AI DevSummit 2025 + DeveloperWeek Leadership 2025: Full Schedule

9:30am PDT

KEYNOTE (AI): Toyota -- Toyota's Agentic Journey

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

Ravi Chandu Ummadisetti, Toyota, Generative AI Architect
Kordel France Toyota, AI Architect

Toyota applies the Multi-Agentic framework, powered by Generative AI, to revolutionize car manufacturing, battery production, paint design, and anti-corrosion strategies. In manufacturing, AI-driven agents collaborate to optimize production lines. For battery production, Generative AI designs efficient layouts and predicts performance, enhancing durability and sustainability. In paint design, AI generates custom finishes with superior aesthetics and durability, while simulations ensure precision and reduce waste. Anti-corrosion efforts leverage AI to develop advanced coatings tailored to environmental and material conditions, extending vehicle lifespan and minimizing environmental impact.

Speakers

Ravi Chandu Ummadisetti

Generative AI Architect, Toyota

Ravi Chandu Bio (Generative AI Architect): Ravi Chandu Ummadisetti is a distinguished Generative AI Architect with over a decade of experience, known for his pivotal role in advancing AI initiatives at Toyota Motor North America. His expertise in AI/ML methodologies has driven significant... Read More →

Kordel France

AI Architect, Toyota

Kordel brings a diverse background of experiences in robotics and AI from both academia and industry. He has multiple patents in advanced sensor design and spent much of the past few years founding and building a successful sensor startup that enables the sense of smell for robotics... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
AI DevSummit Main Stage

5. KEYNOTES & FEATURED

Additional Topics Generative AI, Agents, AI Code Generation, Data Engineering, AI Integration Strategy, AI Product Strategy, AI-driven Automation
Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks OPEN Session, Productizing AI (AI DevSummit)
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

3:00pm PDT

KEYNOTE (AI): Informatica -- Enterprise AI Agents: From Hype to Real-World Impact—Practical Strategies for Success

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

AI DevSummit Main Stage

Sumeet Kumar Agrawal, Informatica, Vice President Product Management

AI agents are transforming how enterprises operate—but building them successfully requires more than just cutting-edge models. In this keynote, we’ll break down the practical strategies for developing AI agents that drive real business impact. You’ll learn how to identify the right use cases by balancing feasibility, ROI, and enterprise readiness. We’ll also cover key tooling considerations—what platforms, frameworks, and integrations matter most for scalability and efficiency. Through real-world industry examples, we’ll explore common pitfalls, best practices, and lessons learned from deploying AI agents in production. Whether you’re just getting started or scaling AI across your organization, this session will give you the hands-on insights to turn AI agent hype into measurable results.

Speakers

Sumeet Kumar Agrawal

Vice President Product Management, Informatica

Sumeet Agrawal is the Vice President of Products at Informatica, where he spearheads product management of innovative cloud-based technology products. With over 15 of experience in data engineering and product management, Sumeet has a proven track record of driving innovative solutions... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PDT
AI DevSummit Main Stage

5. KEYNOTES & FEATURED

Additional Topics Agents, AI Product Strategy, AI Integration Strategy
Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, AI Case Studies & Success Stories (AI DevSummit)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

3:30pm PDT

OPEN Session: Enterprise GenAI: How to Make it Simple, Safe and Secure

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

AI DevSummit Expo Stage

Debo Dutta, Nutanix, Chief AI Officer

Generative AI is reshaping industries, from healthcare to finance and beyond, offering transformative opportunities for innovation. However, deploying it effectively in enterprise settings requires navigating complex challenges around scalability and security. Debo Dutta, VP of Engineering & AI at Nutanix and founding member of MLCommons—an AI consortium advancing technology for global impact– shares his insights on integrating GenAI seamlessly while ensuring robust infrastructure and safeguarding model integrity. Debo delves into the tech stack essentials, including foundational models, fine-tuning frameworks, deployment tools, and governance systems needed to tailor to diverse business needs across industries.

Speakers

Debo Dutta

Chief AI Officer, Nutanix

As Chief AI Officer at Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX; $16.97B market cap), Debo leads AI driven operations and governance, AI and ML Infra and data engineering used by the likes of Wells Fargo, Toyota and Air Liquide. Outside of his work at Nutanix, Debo is a founding member and serves as... Read More →

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

AI DevSummit

Additional Topics Generative AI, Governance and Regulation, AI Integration Strategy, AI Product Strategy
Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, OPEN Session, AI Leadership & Strategy (AI DevSummit), Frameworks / Tools & Applied AI (AI DevSummit)
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

4:00pm PDT

KEYNOTE (AI): Scale AI -- Ignore Previous Instructions: Embracing AI Red Teaming

Wednesday May 28, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT

AI DevSummit Main Stage

David Campbell, Scale AI, AI Risk Security Platform Lead

In this talk, we will explore the journey of Red Teaming from its origins to its transformation into AI Red Teaming, highlighting its pivotal role in shaping the future of Large Language Models (LLMs) and beyond. Drawing from my firsthand experiences developing and deploying the largest generative red teaming platform to date, I will share insightful antidotes and real-world examples. We will explore how adversarial red teaming fortifies AI applications at every layer—protecting platforms, businesses, and consumers. This includes safeguarding the external application interface, reinforcing LLM guardrails, and enhancing the security of the LLMs' internal algorithms. Join me as we uncover the critical importance of adversarial strategies in securing the AI landscape.

Speakers

David Campbell

AI Risk Security Platform Lead, Scale AI

David Campbell is a seasoned technology leader with nearly 20 years of experience in Silicon Valley's startup ecosystem, now spearheading Responsible AI initiatives at Scale AI. As the Lead AI Risk Engineer, David has been pivotal in developing a cutting-edge AI Red Teaming platform... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
AI DevSummit Main Stage

5. KEYNOTES & FEATURED

Additional Topics LLMs, AI Integration Strategy, Governance and Regulation
Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks OPEN Session, AI DevSummit, AI Security / Ethics / Governance & Compliance (AI DevSummit)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

9:30am PDT

OPEN Session: From Technical Possibility to User Value: Product Management Strategies for Successful AI Implementation

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

AI DevSummit Expo Stage

Abhai Pratap Singh, Amazon, Senior Product Manager-Technical

"From Technical Possibility to User Value: Product Management Strategies for Successful AI Implementation" explores the delicate balance between advancing AI capabilities and maintaining genuine user value. Drawing from experience leading Alexa's voice assistant development, this session reveals practical strategies for putting user needs at the center of AI product development. Learn how to avoid the trap of 'tech for tech's sake' while driving meaningful innovation. Through real-world examples from voice AI and multi-modal interactions, discover frameworks for evaluating AI features, measuring user impact, and making strategic decisions that enhance rather than complicate the user experience. Perfect for product leaders navigating the AI revolution.

Speakers

Abhai Pratap Singh

Senior Product Manager-Technical, Amazon

Abhai Pratap Singh is a Senior Product Manager-Technical at Amazon Alexa, where he leads strategic initiatives in voice AI technology. With 9 years of experience building AI-driven products used by millions, he specializes in creating human-centric AI experiences that balance innovation... Read More →

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

AI DevSummit

Additional Topics AI Product Strategy, AI Integration Strategy, Data Engineering
Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, OPEN Session, AI Leadership & Strategy (AI DevSummit), Frameworks / Tools & Applied AI (AI DevSummit)
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

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