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9:30am PST

OpenAPI Summit: The Third-Wave of API Management

Wednesday February 12, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PST

Adrian Machado, Zuplo, Staff Engineer

The third-wave of API management is here. There are several trends that engineers and technical leaders need to know so they can choose the right tools and platforms for building their APIs. Trends include
1. Modernization around API gateways - The move towards GitOps over server configuration, and Edge over regional deployments
2. Centralization around OpenAPI and new tooling that's emerged
3. A strong focus on API DevX - what API-as-a-product really looks like in practice and the companies pushing the envelope. SDK generation, docs platforms, and more take center stage.

The talk will cover technology and tools engineering leaders should look to adopt and the benefits/drawbacks

Speakers

Adrian Machado

Staff Engineer, Zuplo

I am a Staff Software engineer working at Zuplo. I specialize in our open source technology and adopting emerging technologies (ex. AI) at the company. This includes our work on RateMyOpenAPI, Zudoku, Mockbin, and various other tools. I've written several blogs for Zuplo, and spoken... Read More →

Wednesday February 12, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PST
Dev Exec World

Tracks & Topics APIs & Microservices
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OpenAPI Summit, OPEN Session
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:00am PST

OPEN Session: How Not to Become a Database Expert

Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST

Cloud Native World

Dmytro Hnatiuk, Wise, Principal Software Engineer

Tackling database scalability can seem daunting without a clear path forward. In "How Not to Become a Database Expert," we'll navigate the journey of database scalability together, emphasizing the strategic timing of each step. This talk isn't about the weeds of query optimization techniques; it’s about understanding when and why to apply certain types of optimizations to get the most out of your efforts. We’ll explore a tiered pyramid approach that guides software engineers through essential phases of scalability—from basic setups to more sophisticated strategies. By focusing on the right optimizations at the right time, you’ll learn how to efficiently improve your systems without overwhelming detail. Perfect for software engineers at any level, presentation will help you with the knowledge to make impactful decisions when your project needs it most. Join me to simplify your scalability strategy and focus on what truly matters in your database environment.

Speakers

Dmytro Hnatiuk

Principal Software Engineer, Wise

Dmytro Hnatiuk is a Principal Software Engineer at Wise, where he has been turning complex challenges into scalable solutions for eight years. With over a decade in the tech industry and a focused expertise in the Finance & Treasury domain for the last six years, he has successfully... Read More →

Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST
Cloud Native World

Cloud Native World

Tracks & Topics APIs & Microservices
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences Cloud Native World, OPEN Session
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:00am PST

OpenAPI Summit: OpenAPI Summit Introduction: Why and How to Use OpenAPI

Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST

Erik Wilde, OpenAPI, Ambassador

Speakers

Erik Wilde

Ambassador, OpenAPI

Erik Wilde is an experienced and internationally known professional in the space of digital transformation and API strategy and management. Erik has degrees in computer science from TU Berlin and ETH Zurich. He is the author of many articles and papers, various books, multiple standards... Read More →

Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST
Dev Exec World

Tracks & Topics APIs & Microservices
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OPEN Session, OpenAPI Summit, Dev Exec World
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:30am PST

OpenAPI Summit: Describing API Workflows with Arazzo

Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PST

Frank Kilcommins, SmartBear, Principal API Technical Evangelist

Take a hands-on approach to mastering Arazzo, the API workflow specification from the OpenAPI Initiative, designed to streamline how to describe, validate, and share multi-step API interactions. This session cuts through the noise, giving you the tools and techniques needed to create high-quality workflow documents for real-world applications. We start with a breakdown of the Arazzo Specification structure and how it simplifies API workflows into reusable, programmatically readable formats. See Arazzo Specification GPT in action, accelerating the creation of Arazzo Documents and workflows with AI-driven precision. Dive into VSCode for hands-on editing, and how to validate and lint Arazzo Documents using Spectral. Learn how to create custom Spectral rules to enforce your team’s style guide, ensuring your documents are consistent and maintainable. You get tools, tips, and confidence to start your Arazzo journey, enabling you to weave together the use cases that enhance both human understanding and machine usability of your APIs.

Speakers

Frank Kilcommins

Principal API Technical Evangelist, SmartBear

Frank has over 15 years’ experience in the technology industry, with his roles spanning from software engineering to enterprise architecture. His mission is to inspire, engage with and support the API community and SmartBear customers across the end-to-end API Development Lifecycle... Read More →

Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PST
Dev Exec World

Tracks & Topics APIs & Microservices
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OPEN Session, OpenAPI Summit, Dev Exec World
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:00am PST

OpenAPI Summit: Coming Soon!

