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

OPEN SESSION (API): Thrive with the Power of APIs in the Artificial Intelligence Era

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

API World -- Expo Discovery Stage

Alisha Mohanty. OpenText, Manager, Product Marketing

A quick guide to API strategy for businesses to thrive in an era of Artificial Intelligence
Here I elaborate on points to take away for current trends in API strategy and future predictions keeping them relevant the age of AI.

Speakers

Alisha Mohanty

Manager, Product Marketing, OpenText

Alisha is a Technology Marketeer with OpenText, an information management technology company in AI and Analytics line of business. Here, she is focused on strategies to foster API adoption and innovation, empowering partners through smarter information management solutions. As a speaker... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am PST
API World -- Expo Discovery Stage

OPEN SESSIONS, API World

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference OPEN Session, API World, API World: API Strategy, API Leadership Summit (API World), API Program Management (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:00am PST

PRO SESSION (API): Bridging the Gap: Lessons from Industry-Shaping Integrations

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

API World -- Workshop Stage B

Arun Narasimhan, Senior Software Engineer

In today's digital landscape, large-scale system integrations between industry giants are essential for innovation and market leadership. This presentation explores the challenges and solutions involved in bridging disparate systems through strategic API implementation.

Traditionally, enterprises have operated within isolated ecosystems, resulting in fragmented user experiences. We will examine how industry leaders are overcoming these obstacles by integrating their systems to create unified platforms that deliver enhanced value.

Focusing on the technical intricacies of API schema design, we’ll discuss its significant impact on project timelines and the importance of building working interfaces early in the development process. Additionally, we’ll highlight the critical need to thoroughly review and challenge contractual fine print during integrations.

Attendees will gain valuable takeaways, including best practices for managing large-scale system integrations between industry behemoths. These lessons will prove invaluable for API architects, system integrators, and business leaders looking to forge powerful alliances in the digital age.

Speakers

Arun Narasimhan

Senior Software Engineer

Arun Narasimhan is a Senior Software Engineer and Tech Lead Manager at Google with over ten years of experience in software development.Arun was the Engineering Manager of the Spam & Abuse fighting team for the ‘Google Messages’ product which has 5B+ downloads on the Android PlayStore... Read More →

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

API World: API Strategy, Integration Management

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference Integration Management (API World), API World: API Strategy, API World, API Case Studies & Success Stories (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:00am PST

OPEN SESSION (API): Embracing API-First in the Internal Developer Platform: A Unified Approach

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

API World -- Main Stage

Asanka Abeysinghe, WSO2, CTO

In the evolving landscape of enterprise technology, the traditional approach of building separate API platforms is no longer sustainable. Instead, integrating API management and capabilities into a comprehensive Internal Developer Platform (IDP) ensures greater agility, efficiency, and coherence in software development. This session explores the pitfalls of isolated API platforms and presents a compelling case for their integration into IDPs. By emphasizing modularity, discovery, and composability, this unified approach can streamline workflows and enhance developer productivity. Drawing from the principles of the Platformless Manifesto, practical strategies, architectural considerations, and real-world examples will illustrate the benefits of this integrated methodology.

Speakers

Asanka Abeysinghe

CTO, WSO2

Asanka is a technology visionary who connects people and technology through digital transformation programs that create consumer-centric applications. As WSO2's CTO, he is responsible for advancing the company's corporate reference architecture and promoting its thought leadership... Read More →

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

OPEN SESSIONS, API World

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference API World, OPEN Session, API World: API Lifecycle, API-First Development (API World), API World: API Strategy, Platform Engineering (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:30am PST

OPEN SESSION (API): Accelerating API Adoption with Ready-Made Code 🧙

Thursday November 7, 2024 10:30am - 10:55am PST

API World -- Expo Discovery Stage

Raileen Del Rosario, Docusign, Programmer Writer

Ensuring frictionless integration for developers is key to ensuring that your APIs are used to their fullest potential. By offering reference implementations and a Quickstart wizard in eight programming languages, we highlight the main use cases for our APIs, enabling developers to use our tools efficiently. This talk will discuss how providing ready-made code enables developers to start using your APIs as quickly as possible.

Speakers

Raileen Del Rosario

Programmer Writer, Docusign

Raileen has been a Programmer Writer with Docusign for two years. As a member of the Developer Content team, she is passionate about developer enablement, developing code and writing guides to assist developers in the enablement of Docusign APIs to meet their needs.

Thursday November 7, 2024 10:30am - 10:55am PST
API World -- Expo Discovery Stage

OPEN SESSIONS, API World

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference API World, OPEN Session, API World: API Strategy, Integration Management (API World), API Program Management (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:30am PST

Leadership Lounge: Arthur Hicken, Evangelist, Parasoft

Thursday November 7, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am PST

Leadership Lounge

Should you use AI today? How can you best use it without making your company go out of business? Where is the big value in using an AI?

