Reboot Night
Tuesday, 20 October 2026 · 6:30 – 7:30 pm ET · Online
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The first night of the restart. Where this group went, why it is coming back vendor-neutral, who is on the bench — and then the room's own read on the state of data and AI in Charlotte.
The evening
- The restart. Where it went, what changed, and why the new one is vendor-neutral by construction rather than by promise.
- The bench. Who is volunteering and what each person owns — said out loud, because a group that is one person is one person away from stopping.
- State of the Union: data & AI in Charlotte. A facilitated panel across several perspectives, co-emceed by Ben Starbuck. Most of the hour lives here.
Who is running it
Shannon Lowder presents the first two sections. Ben Starbuck co-emcees the State of the Union panel. Danny Jattan is on the organizing bench running the night with them..
Three people, deliberately named. A group that is one person is one person away from stopping — which is how the last version of this one ended — so who is actually carrying it gets said out loud rather than implied.
Panelists are being arranged — if you work with data anywhere in the stack and want a seat, say so.
Sponsor
None for this one, and that is fine — a night with no sponsor still runs. When we do have one, they get a slot and a thank-you, never your contact details.