DeveloperWeek 2025: Full Schedule

9:00am PST

[Virtual Exclusive] PRO WORKSHOP (AI DevWorld): Practical Tips for Building AI Applications Using LLMs - Best Practices and Trade-Offs

Tuesday February 18, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am PST

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek PRO STAGE

Sourabh Gawande, KushoAI, Co-founder and CTO

At KushoAI, we’ve built an AI agent that can autonomously perform API testing for you. While building this, we came across a lot of problems specific to AI applications built on top of LLMs that you don’t see anywhere else. Since this is a fairly new area of development, we had to spend a lot of time figuring out solutions for them on our own.

The agenda of this talk is to give you an idea of the kind of problems that you’ll face while building AI applications, various tried and tested approaches to solve them and trade-offs that you need to consider while building AI applications.

We hope that attendees will be able to learn from our experience of building AI applications and get started on their own journey.

Speakers

Sourabh Gawande

Co-founder & CTO, KushoAI

Sourabh is the Co-founder & CTO at KushoAI. He has about a decade of experience building products at multinationals like Dell-EMC, and at unicorns like FalconX (B2B crypto brokerage) and Ninjacart (Agri-tech supply chain)

Tuesday February 18, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am PST
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek PRO STAGE https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

AI DevWorld

Session Type PRO Workshop Day (Tues)
Conferences AI DevWorld, Cloud Native World, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

10:00am PST

[Virtual Exclusive] PRO WORKSHOP (AI DevWorld): Unlock the Power of Generative AI with Google Cloud GenAI: A Deep Dive into Gemini and Beyond

Tuesday February 18, 2025 10:00am - 10:50am PST

VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek PRO STAGE

Vijaykumar Jangamashetti, Google, Cloud Architect

Join the comprehensive exploration of Google Cloud's revolutionary GenAI technology, with a special focus on Gemini. This session will take you through the capabilities of Gemini for Google Cloud, Gemini for Workspace, Vertex AI, Foundation Models on Vertex AI, Model Garden, Vertex AI Agent Builder, and Vertex AI Search & Conversion.

I'll showcase live demos highlighting Gemini-powered multimodal experiences on Vertex AI, explore industry use cases, and delve into the world of Gemini code assist.

Speakers

Vijaykumar Jangamashetti

Cloud Architect, Google

Vijaykumar Jangamashetti (VJ), a Googler, trusted advisor and seasoned cloud consulting architect, is your gateway to unlocking the transformative power of Generative AI within Google Cloud and reimagine their data warehouses with cutting-edge designs tailored for Google Cloud. With... Read More →

Tuesday February 18, 2025 10:00am - 10:50am PST
VIRTUAL DeveloperWeek PRO STAGE https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

AI DevWorld

Session Type PRO Workshop Day (Tues)
Conferences AI DevWorld, Cloud Native World, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

2:00pm PST

[Virtual Exclusive] PRO WORKSHOP (AI DevWorld): Introduction to Snowflake for Unstructured Data

Tuesday February 18, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PST

VIRTUAL Dev Exec World

Josh Reini, Snowflake, Developer advocate

In this talk I will do an introduction to loading and parsing unstructured data for RAG applications in the cloud using Snowflake. I will also show how the data can be used for state-of-the-art hybrid search using Cortex Search, the not-so-secret sauce that makes Cortex Search so performant (including OSS Arctic Embed!), and how to measure search performance with OSS TruLens.

Speakers

Josh Reini

Developer Advocate, Snowflake

Josh is a developer advocate at Snowflake and maintainer of OSS TruLens for evaluating and tracking LLM apps. Josh has delivered tech talks and workshops to thousands of developers at events including Snowflake World Tour, Global AI Conference, NYC Dev Day, LLMs and the Generative... Read More →

Tuesday February 18, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PST
VIRTUAL Dev Exec World https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

AI DevWorld

Session Type PRO Workshop Day (Tues)
Conferences AI DevWorld, AI DevWorld: AI/ML Engineering Conference, Tensorflow & PyTorch & Open Source Frameworks (AI DevWorld), MLOps & AIOps (AI DevWorld), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual Exclusive, Virtual

2:00pm PST

[Virtual Exclusive] PRO WORKSHOP (AI DevWorld): Running Billion-Scale Similarity Search at LLM Production Systems

Tuesday February 18, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PST

VIRTUAL AI DevWorld Main Stage

Ohad Levi, Hyperspace, Founder and CEO

Search databases are integral to information retrieval and facilitation of similarity-based content discovery, playing a pivotal role in generative AI tech stack. Within this framework, the synergy of lexical and vector search algorithms enables the combination of structured and unstructured data, optimizing the precision, diversity and efficiency of LLM and RAG systems.