Speakers

Arthur Hicken

Evangelist, Parasoft

Arthur Hicken is evangelist at Parasoft where he has been involved in automating various software development practices for over 25 years. His popular blog “The Code Curmudgeon” is known for his Hall-of-shame lists covering SQL Injection and IoT vulnerabilities and he has a YouTube... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am PST
Leadership Lounge

OPEN SESSIONS, API World

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference OPEN Session, API World, API World: API Strategy, Leadership Lounge
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:00am PST

PRO SESSION (API): How NorthWestern Mutual 10X Our Developer Experience through an Automated Governance Model

Thursday November 7, 2024 11:00am - 11:25am PST

API World -- Workshop Stage B

Budhaditya Bhattacharya, Tyk, Developer Advocate
Supreet Nagi, Northwestern Mutual, Assistant Director Systems Software Engineering

NorthWestern Mutual is one of the largest financial services providers in the United States with 5 million+ customers and 6700+ financial advisors. APIs are a core part of our business and are supported by a highly mature API platform engineering team.
In this case study, we learn how we combined seamless API creation and centralized governance using an automated workflow-based model to drive an exceptional DevX.
We will examine a combination of tools, such as K8S, KEDA, Jaeger, and OTel, that enabled the creation of our API platform, along with changes to people and processes.
What we will cover:
1. Key challenges when balancing API creation & governance at scale
2. Implementing an automated workflow-based governance model
3. Metrics of success & outcomes achieved
4. How to execute a similar API platform strategy using the platform engineering maturity model
Ultimately, this session provides real-world examples and insights into best practices for implementing this model within your company.

Speakers

Budhaditya Bhattacharya

Developer Advocate, Tyk

Budha is a Developer Advocate at Tyk responsible for product education, community engagement, and open-source ecosystem expansion. He is the host of the All About APIs podcast as well as the API hangout where he engages with developers and business leaders on all things APIs including... Read More →

Supreet Nagi

Assistant Director Systems Software Engineering, Northwestern Mutual

Supreet Nagi, Assistant Director in infrastructure core platforms, leads messaging, events, runtimes, and API management teams. With 18 years of IT experience, witnessed the transformation of developer experience from 1-day manual builds to 5-minute CICD, bringing efficiency and agility... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 11:00am - 11:25am PST
API World -- Workshop Stage B

API World: API Strategy, API Leadership Summit

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference API Leadership Summit (API World), API World, API World: API Strategy, API Case Studies & Success Stories (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:00am PST

API World Roundtable: Asanka Abeysinghe, CTO, WSO2

Thursday November 7, 2024 11:00am - 11:25am 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.

Speakers

Asanka Abeysinghe

CTO, WSO2

Thursday November 7, 2024 11:00am - 11:25am PST
CloudX -- Expo Innovation Stage

OPEN SESSIONS, API World

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference API World, API World: API Strategy, Platform Engineering (API World), OPEN Session, Roundtables
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

PRO SESSION (API): Boost Your API Documentation with These Best Practices

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

API World -- Workshop Stage A

Ken Cenerelli, Google, Senior Technical Writer

Great API documentation is essential when developing a product but it can often be an afterthought during a project. While a technical writer can solve this problem, not every development team or project is assigned one. To create a sublime user experience, you must contemplate how to build a good doc set that’s complete, consistent, and easy to use. In this session, we’ll explore multiple best practices and recommendations that developers can employ to improve their technical documentation.

This session describes:

- Developing personas for your audience
- How to create an engaging style and consistent tone for your documentation
- How to write documentation for your APIs
- Incorporating AI into your documentation process
- Drafting some of the “must-have” docs
- Creating a feedback loop and maintenance plan for your docs

Speakers

Ken Cenerelli

Senior Technical Writer, Google Cloud

Ken Cenerelli is a senior technical writer for Google Cloud where he currently creates API documentation that receives millions of page views each year. He’s passionate about technical writing, API documentation, and making content simple for all users. Before his career as a technical... Read More →

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

API World: Lifecycle, API-First Development

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference API World, API-First Development (API World), API Program Management (API World), API World: API Lifecycle, API World: API Strategy
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:00pm PST

KEYNOTE (API): Informatica -- Navigating the GenAI Revolution: Strategies for Successful Enterprise Deployment with GenAI APIs

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

API World -- Main Stage

Sumeet Kumar Agrawal, Informatica, Vice President Product Management

As GenAI adoption accelerates, enterprises are increasingly turning to low-code and no-code API development to democratize access and spur innovation. However, deploying GenAI applications within large organizations poses unique challenges, including a shortage of skilled resources, navigating complex enterprise data landscapes, staying relevant with rapidly evolving GenAI models and frameworks, and the difficulty of scaling AI projects beyond proof of concept.
Join us for an insightful session where we explore overcoming these challenges with a GenAI-powered integration API solution. We will discuss strategies to democratize GenAI across various user personas, contextualize its use for future-proofing, create LLM agnostic GenAI orchestrations, and achieve enterprise-grade scalability. Learn how to leverage the right data management tools to build successful GenAI apps that are easy to use, grounded with high-quality and trusted enterprise data, and protected from bias and privacy breaches.

