AI Coding for Leaders: From Zero to Demo

What happens when busy executives and senior leaders roll up their sleeves and ship real code using AI tools? Three months ago, host James Tyack couldn’t have imagined shipping 6 working apps in a single day. After challenging himself to build an app daily in August, participating in Andrew Ng’s Buildathon, and running an “AI Coding Day” with his own team (complete with a “Best Failure Award” inspired by Wade Chambers), he discovered that AI coding isn’t about being perfect - it’s about being open minded and bold.

Now join us for ELC’s first-ever hackathon showcase where participants will demo the working prototypes they built rapidly in their precious spare time (projects were shared Friday prior to conference!).

What You’ll Experience:

• Real Results, Real Leaders: Watch as your peers demo everything from strategic decision-making tools to family adventure planners - all built from scratch using Claude Code, Cursor, and similar AI coding assistants

• Honest Learning Sharing: Hear unfiltered insights about what worked, what failed spectacularly, and the surprising moments when non-coders realized they could ship functional apps faster than they ever imagined

• Interactive Discussion: Join the conversation about what this means for leading technical teams, influencing engineering decisions, and staying relevant in an AI-accelerated world

Who Should Attend: Leaders curious about AI coding but haven’t tried it themselves. Those already experimenting who want to learn from peers. Anyone who wants concrete evidence that the barrier between “having an idea” and “having a working prototype” has fundamentally shifted.

The Bottom Line: This isn’t theory - it’s leaders demonstrating that the gap between vision and execution just got dramatically smaller, and the implications for how we work are profound.