AI DevSummit 2025 + DeveloperWeek Leadership 2025: Full Schedule

12:00pm PDT

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: AIOps: The Catalyst That Is Redefining Enterprise Monitoring and Observability

Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:00pm - 12:25pm PDT

Varun Raj, Deloitte, Sr Manager

AI is revolutionizing every aspect of the IT industry with IT operations being the most successful use case of AI where use of AI for Operations (AIOps) has redefined the enterprise monitoring and observability strategy. In this session, I intent to walk the audience through the use of AIOps to redesign end-to-end enterprise monitoring and observability capability.

Speakers

Varun Raj

Sr Manager, Deloitte

With over 18 years of experience across industries, I am an IT executive with global experience in incubating and launching advance and emerging technology based professional services and software solutions. My journey in this high paced and ever evolving endeavor has been with several... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:00pm - 12:25pm PDT
VIRTUAL AI DevSummit Expo Stage

AI DevSummit

Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, Virtual, AI Leadership & Strategy (AI DevSummit), AI Case Studies & Success Stories (AI DevSummit)
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

3:30pm PDT

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: Hacking the Machine: Unmasking the Top 10 LLM Vulnerabilities and Real-World Exploits

Wednesday June 4, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

Reet Kaur, Sekaurity, CISO

Large Language Models (LLMs) are revolutionizing industries, but they also introduce a new and rapidly evolving attack surface. The OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications (2025) highlights the most pressing security vulnerabilities that organizations face today. From Prompt Injection to System Prompt Leakage, Data Poisoning, and Excessive Agency, these vulnerabilities are actively exploited by threat actors in ways that many security teams are unprepared for.

This talk will be interactive, example-driven, and packed with visuals, ensuring that every attendee walks away with a clear understanding of LLM threats and actionable steps to defend against them.

Speakers

Reet Kaur

Executive Director of IT Risk Management & Security, Merck

Reet Kaur is a seasoned information security professional experienced in both public and private sectors. She is currently a leader of a consulting company offering CISO services. She was recently an Executive Director of IT Risk Management & Security at Merck Co. & Inc. Formerly... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks OPEN Session, DeveloperWeek Leadership, Virtual, Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Career Development: Impact & Change (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

9:30am PDT

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: Your Brain is Buggy: How Understanding Cognitive Biases Can Make You a Better Engineering Leader

Thursday June 5, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

Limor Mekaiten, Titan, Software engineering team leader

As engineering managers, we constantly debug systems and optimize processes—but what about the cognitive "bugs" in our own minds? This talk explores common cognitive biases, how they subtly influence our perceptions and decisions, and why understanding them is critical to better leadership.

You'll gain actionable strategies to uncover these mental shortcuts, manage team dynamics with fairness, and build a culture of empathy and clarity. By acknowledging and mitigating cognitive biases, we can improve team performance, strengthen trust, and inspire the humans behind the code.

Speakers

Limor Mekaiten

Software engineering team leader, Titan

Limor is a Software engineering team leader at Titan. Prior to her current role, she worked at different-sized startups with different cultures as both a software developer and a manager. She volunteers in Baot, the largest community for Senior female engineers in Israel in a program... Read More →

Thursday June 5, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Engineering Culture, Learning and Development, Team Collaboration
Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks OPEN Session, Virtual, DeveloperWeek Leadership, Technical Leadership / Management & Teams (Managing People) (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

10:00am PDT

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: Empowering Engineers: Key Product Management Skills for Enhanced Developer Efficiency

Thursday June 5, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

Sangeetha Rajkumar, Microsoft, Senior TPM

In today's dynamic tech landscape, bridging the gap between product management and engineering is crucial for driving successful projects and maximizing developer productivity. This session will explore the key skills that product managers (PMs) need to foster effective collaboration with engineering teams, streamline workflows, and enhance overall productivity.

Speakers

Sangeetha Rajkumar

Senior TPM, Microsoft

Sangeetha is a seasoned technologist and product manager with over 9+ years of software product development experience, adept at working with cross-functional teams in dynamic environments. She holds a Master's Degree in Engineering Management with a specialization in Product Management... Read More →

Thursday June 5, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Developer Career Paths, Engineering Culture, Product Management and Engineering Alignment
Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks OPEN Session, Virtual, DeveloperWeek Leadership, Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

11:00am PDT

[Virtual Exclusive] PRO Session: Designing Architecture Flow

Thursday June 5, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Ivan Padabed, PandaDoc, Director of Platform Architecture

In this session, we’ll explore the essential role of the architect as an accountable decision-maker and how they can optimize their workflow to ensure the right decisions are made at the right time. We’ll discuss why relying solely on an architect’s mental capacity is a bottleneck, how decision-making infrastructure tailored to organizational specifics enables speed and quality, and what best practices can help architects scale their effectiveness in high-growth environments.

Drawing from years of experience building and refining architectural decision-making pipelines in fast-paced, high-tech organizations, the speaker will share practical insights on:
• Structuring decision flows to ensure the right information is available at the right moment.
• Creating a collaborative environment where architectural decisions are well-informed and transparent.
• Designing a decision-making infrastructure that fosters consistency, speed, and quality.
• Avoiding common pitfalls that lead to decision paralysis, misalignment, and bottlenecks.