As a result, the demand for powerful search infrastructure is higher than ever: organization data is growing exponentially, while millions to billions of documents are becoming standard and the search queries become more resource-intensive, presenting significant performance, scalability and cost challenges at production-grade systems.

In this session we will explore various techniques to address those challenges, from space reduction to approximation methods as well as a range of acceleration technologies, which are highly parallelizable and designed for large scale real-time production systems. Transitioning from lab to production is not always seamless and contributing to the failure of numerous AI projects, the session target is to provide insights and solutions directly impacting the efficiency and success of future Gen AI applications.

Speakers

Ohad Levi

Founder and CEO, Hyperspace

Co-founder & CEO at Hyperspace | Building the world's fastest search engine

Tuesday February 18, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PST
VIRTUAL AI DevWorld Main Stage https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

AI DevWorld

Tracks & Topics AI & ML Certificate
Session Type PRO Workshop Day (Tues)
Conferences AI DevWorld, AI DevWorld: AI/ML Engineering Conference, AI DevWorld: Industry AI Conference, AI for the Enterprise (AI DevWorld), Virtual, MLOps & AIOps (AI DevWorld)
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

9:30am PST

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Securing Your AI-Powered Software Development with AI

Wednesday February 19, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PST

VIRTUAL Dev Security World

Dev Innovation World, GitHub, Sr Developer Advocate

We'll learn how to block secrets from ever entering your codebase, use AI to automatically generate multi file security fixes, and incorporate all your favorite third-party security tools into your native GitHub workflow!

Speakers

Dhanashri Chavan

Sr Developer Advocate, GitHub

Dhanashri Chavan is a Senior Developer Advocate at GitHub, where she collaborates with the developer community to promote awareness and adoption of GitHub products and features while representing customer needs within the organization.With over 20 years of professional experience... Read More →

Wednesday February 19, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PST
VIRTUAL Dev Security World https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

AI DevWorld

Tracks & Topics DevOps
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences AI DevWorld, OPEN Session
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

9:30am PST

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Top Overspending on the cloud with AU

Wednesday February 19, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PST

VIRTUAL OpsWorld

Philip Andrews, CAST AI, Field CTO

The cost of running applications in the cloud is astronomical, and it’s only going to get more expensive given the growing number of organizations that have started running and training AI models. Did you know that, on the average, companies spend on cloud computing almost three times what they should? Why? The answer is overprovisioning of expensive resources and equates to throwing money down the drain.

The solution is simple: automation.

In this session, I will:
Explain why organizations spend on average 3x more than they should on cloud resources - the vast majority of cost waste is the result of CPUs and memory that are provisioned but not utilized
Highlight the negative impact that has on organizations
Explain how it can be avoided via automation - Monitoring and recommendations are not enough. It’s impossible for a human to optimize their cloud infrastructure in real-time. Automation is necessary and automation is cool.
Showcase a couple of examples of companies that have automated cloud resourcing and the benefits they’ve received.

Speakers

Phil Andrews

Field CTO, Cast AI

As Field CTO, Phil is responsible for working with customers to educate and encourage kubernetes best practices that lead to optimal cloud costs. With more than 15 years of experience in a wide range of positions he is able to balance resiliency, performance and cost to help customers... Read More →

Wednesday February 19, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PST
VIRTUAL OpsWorld https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

OpsWorld

Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OPEN Session, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

10:00am PST

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: Principles-Based Framework for AI Governance

Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST

VIRTUAL Dev Security World

Mithun A. Sridharan, Think Insights, Founder

A principles-based framework for AI governance provides a compass to navigate the ethical and responsible development and use of Artificial Intelligence. Unlike rigid rulebooks, these frameworks establish core principles that guide decision-making throughout the AI lifecycle to address the unique challenges posed by different AI systems.

