AI DevSummit 2025 + DeveloperWeek Leadership 2025: Full Schedule

9:30am PDT

OPEN Session: Software Architecture for Everyone: Be a Boundless Engineer!

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

Vrushanki Patel, Oracle, Software Engineer

When discussing technology, we as software engineers perceive software architecture and system design as advanced concepts reserved for later stages of the career—perhaps at senior levels or after years of experience. But is that really the case? If yes, then why is there often a disconnect between engineers, tech leads, and managers? A lack of clarity in system architecture and its design decisions—understanding not just the how but the why behind implementations—can narrow a developer’s perspective and limit collaboration across roles.

Seeing engineers across teams and levels struggle with architectural decisions during the development phase—whether junior developers or experienced professionals. Through discussions with engineers in various organizations, one thing is clear: the lack of architectural thinking often leads to confusion, unnecessary rework, increased refactoring cycles, and reduced productivity. Let's all join in and start creating an environment where architectural thinking becomes second nature, driving better software and innovation at every level. When I say every level, it means from junior engineer to senior developer to tech lead to manager. This gap exists everywhere, and addressing it early can transform how we build software when the tech industry is rising exponentially to AI.

The talk will provide a deep dive into:

1. A step-by-step guide to bridging the architectural thinking gap with a live walkthrough of an example architecture, building confidence in engineers.
2. A roadmap for developers to take self-initiative in understanding the architecture of the systems they work on.
3. Strategic action items for tech leads and managers, as the driving force of any team, to foster architectural thinking at every level and across organizations.

Speakers

Vrushanki Patel

Software Engineer, Oracle

Vrushanki wears multiple hats in her work: Software Developer, Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Micro-Architect, QA, ML & AI Engineer. Her work comprises end-to-end Cloud-native Software development & DevOps for building & running AI microservices for the Hospitality Global Business... Read More →

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

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks OPEN Session, DeveloperWeek Leadership, Career Development: Impact & Change (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (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, Security and Tech Expert
Muzammil Maqsood, Tiktok, Application Security 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

Security and Tech Expert

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 →

Muzammil Maqsood

Application Security Engineer, Tiktok

Muzammil is an application security engineer with experience in web apps. With a strong background in software development, he works as an application security engineer at TikTok, where he focuses on securing complex systems and applications. His expertise includes finding and mitigating... 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, SCRUM
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:30am PDT

OPEN Session: You Code. Let AI Agents Do the Testing. Rethinking Software Quality in the Era of AI Generated Code

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

AI DevSummit Expo Stage

Sharon Barr, Early Technologies, Co-founder & CEO

As generative AI tools increase developer output, the volume of shipped code is skyrocketing, yet quality isn’t keeping pace. Manual testing can’t scale, and traditional automation wasn’t designed for this velocity. In this session, we’ll explore how collaborative AI agents for testing are emerging as a practical solution to ensure code quality and enable fast, reliable delivery in the era of AI-generated development.

Speakers

Sharon Barr

Co-founder & CEO, Early Technologies

Sharon Barr is a veteran engineering and product leader who led AI initiatives at Yahoo—well before “AI” became a buzzword. He was the VP of Engineering at Couchbase, now a publicly traded company. Sharon later served as CTO at a life sciences startup acquired by Roche, where... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
AI DevSummit Expo Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks OPEN Session, DeveloperWeek Leadership, Technical Leadership / Management & Teams (Managing People) (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:30am PDT

PRO Session: Evolving the Engineer: A Leadership Roadmap for the AI Era

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

DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Andrew Park, Edensoft Labs, Founder

AI is here—and it’s transforming software engineering faster than most leaders are prepared for. GenAI tools like Copilot and Cursor are boosting productivity by automating routine coding tasks, but they’re also contributing to significant layoffs. Pure software engineering roles are under threat, and leaders urgently need a plan to evolve their teams.
In this talk, Andrew Park—a longtime Engineering and Product Leader—delivers a clear, field-tested roadmap for evolving engineers in the AI era. He shows how to help your teams harness AI for speed—while leveling up in the areas GenAI can’t touch: product thinking, system design, craftsmanship, maintainability, and the collaboration skills needed to work across product, design, customers, and dependent teams.
You’ll walk away with a practical strategy for transforming engineering roles and building smaller, more capable teams—enabling your organization to meet executive demands to do more with less, without sacrificing product quality or long-term agility. This is how you secure engineering careers—and your product’s future—in an AI-driven world.

