AI DevSummit 2025 + DeveloperWeek Leadership 2025: Full Schedule

9:30am PDT

PRO Session: One Thousand People, One Roadmap

Wednesday May 28, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT

Fabricio Buzeto, Brex, Engineering Manager

As a company grows, the tendency to divide and conquer can nurture siloed goals that do not align with the company. Impeding the ability to deliver constant and meaningful improvements. The natural tendency is to increase bureaucracy and control, which usually only hinders the results. Companies like Airbnb and Brex have been in the headlines for trying the opposite. Reducing layers and bureaucracy while bringing alignment and increasing velocity. Let me tell you about what I learned while living in such a reality.

Speakers

Fabricio Buzeto

Engineering Manager, Brex

Fabricio has a Ph.D. in Computer Science and is currently an Engineering Manager at Brex. For the past 20 years have been developing software in distributed teams focused on digital products consulting for both big and small organizations. Amongst his own ventures, it can highlight... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

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

10:00am PDT

PRO Session: Secure Software Development Principles

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT

DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Sankalp Kumar, Apple, Software Engineer

In an era where data breaches and cyber threats are on the rise, it’s no longer enough to simply code and test for functionality - security must be woven into every stage of software design. Our Secure Software Design Principles session equips developers, architects, and team leads with the critical know-how to identify risks early, minimize vulnerabilities, and build robust systems from the ground up. Attendees will learn how to integrate best practices - like least privilege, defense in depth, and threat modeling - into their daily workflows, setting a foundation for resilient and trusted applications. Ultimately, this workshop isn’t just about avoiding pitfalls, it’s about proactively shaping software that is both high-performing and secure by design.

Speakers

Sankalp Kumar

Software Engineer, Apple

With over 7 years of experience working with industry giants like McAfee, Juniper, and Fraunhofer, Sankalp has consistently been at the forefront of security innovation. He has expertise in building software systems that do intrusion detection and was one of the lead engineers in... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Product Management and Engineering Alignment, Technical Decision Making, KPIs and Metrics, Team Collaboration
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, Technical Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:30am PDT

PRO Session: Product Oriented Software Engineering (POSE): A New Era of Software Development

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT

DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Andrew Park, Edensoft Labs, Founder

Imagine an engineering culture where teams move faster, stay aligned with product goals, and take ownership—without sacrificing technical excellence. Product-Oriented Software Engineering (POSE) redefines engineering’s role by transforming software engineers into Product Engineers who take ownership of both technical execution and strategic product alignment.

Traditional development models often struggle with misalignment, inefficiencies, and process-heavy workflows. Engineers can find themselves in reactive cycles, managing handoffs, resolving miscommunications, and navigating product decisions without full visibility into the bigger picture. POSE eliminates these inefficiencies by embedding product awareness into engineering teams and introducing the Flex Engineer role—a key enabler of real-time collaboration and technical alignment.

By acting as a bridge between product and engineering, the Flex Engineer ensures smooth execution, prevents bottlenecks, and provides timely insights based on continuous awareness of engineering progress. This role, combined with real-time collaboration, deep product understanding, and technical ownership, enables engineering teams to operate with greater autonomy, efficiency, and strategic impact—while maintaining seamless alignment with product vision.

Why POSE Matters to Engineering Leaders
• Faster Execution: Engineers make informed decisions without constant Product Manager input.
• Less Rework, More Impact: Product Engineers align with business goals, reducing misalignment and wasted effort.
• Optimized Engineering Flow: Fewer meetings, less Jira overhead, and more time for deep work.
• Stronger Technical Voice: Engineers influence product strategy early, ensuring smarter technical trade-offs.
• Real-Time Alignment: The Flex Engineer bridges product and engineering, preventing miscommunication.

This approach isn’t theoretical—it’s a proven methodology that has been implemented and refined over nearly two decades at G3 Technologies. POSE has been refined over nearly two decades at G3 Technologies, enabling teams to ship faster, smarter, and with greater autonomy.

Join this session to explore how POSE enables engineering teams to move faster, stay aligned with product goals, and take ownership of both execution and strategic impact. Learn how this approach enhances collaboration, reduces misalignment, and empowers engineers to deliver high-quality products with confidence.

