AITP Chicago AI SIG Meeting

What Happens When Software Stops Being Applications & Starts Becoming Co-Workers

Keynote Speaker: Roman Eng - AI SIG Chair

AITP Executive Sponsor:  Justin Nemeth

Join us for our upcoming in-person AI SIG meeting as we explore a provocative question: what happens when software stops being applications and starts becoming co-workers? Recent advances in agent frameworks and runtimes, most notably OpenClaw, may prove to be one of the more consequential AI software releases of our time. We are witnessing a shift from chat-based assistants toward persistent AI agents capable of planning tasks, invoking tools, and coordinating multi-agent workflows across digital ecosystems. Rather than operating as isolated applications, these agents increasingly require orchestration layers that resemble the next evolution of the operating system.

In this talk, we will examine today’s dominant model of agent runtimes layered on top of existing operating systems, integrating orchestration frameworks into traditional software stacks.  We will also explore a forward-looking future: agent-native operating systems (Agent-OS) designed to manage networks of AI agents, memory systems, scheduling, and governance as core system primitives. Finally, we will consider whether these developments represent the next evolutionary step in computing infrastructure and what they may mean for enterprise systems, trust, and human–AI collaboration.

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