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Fine-tuning Small Models

LoRA, QLoRA and distillation for latency-critical workloads.

SAT, JUN 13 · 2026

17:00 – 20:00 PDT

Seattle

Seattle Innovation Hub, downtown

81 of 122 spots

66% filled

About this event

LoRA, QLoRA and distillation for latency-critical workloads. Expect focused talks, small-group discussion, and time to meet other builders working on the same problems.

Agenda

  1. 17:00

    Doors & networking

    Coffee, snacks, name tags.

  2. 17:30

    Opening talk

    Fine-tuning Small Models — the state of the art.

  3. 18:15

    Hands-on session

    Small groups, real problems.

  4. 19:15

    Lightning talks + Q&A

  5. 19:00

    Mingling & wrap-up

Speakers

JA

Jordan Alvarez

Staff Engineer, Seattle

Ships production ML at scale.

DR

Diego Ramirez

Founder, Seattle

Building the next wave of AI tooling.

Location

Seattle

Seattle Innovation Hub, downtown

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