Several prominent examples of principles-based frameworks exist. The European Union's Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI, the Bletchley Declaration, SR 117, and ISO/IEC 42001 are a few frameworks that provide a comprehensive set of principles for organizations to manage AI throughout its lifecycle.

The principles-based approaches provide a strong foundation for navigating the complexities of AI development and implementation. As AI technology continues to evolve, these frameworks can be revisited and refined to address new challenges. By focusing on core ethical principles, they ensure that AI development remains responsible and human-centric.

Speakers

Mithun A. Sridharan

Founder, Think Insights

I'm Mithun A. Sridharan, an entrepreneur, author and keynote speaker on Strategy, Management Consulting and Digital Transformation. I'm a Forbes Technology Council Thought Leader, a Member of Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, Chapter Director at Startup Grind Rhein-Neckar... Read More →

Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST
VIRTUAL Dev Security World https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

AI DevWorld

Session Type PRO Session
Conferences AI DevWorld, AI DevWorld: AI Strategy Conference, AI Security & Governance & Compliance (AI DevWorld), AI & Organizational Change Management (AI DevWorld), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

10:30am PST

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: DevOps and Platform Engineering in a World of AI

Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PST

VIRTUAL Dev Security World

Elad Hirsch, TeraSky, Tech Lead

Will AI or RAG agents replace DevOps teams and infrastructure automation? We investigate today's coding LLMs as capable engineers using RAG agents to perform tasks along with text completion.

This session will cover:
- A brief history and intro to LLMs.
- Which models are ideal for DevOps?
- Interactive completion quiz, letting the audience pretend to be an LLM.
- How do RAG agents complement AI for DevOps?
- Limitations and security considerations.

You'll come away from this session with a pretty solid answer to the question: will an AI replace my job as a DevOps engineer?

Speakers

Elad Hirsch

Tech lead, TeraSky

Elad is a Tech Lead at TeraSky CTO Office, a global provider of multi-cloud, cloud-native, and innovative IT solutions. With an experience in principal engineering positions at Agmatix, Jfrog, IDI, and Finjan Security, his primary areas of expertise revolve around software architecture... Read More →

Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PST
VIRTUAL Dev Security World https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

AI DevWorld

Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences AI DevWorld, AI DevWorld: AI/ML Engineering Conference, MLOps & AIOps (AI DevWorld), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

10:30am PST

[Virtual] OPEN Session: Fix What Matters First: Bridging Code and Cloud Security

Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PST

VIRTUAL Frontend World

Eric Carter, Sysdig, Senior Director Product Marketing

Organizations modernizing applications in the cloud find themselves drowning in vulnerabilities and security alerts. With too much noise and not enough time, teams need a better way to prioritize and address real risks to stay ahead of threats.

Join Sysdig for a discussion of how to boost your software supply chain security and address risk from development through production.

In this session we’ll cover:

-The latest cloud-native security risks and challenges

-How to better prioritize vulnerabilities and misconfigurations

-Using runtime signals to reduce AppSec noise up to 95%

-Detecting active cloud risk to protect against cyberattacks

-Improving outcomes with AppSec tools like Snyk, Checkmarx, and Docker

Speakers

Eric Carter

Senior Director Product Marketing, Sysdig

Eric is Director of Product Marketing focused on cultivating Sysdig’s technology cloud and container partner ecosystem. Eric has spearheaded marketing efforts for enterprise technology solutions across various domains, such as security, monitoring, storage, and backup. He is passionate... Read More →

Wednesday February 19, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PST
VIRTUAL Frontend World https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

Frontend World

Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OPEN Session, Frontend World, Dev Security World
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

11:00am PST

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: How Web Assembly is disrupting IoT and Beyond

Wednesday February 19, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PST

VIRTUAL Dev Security World

Gayathri Jeganmohan, Microsoft, Software Engineer

As the IoT landscape continues to grow, there is a high demand of efficient, secure and scalable solutions. This session delves into the transformative potential of WebAssembly (Wasm), a cutting-edge technology that is reshaping IoT and extending its impact well beyond.