Speakers

Sumeet Kumar Agrawal

Vice President Product Management, Informatica

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

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

5. KEYNOTES & FEATURED, API World

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference API World, API World: API Strategy, Integration Management (API World), API Leadership Summit (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:00pm PST

PRO SESSION (API): Harmony in API Development: Bridging Code-First and Design-First

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

API World -- Workshop Stage A

Brett Bush, LogicGate, Staff Software Engineer: Platform

Within API-First development, a dichotomy has formed: Code-First or Design-First. Are these approaches destined to be adopted in polarized isolation, or rather, are they equally valid phases of a healthy API development cycle? This presentation will reveal a new way to visualize the cyclical nature of Code-First and Design-First API development, discuss parallels to Test-Driven development, and explore the benefits unlocked from leveraging both methodologies in tandem.

Speakers

Brett Bush

Staff Software Engineer: Platform, LogicGate

Brett Bush is a Staff Software Engineer at LogicGate with a decade of experience building flexible APIs, services, and databases from SaaS platforms to SDKs with a passion for developer experience, comprehensive documentation, and cross-team collaboration. Brett built out LogicGate's... Read More →

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

API World: Lifecycle, API-First Development

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference API World, API World: API Lifecycle, API-First Development (API World), API Program Management (API World), API World: API Strategy
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:00pm PST

OPEN SESSION (API): Modernizing Monoliths

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

API World -- Expo Discovery Stage

Parth Shah, Cruise, Staff Software Engineer
Bianca Tamayo, Cruise, Staff Software Engineer

In today's micro services world, it is far too common for an API service to explode at an unbounded rate. The journey starts off as a shiny new micro service, which was designed to contain APIs for 1 business entity, becoming so heavily utilized that over time, it evolves and turns into a massive monolith, which contains hundreds of APIs for dozens of business entities. In the early days, new features could be introduced and rolled out within a few hours. Now, a small database schema change takes a few days or weeks to roll out. In this madness, how do you effectively and efficiently decompose and modernize your monolith? This session goes over a real world case study of how a group of 5 engineers decomposed a 160+ API monolith into smaller and focused micro services with 0 outages, 0 downtime, increase in overall service availability from 99.9% to 99.999%, decrease in latencies from 15% to 95% and ability to handle 90x more traffic with a reduced resource footprint (68% reduction in compute and 55% reduction in memory).

Speakers

Parth Shah

Staff Software Engineer, Cruise

Parth is a highly accomplished Staff Software Engineer who is currently working on Developer Productivity at Cruise LLC. With a distinguished career spanning across industry giants such as Oracle and Microsoft, he has consistently designed, developed, and delivered cutting-edge cloud... Read More →

Bianca Tamayo

Staff Software Engineer, Cruise

Bianca Tamayo is a Staff Software Engineer at Cruise, based in San Francisco. She has a broad range of experience, including full-stack application development, backend services, release and deployment, and building platforms. Bianca's passion lies in developing systems that simplify... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
API World -- Expo Discovery Stage

OPEN SESSIONS, API World

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference API World, OPEN Session, API Case Studies & Success Stories (API World), API World: API Strategy, API World: API Lifecycle, API Design / Architecture (API 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

OPEN SESSION (API): Get Started Building Agents with SambaNova

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

API World -- Expo Discovery Stage

Vasanth Mohan, SambaNova, Director, Technical Product Marketing and Developer Relations

Agentic AI is the next frontier. Whilst current chat-bot + RAG use cases were the first wave, they are ultimately limited in how much they can transform work and deliver on the productivity growth that we have all been promised. Agentic AIs can autonomously pursue complex goals and workflows with limited direct human supervision, making it possible to automate large amounts of knowledge work.

However, whilst the systems of today, namely GPU-based systems, were well suited to chatbots and knowledge retrieval use cases, they are not equipped to handle this new wave of Agentic AI. From ultra-fast token generation, running lots of models of each node and instant model switching, we walk through why this matters, and how fast inference speeds through SambaNova unlock this capability.

Speakers

Vasanth Mohan

Director, Technical Product Marketing and Developer Relations, SambaNova

Vasanth Mohan is a seasoned technology leader, serving as Director of Technical Product Marketing and Developer Relations at SambaNova. With a proven track record of empowering thousands of developers and startups across emerging technologies, including VR/AR, Edge Computing, and... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
API World -- Expo Discovery Stage

OPEN SESSIONS, API World

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference API World, OPEN Session, API World: API Strategy, API Program Management (API World), API World: API Lifecycle, API-First Development (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:30pm PST

OPEN SESSION (API): How to Build a Killer API Program Developers Love

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

API World -- OPEN Workshop Stage

Derric Gilling, Moesif, CEO

A discussion on what are healthy metrics foryour developer program and ways to improve like Time to First Hello World (TTFHW) and integration rate. What does it mean to build a good Developer Experience and some tips on where you can improve.

Speakers

Derric Gilling

CEO, Moesif

Derric Gilling is the CEO of Moesif, the leading API analytics and monetization platform. He enjoys working with both startups and large enterprises on launching and scaling an API-first strategy. Gilling is a frequent speaker at developer conferences, including API World, Developer... Read More →

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

OPEN SESSIONS, API World

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference OPEN Session, API World, API World: API Strategy, API Program Management (API World), API Leadership Summit (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person