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# Localized Open Models in Production: What Builders Need to Know


- **Date:** Friday, Jul 10, 2026
- **Time:** 13:00–13:30 (30 min)
- **Room:** Mainstage
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100270-localized-open-models-in-production-what-builders-need-to-know)

## Description

Europe's AI debate is often framed as a policy question. For builders, it is a systems question: what does a localized open model stack actually look like in production? Where should they run? This main-stage panel brings together model builders and experts from NVIDIA, H-Company, Black Forest Labs, and n8n with to compare the technology choices behind real AI deployment. Attendees will leave with a technical map for building, running, and controlling AI systems.

## Speakers

### [Ankit Patel](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@ankit-patel)

VP Developer Ecosystem at NVIDIA
### [Pierre-Louis Cedoz](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@pierre-louis-cedoz)

CTO of H-Company
### [Jamie Madden](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@jamie-madden-2)

Senior Dev Rel, Education at n8n
### [Stephen Batifol](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@stephen-batifol-2)

Developer & Creative Growth, Black Forest Labs


## Related talks at this congress

- [Creating Europe's AI Moment – Now or Never](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1058-creating-europe-s-ai) — Antonella Mei-Pochtler, Thomas Jarzombek, Thomas Saueressig, Jasper Bennink
- [Keeping Your AI Software Supply Chains Sovereign in the Age of Commercial Open Source](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1139-keeping-your-ai) — Franz Kiraly
- [Managing Sovereign AI Infrastructure: MLOps and LLMOps in Highly Regulated Banking IT](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1143-managing-sovereign) — Daniel Evenschor, Matthias Kordt, Lars Langerbein
- [Theia AI Live Demo: Air Gapped AI for Developer Tools and IDEs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1275-theia-ai-live-demo) — Thomas Froment