Speakers’ Corner Sessions You Don’t Want to Miss
The main stages aren’t the only places where ideas will be moving fast at Aixia Innovation Day 2026.
Throughout the day, Speakers’ Corner brings you closer to the technology, with focused sessions, expert perspectives and practical insights in a more compact format.
And we have two sessions you’ll definitely want to make room for.
12:50–13:10 | Linear Optics: Lower Power. Lower Latency. Smarter AI Networks.
Ray Hagen, ProLabs
As AI infrastructure continues to scale, every watt, millisecond and component matters.
Ray Hagen from ProLabs explores how linear and partially retimed optics can help reduce energy consumption, cooling requirements, latency and total cost, while still delivering the performance demanded by modern AI networks.
A focused look at both the technology and the business case behind smarter, more efficient AI infrastructure.
15:10–15:30 | The Operating System for the Age of AI
Maciej Paliwoda, Senior System Engineer, VAST Data
Later in the afternoon, Maciej Paliwoda from VAST Data takes over Speakers’ Corner to explore what infrastructure needs to look like in the age of AI.
As AI environments grow in scale and complexity, traditional approaches to data infrastructure are being challenged. This session looks at how a new architecture can bring data, compute and AI workloads together and create a foundation designed for the demands of modern AI.
Small stage. Big topics.
Speakers’ Corner is your chance to get closer to the experts, dive into specific technologies and pick up new perspectives between the main-stage sessions.
Ray Hagen, ProLabs | 12:50–13:10
Maciej Paliwoda, VAST Data | 15:10–15:30
📍 Speakers’ Corner
📅 October 7 | Aixia Innovation Day 2026
📍 Svenska Mässan, Gothenburg