Speakers

Andrew Park

Founder, Edensoft Labs

Since joining G3 Technologies as a startup, Andrew has worn two hats simultaneously: Engineering Leader and Product Leader, leading cross-functional teams to deliver software that delights customers. Since 2006, he has shaped and refined Product Oriented Software Engineering (POSE... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Learning and Development, Technical Decision Making
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks OPEN Session, Technical Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:00am PDT

PRO Session: Agentic GraphRAG: AI’s Logical Edge

Wednesday May 28, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT

AI DevSummit Main Stage

Stephen Chin, Neo4j, VP of Developer Relations

AI models are getting tasked to do increasingly complex and industry specific tasks where different retrieval approaches provide distinct advantages in accuracy, explainability, and cost to execute. GraphRAG retrieval models have become a powerful tool to solve domain specific problems where answers require logical reasoning and correlation that can be aided by graph relationships and proximity algorithms. We will demonstrate how an agent architecture combining RAG and GraphRAG retrieval patterns can bridge the gap in data analysis, strategic planning, and retrieval to solve complex domain specific problems.

Speakers

Stephen Chin

VP of Developer Relations, Neo4j

Stephen Chin is VP of Developer Relations at Neo4j, member of the Open AI Alliance, and author of several titles with O'Reilly, Apress, and McGraw Hill. He has keynoted numerous conferences around the world including AI DevSummit, Devoxx, DevNexus, JNation, Shift, JavaOne, Joker... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
AI DevSummit Main Stage

AI DevSummit

Additional Topics AI Integration Strategy, AI Product Strategy
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, Data Access / Management & Operations (AI DevSummit)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:30am PDT

PRO Session: The Future of AI-Driven Discovery: Can We Build Recommendation System That Inspire, Not Just Retain?

Wednesday May 28, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT

AI DevSummit Main Stage

Jiahui (Sophia) Bai, Meta, Data Scientist Lead

This talk explores the evolving role of AI-powered recommendation systems in shaping content discovery, moving beyond engagement-driven optimization to fostering meaningful exploration. Today’s recommendation algorithms are finely tuned to maximize user retention, often reinforcing content bubbles and favoring already-popular creators. While effective for keeping users engaged, this approach can limit exposure to new ideas, diverse voices, and serendipitous discovery—key elements that make digital platforms more enriching and dynamic.

We begin by defining the core challenges of AI-driven content recommendations: noisy engagement signals, over-reliance on short-term behavioral data, and algorithmic bias toward dominant content and creators. We explore how improving signal quality—by distinguishing between passive consumption and genuine interest—can lead to more personalized yet diverse recommendations. Next, we tackle the issue of democratizing reach, discussing algorithmic strategies that ensure small and emerging creators have a fair chance to break through without compromising user satisfaction.

The session will also cover rethinking success metrics for recommendation systems, moving beyond click-through rates and watch time to metrics that measure content diversity, long-term engagement, and user well-being. Finally, we will discuss the future of AI-driven discovery, including the role of Generative AI, hybrid human-AI curation, and serendipity-focused models in creating recommendation systems that inspire, inform, and surprise users—rather than just retaining them.

Speakers

Jiahui (Sophia) Bai

Data Scientist Lead, Meta

Sophia Bai is a Senior Data Scientist at Meta, specializing in AI-driven recommendation systems and product analytics. She has led key initiatives in improving signal quality, optimizing content discovery, and redesigning recommendation models to create more balanced and engaging... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT
AI DevSummit Main Stage

AI DevSummit

Additional Topics Machine Learning, AI-driven Automation, AI Integration Strategy, Generative AI, AI Product Strategy, Data Engineering
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, Frameworks / Tools & Applied AI (AI DevSummit), Machine Learning / Models & Architectures (AI DevSummit)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:30am PDT

PRO Session: Creating a Culture of Innovation

Wednesday May 28, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT

DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Ethan Ferdosi, AWS Startup, Solutions Architect Leader

Amazon’s approach to innovation has remained consistent since the company first launched—start with the customer and work backward. In this session, gain valuable insights into Amazon’s cultural mechanisms and our innovation journey. Walk away with lessons learned and best practices that you can apply to your own business.