WebAssembly is a powerful and emerging technology stack that enables today's developer with cross platform compatibility, optimized performance and sandboxed security model. Imagine writing your code once and deploying it seamlessly across diverse devices—this is the game-changing capability that WebAssembly brings to the resource-constrained world of IoT.

The session will also explore compelling real-world applications, starting with WAMR (WebAssembly Micro Runtime) on lightweight devices that perform anomaly detection using AI models from camera feeds. Next, the session will examine the deployment of Wasmtime within Kubernetes clusters, leveraging WebAssembly modules to efficiently manage AI workloads in highly distributed and scalable environments. Additionally, the session will highlight some notable WebAssembly applications such as Google Photos, Visual Studio for Web, and browser-based Unity games, showcasing its versatility and potential across various industries. Finally, the session will provide some tools to get started with developing and debugging WebAssembly modules with some live demos.

Speakers

Gayathri Jeganmohan

Software Engineer, Microsoft

Software Engineer at Azure IoT operations, Microsoft. Passionate about IoT with nearly a decade of Industry experience. Created impact in Intel and Microsoft on various IoT projects by designing, developing and testing solutions for real world problems.

Wednesday February 19, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PST
VIRTUAL Dev Security World https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

Dev Security World

Tracks & Topics Developer Tools
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OPEN Session, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

11:30am PST

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: Managing Growth Pains: Lessons from Scaling Engineering Teams

Wednesday February 19, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PST

VIRTUAL Frontend World

Amir Shaked, Oasis Security, VP R&D

Scaling an engineering team is much more than a numbers game—it’s about creating ownership, evolving leadership styles, and building sustainable processes. In this talk, I'll explore how growing from a small startup team to a large-scale enterprise impacts every facet of team management. Drawing from personal stories and insights from my experience, I'll cover how promoting a "You build it, you own it" mentality fosters accountability and helps teams scale effectively. We’ll also discuss how asking the right questions as a manager can drive better decision-making and empower your team during periods of rapid growth. Whether it’s designing culture from day one, adapting processes, or evolving your own management style, this session will equip you with practical strategies to manage the inevitable growing pains of scaling an engineering team from 1 to 100

Speakers

Amir Shaked

CTO, Stealth

Amir Shaked is a seasoned engineering manager, currently working on a new startup. Previously he was VP R&D at Oasis Security, a startup dedicated to managing and securing the lifecycle of non-human identities. Prior to joining Oasis Security, Amir served as the Senior VP of R&D... Read More →

Wednesday February 19, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PST
VIRTUAL Frontend World https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

Frontend World

Tracks & Topics DevOps
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences Virtual, Dev Exec World
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

12:00pm PST

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: Analyze Spatial Data Using Python, GeoPandas, and Oracle Database

Wednesday February 19, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm PST

VIRTUAL Cloud Native World

Veronica Dumitriu, Oracle, Product Manager, Data Access and Data Drivers

Discover how to leverage the power of Python to get demographic insights from spatial data and drive critical business decisions. In this session, we dive into a hands-on, practical example of using GeoPandas alongside the python-oracledb driver and Oracle Spatial. You'll learn how to extract, manipulate, and visualize geographic and demographic data to uncover actionable insights. Whether you're in urban planning, retail, or logistics, this session will show you how to integrate spatial data analysis into your Python workflow to gain a competitive edge. Ideal for developers looking to elevate their data science skills with spatial analytics.

Speakers

Veronica Dumitriu

Product Manager, Data Access and Data Drivers, Oracle

A versatile technology enthusiast with a strong background in Oracle Analytics, Business Intelligence, Statistics, ML, in a range of roles: product management, architecture and solutions design, consulting, development, deployment, users training.Currently focused on solving business... Read More →

Wednesday February 19, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm PST
VIRTUAL Cloud Native World https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

Cloud Native World

Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OPEN Session, Cloud Native World, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

12:30pm PST

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: Exploring Kubernetes with GCP: A Beginner’s guide!

