Robert Nishihara
Co-founder
- RAY SUMMIT 2026 REGISTRATION IS LIVE!
- RAY SUMMIT 2026 REGISTRATION IS LIVE!
- RAY SUMMIT 2026 REGISTRATION IS LIVE!
- RAY SUMMIT 2026 REGISTRATION IS LIVE!
RAY SUMMIT 2026
Meet the builders, platform leads, and researchers training foundation models, building multimodal pipelines, and running RL at scale.
August 24 - 26 2026 · San Francisco, CA
Why Attend
Why Ray Summit?
Three days. Hundreds of AI builders. Technical talks on production systems.
Hands-On Training
Code-first workshops led by engineers who work on Ray everyday.
Meet the Experts
Spend two days with Ray maintainers, ML infra leaders, and applied AI researchers.
In-Production Talks
Technical sessions on AI systems running under real load not demos on a laptop.
Community
Connect with thousands of open source contributors, builders, and ML practitioners.
By Builders
Hear from teams at leading AI teams on what they’ve shipped and learned.
Level Up
Get inspired on the latest in multimodal AI and RL systems - all on open-source.
Speakers
Featured Speakers
Felix Heide
Head of AI
Ioannis Antonoglou
Co-Founder
Kevin Peterson
CTO
Ion Stoica
CO-FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Liam Fedus
Co-founder & Co-CEO
Past Speakers from the Ray Community
Topics
Four frontiers. One event.
Foundation Model Training
Multimodal Data Curation
Physical AI
LLM Reinforcement Learning
Schedule
Agenda at a Glance
Three days packed with training, talks, workshops, and hallway-track moments.
Training Day
Aug 24
8:00 - 9:00AM
Registration + Networking
9:00 - 12:00pm
Hands-on Training
12:00 - 1:00pm
Networking Lunch
1:00 - 4:00pm
Hands-on Training
Day 1
Aug 25
8:30 - 9:30AM
Registration + Networking
9:30 - 11:30AM
Keynotes
11:30 - 1:00pM
Networking Lunch
12:15 - 5:30pM
Breakout Session
1:00 - 2:30PM
Executive Track
5:30 - 7:30PM
Ray After Party
Day 2
Aug 26
8:30 - 9:30AM
Reg + Breakfast + Networking
9:30 - 11:30AM
Keynotes
11:30 – 1:00pm
Networking Lunch
12:15 – 5:30pm
Breakout Session
5:30pm
Event Ends
Training
RAY TRAINING DAY
Learn Ray from the experts who build and maintain it.
Ray Summit 2026 Training is designed for engineers building real-world AI infrastructure: large-scale data pipelines, distributed foundation model training systems, and high-performance inference platforms. This is not a weekend hackathon workshop or a “deploy your first model” tutorial. These full-day technical enablement sessions focus on the architectures, performance tradeoffs, and operational patterns behind modern production AI systems.
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Morning
- Multimodal Data Processing Pipelines for AI Systems
- Foundation Model Distributed Training with Ray
- Production-ready Distributed Inference with Ray Serve
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Afternoon
- Scaling Physical AI & Robotics Systems with Ray
- Real-Time Search & Recommendation Systems for AI Commerce
- LLM Post-Training and High-Performance Serving
Where is Ray Summit 2026?
San Francisco Marriott Marquis
Discounted rooms are available on a first-come,
first-served basis until they are sold out.
Pricing
Find Your Pass
Early bird pricing available until July 10, 2026. All passes include access to recorded sessions post-event.
SUMMIT
$400 $200
Early bird pricing ends July 10
Get Summit Pass
- Conference access
(Day 1 + Day 2) - Keynotes, breakout sessions, lightning talks
- Ray Ground (Expo hall)
- Access to Ray experts
- Session recordings
- Ray Party
SUMMIT + TRAINING
$450 $250
Early bird pricing ends July 10
Get Summit + Training Pass
- Full Conference access
(Training Day + Day 1 + Day 2) - Keynotes, breakout sessions, lightning talks
- Ray Ground (Expo hall)
- Access to Ray experts
- Session recordings
- Ray Party
SUMMIT + TRAINING
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- Access to Ray experts
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- Ray Party
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know before you pack your bag.
STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?
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