Speakers

Ethan Ferdosi

Solutions Architect Leader, AWS Startups

Ethan is a Solutions Architect leader at AWS Startups whose work is focused on helping startups across the globe to build their idea on AWS. Before joining AWS, Ethan spent a decade in Sydney working with banks and financial institutions on digital modernization projects. Driven by... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

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

1:30pm PDT

PRO Session: Responsibly Advancing AI in Clinical Trials

Wednesday May 28, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT

AI DevSummit Main Stage

Nalini Garg, Deloitte, Senior Manager

As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly transforms the landscape of clinical trials, the need for responsible implementation has never been more critical. This session will explore how AI can be harnessed to enhance clinical trial design, patient recruitment, data analysis, and outcome prediction, while ensuring ethical considerations are front and center.

We'll delve into the potential of AI to streamline trial processes, reduce costs, and accelerate the development of new therapies. However, with great power comes great responsibility. We'll discuss the challenges of bias, data privacy, transparency, and regulatory compliance, and how to address them to build trust in AI-driven methodologies.

Join us as we navigate the delicate balance between innovation and ethics, and discover best practices for integrating AI into clinical trials in a way that enhances accuracy, efficiency, and fairness. Whether you're a researcher, clinician, or industry professional, this session will provide valuable insights into the responsible advancement of AI in clinical trials, ensuring that technological progress benefits both science and society.

Speakers

Nalini Garg

Senior Manager, Deloitte

AI & Data leader with 14+ years of experience. Women in AI California State Ambassador. Talks about #AI in Life Sciences #Building solutions using Gemini #GenAI #Career in tech

Wednesday May 28, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT
AI DevSummit Main Stage

AI DevSummit

Additional Topics Governance and Regulation, AI Ethics and Bias, AI Product Strategy
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, AI Case Studies & Success Stories (AI DevSummit)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:30pm PDT

PRO Session: Harnessing the Power of Generative AI for Intelligent Applications

Wednesday May 28, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT

DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Shivali Naik, Snowflake, Data and Technology Enthusiast

Generative AI is transforming industries by enabling businesses to create content, automate decision-making, and enhance user experiences. But how can organizations effectively build and deploy AI-powered solutions while maintaining security, efficiency, and scalability?

In this session, we will explore the fundamentals of Generative AI models, their real-world applications, and how they can be leveraged to drive innovation.

🔹 Key Takeaways:
✅ Understanding Generative AI models and their capabilities
✅ How to implement LLMs for text generation, summarization, and automation
✅ Building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows for AI-driven insights
✅ Best practices for AI model governance, optimization, and ethical considerations

Speakers

Shivali Naik

Data and Technology Enthusiast, Snowflake

I'm Shivali Naik, a Solutions Architect with a passion for data engineering and cloud tech. With over two years of experience, I love tackling tough problems and optimizing data workflows to help businesses thrive. I’m a lifelong learner, always sharing insights on tech blogs and... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

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

2:00pm PDT

PRO Session: How to Think About Multi-Agent Systems

Wednesday May 28, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT

AI DevSummit Main Stage

Kevin Van Gundy, Hypermode, Founder & CEO

We've made AI more complicated than it needs to be.

With buzzwords and obtuse new concepts, we've made it too difficult for the average developer to reason about agentic systems. While we're writing new kinds of programs, they're still programs nonetheless, and the core concepts of a well-architected application still hold. Fundamentally, we're attempting to write better business process automation just at a scale we've never seen before.

In this talk, Kevin will give attendees a simple, non-technical, non-buzzword-filled framework for looking at existing problems within their business and reimagining them as multi-agent systems.

We'll start by breaking down existing workflows into jobs to be done and the data needed to do those jobs. Then, map those into agents and tools. We'll then go over strategies for incrementally implementing these systems that control for output quality.

Speakers

Kevin Van Gundy

Founder & CEO, Hypermode

I’m a technologist and the CEO of Hypermode. I’m originally from a farming community in central California. I’ve spent my career building for developers, data scientists, and engineers. Along the way, I’ve been lucky enough to help grow three unicorn startups over the last... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT
AI DevSummit Main Stage

AI DevSummit

Additional Topics Agents
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, AI Leadership & Strategy (AI DevSummit), Frameworks / Tools & Applied AI (AI DevSummit)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:00pm PDT

PRO Session: Cracking the Engineering Leadership Code: How to Transition from Intern to Senior Engineer

Wednesday May 28, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT

DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Manasa Hari, Adobe, SDE III

The leap from individual contributor (IC) to engineering manager is one of the most challenging transitions in a technical career. This session explores the skills, mindset shifts, and strategies needed to become an effective engineering leader.

