Welcome to the GenAI meetup in New York City, Docker, Vespa and Reveal Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs and Agent, hands-on experiences on code labs, workshops, and networking with speakers and fellow developers.

Agenda:
* 5:30pm~6:00pm: Checkin, Food and networking
* 6:00pm~6:10pm: Welcome/community update
* 6:10pm~8:30pm: Tech talks
* 8:30pm: Q&A, Open discussion

Tech Talk: Securing Coding Agents: Sandboxes, Guardrails, and Real-World Attacks
Speaker: Michael Irwin (Docker)
Abstract: While most coding agents have "sandboxes" and "permissions", did you know that they are easily bypassed? And it's rare that a day goes by without hearing how Claude or Codex or Copilot or insert new agent here has leaked credentials or deleted a filesystem. So, how do we fix this? In this talk, we'll talk about the various ways in which things can go wrong and how Docker's been building tooling to combat these issues. At the end of the day, Docker wants to help developers get the full power of agents, but provide the proper guardrails and observability. We'll dive into Docker Sandboxes, the MCP Toolkit, and get a sneak peek of upcoming features. There will be lots of demos (both good and bad!) of blocking various attacks, ranging from filesystem deletion, to API token leaks, and various prompt injections. It should be a lot of fun!

Tech Talk: Precision AI for Regulated Industries: Retrieval, Ranking, and Real-Time Intelligence
Speaker: Kristian Aune (Vespa) | Harini Gopalakrishnan (Vespa)
Abstract: AI applications in industries like healthcare, fintech, and e-commerce demand more than basic RAG pipelines. When AI systems support regulated environments, they must deliver precision, traceability, and the ability to integrate real-time signals.
Kristian Aune & Harini Gopalakrishnan from Vespa.ai will explore how modern AI systems are evolving toward retrieval architectures built for accuracy and intelligent ranking at scale.
Through two live demonstrations, showcasing:
• Healthcare: Multimodal retrieval connecting radiology images with EHR notes and clinical context.
• E-commerce: A ranking-driven product discovery system demonstrating advanced retrieval and personalization.
We’ll also discuss how grounding AI in clinical guidelines and real-time streaming data from devices is becoming essential for next-generation healthcare systems—and how to enable these architectures.

Speakers/Topics:
Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules. If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit Topics

Sponsors:
We are actively seeking sponsors to support our community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food/drink, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 20,000+ AI developers in New York and 500K+ worldwide.

Venue:
307 West 38th Street Studio 1401, New York, NY 10018

Local and Global AI Community on Discord
Join us on discord for local and global AI tech community:
- Events chat: chat and connect with speakers and global and local attendees;
- Learning AI: events, learning materials, study groups;
- Startups: innovation, projects collaborations, founders/co-founders;
- Jobs and Careers: job openings, post resumes, hiring managers