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World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 9, 2026 • Session details

Tour de Force: Open-Source LLM Inference Optimization from Simple to Sophisticated

Christin Pohl

Maximizing open-source LLM throughput requires aggressively balancing compute and memory bottlenecks. Master the complete GPU optimization stack, from simple model quantization to sophisticated speculative decoding.

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#1 about 2 min

Strategic reasons to adopt open-source inference models

Overcome vendor lock-in and high scaling costs by utilizing independent open-source models for customized agentic scenarios.

#2 about 2 min

Navigating the layers of the language model inference stack

Make open-source models operate efficiently by tuning the underlying infrastructure, framework layers, and dynamic runtime caching systems.

#3 about 3 min

Balancing compute and memory bound inference performance metrics

Balance competing performance indicators by separating compute-heavy initial token generation metrics from memory-bound subsequent latency measurements.

#4 about 3 min

Right-sizing language models for specific agentic use cases

Prevent unnecessary structural bloat by employing leaderboard tracking and custom evaluations to pinpoint correctly scaled language models.

#5 about 2 min

Leveraging quantization to improve memory utilization and throughput

Shrink memory footprints and escalate throughput simultaneously by applying reduced floating point precision to architectural components.

#6 about 2 min

Implementing smart routing and hardcoded intents for cost savings

Cut excessive inference overhead by triaging complex requests and hardcoding responses for simple recurring user greetings.

#7 about 2 min

Enhancing hardware utilization with continuous batching library frameworks

Eliminate idle hardware downtime by substituting static batch configurations with continuous frameworks that constantly process overlapping token sequences.

#8 about 2 min

Improving inference efficiency utilizing cache aware replica routing

Avoid recomputing identical conversational histories by routing recurring agentic prompts toward replicas already storing corresponding cache markers.

#9 about 3 min

Distributing large models effectively across multi-server architectures

Bypass severe hardware limitations by slicing neural network layers sequentially and parallelly across networked multi-gpu virtual machines.

#10 about 3 min

Accelerating token generation speeds with speculative decoding techniques

Resolve slow text production bottlenecks by rapidly projecting probable outputs using secondary draft networks for batch verification.

#11 about 2 min

Advancing efficiency with disaggregated inference and model distillation

Maximize high-volume stability by physically isolating request pre-validation nodes apart from memory-intensive continuous token decoding workers.

#12 about 3 min

Streamlining managed open-source deployments via native cloud resources

Abstract away complex hardware provisioning by integrating pre-optimized managed compute templates designed for broad open-source collections.

#13 about 2 min

Self-hosting distributed inference clusters on orchestrated container services

Achieve granular configuration access by managing custom open-source inference stacks directly over containerized graphic processing clusters.

#14 about 3 min

A structured framework for adopting custom open-source inference

Ensure predictable self-hosted deployments by advancing from defined benchmarks through structured machine learning operation scaling loops.

#15 about 2 min

Optimizing small models for local inference and personal usage

Attain absolute parameter control alongside zero runtime costs by adapting local inference structures toward small-scale personal devices.

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Open source tools for running and scaling models

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Optimizing performance using dedicated open source inference engines

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Managing compute costs and AI model routing

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Prioritizing developer user experience over raw model parameters

Neel Sundaresan Neel Sundaresan +1 · World Congress 2026 Europe

1:45 min

Introduction to serving large language models locally

Patrick Koss Patrick Koss · World Congress 2025

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Optimizing inference costs through efficient distributed runtimes

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