API World + CloudX + Dev Innovation Summit 2024: Full Schedule

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9:30am PST

PRO SESSION (API): Unleashing GenAI's Potential for Advanced API Linting

Thursday November 7, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am PST

Sridhar Kunisetty, Equinix, Principal Architect

An API linter plays a crucial role in ensuring that API specifications adhere to established standards, best practices, guidelines, and are free from potential errors. It is an essential component in the development process to ensure that APIs are well-designed, consistent, maintainable, reliable, secure and follow the organization's conventions and guidelines.

We present a new approach to API linting by harnessing the power of Generative AI (GenAI). Our solution involves training a Large Language Model (LLM) to act as an Advanced API Linter, capable of not only answering correctness queries but also analyzing API specifications and providing a comprehensive list of errors, violations, and issues.

Unlike traditional API linters, our GenAI solution eliminates the need for complex validation rules and specialized expertise. By training the LLM with our organization's API standards, best practices, and guidelines, we enable it to understand and enforce these rules effortlessly. Moreover, the training process is straightforward, and we can alternatively provide the necessary content as a context in the prompt to the LLM.

One of the key advantages of our GenAI approach is its user-friendliness. Instead of grappling with new syntax or programming languages to define validation rules, users can express their requirements in plain English. This democratizes API linting, empowering developers to improve API quality through self-service and facilitating the seamless adoption of an API-First approach.

During this session, we will showcase a range of use cases that demonstrate how GenAI can be leveraged to achieve advanced API linting capabilities. Additionally, we will explore the potential of utilizing a Small Language Model (SLM) as an alternative to the LLM, opening up new possibilities for API linting efficiency.

Join us as we unveil the future of API linting, where GenAI revolutionizes the development process, enhances API quality, and empowers developers to build robust and reliable APIs effortlessly.

Speakers

Sridhar Kunisetty

Principal Architect, Equinix

Sridhar has over 20 years of experience working in technical and management roles in startups and large companies in Silicon Valley Bay Area. Before joining Equinix to lead the API program, he was a Distinguished Engineer and a Chief Architect at other companies. He is a lead inventor... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am PST
API World -- Workshop Stage B

API World: API Innovation, Emerging APIs: AI & IoT & Blockchain & Web & XR

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference API World, API World: API Innovation, Emerging APIs: AI & IoT & Blockchain & Web3 & XR (API World), API World: API Strategy, Platform Engineering (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

9:30am PST

API World Roundtable: John Power, CEO, Ostia Solutions

Thursday November 7, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am PST

CloudX -- Expo Innovation Stage

Roundtables give attendees the opportunity to meet in small groups with API World, CloudX + Dev Innovation Summit speakers and industry leaders to discuss real-world topics relevant to you. These open roundtables are working sessions for in-depth industry conversations.

Topic: AI, Low-code and No-Code and their impact on the industry

Speakers

John Power

CEO, Ostia Solutions

John Power has over 40 years experience in software development and has focused on the the design and deployment of APIs / API Ecosystems for the past 20 years.

Thursday November 7, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am PST
CloudX -- Expo Innovation Stage

OPEN SESSIONS, API World

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference API World, API World: API Innovation, Hybrid APIs & Low Code APIs (API World), OPEN Session, Roundtables
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:00am PST

OPEN SESSION (API): Unlocking Live Data Access for AI

Thursday November 7, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am PST

API World -- OPEN Workshop Stage

Anushrut Gupta, Hasura, Senior Product Manager, Generative AI

“Over the last 3 months, summarize the top billing issues faced by my enterprise customers within the first 30 days of their onboarding.”

On the surface, building an internal AI customer intelligence application that can answer questions like this is a perfect use-case for Gen AI.
However, building a production ready app that retrieves the data (RAG) before hauling it off to your favorite LLM for summarization soon becomes a terrible engineering experience.

The data is spread across 3 places: a tickets database (eg: elastic), a CRM (eg: salesforce) and your user-accounts transactional database (eg: postgres).
In production, your app can’t access the data from these databases directly. Given security & privacy concerns, your app won’t have direct access to these databases.
Making independent retrieval requests to each of these sources and then joining them in memory might be prohibitively expensive and needs a level of query planning to do efficiently.
Moving all data into one location is expensive to build, maintain and govern
Predictable quality is further made hard because underlying data formats and storage interfaces are continuously changing.
Different types of user queries might require additional filtering and joining of data, which becomes hard to generalize.