Wednesday February 12, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PST

Henry Andrews, OpenAPI, OpenAPI Standards & Software Contractor

Speakers

Henry Andrews

OpenAPI Standards & Software Contractor, OpenAPI

Wednesday February 12, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PST
Dev Exec World

Tracks & Topics APIs & Microservices
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OPEN Session, OpenAPI Summit, Dev Exec World
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:00am PST

OPEN Session: Stop the Silos: From Files to Apps, Integrate Your Dev Approach

Wednesday February 12, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PST

Dev Innovation World Stage

John Wilson, IBM, Senior Product Manager

From standards to security, there’s no shortage of considerations when developing for the transmission of complex data through myriad systems, apps, partners, and geographies. Even if you can quickly transfer files of any size in a secure, governed and encrypted manner, there’s always another hop to get to value. But files, apps, APIs—these don’t live in a silo, and neither can your approach to integration.

In this session we’ll start with an MFT use case and showcase how IBM’s hybrid iPaaS (integration platform as a service) unifies disparate integration approaches to make collaboration easier. Check out a new way to solve common everyday enterprise file handling requirements directly from a cloud or hybrid solution.

Speakers

John Wilson

Senior Product Manager, IBM

John Wilson is a senior product manager in application integration and middleware. He has decades of experience as a practitioner in the integration space, having worked in-house for large enterprise corporations such as Colgate-Palmolive and Coca-Cola. He then moved into the technology... Read More →

Wednesday February 12, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PST
Dev Innovation World Stage

Dev Innovation World

Tracks & Topics APIs & Microservices, Enterprise
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences Cloud Native World, OPEN Session
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:30am PST

OpenAPI Summit: OpenAPI Overlays: Strategies for API Description Management

Wednesday February 12, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PST

Kevin Swiber, API strategy lead and technical evangelist

Are you puzzled by the number of ways OpenAPI descriptions might be used? How do you handle differences in visibility, custom extensions, or even multilingual documentation? OpenAPI Overlays offer a nuanced approach to modifying an API description without altering the original. This session will explore how you can use Overlays to address common challenges with OpenAPI Specification.
We'll cover:
- Core concepts of the OpenAPI Overlay Specification
- Practical use cases that require transforming API descriptions
- Techniques for managing API metadata and visibility
By understanding Overlays, you'll gain a flexible tool for adapting API specifications to different environments and requirements.

Speakers

Kevin Swiber

Developer Experience Advisor, Stripe

Kevin Swiber is a senior API strategy lead and technical evangelist with over 10 years of experience in API technology startups. They have a history of working in software engineering, infrastructure operations, and enterprise architecture. In addition to their work at API companies... Read More →

Wednesday February 12, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PST
Dev Exec World

Tracks & Topics APIs & Microservices
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OPEN Session, OpenAPI Summit, Dev Exec World
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:00pm PST

OpenAPI Summit: Your Cheat Code for API Authorization

Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST

Omri Gazitt, Aserto, Co-founder & CEO

Congrats, your org is all-in on microservices! But now you have hundreds (or thousands!) of APIs. Some power your customer-facing apps. Others are platform services that your front-end services consume. Still others are back-end services used by internal tools.

And ALL of them need to be authorized.

Not to mention, you need to be able to answer questions like “which users are authorized to invoke this endpoint?” and “which endpoints can this user invoke?”

Having each API “do its own thing” makes it all but impossible to wrangle this complexity. You need a cross-cutting solution to apply authorization rules consistently - either in the API code or at the API Gateway.

Enter Aserto: an open source cloud-native authorization service that does this, and more.

This talk provides hands-on learning for how to go from an OpenAPI spec to a fine-grained authorization model, ready to authorize your users, in just a few minutes.

Speakers

Omri Gazitt

Co-founder & CEO, Aserto.com

Omri is the co-founder/CEO of Aserto.com, an authorization startup, and his 3rd entrepreneurial venture. He spent the majority of his 30-year career working on developer & infrastructure tech, most recently as the CPO of Puppet. Previously he was the VP & GM of HP's Cloud Native Platform... Read More →

Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
Dev Exec World

Tracks & Topics APIs & Microservices, DevOps
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OPEN Session, OpenAPI Summit, Dev Exec World, OpsWorld
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:30pm PST

OpenAPI Summit: No AI without APIs

Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST

Jeremy Snyder, Firetail, CEO

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are two of the most important developments in tech of the last 10 years. While AI has grabbed the majority of headlines lately, APIs are the unsung heroes, the “connective tissue” that ensures seamless integration across our digital lives. But how will the more recent emergence of AI affect API security, and how do APIs affect the security of AI?
In this talk, we’ll explore these two hot topics that make our online worlds work. AI can be helpful to API security by allowing security teams to automate certain processes or make testing more efficient, but it can also be used to help malicious actors automate their attacks.

Speakers

Jeremy Snyder

CEO, FireTail

Jeremy is the founder and CEO of FireTail.io, an end-to-end API security startup. Prior to FireTail, Jeremy worked in M&A at Rapid7, a global cyber leader, where he worked on the acquisitions of 3 companies during the pandemic. Jeremy previously led sales at DivvyCloud, one of the... Read More →

Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
Dev Exec World

Tracks & Topics APIs & Microservices, DevOps
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OPEN Session, OpenAPI Summit, AI DevWorld, OpsWorld
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:00pm PST

OpenAPI Summit: APIOps: Interface Development at Scale

Wednesday February 12, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST

Erik Hansen, Dell Technologies, API Architect, Developer Platform Services

Sure, your product may deliver a REST API to customers, but what about all those interfaces that exist within your company - between microservices, for internal tooling, and from imported packages? API Operations (APIOps) enables a consistent process, for developing and sharing any type of software interface, within your company and for your customers – whether you have 2 or 200 teams.
In this talk, learn how Dell is implementing APIOps to:
- Increase development velocity - for the team producing a shared interface, and their consumers.
- Reduce complexity - through common developer tooling and processes.
- Promote Consistency - by automating validation and governance.
- Expand Visibility - across all types of interfaces: REST, gRPC, event-based, and others.

Speakers

Erik Hansen

API Architect, Developer Platform Services, Dell Technologies

Erik is a Distinguished Member Technical Staff and API Architect at Dell Technologies. He is an advocate for User Centered Design and Developer Experience, helping Dell modernize its software development processes and engagement with external developers.

Wednesday February 12, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST
Dev Exec World

Tracks & Topics APIs & Microservices, DevOps
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OPEN Session, OpenAPI Summit, OpsWorld
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:00pm PST

OWASP Security Summit: Building a Network Telemetry Platform to minimize Security Threats

Wednesday February 12, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST

Dev Security World

Siri Varma Vegiraju, Microsoft, Senior Software Engineer

Maintaining robust network security in the cloud environment is more crucial than ever. This talk explores the design and implementation of a proactive network telemetry platform that strengthens infrastructure security. The platform collects and analyzes telemetry data from virtual machines to identify and scrutinize traffic patterns deviating from industry-standard baselines. By generating actionable insights and promptly notifying relevant teams of potential issues, it enables swift problem resolution. This proactive approach significantly reduces the attack surface, minimizes exposure to network attacks, and enhances overall cloud security.

Speakers

Siri Varma Vegiraju

Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft

Siri Varma Vegiraju is a seasoned professional in healthcare, cloud computing, and security. Currently, he focuses on securing Azure Cloud workloads, leveraging his extensive experience in distributed systems and real-time streaming solutions. Prior to his current role, Siri contributed... Read More →

Wednesday February 12, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST
Dev Security World

Dev Security World

Tracks & Topics APIs & Microservices
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences Dev Security World, OPEN Session, OWASP Certified
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:30pm PST

OpenAPI Summit: API Governance in the age of AI

Wednesday February 12, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST

Olga Podolyako, Microsoft, Principal API Architect

API governance faces a big challenge today to balance the need for speed and innovation in API products with the assurance of their quality and security. Recently we learned that AI technologies such as AI agents can increase the productivity of knowledge workers, which include software engineers and architects, by up to 29% in industries that use them such as health care, law and finance. The purpose of today’s talk is to explore how AI technology can help with API governance.

Speakers

Olga Podolyako

Principal API Architect, Microsoft

Olga is a Principal API Architect at Microsoft. After a long career in development Olga found her passion in the architecture professions working in roles such as business, integration, and enterprise architect. Currently Olga focuses on the API architecture and governance for Microsoft... Read More →

Wednesday February 12, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
Dev Exec World

Tracks & Topics APIs & Microservices
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OPEN Session, OpenAPI Summit, AI DevWorld
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:30pm PST

OPEN Session: How GenAI Helps Solve Data Consistency Problems with Cloud-Native Apps

Wednesday February 12, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST

Cloud Native World

Brijesh Deo, Oracle, Director, Software Development

Data consistency has been a longstanding challenge, dating back to the mainframe era, and transactions have traditionally been used to address these issues. However, with the rise of modern applications built on microservices architectures, ensuring data consistency has become even more complex. While AI adds further complexity to app development, it also offers significant potential to ease these challenges. New transaction patterns have emerged to tackle these modern issues. In this session, you will learn about these new patterns and the solutions available today to integrate these patterns into your applications. We will also explore in detail how some of these solutions are leveraging genAI to help developers avoid writing transaction management code or worry about associated infrastructure, making it extremely easy to adopt such transaction patterns.

Speakers

Brijesh Deo

Director, Software Development, Oracle

Brijesh Deo is the Director of MicroTx product development in the database organization at Oracle. He is passionate about distributed systems and cloud technologies and specializes in Kubernetes, Microservices, AI, and Java. Brijesh has a rich industry experience of more than two... Read More →

Wednesday February 12, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
Cloud Native World

Cloud Native World

Tracks & Topics APIs & Microservices, Enterprise, Gen AI / LLMs
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OPEN Session, Cloud Native World, AI DevWorld
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:30pm PST

OWASP Security Summit: API Security 101: How to Not Be Featured in a Top Ten Breaches List

Wednesday February 12, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST

Dev Security World

Dan Barahona, APISec, Co-Founder

This talk will dive into the fundamentals and best practices for API Security. By understanding the 3 Pillars of API Security, encompassing governance, testing and monitoring, attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of the essential elements required to safeguard APIs. The session will conclude with practical insights, offering best practices and valuable do's and don'ts for implementing and maintaining secure APIs.

Why are APIs under attack?
-83% of internet traffic are APIs
-APIs are under-secured

How do APIs get attacked?
Attackers look for APIs that are over-permissioned, return to much information, access unauthorized functions, and expose logic flaws. Attackers are able to bypass a web or mobile app and hit the API directly.

OWASP top 10!!
#1-#4 are the biggest issues

More compliance regulations are including testing APIs.
-PCI
-HIPPA
-GDPR
-FedRAMP

Speakers

Dan Barahona

Co-Founder, APIsec University

Dan is a 20+ year cybersecurity veteran, having held exec positions at companies including Qualys, ArcSight, Anomali and APIsec. He founded APIsec University in 2022 to offer free, non-vendor training on API security. The site has grown to over 50,000 students in its first 6 months... Read More →

Wednesday February 12, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
Dev Security World

Dev Security World

Tracks & Topics APIs & Microservices
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences Dev Security World, OPEN Session, OWASP Certified
In-Person/Virtual In Person

3:00pm PST

KEYNOTE: IBM -- The Sneaky Secrets of Integration in a World of AI

Wednesday February 12, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST

DeveloperWeek Main Stage

Brenton House, IBM, Principal Cybersecurity and AI Advisor for IBM webMethods

AI has disrupted the world of development and data, creating a chaotic landscape where APIs, integrations, and security are all under siege. Every day, headlines reveal new breaches and vulnerabilities, exposing the growing risks we all face. But when you start to connect the dots, a fascinating picture emerges — one where AI and integration play a central role in both the problems and the solutions.

Join AI and cybersecurity strategist Brenton House as he uncovers the sneaky secrets of integration that EVERY developer needs to know. From shocking API vulnerabilities to AI’s hidden hand in modern breaches, you’ll gain the insights and strategies you need to navigate today’s high-stakes environment. Learn how a hybrid integration solution just might be your secret weapon to thrive in this chaotic and interconnected world.

Speakers

Brenton House

Principal Cybersecurity and AI Advisor for IBM webMethods, IBM

Brenton House is an ex-hacker, developer, strategist, and now Principal Cybersecurity and AI Advisor for IBM webMethods. Known for his unique creative work and YouTube channel, Brenton has produced several hit series including The Redacted Hacker, AI: Man vs. Machine, and API Cybersecurity... Read More →

Wednesday February 12, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
DeveloperWeek Main Stage

5. KEYNOTES & FEATURED

Tracks & Topics APIs & Microservices, Enterprise
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OPEN Session
In-Person/Virtual In Person

3:00pm PST

OpenAPI Summit: API Resiliency Testing

Wednesday February 12, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST

Hari Krishnan, Specmatic, Polyglot Full Stack Developer

Are your APIs leaving you worried about data loss, data corruption, security vulnerabilities, or poor user experiences? If so, this talk is exactly what you need to address these issues. Discover how you can leverage your API specifications—like OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, and GraphQL SDLs—to test and enhance the resiliency of your APIs with a completely #NOCODE approach.

In this talk, you’ll gain insights into the importance of API resilience and how to build APIs that can gracefully handle flaky dependencies in real-world scenarios. We’ll explore the role of contract testing in ensuring resilience and demonstrate how to transform API specifications into executable contracts that can be continuously validated. You’ll see how to set up resilience tests, including those for latency, errors, and unexpected disconnections. The session features live demos on configuring tools to simulate these conditions, interpret the results, and iteratively enhance your API designs.

Speakers

Hari Krishnan

Polyglot Full Stack Developer, Specmatic

Co-creator of Specmatic and Perfiz. I also advise organisations both large and small on their transformation journey. Apart from bringing ideas to life as working software products, I coach developers, project managers, product owners and engineering leaders.

Wednesday February 12, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
Dev Exec World

Tracks & Topics APIs & Microservices
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OPEN Session, OpenAPI Summit, Dev Exec World
In-Person/Virtual In Person