathan Eisenzopf · Principal Agent Strategist · Vapi

10:15 AM

vConic

Matt Watson · VP of Product · vConic

10:35 AM

Vobiz AI

Vikash Srivastava · CTO · Vobiz AI

10:55 AM

What Are We Learning About Building Voice AI?

Jeff Pulver · Chair · The vCon Foundation
Phil Bowers · Global Director of Marketing · Grandstream (Moderator)

11:10 AM

AgentPhone

Meet Modi · Co-Founder & CTO · AgentPhone

11:30 AM

CarrierX

Sam Petralia · Product · CarrierX
Eugene Tcipnjatov · Co-Founder & CTO · Phound

11:50 AM

Guava

Anthony Scodary · Co-Founder · Guava

12:10 PM

Convoso

Nima Hakimi · CEO · Convoso

12:30 PM

Lunch Break (on your own)

2:00 PM

When Your Voice AI Calls You Back: Analytics and Observability in Production

Rita Lopes · Founder & CEO · Gigapipe

2:20 PM

MindMaking: Turning Voice Conversations Into Usable Memory

Audrey Hayn · Co-Founder & COO · MindMaking

2:40 PM

Modulate

Carter Huffman · CEO & Co-Founder · Modulate

3:00 PM

Dialpad

Brian Peterson · Co-Founder & CTO · Dialpad

3:20 PM

Autom8ly

Mark Vange · Founder & CTO · Autom8ly

3:40 PM

Voice AI in the Real World

Michael Oeth · Founder · Relay-OS
Phil Bowers · Global Director of Marketing · Grandstream (Moderator)

4:00 PM

Netlink Voice

Kevin Selkowitz · VP of UCaaS · Netlink Voice

4:20 PM

VoiceRun

Derek Caneja · Co-Founder & CTO · VoiceRun

4:40 PM

Boson AI

Alex Smola · CEO & Co-Founder · Boson AI

5:00 PM

Kidas

Ron Kerbs · CEO · Kidas

5:20 PM

Closing Remarks

Phil Bowers · Global Director of Marketing · Grandstream

6:00 PM

VIP & Speaker Dinner

October 14, 2026

8:15 AM

Registration Opens

9:00 AM

Welcome to Voice and Conversations on the Net

Jeff Pulver · Chair · The vCon Foundation

9:10 AM

Tangibility in Cyberspace

Chris Fine · CEO · Integrative Technologies

9:30 AM

It Is Not as Magical as You Think

Brian Peterson · Co-Founder & CTO · Dialpad

9:45 AM

When Voice Becomes Business Intelligence

Jon Brinton · Chief Revenue Officer · Crexendo

9:55 AM

Can the Bot hear me?

Randy Layman · CTO · AVOXI

10:10 AM

VON Spotlight: Something Old Is New Again

Masud Khan · Staff Software Engineer · Tin Can

10:15 AM

VoIP 3.0: Conversations Not Call Legs

Jonathan Eisenzopf · Principal Agent Strategist · Vapi

10:30 AM

Break

10:40 AM

VoiceAI Rising Stars

Derek Caneja · Co-Founder & CTO · VoiceRun
Meet Modi · Co-Founder & CTO · AgentPhone
Justin Massey · Founder · Relay Hawk
Carter Huffman · CEO & Co-Founder · Modulate
Jeff Pulver · Chair · The vCon Foundation (Moderator)

11:10 AM

The RenAIssance of Voice

Jeff Pulver · Chair · The vCon Foundation

11:25 AM

Scaling Voice for the AI Era

Mike Mills · Managing Director, Service Provider · Gamma

11:40 AM

Conversations Matter

Dag Peak · CPTO · Alianza

11:55 AM

When Conversations Become Assets

Mike Mills · Managing Director, Service Provider · Gamma
Dag Peak · CPTO · Alianza
Mark Vange · Founder & CTO · Autom8ly
Jon Brinton · Chief Revenue Officer · Crexendo
Chris Fine · CEO · Integrative Technologies (Moderator)

Afternoon · Three Parallel Rooms

12:30 PM to 2:00 PM

Room A

Lunch Break (on your own)

Room C

2:00 PM to 2:45 PM

Room A

When the Dark Data Lights Up

Matt Watson · VP of Product · vConic
Thomas McCarthy-Howe · CTO · vConic
Phil Bowers · Global Director of Marketing · Grandstream (Moderator)

Main Stage

You Can't Bolt Compliance Onto Voice AI

Sridhar Ramachandran · CEO & Co-founder · Cortega
Shai Berger · CMO · Consig AI
Chris Celiberti · Head of Customer Experience (CX) · vConic (Moderator)

Room C

When Voice Becomes Software, What Exactly Gets Taxed?