Wednesday February 19, 2025 12:30pm - 12:55pm PST

VIRTUAL Dev Innovation World

Akshita Gupta, Salesforce, Software Engineer MTS

This talk introduces Kubernetes and its role in managing containerized applications, focusing on how it works with Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Attendees will learn how to set up a Kubernetes cluster using Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), deploy a simple app and explore the powerful kubectl for managing Kubernetes resources. We’ll also cover essential best practices for managing our GKE clusters and discuss helpful resources. This talk is perfect for beginners wanting to explore Kubernetes in the Google Cloud environment.

Speakers

Akshita Gupta

Software Engineer MTS, Salesforce

Wednesday February 19, 2025 12:30pm - 12:55pm PST
VIRTUAL Dev Innovation World https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

Dev Innovation World

Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences Dev Innovation World, OPEN Session, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

2:00pm PST

[Virtual Exclusive] OWASP Security Summit: Building a Network Telemetry Platform to minimize Security Threats

Wednesday February 19, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST

VIRTUAL 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 19, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST
VIRTUAL Dev Security World https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

Dev Security World

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

9:30am PST

[Virtual] OPEN Session: CSI Forensics: Unraveling Kubernetes Crime Scenes

Thursday February 20, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PST

VIRTUAL Cloud Native World

Stefano Chierici, Sysdig, Technical Lead Manager
Alberto Pellitteri, Sysdig, Threat Research Engineer

In a security breach, employing well-defined DFIR techniques becomes imperative to effectively mitigate the incident's impact. However, with the spread of the adoption of containers, the employment of DFIR processes and capabilities is not just complex but is increasingly so. Join us in an insightful session covering cutting-edge DFIR practices on container environments. After a short overview of the essence of DFIR, we'll direct our focus towards various advanced DFIR techniques within a Kubernetes environment, which can prove highly beneficial in the event of a compromise. Starting from how to checkpoint compromised apps and restore them in a sandboxed environment for further analysis, we will move to conducting memory forensics on container evidence using old-style open-source DFIR tools. At the end of the presentation, the audience will be familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of the latest DFIR capabilities and have the basics to understand how to use them.

Speakers

Alberto Pellitteri

Threat Research Engineer, Sysdig

Stefano Chierici

Technical Lead Manager, Sysdig

Stefano Chierici is a security researcher in Sysdig where his research focuses on defending containerized environments and cloud environments from attacks ranging from web to kernel. Stefano is one of the Falco contributors, an incubation level CNCF project. He studied cyber security... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PST
VIRTUAL Cloud Native World https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

Cloud Native World

Tracks & Topics Open Source Strategy
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences Cloud Native World, OPEN Session, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual Exclusive, Virtual

9:30am PST

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: Looking Beyond the Data: Navigating the Challenges of Biased Samples

Thursday February 20, 2025 9:30am - 10:20am PST

VIRTUAL Frontend World

Srik Gorthy, ByteDance (TikTok), Senior Data Scientist

In the era of Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI-driven insights, the quality of data holds the key to business decisions. Yet, biased samples — often overlooked or underestimated — can lead to flawed conclusions, unreliable models, and a loss of trust in data-driven systems. Whether biases stem from data collection methods, under-represented groups, or feedback loops in AI systems, understanding and addressing them is crucial for maintaining the integrity of insights.

This presentation examines the pervasive challenge of biased data samples and discusses key issues that data practitioners frequently encounter. From selection bias, where certain groups are systematically excluded, to response bias, where participation is skewed, biased sampling can distort the data landscape in subtle but significant ways. These biases have direct real-world consequences: for example, a cancer detection system that erroneously associates the presence of a ruler in mole images with malignancy, or an autonomous driving system trained without accounting for real-world deviations from traffic rules.

Recognizing bias is just the first step. The presentation will explore actionable strategies — like thoughtful sampling design and bootstrap resampling — to detect and mitigate bias, ensuring insights reflect reality more accurately. By examining real-world examples and practical approaches, this discussion invites professionals to rethink how data is collected and analyzed. Looking beyond the data means understanding its imperfections, challenging assumptions, and adopting techniques that uphold reliable decision-making in an increasingly AI-centric world.