APIs solve almost all of these very well known challenges. APIs offer standardization and security. APIs can provide a stable contract to interact with underlying data.

And in all likelihood, you already have APIs on these internal and external data sources.

Ironically, while APIs have become a necessity for other parts of the stack, they are clearly not the first thing that AI engineers building RAG reach for.

In this talk, we’ll discuss:
Why API based retrieval doesn’t work well for RAG
What we need from our existing internal and external APIs to make them RAG ready
How we can get existing APIs to become RAG ready without needing to rebuild the APIs

This talk will be technical, with code demos (possibly with some live coding!) and end with key resources (reference architectures, API best practices, tools/technologies) that attendees can take back to their work.

Speakers

Anushrut Gupta

Senior Product Manager, Generative AI, Hasura

Thursday November 7, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am PST
API World -- OPEN Workshop Stage

OPEN SESSIONS, API World

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference API World, OPEN Session, CloudX: Cloud-Native Development, AI & ML (CloudX), CloudX, API World: API Innovation, Emerging APIs: AI & IoT & Blockchain & Web3 & XR (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:00am PST

KEYNOTE (API): Boomi - The AI Revolution is API-Enabled

Thursday November 7, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am PST

API World -- Main Stage

Stephen Fishman, Boomi, Field CTO

As AI becomes more prevalent, communication between API endpoints is expanding rapidly. The current API economy is just the tip of the iceberg compared to what lies ahead in an AI-driven future. In this landscape, APIs are crucial for enabling AI integration and readiness, fundamentally transforming application development.

Discover techniques for strategic AI implementation, responsible automation, and effective API management to establish an AI-ready enterprise. Whether you’re an API developer, AI practitioner, or business stakeholder, this talk will provide insights for effective AI orchestration and turning AI readiness into a competitive advantage.

Key Takeaways:
- Practical methods to enhance AI integration with APIs
- Using AI ethically with APIs
- Insights on achieving AI readiness and avoiding pitfalls

Speakers

Stephen Fishman

Field CTO, Boomi

Stephen Fishman (Fish), NA Field CTO for Boomi and author of "Unbundling the Enterprise," is a technologist who combines creativity, rigor, and human-centric problem-solving. He excels in aligning technology with business strategy, emphasizing iteration and cross-disciplinary collaboration... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am PST
API World -- Main Stage

5. KEYNOTES & FEATURED, API World

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference OPEN Session, API Design / Architecture (API World), Emerging APIs: AI & IoT & Blockchain & Web3 & XR (API World), API World: API Lifecycle, API World: API Innovation, Expo Challenge
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:30am PST

PRO SESSION (API): Start Building AI Agents To Automate Your Data Analytics Workflows (by Numbers Station & JLL)

Thursday November 7, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am PST

API World -- Workshop Stage B

Vishal Motwani, Numbers Station AI, Founding Product Manager
Amit Shah, Jones Lang LaSalle, Sr. Director of Business Intelligence Development

Unlock the power of AI in data analytics with Numbers Station's bespoke platform. Join Vishal Motwani, Founding Product Manager of Numbers Station, and Amit Shah, Sr. Director of Business Intelligence Development at Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), as they discuss how Large Language Models (LLMs) are revolutionizing production-level data workflows.

Via a multi-agent architecture and embeddable API, Numbers Station is built to seamlessly integrate with your existing knowledge sources—dashboards, databases, APIs, dbt, query logs and more. Numbers Station’s AI agents actively search, query, analyze, and take it two steps further—suggesting the next best action and automating downstream tasks in real-time.

Learn how JLL leveraged Numbers Station to enhance their commercial real estate (CRE) analytics, enabling data-driven decisions across their product portfolio and business lines. Hear about how JLL is establishing their AI strategy within analytics, and the success they’ve achieved by incorporating Numbers Station.

Whether you're looking to embed Generative AI into legacy systems or elevate your organization's data capabilities, this session offers a glimpse into the future of AI-powered analytics that won't disrupt your current infrastructure. Don't miss this opportunity to supercharge your data strategy!

