2026 AMLC Keynote Speaker Announcement
One of the most celebrated voices in practical ML to headline the conference
We’re pleased to announce that the first keynote speaker at the 2026 Applied Machine Learning Conference will be…
…the renowned machine learning engineer Vicki Boykis!
Vicki is a founding ML engineer at Malachyte, an AI platform for e-commerce that adapts to consumer behavior in real time. Previously, she built LLM-evaluation tooling at Mozilla.ai and search/recommendation systems at Duo and Tumblr. She writes about scalable ML in production, information retrieval, and human-centric AI. Vicki was also the creator and organizer of NormConf, a conference all about practical, everyday machine learning that practitioners actually use. She has delivered previous keynote talks at PyData Amsterdam and PyCon Italia. In her "free time", she writes short stories, learns to DJ by making terrible mixes and loves Nutella.
The AMLC Program Committee is delighted to have Vicki on board at the conference!
Call for Proposals Now Open
The Call for Proposals is currently open! We’re seeking proposals for 30-minute talks and 90-minute tutorials covering topics in data science, AI, machine learning, scientific computing, and related fields. Whether this is your first conference talk or your fiftieth, we’re looking for speakers from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels.
The deadline to submit proposals is Sunday, February 22 at 11:59pm AoE.
Suggested topic areas include (but aren’t limited to!) case studies of applied ML; large language models and agentic AI; machine learning methods; tools, engineering, and infrastructure; data analysis and visualization; classical modeling approaches; and organizational/societal concerns. We especially welcome proposals featuring open-source tools and frameworks.
Accepted speakers receive a free ticket for the entire event.
For more details and to submit a proposal, please review the Call for Proposals page on the Applied Machine Learning Conference website.
Ticket Sales Opening Soon
Conference registration for the 2026 Applied Machine Learning Conference will begin soon. We expect the conference to sell out, so be sure to secure your tickets early!
You can enter your email address on the Conference Registration page to make sure you’re among the first to know when ticket sales go live.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorship opportunities for the 2026 Applied Machine Learning Conference are still available. We are an independent, community-organized conference, which means that support from corporate and institutional sponsors is essential to making the event possible. Whether you’re recruiting top talent, launching new tools and platforms, or building brand awareness in the AI space, the AMLC provides focused opportunities to connect with professionals and researchers who are actively building and deploying AI and machine learning systems.
Is your organization interested in partnering with the Applied Machine Learning Conference? Visit the Sponsorship page on the conference website and contact us at sponsorship@appliedml.us to learn more!
P.S. If you know colleagues or friends who might be interested in speaking, please share the CFP with them — we’d love to reach folks we might otherwise miss.