CAIS 2026 | Welcome and Opening Remarks

The opening session of CAIS 2026, welcoming attendees and setting the stage for three days of talks on AI and agentic systems research. Recorded May 27, 2026. Speakers & affiliations: Heather Miller (Carnegie Mellon University and Two Sigma) and Matei Zaharia (UC Berkeley and Databricks), General Co-Chairs Session: Welcome & Keynote 1 · Wednesday, May 27 Key terms: N/A, welcome remarks. Themes: inaugural ACM CAIS, AI and agentic systems, compound AI systems, a fragmented field convened in one room. ACM Digital Library: N/A. Front matter, not a paper, no individual DOI. (Proceedings: 10.1145/3786335.)