Speakers

Vishal Motwani

Founding Product Manager, Numbers Station AI

Vishal Motwani is a founding member of Numbers Station AI, where he drives the development of impactful Analytics Agents like Text to SQL, Dynamic Charting, and Reporting. With a proven track record in leading successful AI products such as Salesforce Einstein Voice Assistant, Einstein... Read More →

Amit Shah

Sr. Director of Business Intelligence Development, Jones Lang LaSalle

Amit Shah is a technology executive at JLL, committed to harnessing the transformative power of data. He leads data and AI initiatives that provide real-time insights to drive significant business outcomes in the commercial real estate (CRE) industry. By advancing data-driven strategies... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am PST
API World -- Workshop Stage B

API World: API Strategy, API Case Studies & Success Stories

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference API World, API World: API Strategy, API Case Studies & Success Stories (API World), API World: API Innovation, Emerging APIs: AI & IoT & Blockchain & Web3 & XR (API World), Expo Challenge
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:30am PST

OPEN SESSION (API): Crafting the Future: Web3 Innovation Powered by APIs

Thursday November 7, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am PST

API World -- OPEN Workshop Stage

Aman Johar, DATACURVE, Founder and CEO

The emergence of Web3 technologies, built upon decentralized networks such as blockchain, is revolutionizing the digital landscape. At the heart of this revolution, APIs will play a pivotal role in enabling interoperability, connectivity, and functionality within the Web3 ecosystem. This session will delve into the intricacies of leveraging APIs to unlock the full potential of Web3 platforms, exploring their impact on industries ranging from sports, entertainment, retail, finance, gaming and beyond.

Speakers

Aman Johar

Founder and CEO, DATACURVE

A seasoned Silicon Valley executive, Aman, is currently the co-founder of DATACURVE , and is focused on sculpting the veryfoundations of the next era of human-machine interaction and immersive experiences. With an ability to identify andcapitalize on nascent technologies, he has directly... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am PST
API World -- OPEN Workshop Stage

OPEN SESSIONS, API World

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference OPEN Session, API World, API World: API Innovation, Emerging APIs: AI & IoT & Blockchain & Web3 & XR (API World), Industries: Open Banking & Healthcare & Retail (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:00pm PST

PRO SESSION (API): Post-Quantum API Security - Preparing Your APIs for Q-day

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST

API World -- Workshop Stage B

Michael Kwan, Broadcom, Architect

Quantum computing seems like a distant-future technology, but if you consider the pace of enterprise modernization, the quantum threat may be just around the corner - and APIs are a primary target. When is Q-day exactly? Nobody knows yet, but equally unknown is the scale of the corrective measures that will be required of your API infrastructure.

In this presentation you will learn:
- How quantum computing introduces a new security risk
- What is the API-specific exposure associated with this threat
- How and when do you need to start preparing your APIs
- What will be the costs in terms of computing resources and API retrofit projects
- What we are learning from post-quantum API security research and initial tests so far

Speakers

Michael Kwan

Architect, Broadcom

Michael Kwan is an accomplished software engineer and architect with passion creating scalable, secured, robust software solutions. At Broadcom, currently, his focus is designing solutions to help businesses develop, protect, and secure their APIs and valuable resources.

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
API World -- Workshop Stage B

API World: Lifecycle, API Security / Compliance

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference API World, API World: API Lifecycle, API Security / Compliance (API World), API World: API Innovation, Emerging APIs: AI & IoT & Blockchain & Web3 & XR (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:00pm PST

OPEN SESSION (API): A World of AI Is a World of APIs; Securing the Most Modern of Modern Apps

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PST

API World -- OPEN Workshop Stage

Cameron Delano, F5, Sr Strategic Architect
Corey Ball, Moss Adams, Senior Manager - Penetration Testing

F5 secures and optimizes traffic for some of the largest AI projects in the world, and organizations are planning to spend an average of 18% of 2025 IT budgets on AI implementation.
What many are missing is that outside of a few edge cases, nearly all training, usage, attacks, and data loss against AI models come through APIs, and APIs themselves expose critical information about models such as data labels and confidence scores, facilitating model theft, transfer attacks, and other issues unique to securing LLMs.
In this session, we’ll talk about the ties between AI security, APIs, and how to structure a Defense in Depth architecture to secure your AI factory and models from the beginning, rather than after the fact.

