SNIA to Host SDC: StorageAI™

A One-Day Event that Explores the Real-World Impact of AI Workloads on Storage and Data Infrastructure  

Santa Clara, CA., February 6, 2026 – SNIA, a not-for-profit global organization for technologies related to handling and optimizing data, today announced that it is hosting SDC: StorageAI™  on April 29, 2026, in Denver, CO. This one-day SDC (SNIA Developer Conference) will focus on the real-world impact of AI workloads and the data infrastructure strategies required to support them at scale.

AI is exposing urgent challenges in data services—particularly in how storage, networks, and compute must work together to meet new performance, latency, and scalability demands. The SDC: StorageAI agenda features industry leaders who are on the front lines of the biggest trends shaping the AI landscape. 

Attendees will gain technical insights with sessions covering:

• From GPUs to Flash: An AI-Native Storage Platform for Scalable LLM Inference
• Scaling Inference with KV Cache Storage Offload and RDMA‑Accelerated Architecture
• NVMe LBA Access Control for GPU-Direct Storage in AI/HPC Workloads
• AiSIO: Orchestrating Storage I/O Across CPUs and Accelerators
• Demystifying Data Flows through Typical LLM Training
• Enabling AI Storage Benchmark Evolution at the Pace of AI
• DiskANN - VectorDB Indexing Offload
• And more

Registration is just $149, offering an incredible opportunity to connect with experts and gain valuable knowledge. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this unique event.

Learn more, view the full agenda, and register here.

SDC: StorageAI will be co-located with SNIA industry partners, the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) Member Summit 2026 and the NVM Express® 2026 Annual Members Meeting.

About SNIA Developer Conference (SDC): As a premier educational conference, SDC is built by developers, for developers, delivering vendor-neutral, technical content tailored for professionals across all roles, whether you're a software engineer, product manager, or CTO. SDC 2026 will be held September 28-30, 2026 in Santa Clara, CA. 

About SNIA

SNIA is a not-for-profit global organization made up of corporations, universities, startups, and individuals. The members collaborate to develop and promote vendor-neutral architectures as well as international standards and specifications. SNIA promotes technologies related to the storage, transport, optimization of infrastructure, acceleration, format, and protection of data.

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