Key Takeaways:

How to develop leadership skills while still being hands-on technically.

Common pitfalls when moving from IC to manager and how to avoid them.

Strategies for managing former peers and establishing credibility.

Balancing technical excellence with people management responsibilities.

Speakers

Manasa Hari

SDE III, Adobe

Manasa Hari is a Software Development Engineer III (SDE III) with 12 years of experience in designing and scaling cloud-native systems. Currently at Adobe, she has also held key roles at Splunk, Selector AI, Taulia, and RingCentral. Known for her expertise in Kubernetes, event-driven... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Product Management and Engineering Alignment, Change Management, Leadership Career Paths
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, Technical Leadership / Management & Teams (Managing People) (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Technical Career Development (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:30pm PDT

Networking Break

Wednesday May 28, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT

South San Francisco Conference Center - Expo Hall

Join us for networking & Popcorn in the AI Lounge on the Expo Hall Floor!

Wednesday May 28, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT
South San Francisco Conference Center - Expo Hall

2. Community Events & Experiences

Session Type OPEN Session, PRO Session
Tracks OPEN Session
In-Person/Virtual In Person

3:00pm PDT

PRO Session: Radical Transparency for Software Teams

Wednesday May 28, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PDT

DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Gregory Lind, Buildly, CEO and Founder

Redefine team communication with radical transparency. Fostering a culture of openness, honesty, and positivity in your team, can create a work environment where everyone feels empowered to do their best work and grow both personally and professionally. This talk will give an overview to bringing radical transparency into your DevOps, software and product development processes.

Speakers

Gregory Lind

CEO, Buildly

Author of "Radical Therapy for Software Teams", CEO of Buildly, and 20+ year career in Software, Open Source and Startups. Founder and CTO of four successful startups in 3 different countries. Worked with NGOs and Government agencies building open source grant management systems... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Developer Career Paths, IT/Ops Career Paths, Leadership Career Paths, Learning and Development, Team Collaboration, Cross-functional Collaboration
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, Technical Career Development (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Technical Leadership / Management & Teams (Managing People) (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

3:30pm PDT

PRO Session: The AIOps Revolution: Transforming Database Management with AI and ML

Wednesday May 28, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT

AI DevSummit Main Stage

Anil Inamdar, NetApp Instaclustr, Global Head of Data Services

AIOps—having experienced the ups and downs of the hype cycle over the past few years—is now buoyed by rapid AI/ML advances and destined to reach its potential in 2025 and beyond. This means transformative change for how teams think about data and analytics, as maturing ML-powered (and open source) solutions take on and mitigate the complexities of database management. Teams doing their human-best to achieve performant queries through data traffic pattern analysis and keeping tabs on storage growth can now be more confidently helped by ML decision-making.

The AIOps dream is inevitable as ML training sets improve. Automated operations and predictive remediation, including optimized data indexes, reindexing and storage management based on predictive models, is arriving—and this AI DevSummit talk will discuss how to make it all a reality.

Speakers

Anil Inamdar

Global Head of Data Services, NetApp Instaclustr

Anil Inamdar is the Global Head of Data Services at NetApp Instaclustr. Anil has 20+ years of experience in data and analytics roles. Joining Instaclustr in 2019, he works with organizations to drive successful data-centric digital transformations via the right cultural, operational... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT
AI DevSummit Main Stage

AI DevSummit

Additional Topics Machine Learning, AI Integration Strategy
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, AI Leadership & Strategy (AI DevSummit)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

5:00pm PDT

AI DevSummit + DeveloperWeek Leadership 2025 Expo Block Party

Wednesday May 28, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm PDT

South San Francisco Conference Center - Expo Hall

Join us for the AI DevSummit + DeveloperWeek Leadership 2025 Expo Block Party!

The Expo Block Party gives registrants the chance to visit participating AI DevSummit + DeveloperWeek Leadership Summit exhibitors, while enjoying free drinks & food.

