Merge pull request #15841 from shanedroid/rdu-2026-the-most-final-update

[RDU-2026] Can't Stop / Won't Stop

Author: toshywoshy

content/events/2026-raleigh/program/jonathan-vogel-keynote.md

@@ -7,6 +7,4 @@ Type = "talk"
 Speakers = ["jonathan-vogel"] 
 +++
 
-Most AI agent demos work once. Then requirements change, you need to swap a model, add a custom tool, or debug why the agent chose path A instead of path B, suddenly you're fighting the framework instead of building your product. Strands Agents is the open source SDK that Amazon teams used internally to go from months to weeks shipping production agents. In this session, you'll see how a model-driven agentic loop, reason, act, reflect, lets you build a working agent in a few lines of code, then extend it without rewriting everything. We'll live-code an agent from scratch, add tools, and show you exactly what's happening at every step. You'll leave with a mental model for building agents that survive real traffic, real edge cases, and real users.
-
-In this talk, I will be doing live demo with strands, open source framework for building agents. I would like to confirm I will be able to plug in my laptop and have a lapel mic as I won’t be able to hold a mic while doing the demo.
+Most AI agent demos work once. Then requirements change, you need to swap a model, add a custom tool, or debug why the agent chose path A instead of path B, suddenly you're fighting the framework instead of building your product. [Strands Agents](https://strandsagents.com/?trk=23ae1f57-152e-4145-9aa7-04a603514f54&sc_channel=el) is the open source SDK that Amazon teams used internally to go from months to weeks shipping production agents. In this session, you'll see how a model-driven agentic loop, reason, act, reflect, lets you build a working agent in a few lines of code, then extend it without rewriting everything. We'll live-code an agent from scratch, add tools, and show you exactly what's happening at every step. You'll leave with a mental model for building agents that survive real traffic, real edge cases, and real users.

content/events/2026-raleigh/speakers/jonathan-vogel.md

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 +++ 
 Title = "Jonathan Vogel" 
 linkedin = "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-vogel-sw/" 
+website = "https://jvogel.me"
 image = "jonathan-vogel.jpg" 
 type = "speaker" 
 linktitle = "jonathan-vogel" 

data/events/2026/raleigh/main.yml

@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ sponsors:
     level: gold
   - id: nx
     level: gold
+  - id: tek-systems
+    level: happyhour 
   - id: triangle-mysql-meetup
     level: community
   - id: triangle-postgres-users-group