Ron Dagdag

Ron Dagdag brings over 20 years of experience as a software artisan to his role as R&D Manager at 7-Eleven, where he leads teams to develop innovative solutions in AI, IoT, and Cloud. In addition to his professional responsibilities, Ron is an active member of the tech community, recognized as a Microsoft MVP in AI, Mixed Reality, and IoT. Ron is an international speaker, sharing his knowledge at industry events, and remains an active maker and tinkerer with a passion for Augmented Intelligence.

Sessions Montréal 2026

Context-Aware Copilots for Next.js

Session en Anglais - Débutant

We’ll embed a copilot into a Next.js app that actually reads UI context (form values, selections, route state) and takes approved actions. We’ll connect chat to real capabilities via typed tool calls, gate risk with consent prompts. You’ll see simple routing between chat, tools, and retrieval—and how to fail safely. Attend this presentation, walk out with a understanding context?decide?act?audit template you can drop into your product.

From Cloud to Laptop: Practical Guide to Local AI Inference

Session en Anglais - Débutant

On-device AI cuts latency, lowers cost, and keeps data private by running models locally. This talk shows how to ship real on-device AI that runs entirely on laptops and edge boxes. We’ll start with model selection. Next, we’ll add an OpenAI-compatible SDK and a simple UI.