Speakers

Srik Gorthy

Experienced Data Forager, ByteDance (TikTok)

Srik Gorthy has over a decade of experience in Machine Learning and Data Science, having worked in and contributed to multiple projects across industries like internet technologies, semiconductors, and FMCG. Currently, as a Senior Data Scientist at ByteDance, he leads data science... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 9:30am - 10:20am PST
VIRTUAL Frontend World https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

Frontend World

Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OPEN Session, Virtual, AI DevWorld
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

10:00am PST

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: Is UX the Secret Weapon to Making Your B2B AI or SAAS Analytics Product Indispensable?

Thursday February 20, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST

CloudNative World Stage

Brian T. O'Neill, Designing for Analytics, Founder

One day, your CEO called a meeting, and said the company’s strategy was changing to “AI.” “We gotta have AI to maintain our market position or differentiate.” They don’t know how or what they want to do exactly, and nor does anyone else. You roll your eyes and play the “solution in search of a problem” track in your head, because it would probably fall on deaf ears anyways.

The thing is, GenAI, ML and AI in general are not going away, and the data science and engineering teams are likely heads down building your data infrastructure. Your execs see a massive technology change on the horizon, and they want to lead—not follow. Your UX team is supposed to get involved somehow “to make sure it’s easy to use,” but the mandates are broad and vague; what is a product leader supposed to do? Slap that textarea box on your GUI so you have “GenAI”? Write some prompt guides?

This session is for senior product and UX leaders who are tasked with a mandate to deal with AI in an environment where there is no clear strategy as to whether AI is the right solution, and there is a lot of ambiguity. You’ll leave with some useful context to approach discussions with your senior colleagues, and some ideas for getting on board with a train that is not going to stop.

Speakers

Brian T. O'Neill

Founder, Designing for Analytics

Brian T. O'Neill is a designer, advisor, and founder of Designing for Analytics, an independent consultancy which helps B2B AI & SAAS analytics companies unlock hidden value through UX design. For over 20 years, he has worked with companies like DellEMC, Tripadvisor, Fidelity, JP... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PST
CloudNative World Stage

ProductWorld

Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences ProductWorld, Product Roadmap Strategy & Innovation (ProductWorld), Product Lifecycle & Case Studies (ProductWorld), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

10:30am PST

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: Bridging Minds and Machines: Understanding Human Mental Models in UX and AI

Thursday February 20, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PST

VIRTUAL Dev Innovation World

Bhrunali Gokhe, Accenture, UX Researcher

This presentation will delve into the concept of mental models—how users perceive and interact with systems—and their significance in UX design. We will discuss how AI can assist in identifying, analyzing, and adapting to these mental models, ultimately leading to more intuitive digital products.

Speakers

Bhrunali Gokhe

UX Researcher, Accenture

I am a Hybrid Designer with hands-on experience in numerous areas of the design craft, including ethnographicresearch, user journey development, Design Thinking, Interaction Design, Visual communication and branding. I createemotionally intelligent, harmonious experiences through... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PST
VIRTUAL Dev Innovation World https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

Dev Innovation World

Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences ProductWorld, Product Lifecycle & Case Studies (ProductWorld), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

12:00pm PST

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: Product Value Curves | A Practical Approach to Building Effective Product Strategy

Thursday February 20, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm PST

VIRTUAL Frontend World

Lakshmi Sowjanya Uppala, Amazon, Senior Technical Program Manager

Have you ever had to come up with a product strategy for an area which is already functioning well, critical to business/your organization and involves tools/services used by different stakeholders who are all measuring successfully? If yes, this session is for you.

I will share my personal experience of building a product strategy and roadmap impacting billions of transactions done and products sold on Amazon, involving multiple stakeholder teams with conflicting success metrics by starting from users, jobs to be done and product value curves. This is practical for large- and small-scale products equally and enables creation of multi-year product roadmaps with incremental wins to users and business value.