This session is for architects, engineering leaders, and decision-makers looking to improve architectural effectiveness and scale decision-making without sacrificing quality or agility. Join us to rethink how architecture flows in your organization.

Speakers

Ivan Padabed

Director of Platform Architecture, PandaDoc

Over 20 years in IT, doing business, product, service, and organization re-engineering to scale. Came to DDD as a core practice through systems thinking. An advocate of the evolutional approach.Enterprise Architecture practitioner, Solution Architecture methodologist, and Systems... Read More →

Thursday June 5, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Engineering Culture, Technical Decision Making, SCRUM, Developer Career Paths, IT/Ops Career Paths, Leadership Career Paths, Learning and Development, Team Collaboration, Cross-functional Collaboration, KPIs and Metrics
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, Virtual, Technical Leadership / Management & Teams (Managing People) (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

11:30am PDT

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: FORTRAN’s AI Playbook: Leadership Lessons from History

Thursday June 5, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

Anjuan Simmons, GitHub, Staff Engineering Manager

Technological revolutions have reshaped software engineering throughout history, and today's AI wave is no different. This talk draws parallels between the rise of Fortran in the mid-20th century and the current AI revolution. Using the story of Dorothy Vaughan—NASA mathematician, Fortran pioneer, and a trailblazer for women in STEM—as a guiding narrative, we’ll uncover leadership lessons for modern software engineering leaders.

Dorothy Vaughan’s ability to foresee technological shifts, adapt to change, and lead inclusive, future-ready teams offers a timeless blueprint for today’s AI-driven transformation. This talk will examine Vaughan's strategic foresight, proactive learning, and team empowerment, and connect them to actionable steps leaders can take to prepare their teams for AI’s impact. We'll also discuss the challenges and opportunities AI presents for workforce dynamics, upskilling, and ethical decision-making, helping attendees predict and shape what’s coming next in software engineering.

Speakers

Anjuan Simmons

Staff Engineering Manager, GitHub

Anjuan Simmons is a technologist with a successful track record of delivering technology solutions from the user interface to the database. He is an energetic and informative speaker who presents at conferences, seminars, schools, and community centers around the world on topics including... Read More →

Thursday June 5, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Technical Decision Making, AI Integration Strategy, Engineering Culture
Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks OPEN Session, Virtual, DeveloperWeek Leadership, AI DevSummit, Technical Leadership / Management & Teams (Managing People) (DeveloperWeek Leadership), AI Security / Ethics / Governance & Compliance (AI DevSummit)
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

12:30pm PDT

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: Beyond Model Optimization: Rethinking AI Pipeline Efficiency

Thursday June 5, 2025 12:30pm - 12:55pm PDT

VIRTUAL AI DevSummit Expo Stage

Shashidhar Shenoy, Google, Tech Lead
Achyut Sarma Boggaram, Torc Robotics, Sr. Machine Learning Engineer

AI teams focus heavily on model optimization—distillation, pruning, and quantization—yet still face high costs, scaling challenges, and deployment inefficiencies. The missing piece? Pipeline optimization.

This session introduces a pipeline-first approach to AI scalability, showcasing how Dagster, Ray, and Kubernetes-native tools can optimize ML pipelines.

Shift from model-centric to pipeline-aware AI infrastructure to build faster, cost-effective, and scalable ML systems.

Speakers

Achyut Sarma Boggaram

Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Torc Robotics

As a Sr. Machine Learning Engineer at Torc Robotics, I am building critical ML infrastructure for the L4 self-driving class-8 trucks, paving the way for safer transportation of freight.I have a decade of experience in delivering impactful robotics solutions across various industries... Read More →

Shashidhar Shenoy

Tech Lead, Google

Shashidhar Shenoy is a software engineer and technical leader specializing in distributed systems, AI/ML infrastructure, and scalable authentication platforms. With over a decade of experience, he has led high-impact projects, including optimizing cloud infrastructure for AI/ML workloads... Read More →

Thursday June 5, 2025 12:30pm - 12:55pm PDT
VIRTUAL AI DevSummit Expo Stage

AI DevSummit

Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, OPEN Session, Virtual, Frameworks / Tools & Applied AI (AI DevSummit), Data Access / Management & Operations (AI DevSummit)
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

1:00pm PDT

[Virtual Exclusive] PRO Session: Building a Future-Proof Tech Stack: Balancing Innovation and Stability

Thursday June 5, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Gaganjot Kaur Kang, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Staff Software Engineer

This session will explore strategies for creating a technology stack that balances the need for innovation with the importance of stability. Attendees will learn how to evaluate emerging technologies, assess their long-term viability, and integrate them without compromising system reliability. Key considerations will include adopting flexible architectures, managing technical debt, ensuring scalability, and selecting tools that can evolve with changing business requirements. The session will offer practical insights on how to make informed decisions that keep teams agile while preparing for future challenges.

Speakers

Gaganjot Kaur Kang

Staff Software Engineer, Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation)

Gaganjot Kaur Kang is a Staff Software Engineer within Sony PlayStation’s Intelligence Platform and Personalization team. With over ten years of experience in the technology industry and six-plus years at Sony's gaming division, Gaganjot has been committed to designing and developing... Read More →

Thursday June 5, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Technical Debt Management, Agile
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks Virtual, DeveloperWeek Leadership, Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive