About vCon

SPRING '26 vCon

The AI Communication Conference

MARCH 23rd - 26th

Dallas, Texas

Spring ’26 vCon is curated and hosted by Jeff Pulver

The vCon Foundation

What Is a vCON?

A vCon is a virtualized conversation.

It is a structured, portable, machine-readable memory object that represents a communication event — voice, video, email, messaging or fax — designed to be used safely by software systems over time.

If a conversation is an experience, a vCon is its memory.

What a vCon Contains

A vCon captures:

Who participated

What communication channels were used

When the interaction occurred

Context surrounding the conversation

Insights derived over time

Governance information defining what is permitted

Why vCons Matter

As AI systems participate in conversations, memory becomes essential.

Without structure, conversations are difficult to recall, govern, or reuse responsibly. vCons provide a shared format that allows conversational memory to move between systems while preserving intent and consent.

As Thomas Howe describes it:

“A vCon is robot food for AI.”

In practice, this means AI systems work from governed memory, not raw transcripts or uncontrolled recordings.

vCons Are Not Recordings

A vCon is not a call recording.

A vCon is not a transcript.

Recordings and transcripts are blunt artifacts. They are hard to govern, risky to share, and disconnected from intent once copied.

A vCon is a memory container that binds structure, context, and permissions at the moment memory is created.

Governed Memory By Design

vCons are built on the principle that memory without rules creates risk.

Governance defines:

Who may access a vCon

What may be reused

For what purpose

For how long

This allows AI systems to recall and act without guessing — and without overreach.

vCons and AI Communication

AI Communication emerges when systems:

Remember across interactions

Carry context forward

Respect consent boundaries

Act with continuity and accountability

vCons provide the memory layer that makes this possible.

They turn conversations from transient events into durable, governed assets.

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