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, Scaling Engineering Teams, SCRUM, Agile, Cross-functional Collaboration
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks OPEN Session, Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership), DeveloperWeek Leadership, AI DevSummit
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:00am PDT

KEYNOTE (Leadership): Stealth Startup -- Rapid Decisions, Rapid Deployment: Transforming Delivery Through Empowerment

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

DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Vilas Veeraraghavan, Stealth startup, Technical Leader

Platform teams tend to start out being lean but tend to slowly lose agility as they grow and expand their scope. This typically results in delayed rollouts of tools and other enablement needs that Dev teams have. However, these delays in decision making in critical tooling development within DevEx or Platform teams results in developer frustration and slows down delivery to the end customer (which impacts revenue). In my past life as a leader of Dev Platforms, I have experienced this and developed some techniques to prevent this slowdown over time. I have seen how distributing the decision making using engineering rigor allows DevEx/Platform teams to empower themselves and drive outcomes. In this talk, I will share the framework I have honed over years of leadership at Comcast, Netflix, Walmart and Bill with the audience. The framework relies on 4 key pillars - Always lead with data/reasoning, Know the business needs, Own and invest in your decisions, Empathize with the developer.

This talk will equip engineering leaders with a tool to create effective delivery enablement within their engineering organizations.

Speakers

Vilas Veeraraghavan

Technical Leader, Stealth startup

Strong technical leader with 15+ years of demonstrated history of success in building and scaling high performing engineering teams in global tech organizations. Passionate about building Resilient distributed systems at Scale.Expertise in Hybrid cloud deployments (AWS, Azure, GCP... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

5. KEYNOTES & FEATURED

Additional Topics Engineering Culture, Technical Decision Making, Learning and Development, AI Ethics and Bias
Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership), OPEN Session, Career Development: Impact & Change (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:00am PDT

OPEN Session: Scaling AI Impact: Productizing AI Agents to Optimize Enterprise Operations

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

DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

Ram Venkatesh, Sema4.ai, CTO and Co-Founder

Enterprises are pouring billions into AI, yet most deployments fail to scale beyond pilot projects. Traditional automation tools like RPA and co-pilots fall short when it comes to complex, knowledge-driven tasks—leading to stalled adoption, wasted investment, and missed opportunities for true business transformation. Without a smarter approach, AI initiatives will remain stuck in experimentation mode.

In this session, Ram Venkatesh, CTO and co-founder of Sema4.ai, will reveal how AI agents can bridge the gap between business expertise and cutting-edge technology to unlock real, sustainable enterprise value across industries. Unlike traditional automation, AI agents are adaptable, intelligent, and capable of delivering measurable ROI within weeks without disrupting existing systems. By autonomously managing critical end-to-end workflows such as invoice reconciliation, regulatory compliance, and supply chain optimization, these agents accelerate productivity, reduce time to market, and empower organizations to operate with agility and efficiency.

Drawing on decades of experience in enterprise software, distributed systems, and data management, Ram will cover:

• What is the enterprise opportunity for AI - separating out the myth from reality

• Always be shipping - how to get AI implementations all the way to production

• Real-world use cases from Fortune 1000 companies like Koch and Emerson showcasing AI-driven cost savings, operational efficiency, and faster decision-making.

• Why AI agent architecture must center around business owners while also enabling developers—and how this balance drives successful adoption and scale

For business and AI leaders struggling to move beyond proof-of-concept, this session delivers an urgent, actionable roadmap for getting AI agents into production—driving efficiency, reducing costs, and ensuring AI delivers on its full potential.

Speakers

Ram Venkatesh

CTO and Co-Founder, Sema4.ai

Ram Venkatesh is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Sema4.ai. He is responsible for the long-term technology strategy and vision, collaborating closely with the largest customers, engineering, product, and go-to-market functions. With over 25 years of experience in the... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

AI DevSummit

Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, DeveloperWeek Leadership, Productizing AI (AI DevSummit), Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:00pm PDT

PRO Session: Metrics That Matter: Measuring Engineering Productivity

Wednesday May 28, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT

DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Karan Mendiratta, Salesforce, Senior Software Engineering Manager

The focal point of the talk is going to be geared around building high-performing software engineering teams:
- What KPIs reflect team health and output
- Balancing velocity with code quality and team morale

Speakers

Karan Mendiratta

Senior Software Engineering Manager, Salesforce

Senior Engineering Leader Karan Mendiratta spearheads a globally distributed team of software engineers and managers at Salesforce, focusing on the development of Mulesoft Runtime Fabric iPaaS, driving innovation, scalability, and a high-performance team culture. Leveraging over a... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics KPIs and Metrics
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, Technical Leadership / Management & Teams (Managing People) (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

3:00pm PDT

OPEN Session: Leading for Value: Platform Economics in the AI Era

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

DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

Pavan Tallapragada, Stealth Startup, Platform Engineering Leader & Co-Founder

Engineering leaders must balance technical innovation with cloud cost efficiency while scaling AI workloads. This session delivers a practical blueprint for engineering teams to thrive in this environment. You'll get a leadership playbook for embedding economic awareness into engineering decisions, designing technical governance that promotes both innovation and efficiency, and building systems that make cloud spending transparent and actionable. I'll share techniques for measuring engineering value streams, optimizing infrastructure resources, and creating technical feedback loops that drive continuous improvement. You'll walk away with a structured approach to transform platform economics from an engineering challenge into a strategic advantage.

Speakers

Pavan Tallapragada

Platform Engineering Leader & Co-Founder, Stealth Startup

Pavan is an AI entrepreneur and CTO of a stealth-mode startup, with extensive experience running platform engineering and public cloud infrastructure across high-growth companies including Zoom and Anaplan. He specializes in cloud-native transformations, implementing FinOps practices... Read More →

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

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, DeveloperWeek Leadership, OPEN Session, Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Technical Leadership / Management & Teams (Managing People) (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, In Person

3:30pm PDT

OPEN Session: Staying in Your Lane: Incident Response for Leaders

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

DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

Kat Gaines, PagerDuty, Senior Manager, Developer Advocacy and Community

During incident response, every second counts. As a leader, you’re expected to have all the answers, and that pressure can make it very tempting to play the hero and take control of the response process. While “I’ll just do it myself” may seem faster on occasion, this instinct can hinder your team’s effectiveness and actually slow down resolution.

We’ll explore how you can evolve from a command-and-control manager into a genuinely empowering leader. You’ll learn how to maintain composure under pressure while creating space for your team to shine. We’ll cover essential frameworks, usable by new managers and individual contributors building incident response processes from scratch as well as experienced leaders looking to level up their approach.

Key takeaways will include:
How to recognize when you may be over-managing during an incident…and how to empower your team to help you recognize these moments.
Building team confidence and ownership in crisis situations
Clear guidelines for when to step in versus step back
Establishing and maintaining clear communication channels
Whether you’re establishing your first incident response playbook, fine-tuning an existing process, or managing up to help your leaders help you do your best work, you’ll leave equipped to help your team handle incidents more effectively - and help you sleep better at night knowing they’ve got this.

Speakers

Kat Gaines

Senior Manager, Developer Advocacy and Community, PagerDuty

Kat leads the Developer Advocacy and Community team at PagerDuty. She enjoys talking and thinking about incident response, customer support, and automating the creation of a delightful end-user and employee experience. She previously ran Global Customer Support at PagerDuty, and as... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

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

4:00pm PDT

OPEN Session: Debugging Your Career: Identifying Bottlenecks and Unblocking Your Growth

Wednesday May 28, 2025 4:00pm - 4:25pm PDT

DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

Shrinath Thube, IBM, Software Developer
Vaibhav Tupe, Equinix, Teechnology Lead

Every engineer knows how to debug code, but what about debugging your career? Many developers hit invisible bottlenecks—whether it’s stagnation, lack of recognition, or unclear next steps—without knowing how to fix them. In this talk, we’ll break down common career blockers and use a debugging framework to identify and resolve them effectively.

Key Topics Covered:
- Recognizing career bottlenecks and why they happen
- The growth trap: Why strong engineers don’t always get promoted
- How to get unstuck in mid-to-senior transitions
- A step-by-step debugging approach for career challenges

Takeaways for the Audience:
- A framework to diagnose and fix career slowdowns
- Insights into what managers look for when promoting engineers
- Actionable strategies to accelerate your career growth

Speakers

Shrinath Thube

Software Developer, IBM

IEEE Senior Member | Software Developer, IBM | Technology Advisory Board MemberShrinath Thube is a Software Developer at IBM with 8+ years of experience in security, cloud, microservices, observability. An IEEE Senior Member, he is part of the IEEE CISOSE 2025 Organizing Committee... Read More →

Vaibhav Tupe

Technology Lead, Equinix

Vaibhav Tupe is a distinguished Technology Advisory Board Member and Engineering Leader specializing in cybersecurity, cloud, and AI-ready data center infrastructure. With over 13 years of experience, he currently serves as a Technology Leader at Equinix USA, where he drives high-performance... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 4:00pm - 4:25pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Developer Career Paths, IT/Ops Career Paths, Leadership Career Paths, Learning and Development, Team Collaboration
Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, OPEN Session, Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Career Development: Impact & Change (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:00pm PDT

PRO Session: One Thousand People, One Roadmap

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

DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

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 →

Thursday May 29, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

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

9:30am PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Software Architecture for Everyone: Be a Boundless Engineer!

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

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

Speakers

Vrushanki Patel

Software Engineer, Oracle

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

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), Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Virtual, Career Development: Impact & Change (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
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

Security and Tech Expert

Muzammil Maqsood

Application Security Engineer, Tiktok

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, SCRUM
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Virtual, AI Security / Ethics / Governance & Compliance (AI DevSummit)
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

10:30am PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session: You Code. Let AI Agents Do the Testing. Rethinking Software Quality in the Era of AI Generated Code

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

VIRTUAL AI DevSummit Expo Stage

Speakers

Sharon Barr

Co-founder & CEO, Early Technologies

Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
VIRTUAL AI DevSummit Expo Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks OPEN Session, DeveloperWeek Leadership, Technical Leadership / Management & Teams (Managing People) (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

10:30am PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session: Evolving the Engineer: A Leadership Roadmap for the AI Era

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, Scaling Engineering Teams, SCRUM, Agile, Cross-functional Collaboration
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks OPEN Session, Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Virtual, Productizing AI (AI DevSummit), DeveloperWeek Leadership, AI DevSummit
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

11:00am PDT

[Virtual] KEYNOTE (Leadership): Stealth Startup -- Rapid Decisions, Rapid Deployment: Transforming Delivery Through Empowerment

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

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Speakers

Vilas Veeraraghavan

Technical Leader, Stealth startup

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

5. KEYNOTES & FEATURED

Additional Topics Engineering Culture, Technical Decision Making, Learning and Development, AI Ethics and Bias
Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, Career Development: Impact & Change (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Virtual, OPEN Session, Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

11:00am PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Scaling AI Impact: Productizing AI Agents to Optimize Enterprise Operations

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

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

Speakers

Ram Venkatesh

CTO and Co-Founder, Sema4.ai

Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

AI DevSummit

Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, DeveloperWeek Leadership, Productizing AI (AI DevSummit), Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership), OPEN Session, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

1:00pm PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session: Metrics That Matter: Measuring Engineering Productivity

Wednesday June 4, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

Speakers

Karan Mendiratta

Senior Software Engineering Manager, Salesforce

Wednesday June 4, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics KPIs and Metrics
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, Technical Leadership / Management & Teams (Managing People) (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

3:00pm PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Leading for Value: Platform Economics in the AI Era

Wednesday June 4, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PDT

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

Speakers

Pavan Tallapragada

Platform Engineering Leader & Co-Founder, Stealth Startup

Wednesday June 4, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, DeveloperWeek Leadership, OPEN Session, Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Technical Leadership / Management & Teams (Managing People) (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

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

4:00pm PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Debugging Your Career: Identifying Bottlenecks and Unblocking Your Growth

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

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

Speakers

Shrinath Thube

Software Developer, IBM

Vaibhav Tupe

Technology Lead, Equinix

Wednesday June 4, 2025 4:00pm - 4:25pm PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Developer Career Paths, IT/Ops Career Paths, Leadership Career Paths, Learning and Development, Team Collaboration
Session Type OPEN Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, OPEN Session, Career Development: Impact & Change (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Virtual, Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

10:00am PDT

[Virtual] KEYNOTE (Leadership): Shipyard -- How DevEx Drives DORA Metrics: Why Developer Happiness Directly Impacts Software Delivery

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

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

5. KEYNOTES & FEATURED

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

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

10:30am PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Staying in Your Lane: Incident Response for Leaders

Thursday June 5, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

Speakers

Kat Gaines

Senior Manager, Developer Advocacy and Community, PagerDuty

Thursday June 5, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek Leadership Expo Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

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

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

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

2:00pm PDT

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

Thursday June 5, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT

VIRTUAL AI DevSummit Main Stage

Speakers

Shomron Jacob

Head of Applied Machine Learning & Platform, Iterate.ai

Thursday June 5, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT
VIRTUAL AI DevSummit Main Stage

AI DevSummit

Additional Topics Generative AI, LLMs, Governance and Regulation, AI Integration Strategy, AI Product Strategy, Technical Decision Making, AI Strategy and Leadership
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks AI DevSummit, AI Leadership & Strategy (AI DevSummit), Virtual, DeveloperWeek Leadership, Strategy / Methodology & Tooling (DeveloperWeek Leadership), Machine Learning / Models & Architectures (AI DevSummit)
In-Person/Virtual Virtual