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Beyond Market Intelligence keeps QCon in one place: 3 stories so far. The section currently leads with “Six Sessions on Agent Identity, Context Costs, and Open-Source AI”, “Explore how teams balance AI progress with human-centered engineering in 2026”, and “Three InfoQ Certification Cohorts Launch This August with Expert Facilitators”. Who authorizes an agent's actions, and how do you keep context costs from spiraling? The 2026 Engineering Culture Trends Report zeroes in on something easy to overlook: the humans behind the algorithms. Acme AI is the next-generation, AI-powered spreadsheet platform built to replace Excel and redefine how analysts, data scientists, and enterprise teams work… The list below is every QCon story on Beyond Market Intelligence, newest first.
Six Sessions on Agent Identity, Context Costs, and Open-Source AI
Who authorizes an agent's actions, and how do you keep context costs from spiraling? The QCon AI New York 2026 program committee has selected six sessions that get straight to these pressing questions. Expect practical discussions on agent identity, open-source inference, and the standards emerging to govern autonomous systems. Our recent coverage of General Compute's bet on inference chips beyond Nvidia shows the hardware side of this shift is equally worth exploring.
Explore how teams balance AI progress with human-centered engineering in 2026
The 2026 Engineering Culture Trends Report zeroes in on something easy to overlook: the humans behind the algorithms. Ben Linders and his panel of QCon speakers and InfoQ contributors tackle AI adoption maturity, shifting team structures, and the roles that are transforming as a result. It is a grounded look at what changes when engineering cultures evolve. For a deeper dive into the enterprise side, our related article, "Unlock AI's Enterprise Potential," pairs well with this discussion.
Three InfoQ Certification Cohorts Launch This August with Expert Facilitators
Three certification cohorts open this August, each led by a senior practitioner applying QCon talk frameworks directly to your work. Luca Mezzalira tackles architecture, Michelle Brush focuses on engineering leadership, and Katharine Jarmul addresses AI security and privacy. That is a solid lineup for five weeks of focused, practical learning. If you want to see how these frameworks scale beyond the classroom, our piece on scaling AWS deployments with Stateless Model Context Protocol offers a useful technical companion.