Speakers

Lakshmi Sowjanya Uppala

Senior Technical Program Manager, Amazon

Lakshmi Sowjanya is a Senior Technical Program Manager in Amazon. She is a product and program management professional with over 12 years of experience across multiple Fortune 500 companies spanning multiple industries.Over the last 7 years, she led the launch of a multi-device OTT... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm PST
VIRTUAL Frontend World https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

ProductWorld

Tracks & Topics Product Certificate
Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences ProductWorld, Product Lifecycle & Case Studies (ProductWorld), Methodology: Agile and Rapid Prototyping and SCRUM and Beyond (ProductWorld), Virtual, Product Management Tools & Software (ProductWorld), OPEN Session
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

12:30pm PST

[Virtual Exclusive] PRO Session: Bottom-Up Transformation: Changing Company Culture One Team at a Time

Thursday February 20, 2025 12:30pm - 12:55pm PST

VIRTUAL ProductWorld Main Stage

Jim Morris, Product Discovery Group, Founder

Under stress, company leaders often revert to a “command and control” culture. Product teams and their leaders can change this trajectory by using quantitative and qualitative data to earn trust, speak truth to power and win over stakeholders. Learn how an iterative, bottoms-up transformation can deliver positive results sooner without the risk incurred with big bang reorgs and changes.

Speakers

Jim Morris

Founder, Product Discovery Group

Jim is a coach for Product Management leaders and teams in early stage startups, tech companies and Fortune 100 corporations.Previously, Jim was an engineer, product manager and leader at startups where he developed raw ideas into successful products several times. He co-founded PowerReviews... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 12:30pm - 12:55pm PST
VIRTUAL ProductWorld Main Stage https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

ProductWorld

Session Type PRO Session
Conferences ProductWorld, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

1:30pm PST

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: Powering AI/ML with Python and Apache iceberg

Thursday February 20, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST

VIRTUAL Cloud Native World

Andrew Madson, Dremio, Data Science, AI, and Analytics Evangelist

In the dynamic field of machine learning and artificial intelligence, efficient data management and processing are paramount. This session, "Powering ML-AI with Python and Apache Iceberg," highlights the powerful synergy between Python, a leading language for AI development, and Apache Iceberg, a high-performance table format for big data.

Participants will gain a deep understanding of how Apache Iceberg enhances data handling capabilities, enabling seamless integration with machine learning workflows. The session will cover the essential features of Apache Iceberg, including schema evolution, partitioning, and time travel, and demonstrate how these capabilities can optimize ML-AI pipelines. Attendees will also explore practical applications and coding examples using Python to illustrate the benefits of combining these technologies.

Speakers

Andrew Madson

Data Science, AI, and Analytics Evangelist, Dremio

Andrew Madson is a Data Analytics, Data Science, and AI Evangelist at Dremio, where he leverages his extensive expertise in data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to drive innovation and educate the wider community. With a strong academic background, including... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
VIRTUAL Cloud Native World https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

Cloud Native World

Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences Virtual, OPEN Session
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

3:00pm PST

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN Session: From Classical Code to Quantum Applications: How to Build and Apply Product Thinking in Deep Tech

Thursday February 20, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST

VIRTUAL Dev Innovation World

Amanda Chew, Horizon Quantum Computing, VP of Product

Quantum computing holds the potential to solve some of the world's most complex computational problems, provided we have the knowledge and tools to harness this power. In this session, I'll be sharing about how we've used product thinking and strategy to build a product in a deep tech and nascent technology, so that classical developers can code and build applications for quantum computers without any quantum knowledge.

As quantum computing is still a nascent industry, there are vast uncharted territories between scientific research, product development and design to be bridged before quantum computers can become useful. It is interesting to learn how to apply product thinking and strategy in this field, so that the audience can benefit from applying this principles in a narrow and restricted area, and extrapolate these skills to apply them in their domains.

What do you want people to learn from your talk:
How to apply the craft of product in science and emerging technologies.

Speakers

Amanda Chew

VP of Product, Horizon Quantum Computing

Amanda is the VP of Product at Horizon Quantum Computing, where she leads the product vision, strategy, research, design and development of our tools for programming quantum computers. She has over 9 years of experience in the technology field, and has a strong background in product... Read More →

Thursday February 20, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PST
VIRTUAL Dev Innovation World https://app.events.ringcentral.com/events/developerweek-productworld-ai-devworld-2025/reception

Dev Innovation World

Session Type OPEN Session
Conferences OPEN Session, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive