Atlanta Technology Professionals upcoming events

Your AI Program Has a Bad Feeling About This (17 Sep 2026)

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMT

EVENT DESCRIPTION

You attend AI events, act on what you learn, and your AI program still fails. Eighteen months ago, someone greenlit a shiny new chatbot or LLM integration. Today, it's either still not live, live and completely ignored by your users, or live and quietly making your internal processes worse. Sound familiar? That's the reality for most enterprise AI programs right now. Maybe even yours.

This isn't just another AI meeting. While everyone else is busy hyping the next big breakthrough, no one else is actually talking about *why* these costly initiatives aren't working. Instead of dodging the uncomfortable pitfalls—like garbage data, token cost overruns, and user adoption flatlines—we are diving deep into them. This is a highly collaborative, interactive event where we pull back the curtain on why things are failing, share our professional missteps in a safe space, and work collectively to whiteboard exactly how we get these projects working again.

Five captains. Five stations, each one a galaxy far, far away from your last boring AI panel:

Cloud City: For infrastructure and third-party tools that looked beautiful but never quite integrated.
Dagobah: For the promising program that is still sinking in a swamp of technical debt and bad data.
Hoth: For the use cases left frozen in development hell.
The Wampa Cave: For the unexpected monster costs and security traps that blindsided your team.
The Asteroid Field: For navigating the endless collisions of compliance, legal hurdles, and scope creep.

Real people, real failures.

Capped at 125 attendees, each station will be broken into small, focused groups of 25. You'll be close enough to actually ask your specific questions, share your own war stories, and actively problem-solve. Submit your top station choices in advance, and you'll receive your final assignment at check-in to ensure all groups remain balanced and intimate.

This isn't 125 people quietly watching five talking heads repeat the same safe, sanitized answers from a distant stage.

This isn't a panel.

It's the honest, hands-on debrief nobody runs at your own company.
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Members (NEW all inclusive model): FREE
Members (OLD model): $25
Non-Members: $50
ALL Walk-ins: $75 for everyone

Sponsorship Opportunities

Presenting Sponsor
Spirits Sponsor

Foodie Sponsor

Stations Sponsor

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EVENT LEADS

Scott Harris
ATP Finance Chair
One Inc

Tom Laswell
ATP Director of Technology
DC BLOX

John Slaughter
ATP Executive Advisory Board
Alliant Health

2026 Awards Gala Champions Cocktail Reception (8 Oct 2026)

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:30:00 GMT

EVENT DESCRIPTION

The ATP Awards Gala Champions Cocktail Reception is a special invitation-only event honoring this year’s award finalists ahead of the Annual Awards Gala.

Hosted in an intimate setting, the reception brings together finalists, ATP leadership, and invited guests for an evening of connection, reflection, and celebration before the larger gala. It’s an opportunity to recognize excellence, strengthen relationships, and celebrate the impact these leaders and organizations continue to make across Atlanta’s technology community.

Sponsorship Opportunity:
Champions Cocktail Reception Host
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EVENT LEADS

Becky Cole
ATP Director of Operations
Ratchet Outreach

Nate Arnold
ATP Executive Advisory Board
GE Aerospace

2026 ATP Awards Gala (5 Nov 2026)

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 23:00:00 GMT

EVENT DESCRIPTION

On November 5, we’re putting the Atlanta technology community in the Hall of Fame where it belongs. At the 2026 ATP Awards Gala, we’ll celebrate five distinguished award categories plus the Dan Webber ATP of the Year Award - spotlighting the builders, operators, connectors and innovators driving real-time impact and shaping the future of technology.

With a new venue, a few star-studded guests, a prestigious awards ceremony and a casino afterparty, you can expect red-carpet energy from start to finish and zero chances of a boring night! Don’t miss your chance to be part of this Hall of Fame celebration.

Members: $300
Non-Members: $350
ALL Walk-ins: $350 for everyone

Sponsorship Opportunities

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EVENT LEADS

Becky Cole
ATP Director of Operations
Ratchet Outreach

Nate Arnold
ATP Executive Advisory Board
GE Aerospace