AI on i Day
| Date: | Tuesday, February 17, 2026 | |
| Time: | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM | |
| Speaker: | Steve Will, Edmund Reinhardt, Adam Shedivy | |
| Location: | Schoolcraft College – VistaTech Center 18600 Haggerty Rd. Livonia, MI 48152 |
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| Notes: | $60 Registration – Lunch Included Culinary Institute Lunch Provided by Schoolcraft College Register at: Registration « MITEC |
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| Presentation: | AI on i Day |
Join us for a full day event focused on AI on IBM i. Hear from IBM leaders and industry experts shaping the future of enterprise AI, modernization, and innovation on the IBM i platform.
About the Presenters:
Steve Will
Steve Will is the IBM i CTO and Chief Architect at IBM, as well as an IBM Distinguished Engineer. He’s an award-winning speaker, author of a top IBM i blog, and one of the most sought-after voices at customer briefings and events. Steve has worked on IBM i and its predecessors since before the creation of the AS/400.
Edmund Reinhardt
Architect for IBM i Application Development (IBM Canada Ltd.) has been working on application development tools since 1989. From SDA, CODE/400, RDi, Merlin and now WatsonX for RPG, he has the vision to see what can be accomplished by technology as well as what a business needs to succeed. He is very passionate about people, not only delighting customers by responding to and anticipating their needs.
Adam Shedivy
Adam Shedivy is a software developer and advocate focused on AI and open-source tools for the IBM i platform. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2022, where he also spent time doing research in computational biology. After joining IBM, he worked on client and data access solutions before shifting focus to open source and AI. Today, Adam is focused on modernizing the IBM i developer experience through tools like Code4i for Visual Studio Code and by bringing AI capabilities to the platform through Watsonx and open-source integrations.