Additionally, participants are encouraged to play our Expo Game, where visiting exhibitors during the show will allow you to win great.

Wednesday May 28, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm PDT
South San Francisco Conference Center - Expo Hall

2. Community Events & Experiences

Session Type OPEN Session, PRO Session
Tracks OPEN Session, AI DevSummit, DeveloperWeek Leadership
In-Person/Virtual In Person

7:00pm PDT

2025 AI TechAwards Ceremony

Wednesday May 28, 2025 7:00pm - 7:30pm PDT

DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

The 2025 AI TechAwards Ceremony
7:00pm - 7:30pm | -- (DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage - South San Francisco Conference Center)
(Open to these pass types: Premium, PRO, OPEN, EXPO, SPONSOR, SPEAKER, EXHIBITOR, MEDIA)

Wednesday May 28, 2025 7:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

2. Community Events & Experiences

Session Type OPEN Session, PRO Session
In-Person/Virtual In Person

9:30am PDT

PRO Session: Building Production Ready, Intelligent Agentic Systems with Dapr Agents

Thursday May 29, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT

AI DevSummit Main Stage

Mark Fussell, Diagrid, CEO
Yaron Schneider, Diagrid, Co-Founder / CTO

As developers push the boundaries of AI-driven automation, the challenge of orchestrating and managing autonomous agents at scale becomes increasingly complex. Dapr Agents is an open-source framework that dramatically lowers the creation of production ready agentic systems, powered by the CNCF Dapr's (dapr.io) distributed application runtime, used by thousands of enterprises today in mission critical services. By combining LLM-driven reasoning with Dapr’s virtual actor model, pub/sub messaging, and stateful workflows, Dapr Agents enables developers to build intelligent, scalable, and fault-tolerant multi-agent systems.

This talk will provide a deep dive into Dapr Agents, demonstrating how it facilitates structured LLM interactions, tool selection, memory retention, and event-driven communication. We'll explore practical use cases, from task automation to collaborative agentic workflows, and discuss best practices for designing real world, robust agent-based architectures. We will also compare different agentic frameworks in use today and show how many of them only address a few of the requirements needed to go into production environments. Attendees will gain hands-on insights into implementing Dapr Agents for real-world applications, optimizing performance, and seamlessly integrating with existing cloud-native infrastructures.

If you're interested in building intelligent, scalable, and resilient agentic systems, this session will equip you with the knowledge to easily build these.

Speakers

Mark Fussell

CEO, Diagrid

CEO of Diagrid, a developer focused startup. Leader with proven track record of building innovative computing platforms, running large scale, cloud services, building OSS communities and starting new businesses.

Yaron Schneider

Co-Founder / CTO, Diagrid

Yaron co-created the CNCF projects Dapr and KEDA while at Microsoft and led the engineering architecture for serverless container platforms that run at scale using open source technologies. Yaron is an avid lover of open source tech and distributed systems, and is a co-founder and... Read More →

Thursday May 29, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
AI DevSummit Main Stage

AI DevSummit

Additional Topics Agents, LLMs, AI-driven Automation, AI in the Cloud, AI Product Strategy, AI Integration Strategy
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, Frameworks / Tools & Applied AI (AI DevSummit), Productizing AI (AI DevSummit)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

9:30am PDT

PRO Session: Interpersonal Edge: Team Excellence

Thursday May 29, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT

DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Sudha Viswanathan, ByteDance, Data Architect

Effective team connection, communication, and collaboration across all levels stems from strong interpersonal dynamics. This is a fundamental element of achieving exceptional team performance. Just as with any art, interpersonal skills are cultivated through learning, practice, and refinement. A team mastering both technical expertise and these vital interpersonal skills gains a significant competitive advantage, becoming a truly formidable force. This talk explores common interpersonal challenges encountered in the workplace and provides attendees with a valuable mind map, a practical tool for navigating and resolving these challenges.

Speakers

Sudha Viswanathan

Data Architect, ByteDance

Sudha Viswanathan brings two decades of experience as a seasoned technical leader, having worked at industry-leading companies such as Tiktok, Netflix, Wayfair, Walmart, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, IBM, and Cognizant. Specializing in large-scale data processing, analytics, and... Read More →

Thursday May 29, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics AI Strategy and Leadership, Leadership Career Paths, Learning and Development, Team Collaboration, Technical Decision Making, Remote and Distributed Team Management, Cross-functional Collaboration
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, Technical Career Development (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Technical Leadership / Management & Teams (Managing People) (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:00am PDT

PRO Session: What’s Different About LLM Applications

Thursday May 29, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT

AI DevSummit Main Stage

Nuno Campos, LangChain, Founding Engineer

This talk identifies the three key things that make LLM applications different from previous software: latency, versatility and flakiness. LLMs are orders of magnitude slower than we were used to. The outputs of LLM apps are also more variable, and prone to mistakes. And LLM apps can be taken by users into domains we the creators didn’t necessarily program into them or expect. I’ll show how we can use these 3 qualities to our advantage, by learning to work with them, and so use them to build things that were simply impossible before.

Speakers

Nuno Campos

Founding Engineer, LangChain

I'm a founding software engineer at LangChain, creator of LangGraph, the leading LLM agent framework, and co-author of the O’Reilly book Learning LangChain. Previously I was a maintainer of other popular open source packages, such as Enzyme, and have worked for tech startups for... Read More →

Thursday May 29, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
AI DevSummit Main Stage

AI DevSummit

Additional Topics LLMs
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, Frameworks / Tools & Applied AI (AI DevSummit)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:00am PDT

PRO Session: How DevEx Drives DORA Metrics: Why Developer Happiness Directly Impacts Software Delivery

Thursday May 29, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT

DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Benjie De Groot, Shipyard, Co-founder and CEO

DORA Metrics measure performance holistically, so that top scorers are those who put people and process first, and do it smartly. This means that prioritizing good DevEx eventually converts to improved DORA Metrics.

DevEx and DORA have a cause and effect type of relationship: the core components of DevEx (unblocking developers, utilizing self-service infrastructure) are all direct drivers of DORA. The 2024 DORA Report urges Platform to study the developer workflow so they can better solve for areas of friction. The most successful Platform teams use DevEx as their North Star for measuring productivity, and the subsequent DORA impact isn’t coincidental. Benjie will discuss how you can manage Platform to enable good DevEx, and what the corresponding DORA outcomes should be.

Speakers

Benjie De Groot

Co-founder and CEO, Shipyard

Benjie is the Co-Founder and Chief Architect of Shipyard, and co-hosts the Kubelist podcast. Previously, he built out CI/CD pipelines for companies ranging in size from seed to Fortune 50. He enjoys automating the mundane, and releasing code that he knows has been tested and validated... Read More →

Thursday May 29, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

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

10:30am PDT

PRO Session: So You Want to Hire for Platform Engineering?

Thursday May 29, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT

DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Hazel Weakly, Nivenly Foundation, Fellow

I see you want to hire a developer to work on platform engineering, internal developer tooling, developer experience, and the overall generally intangible but admirable goal of "making life better for devs". That’s awesome; you've got one hell of a challenge ahead of you. This role is extremely difficult to hire for. In my opinion, and in my experience, it’s been the most difficult role in the company outside of senior leadership, and the most likely to fail; if there ever was a role that burns people out, it’s this one.

Come with Hazel as we draw on her experiences building platform teams and organizations in order to talk about making this platform engineering thing a reality. In doing so, we'll end up discussing topics such as

- The hiring pipeline and interview loop
- Timing, politics, and the meta strategies
- Getting to zero from negative
- Avoiding pitfalls

Speakers

Hazel Weakly

Fellow, Nivenly Foundation

Hazel spends her days working on building out teams of humans as well as the infrastructure, systems, and tooling to make life better for others. She’s worked at a variety of companies and knows that the hardest problems to solve are the social ones. One of her favorite things is... Read More →

Thursday May 29, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Learning and Development, Strategic Technical Hiring, Technical Decision Making, Change Management, Leadership Career Paths
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks Technical Leadership / Management & Teams (Managing People) (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Technical Career Development (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:00am PDT

PRO Session: Dev Productivity Will Dip Before It Soars. The Pains and Gains of GenAI in Software Development

Thursday May 29, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT

AI DevSummit Main Stage

Ben Lloyd Pearson, LinearB, Director, DevEx Strategy

GenAI is revolutionizing software development, offering new ways to automate repetitive tasks and improve collaboration. But with these opportunities come challenges: how do you integrate AI into your workflow without disrupting creativity or team dynamics? How do you avoid over-reliance on automation while maintaining quality and efficiency? In this session, explore practical approaches to using AI for tasks like code reviews, testing, and daily development, while overcoming the productivity dips and adoption hurdles that GenAI brings in 2025. Whether you’re optimizing your own workflow or contributing to team success, you’ll leave with actionable strategies to thrive in the evolving developer landscape.

Speakers

Ben Lloyd Pearson

Director, DevEx Strategy, LinearB

Ben hosts Dev Interrupted, a podcast and newsletter for engineering leaders, and is Director of DevEx Strategy at LinearB. Ben has spent the last decade working in platform engineering and developer advocacy to help teams improve workflows, foster internal and external communities... Read More →

Thursday May 29, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
AI DevSummit Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Generative AI, AI Integration Strategy, Developer Career Paths, Learning and Development
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, AI DevSummit
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:00pm PDT

PRO Session: Numaflow: Powering Scalable Inference on Real-Time Data Streams at Intuit

Thursday May 29, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT

AI DevSummit Main Stage

Sri Harsha Yayi, intuit, Staff Product Manager
Vigith Maurice, Intuit, Principal Engineer

At Intuit, the ML teams encountered challenges when managing and executing inference on high-throughput streaming data. Integrating with diverse messaging systems like Kafka, Pulsar, and SQS required considerable effort, while enabling intermediate data transformations and inference added complexity. Additionally, dynamically scaling inference workflows to handle fluctuating event volumes posed unique challenges.

To address these issues, we developed Numaflow, an open-source, Kubernetes-native platform designed for scalable event processing. Numaflow simplifies connections to various event sources, empowers teams to process and infer on streaming data with ease, and integrates effortlessly with existing infrastructure. This session is ideal for ML engineers, data scientists, and anyone interested in asynchronous inference on streaming data. We’ll dive into how Numaflow eliminates bottlenecks and optimizes inference on streaming data.

Speakers

Vigith Maurice

Principal Engineer, Intuit

Vigith is a co-creator of Numaproj and Principal Software Engineer for the Intuit Core Platform team in Mountain View, California. One of Vigith's current day-to-day focus areas is the various challenges in building scalable data and AIOps solutions for both batch and high-throughput... Read More →

Sri Harsha Yayi

Staff Product Manager, Intuit

Sri Harsha Yayi is a Product Manager at Intuit, where he primarily focuses on the company's Modern SaaS Kubernetes platform, specifically within the real time event processing domain. He is the PM for Numaflow, an open-source, Kubernetes native platform designed for the real time... Read More →

Thursday May 29, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
AI DevSummit Main Stage

AI DevSummit

Additional Topics AI Product Strategy, AI Integration Strategy, Machine Learning
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, Frameworks / Tools & Applied AI (AI DevSummit)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:00pm PDT

PRO Session: Decoding Enterprise AI for Devs: Choosing Between Private LLMs and Public Generative AI Services

Thursday May 29, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT

AI DevSummit Main Stage

Shomron Jacob, Iterate.ai, Head of Applied Machine Learning & Platform

This AIDev Summit session will navigate an increasingly pivotal crossroads: the decision between investing in proprietary, custom-tailored Large Language Models (LLM) or capitalizing on the versatility and ease of public generative AI services.

The session will begin by demystifying the complexities of private LLMs. With domain-specific capabilities and enhanced data security, these models have faster customization and compliance with industry-specific regulations. Yet, they also pose challenges: a bigger investment, infrastructure requirements, and ongoing maintenance. These elements necessitate a thorough examination.

Next, the session will scrutinize public generative AI services, exploring the inherent benefits of these ready-to-use solutions. With their scalability, diverse applications, and lower upfront costs, they hold significant appeal. But they also come with their own set of considerations, such as data privacy, standardized performance, and reduced control over the model’s behavior.
With real-world examples, we will walk through how various organizations have approached this decision, the results they achieved, and the invaluable lessons learned.

The session will then go into a decision-making framework, with the purpose of enabling attendees to assess their options between private LLMs and public generative AI services more effectively.

Speakers

Shomron Jacob

Head of Applied Machine Learning & Platform, Iterate.ai

Shomron Jacob is the Head of Applied Machine Learning & Platform at Iterate.ai. Shomron began his career as a software engineer but soon found himself learning ML/AI and switched his professional direction to follow it. He lives in Silicon Valley.

Thursday May 29, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT
AI DevSummit Main Stage

AI DevSummit

Additional Topics Generative AI, LLMs, Governance and Regulation, AI Integration Strategy, AI Product Strategy
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, AI Leadership & Strategy (AI DevSummit)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:00pm PDT

PRO Session: From 0 to 70: How to Scale Product & Engineering Teams

Thursday May 29, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT

DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Ken Weiner, GumGum, Chief Technology Officer

From 0 to 70: How to Scale Product & Engineering Teams: A product is only as strong as the team behind it—without the right leadership and guidance, even the best ideas can fall flat. To foster growth and innovation, it's essential to have a clear strategy for scaling operations and aligning resources. Ken, who's grown GumGum’s technology team from 0 to 70+ employees, will share tactics to scale your teams, operations, and product for the long term. He’ll discuss strategies such as establishing career ladders, minimizing dependencies between teams, and leading with an innovative mindset. Additionally, he’ll highlight the importance of fostering diversity within your team to drive growth and creativity.

Speakers

Ken Weiner

Chief Technology Officer, GumGum

Ken Weiner is the Chief Technology Officer of GumGum, where he has led engineering and product teams in developing a blend of cutting-edge contextual, creative, and attention technologies. Ken, as GumGum's first employee, has driven the company's technological innovation for over... Read More →

Thursday May 29, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Agile, Leadership Career Paths, Learning and Development, Team Collaboration, Change Management, Product Management and Engineering Alignment, Scaling Engineering Team
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, Technical Leadership / Management & Teams (Managing People) (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

9:30am PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session: One Thousand People, One Roadmap

Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Speakers

Fabricio Buzeto

Engineering Manager, Brex

Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

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

10:00am PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session: Secure Software Development Principles

Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Speakers

Sankalp Kumar

Software Engineer, Apple

Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Product Management and Engineering Alignment, Technical Decision Making, KPIs and Metrics, Team Collaboration
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, Technical Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

10:30am PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session: Product Oriented Software Engineering (POSE): A New Era of Software Development

Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Speakers

Andrew Park

Founder, Edensoft Labs

Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Learning and Development, Technical Decision Making
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks OPEN Session, Technical Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

11:00am PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session: Agentic GraphRAG: AI’s Logical Edge

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT

VIRTUAL AI DevSummit Main Stage

Speakers

Stephen Chin

VP of Developer Relations, Neo4j

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
VIRTUAL AI DevSummit Main Stage

AI DevSummit

Additional Topics AI Integration Strategy, AI Product Strategy
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, Data Access / Management & Operations (AI DevSummit), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

11:30am PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session: The Future of AI-Driven Discovery: Can We Build Recommendation System That Inspire, Not Just Retain?

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT

VIRTUAL AI DevSummit Main Stage

Speakers

Jiahui (Sophia) Bai

Data Scientist Lead, Meta

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT
VIRTUAL AI DevSummit Main Stage

AI DevSummit

Additional Topics Machine Learning, AI-driven Automation, AI Integration Strategy, Generative AI, AI Product Strategy, Data Engineering
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, Frameworks / Tools & Applied AI (AI DevSummit), Machine Learning / Models & Architectures (AI DevSummit), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

11:30am PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session: Creating a Culture of Innovation

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Speakers

Ethan Ferdosi

Solutions Architect Leader, AWS Startups

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

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

1:30pm PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session: Responsibly Advancing AI in Clinical Trials

Wednesday June 4, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT

VIRTUAL AI DevSummit Main Stage

Speakers

Nalini Garg

Senior Manager, Deloitte

AI & Data leader with 14+ years of experience. Women in AI California State Ambassador. Talks about #AI in Life Sciences #Building solutions using Gemini #GenAI #Career in tech

Wednesday June 4, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT
VIRTUAL AI DevSummit Main Stage

AI DevSummit