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No slides, no presentations, and no sales pitches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> Leucadia Pizzeria &amp; Italian Restaurant, 7748 Regents Road, San Diego, CA 92122.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organizer:<\/strong> Chhavi Jain, Vice Chair. Part of an ongoing IEEE initiative to connect practitioners working on real-world AI systems and deployment challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recap\"><strong>Community participation<\/strong>The organizers reported approximately 30 attendees at this first peer discussion on real-world AI adoption.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1220\" src=\"https:\/\/sdieee.org\/sdieee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ai-meetup-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdieee.org\/sdieee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ai-meetup-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sdieee.org\/sdieee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ai-meetup-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sdieee.org\/sdieee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ai-meetup-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sdieee.org\/sdieee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ai-meetup-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sdieee.org\/sdieee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ai-meetup.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>AI Adoption Exchange, September 11, 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sources\"><strong>Event listings and related coverage:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieeer6.org\/event\/ai-adoption-exchange-ieee-san-diego-informal-networking\/\" rel=\"noopener\">IEEE Region 6 event page<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/events.vtools.ieee.org\/m\/558314\" rel=\"noopener\">IEEE vTools event listing<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"section-note\">Page updated <time datetime=\"2026-10-01\">October 1, 2026<\/time>. 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