Source: https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/sglang-summit-workshop-by-modal-inference-from-first-principles-nov-2026 # SGLang Summit Workshop by Modal: Inference from First Principles ๐Ÿ“… November 13, 2026 ๐Ÿ• 2:50 PM PT ๐Ÿ“ Fort Mason ๐Ÿ‘ฅ 90 attending ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Sold out ## What we're seeing - **Sold out** ยท waitlist open - **Approval required** ## About This Event A SGLang Summit ticket is required to attend the event and get approved on Luma. Both Full and Expo passes are accepted. Ticket ๐ŸŽซ The room seats 45, and seating is first come, first served, so **registering doesn't guarantee a seat**. Please arrive early to get a spot. Modern LLMs are increasingly co-designed with the systems that serve them, with architectures built from the ground up to be efficient for inference. But the reasoning behind these design choices is often reduced to graphs and benchmarks showing numbers going up, with little explanation of why they work. In this talk, we'll start from first principles; using simple analytical models, we'll derive key properties of today's models and serving systems, and explore what they suggest about the next generation of inference. ### Session Details - **Duration:** 60 minutes - **Level:** Moderate experience in LLM inference serving. Familiarity with concepts like sharding and hybrid attention will be helpful. - **What to bring:** No laptop needed ### Speaker - **Gilford Ting**, Member of Technical Staff, Modal ## Hosted by [SGLang Summit 2026 Community Events](https://luma.com/sglsummit26-events) [LMSYS Org](https://luma.com/user/lmsys) [Modal Events](https://luma.com/user/Modal_Events) [Will Reese](https://luma.com/user/usr-s7aq2cQ5tCMd9To) ## Location ๐Ÿ“ [Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA](/events/venue/fort-mason) AI Workshop Conference Talk GenAI [Register for This Event](https://lu.ma/g8a2yz6z?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events) [100 more SF AI events this week](/events/ai/sf) Free Growth Analysis ## Get a free growth analysis for your company See how your website, messaging, and go-to-market strategy stack up, in minutes. [Get My Free Analysis](/?utm_source=events&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ai&utm_content=event_detail_cta) ## More SF events like this ### [Breakfast: Shaping Telemetry for AI Consumption](/events/sf/cp-breakfast-shaping-telemetry-for-ai-consumption-kubecon26) Today ยท 8:00 AM PT TBD High Signal ### [Context Corner: A Breakfast Club ยท 03](/events/sf/context-corner-a-breakfast-club-03-nov-2026) Today ยท 8:30 AM PT San Francisco, CA High Signal ### [Cerebral Valley AI Summit 2026](/events/sf/cerebral-valley-ai-summit-2026-nov-2026) Today ยท 9:00 AM PT San Francisco, CA High Signal ### [SGLang Summit 2026 by LMSYS](/events/sf/sglang-summit-2026-by-lmsys-nov-2026) Today ยท 9:00 AM PT Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA [โ† Back to San Francisco Events](/events/ai/sf)