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BuffConf

(BUFFER-FREE VIDEO)^AI 2026
For teams building video and AI systems in production

Video is being
rebuilt in real time.

AI is reshaping how video is created, delivered, and experienced.

July 29 & 30, 2026 

Museum of Pop Culture,

Seattle, WA

Co-hosted by

Hear From Teams Building Video at Scale

Why Engineers Attend BuffConf

Production-First Insights

Real-life lessons from teams

running cutting edge workflows

in production

The Future of Video

See how AI is transforming

content creation, metadata, recommendations, and

video operations

Practical Takeaways

Walk away with ideas, tools, and approaches you can bring back to your team immediately

Meet This Year's Speakers

Check back weekly for new additions

Manish Rao

General Manager, AWS Elemental

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Sunjeet Singh

Staff Software Engineer

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Zac Shenker

Senior Director, Media Strategy

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Zoe Liu

Co-Founder & CEO

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We want to hear what you're building

Talks should be grounded in real systems. What worked, what didn't, and what changed after shipping to production.

Submit a talk

Backed by leaders shaping the future of streaming and infrastructure

Co-hosted by

Platinum Sponsor

What Last Year's Attendees Experienced

150+ Attendees

40+ Companies Represented

2 Days of Content

Talks from last year

How Wyze Uses AI to Scale Cost-Efficient Video Understanding

How Wyze Uses AI to Scale Cost-Efficient Video Understanding

Wei Li

Senior Principal Scientist

Panel: Engineering Monetization and Personalization at Scale in Streaming

Panel: Engineering Monetization and Personalization at Scale in Streaming

Spencer Shanson | Joshua Lamb | Phil Harrison

Opening Remarks - Operational Excellence

Opening Remarks - Operational Excellence

Lionel Bringuier 

GM Media & Entertainment

⚡️ Delivering High Quality GenAI Video

⚡️ Delivering High Quality GenAI Video

Rushaan Mahajan | Sophie Raniwala

CEO | CTO

⚡️ Next Generation of Open Audio Coding and Rendering Standards

⚡️ Next Generation of Open Audio Coding and Rendering Standards

Tim Harris

Engineering Manager

⚡️ MQCS in CMSD To Achieve MQAR

⚡️ MQCS in CMSD To Achieve MQAR

Kiran Patel

Senior Product Manager

Accelerating GenAI Deployment at Scale with Media Understanding and Evaluation

Accelerating GenAI Deployment at Scale with Media Understanding and Evaluation

Shankar Regunatha | Qi Cai |
Nick Wu | Ryan Lei

⚡️ Building AI QoE Analysts: Learnings from Data Agents and MCP Servers

⚡️ Building AI QoE Analysts: Learnings from Data Agents and MCP Servers

Adam Brown

Co-Founder & CTO

Meta AI Video Restyle Explained | Transform Videos in One Click

Meta AI Video Restyle Explained | Transform Videos in One Click

Jordi Cenzano

Software Engineer

We Asked AI to Caption Our Shows—Here's What Happened

We Asked AI to Caption Our Shows—Here's What Happened

Jeremy Brown

Director of Video Delivery and Data Engineering

Maximize SSAI Revenue and Improve the Streaming Experience with Ad Prefetching

Maximize SSAI Revenue and Improve the Streaming Experience with Ad Prefetching

Matthew Scharr

Senior Software Development Manager

Content Fluidity for Multi-App Distributors

Content Fluidity for Multi-App Distributors

Zachary Cava

Vice President, Media Architecture

The Last Human Edit

The Last Human Edit

Mike Martinez

Director of Engineering

Lessons Learned From Streaming the 2025 Super Bowl to 15.5M Viewers

Lessons Learned From Streaming the 2025 Super Bowl to 15.5M Viewers

Mayur Srinivasan

Senior Vice President

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