Speakers

Cameron Delano

Sr Strategic Architect, F5

Corey Ball

Senior Manager - Penetration Testing, Moss Adams

Corey has provided cybersecurity consulting services since 2011, and has primarily focused his expertise on the energy, financial, legal, and health care industries. He has extensive technical experience in multiple security areas, including penetration testing, web application security... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:00pm - 1:50pm PST
API World -- OPEN Workshop Stage

OPEN SESSIONS, API World

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference OPEN Session, API World, API Security / Compliance (API World), Emerging APIs: AI & IoT & Blockchain & Web3 & XR (API World), API World: API Innovation, API World: API Lifecycle, Expo Challenge
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:30pm PST

PRO SESSION (API): Anatomy of Inter-Agentic APIs

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST

API World -- Workshop Stage B

Swanand Rao,M9, Co-Founder

With the viral adoption of AI driven by commercially available LLMs newer venues of business have opened up. These new business models are driven by the likes of Co-pilots and virtual agents that bring in tremendous productivity gains across business workflows. Concepts like Generative AI and Conversational AI have already gained mainstream popularity. A new branch of AI that is gaining momentum is that of Agentic AI. This talk is geared towards identifying mechanisms that make inter-agentic communication possible and the ontology of such interactions solving for needed concepts of roles, tasks, memory, tools, context and prompts for a scalable and reliable inter-agentic business workflow.

Speakers

Swanand Rao

Co-Founder, M9

Swanand has a track record in product and engineering leadership. He was a Director of Product Management at Adobe. His experience extends to roles at Microsoft, Oracle, and other Fortune 500 companies. A prolific writer, Swanand has contributed to the field of product management... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
API World -- Workshop Stage B

API World: API Innovation, Emerging APIs: AI & IoT & Blockchain & Web & XR

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference API World, API World: API Innovation, Emerging APIs: AI & IoT & Blockchain & Web3 & XR (API World), API World: API Lifecycle, API Design / Architecture (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:30pm PST

OPEN SESSION (API): Building an API Ecosystem to Enable Generative AI

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST

API World -- Main Stage

Ed Olson-Morgan, Marsh McLennan, Core API & Innovation Lead

Driving value from generative AI isn't just about large language models. Integrating them with the right data, services and supporting capabilities through APIs is just as important.

Learn how Marsh McLennan's Generative AI Services project built an API-based environment to nourish AI experimentation and underpin AI impact through production applications serving their 90,000 employees as well as a world-wide client base.

Speakers

Ed Olson-Morgan

Core API & Innovation Lead, Marsh McLennan

Ed Olson-Morgan is an experienced technology leader with a diverse background across technical fields as well as business, consulting and strategy. He is currently the Core APIs and Innovation Lead at Marsh McLennan, where he is building a team of software engineers and technologists... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
API World -- Main Stage

OPEN SESSIONS, API World

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference API World, OPEN Session, API World: API Innovation, Emerging APIs: AI & IoT & Blockchain & Web3 & XR (API World), API World: API Lifecycle, API Design / Architecture (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:00pm PST

PRO SESSION (API): Is There a Future for Secure Data in the World of AI and Cyber?

Thursday November 7, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST

API World -- Workshop Stage B

Brenton House, IBM, Principal Cybersecurity and AI Advisor

Generative AI has revolutionized the tech world in the past months. With its insatiable thirst for data, all eyes have turned to APIs and the security (or lack of) protecting them. Large data breaches have become so common that security researchers are overwhelmed with the terabytes of leaked data finding its way to the Dark Web. Learn both the ugly secrets behind cyber threats and the successful strategies used to stop them.

Speakers

Brenton House

Principal Cybersecurity and AI Advisor, 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 →

Thursday November 7, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST
API World -- Workshop Stage B

API World: Lifecycle, API Security / Compliance

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference API World, API World: API Lifecycle, API Security / Compliance (API World), API World: API Innovation, Emerging APIs: AI & IoT & Blockchain & Web3 & XR (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:00pm PST

OPEN SESSION (API): How AI Is Redefining API development and How Developers Will Benefit from It

Thursday November 7, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST

API World -- OPEN Workshop Stage

Dominik Rampelt, APICHAP, CEO & Co-Founder

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming every facet of our lives, including the way we approach API development. In this talk, we will explore the profound impact AI will have on developers and the necessary steps to harness its full potential. The future of API development will focus heavily on an API-Contract First approach, where developers become architects defining APIs and data flows. The implementation will then be assisted by various AI tools.

Join us to discover how tools like APICHAP enable developers to implement APIs for your services and integrate with any datasource in just a few seconds. Learn how to leverage the power of AI in your daily development work. In the future, the best API developers won't just write code—they'll design the blueprint for AI to follow.