Robert Dumas · CEO & Founder · TaxConnex
Mike Sanders · CEO · CereTax
Introduced by: Jeff Pulver

2:55 PM to 3:40 PM

Room A

Rethinking the Future From the Past

Masud Khan · Staff Software Engineer · Tin Can
Chris Fine · CEO · Integrative Technologies
Jeff Pulver · Chair · The vCon Foundation
Phil Bowers · Global Director of Marketing · Grandstream (Moderator)

Main Stage

Asterisk, FreePBX and the AI Communications Stack

Chris Maj · Open Source Solutions Advocate · Sangoma
Introduced by: Dean Landsman

Room C

The Rules Don't Disappear When the Caller Is AI

Lee G. Petro · Member · Dickinson Wright PLLC
Nima Hakimi · CEO · Convoso
Ron Kerbs · CEO · Kidas
Jeff Dworkin · Managing Director · The Cloud Voice Alliance (Moderator)

3:50 PM to 4:35 PM

Room A

SignalWire: Building Voice AI on Real-Time Communications

Luca Pradovera · Head Solutions Architect · SignalWire
Introduced by: Dean Landsman

Main Stage

How Do You Know Your Voice AI Actually Works?

Carter Huffman · CEO & Co-Founder · Modulate
Vikash Srivastava · CTO · Vobiz AI
Alberto Gonzalez Trastoy · CTO · WebRTC
Phil Bowers · Global Director of Marketing · Grandstream (Moderator)

Room C

From Conversation to Root Cause: How vCon Gives AI the Context to Diagnose Customer Problems

Justin Massey · Founder · Relay Hawk
Introduced by: Jeff Pulver

4:45 PM to 5:30 PM

Room A

Inside Enterprise Agentic AI

Hari Kishan · Director of Cloud Engineering · Manulife
Matt Watson · VP of Product · vConic
Shai Berger · CMO · Consig AI
Phil Bowers · Global Director of Marketing · Grandstream (Moderator)

Main Stage

Reliability Is a Voice AI Feature

Rita Lopes · Founder · Gigapipe
Luca Pradovera · Head Solutions Architect · SignalWire
Jeff Dworkin · Managing Director · The Cloud Voice Alliance (Moderator)

Room C

250,000 Calls a Day: What a Research Call Center Needs from Voice AI

Kate Hobson · Vice President, Telephone Surveys & Support Operations · NORC
Jason Rajan · Senior Data Scientist, Telephone Surveys & Support Operations · NORC
Jeff Pulver · Chair · The vCon Foundation (Moderator)

5:30 PM to 7:00 PM

Room A

Main Stage

Welcome Reception

Room C

October 15, 2026

Morning · Three Parallel Rooms

8:30 AM to 9:00 AM

Room A

Main Stage

Registration Opens

Room C

9:00 AM to 9:45 AM

Room A

Boomers + Gen X Meet AI: What We Learned Building the First Voice Internet

Ken Adams · President · P2P Labs
Mark Vange · Founder & CTO · Autom8ly
Phil Bowers · Global Director of Marketing · Grandstream (Moderator)

Main Stage

Can You Prove What the AI Said?

Thomas McCarthy-Howe · CTO · vConic
Lee G. Petro · Member · Dickinson Wright PLLC
Dean Landsman · Strategy & Business Development · JLINC
Jeff Pulver · Chair · The vCon Foundation (Moderator)

Room C

Beyond Emotion Labels: Teaching Voice AI Which Way a Person Needs to Go

Yaron Seidman · Founder & CEO · MyWayv
Introduced by: Lauren Pulver

9:55 AM to 10:40 AM

Room A

VICIdial: What 20 Years of Production Voice Teaches Us About AI

Matt Florell · President · VICIdial Group
Introduced by: Lauren Pulver

Main Stage

Room C

LIVE vCon Demos!

