NVIDIA’s premier AI conference, GTC, is set to take place March 16–19, 2026, in San Jose. With over 30,000 developers and researchers expected, the focus has shifted from experimental AI to "industrial era" implementation.The conference will highlight how every layer of the technology stack—from silicon to application-level code—is advancing simultaneously. For programmers, the main takeaway is the transition toward "agentic" operations, where autonomous AI agents handle complex, multi-step engineering tasks.