Speakers

Dominik Rampelt

CEO & Co-Founder, APICHAP

Dominik is an API Advocate with over a decade of experience in building hundreds of APIs, backends, and system integrations. Throughout his career, Dominik has witnessed the evolution of APIs, from the rise of REST APIs and API-Contract development to the advent of AI-assisted API... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST
API World -- OPEN Workshop Stage

OPEN SESSIONS, API World

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference API World, OPEN Session, API World: API Innovation, Hybrid APIs & Low Code APIs (API World), Microservices Design & Architecture (API World), API World: Microservices World
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:00pm PST

OPEN SESSION (API): Transforming Lending with Open Banking: A Case Study in Building a Cash Flow Underwriting System

Thursday November 7, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST

API World -- Expo Discovery Stage

Amol Gote, Innova Solutions, Solutions Architect

In the evolving landscape of financial services, implementing a cash flow underwriting system aims to expand credit access and enhance risk assessment. This session will cover an approach that leverages open banking, machine learning, and dynamic underwriting rules to provide creditworthiness evaluation beyond traditional credit scoring methods. It will cover the case study of iCreditWorks - a Fintech organization where this pattern was implemented.

The system consists of four critical components:

(1) A financial data aggregator to securely link customers' bank accounts, utilizing open banking APIs and traditional integration techniques.

(2) Collaboration with a specialized partner that employs machine learning models to analyze transaction data, generating a comprehensive cash flow score and identifying verifiable income.

(3) Developing and implementing underwriting rules that integrate the cash flow score and income data to make informed lending decisions.

(4) The seamless integration of these components into a mobile application and backend infrastructure, ensuring a user-friendly experience and efficient loan application processing.

This session discusses the cash flow underwriting system's design, implementation, and strategic significance. It highlights its potential to extend credit access by surpassing traditional credit scores and opening new avenues for financial inclusion and risk assessment. It also introduces a technical implementation approach for cash flow underwriting by integrating multiple services and using open banking for bank account linking for transaction data.

Speakers

Amol Gote

Solutions Architect, Innova Solutions

Amol Gote is a seasoned technology professional adept at building scalable, resilient microservices in Java and .NET. He excels at deploying and managing microservices in AWS and Azure environments and boasts technical proficiency across multiple applications and tools. His expertise... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST
API World -- Expo Discovery Stage

OPEN SESSIONS, API World

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference API World, OPEN Session, API World: API Innovation, Industries: Open Banking & Healthcare & Retail (API World), API World: API Strategy, API Case Studies & Success Stories (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:30pm PST

PRO SESSION (API): APIs Without Borders: Exploring the World of Locationless API Management

Thursday November 7, 2024 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST

API World -- Workshop Stage B

Vamsi Ravula, Red Hat, Developer Advocate
Hugo Guerrero, Red Hat, Sr Principal Developer Advocate

Locationless API management is a paradigm shift in API governance and security. This innovative approach allows organizations to efficiently manage their APIs distributed across multiple clouds and clusters without exposing them publicly over the internet. Instead, it leverages a sophisticated layer seven service network, offering a secure and seamless solution for API management. By operating locationless, businesses can maintain a high degree of control and privacy over their APIs, mitigating the risks associated with public exposure while facilitating efficient communication between services across diverse deployment environments.

A Layer 7 service network provides the necessary infrastructure to establish secure connections between services, regardless of location. Through this network, APIs can be efficiently managed and accessed within a controlled environment, ensuring that sensitive data and functionalities remain protected. This locationless API management approach not only enhances security but also streamlines operations, as it minimizes the complexities of public-facing API management. As organizations continue to prioritize data privacy and security, locationless API management, powered by technologies like a Layer 7 service network, emerges as a game-changing solution that empowers businesses to securely manage and utilize their APIs without the need for public internet exposure.

Speakers

Hugo Guerrero

Sr Principal Developer Advocate, Red Hat

Hugo Guerrero is a developer advocate at Red Hat. He has over 20 years of experience as a developer, consultant, architect, and software development manager. He is an AsyncAPI ambassador and contributes to open source initiatives. He is responsible for maintaining the Microcks Docker... Read More →

Vamsi Ravula

Developer Advocate, Red hat

Vamsi Ravula is a Technical Marketing Manager at Red Hat working on Red Hat Application Foundations, application connectivity, and API management technologies. He is passionate about understanding customers' challenges and use cases and showcasing how Red Hat products can address... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
API World -- Workshop Stage B

API World: API Innovation, Hybrid APIs

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference API World, API World: API Innovation, Hybrid APIs & Low Code APIs (API World), API World: API Lifecycle, API Security / Compliance (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person