September 11, 2026 · from 6:30 PM · San Diego
A small, peer-level discussion for engineers, researchers, and industry practitioners about how companies are actually adopting AI: where teams are in the journey from experiment to production, what is working, and where they are stuck. No slides, no presentations, and no sales pitches.
Where: Leucadia Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant, 7748 Regents Road, San Diego, CA 92122.
Organizer: Chhavi Jain, Vice Chair. Part of an ongoing IEEE initiative to connect practitioners working on real-world AI systems and deployment challenges.
Community participationThe organizers reported approximately 30 attendees at this first peer discussion on real-world AI adoption.
Participant affiliations recorded in the meetup sheet included Qualcomm, ASML, Deloitte, CheckIt, Extreme-Waves, Stackitgroup.com, Andare Consulting, Aspired Future, and Live AI Dream, as well as UC San Diego, San Diego State University, and California State University San Marcos. Participants also expressed interest in joining follow-up workshops on AI adoption.
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