Thomas McCarthy-Howe · CTO · vConic
James L. Lee · CEO · Inlayer
Dean Landsman · Strategy & Business Development · JLINC
Sridhar Ramachandran · CEO & Co-founder · Cortega
Eugene Tcipnjatov · Co-Founder & CTO · Phound
Chris Celiberti · Head of Customer Experience (CX) · vConic (Moderator)

10:50 AM to 11:35 AM

Room A

When AI Moves Into the Call Path

Charles Chance · CTO · Simwood Group PLC
Chakra Devalla · Co-Founder & CEO · tekVizion
Eugene Tcipnjatov · Co-Founder & CTO · Phound
Chris Celiberti · Head of Customer Experience (CX) · vConic (Moderator)

Main Stage

Evaluating SIP, WebRTC Voice Agents Beyond AI Models

Alberto Gonzalez Trastoy · CTO · WebRTC
Introduced by: Lauren Pulver

Room C

Who Owns the Conversation?

Lee G. Petro · Member · Dickinson Wright PLLC
James L. Lee · CEO · Inlayer
Dean Landsman · Strategy & Business Development · JLINC
Phil Bowers · Global Director of Marketing · Grandstream (Moderator)

11:45 AM to 12:30 PM

Room A

When AI Agents Call AI Agents

Thomas McCarthy-Howe · CTO · vConic
Jonathan Eisenzopf · Principal Agent Strategist · Vapi
Kate Hobson · Vice President, Telephone Surveys & Support Operations · NORC
Jeff Pulver · Chair · The vCon Foundation (Moderator)

Main Stage

Beyond the Call: vCon's Role in Billing and Business Operations

Ken Adams · President · P2P Labs
CeeJay Barber · Vice President of Business Development · Datagate

Room C

When a Good Call Looks Like a Bad Call

Ron Kerbs · CEO · Kidas
Jason Rajan · Senior Data Scientist, Telephone Surveys & Support Operations · NORC
Chris Celiberti · Head of Customer Experience (CX) · vConic (Moderator)

12:30 PM to 2:00 PM

Room A

Lunch Break (on your own)

Room C

2:00 PM

Open Source Built the Voice Internet. What Does It Build Next?

Chris Maj · Open Source Solutions Advocate · Sangoma

2:15 PM

Show Me the Money: Where Investors Are Betting on Voice AI

Bradley Metrock · General Partner · Project Voice Capital Partners
Nilay N. Patel · Chairman · 888VoIP
Peter Saddington · General Partner and CEO · Staas Fund
Jeff Pulver · Chair · The vCon Foundation (Moderator)

2:45 PM

VON Spotlight: 20 Years Later, VICIdial Is Still Here

Matt Florell · President · VICIdial Group

3:00 PM

The Network Is Learning to Listen

Charles Chance · CTO · Simwood Group PLC

3:15 PM

The Enterprise Reality of Voice AI

Hari Kishan · Director of Cloud Engineering · Manulife
Brad Grafton · SVP, Sales · SoundHound AI
Matt Watson · VP of Product · vConic
Phil Bowers · Global Director of Marketing · Grandstream (Moderator)

3:45 PM

Break

3:55 PM

Will We Regret Replacing the Human Voice?

Yaron Seidman · Founder & CEO · MyWayv
Ken Adams · President · P2P Labs
Phil Bowers · Global Director of Marketing · Grandstream (Moderator)

4:15 PM

The Next Wave of Voice AI

Alex Smola · CEO & Co-Founder · Boson AI
Vikash Srivastava · CTO · Vobiz AI
Anthony Scodary · Co-Founder · Guava
Phil Bowers · Global Director of Marketing · Grandstream (Moderator)

4:35 PM

The RenAIssance of Voice: What Comes Next

Jeff Pulver · Chair · The vCon Foundation

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