What You'll Learn
Create With Conference Debrief: Top Moments, AI Behind the Event & What's Next
The Create With conference brought together builders, makers and community members focused on AI, automation and vibe-coded product design. In this 32-minute debrief, the team walks through the weekend's highlights, the AI systems that powered event logistics and content, important lessons for event organizers, and the roadmap for future Create With activities.
Below is a structured recap of the video with practical takeaways and next steps for anyone who missed the conference or wants to apply the learnings to their own events and projects.
Highlights: What stood out
- Community-first moments: The conference prioritized small-group workshops, live demos and vibes over large, impersonal keynotes. Attendees reported stronger connections and more actionable takeaways as a result.
- Showcase of builders: Several short demos and lightning talks highlighted new approaches to agent-driven workflows, visual development and no-code tooling. These moments emphasized rapid prototyping and shipping early.
- Content repurposing in action: The team showed how recorded talks, clips and community interviews were repurposed into social snippets, blog posts and newsletter content to keep momentum after the event.
How AI and automation supported the conference
The debrief explains AI's role across three broad areas:
1. Operations and logistics
- AI was used to streamline scheduling, manage speaker coordination and automate attendee communications. This reduced manual overhead and allowed the team to scale operations with a small core staff.
2. Content production
- Automated transcription, chaptering and highlight extraction made it quick to turn sessions into shareable clips. This accelerated content publishing and extended the conference's reach.
3. Personalization and matching
- Attendee matchmaking and session recommendations were informed by automated profiling and preferences, improving attendee satisfaction and session relevance.
The debrief focuses on architecture and outcomes rather than deep technical details—useful for event organizers looking to adopt similar patterns without building everything from scratch.
Key lessons and takeaways
- Prioritize small-group, hands-on formats: Workshops and demos generated higher attendee engagement and follow-up actions than large keynotes.
- Automate repetitive tasks: Automations for communication, content processing and scheduling free up team time for higher-value work like curation and community care.
- Measure what matters: Track engagement signals (session attendance, repeat interactions, replay views) rather than vanity metrics. Use these to inform next-year programming.
- Build for content repurposing from day one: Recording with repurposing in mind (good mics, clear slides, short segments) makes post-event distribution far easier.
- Keep the community looped in: Regular updates, office hours and small cohort activities maintain momentum between major in-person events.
Actionable steps for creators and organizers
1. Audit your event stack: Identify one repetitive workflow (e.g., attendee confirmation emails or post-session clip extraction) and automate it for your next event.
2. Plan repurposing before recording: Create a simple post-production checklist that includes timestamps, highlight extraction, and social-sized clips.
3. Run small experiments: Prioritize a few micro-formats (30–60 minute hands-on sessions) and measure attendee satisfaction to decide what to scale.
4. Open participation: Invite community members to run lightning talks or micro-workshops—this spreads workload and brings fresh perspectives.
What’s next for Create With
The debrief ends with a roadmap for the Create With community: more local meetups, virtual workshops, resources for builders on using AI and automation in event workflows, and opportunities to contribute content and run sessions. The team encouraged everyone to join community channels, volunteer to host events, and pitch talk ideas.
Final thoughts
This video is a practical, community-focused recap rather than a technical deep-dive. It’s especially useful for community organizers, indie makers and builders who want a tested blueprint for running efficient, AI-augmented events that prioritize connection and actionable learning.
If you missed the conference, treat the debrief as a quick playbook: focus on hands-on formats, automate the low-value work, plan for content repurposing, and keep the community engaged year-round.
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Want to put the ideas into practice? Pick one automation to implement this month (for example: automate session recordings → clip extraction → social publishing) and test it on your next meetup.
