UNLOCK 2026: A Look at One of the Year’s Most Anticipated AI Events

At Montgomery Entertainment, we love delivering a seamless, full-service event experience. We also love establishing the proper event foundation for companies in their first-year events. This April, we worked with Medra to bring the AI Science community together in San Francisco. Over 500 attendees joined us at City View at Metreon for this one-day summit.

Montgomery Entertainment always takes an integrated approach where our team works closely with the client to deliver the event of the client’s dreams a reality. For this event, our team managed:

• Speaker Coordination & Logistics

• Production, Staging, AV & Lighting

• Food & Beverage Services

• On-site Registration & Badging with ME’s very own ME Onsite App and system

• Security

• Project Management

• Creative

• Website

• Budget

• Vendor Management

• Operations & Logistics

One of the defining aspects of UNLOCK 2026 was the speaker programming. One attendee noted how the speakers shared something genuinely new, not recycled decks or marketing pitches, but original ideas and fresh thinking.

“What made it special was your request for speakers to share something new. Means it wasn't just regurgitated slide decks and marketing pitches.” – UNLOCK Attendee

Montgomery supported Medra’s carefully curated speaker lineup by coordinating pre-event and managing and organizing on-site to ensure seamless logistics where speakers were able to focus on delivering meaningful content, and Medra’s team could enjoy the fruits of their event.

City View at Metreon was a beautiful backdrop for this event. ME’s production team designed, curated, and executed every element with the attendee experience in mind. From lighting and sound to staging and flow to furniture and stanchions, we created an event environment that flowed seamlessly. And because we know first impressions matter, we used our ME Onsite app and equipment for onsite registration and check-in.ME Onsite is Montgomery Entertainment’s proprietary onsite registration platform that ensures a quality attendee experience from the moment they arrive.

“UNLOCK 2026 was something like a labor of love for the AI x Science community. One founder told me it was the best event he's attended since starting his company 8 years ago. Another said it felt like JPM 2.0.” – Michelle, CEO of Medra

“UNLOCK was a triumph!” It was a blast seeing everyone.” – UNLOCK Attendee

The feedback we received reflects the quality and hard work our team put into producing this event. We love witnessing our clients’ vision come to life through precise, full-service execution. We’re looking forward to continuing to support the events and communities shaping what’s next.