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

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9:30am PST

[Virtual] PRO SESSION (CloudX): Challenges and Takeaways of Managing AI Workloads on Cloud Environments

Wednesday November 13, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am PST

Graziano Casto, Mia-Platform, Developer Relations

In today's technological landscape, the synergy between Cloud Native technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) opens the stage to a myriad of unexplored challenges and opportunities. Dynamic, always-on and highly scalable infrastructures, typical of the Cloud Native paradigm, seamlessly integrate with AI's need to rapidly prototype solutions and access vast computational resources. The convergence of these two worlds has exposed some gaps in the Cloud Native ecosystem that need to be addressed. At the same time, AI opens numerous opportunities for innovation that are yet to be explored.
This talk will delve into the Cloud Native Artificial Intelligence (CNAI) paradigm as a holistic approach to unlocking the full potential of the cloud in managing AI workloads and aim to anticipate the growth opportunities that lie ahead for the Cloud Native world.

Speakers

Graziano Casto

Developer Relations Engineer, Mia-Platform

Graziano is a software engineer and passionate about agile development and product management. Formerly a developer of distributed systems in enterprise environments and a product manager, he focuses on sharing the myriad beauties of the cloud-native world. Active in international... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am PST
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Stage 1

CloudX: Cloud-Native Development, AI & ML

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference CloudX, CloudX: Cloud-Native Development, AI & ML (CloudX), CloudX: Cloud Strategy Conference, Cloud Innovation (AI & Edge & etc) (CloudX), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

10:30am PST

[Virtual] OPEN SESSION (CloudX): Is Your Engineering Org Really Prepared for the GenAI Revolution?!

Wednesday November 13, 2024 10:30am - 10:55am PST

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Stage 1

Yishai Beeri, LinearB, CTO

GenAI has gone from generally available, novel technology to widely adopted in a matter of months. Most engineering organizations are using GenAI to generate code, write tests, and assist in code reviews. New code is becoming dirt cheap to write - but our delivery pipelines remain miserably unprepared for the tsunami of new code flowing at a much more rapid pace.

Our current pipelines need a hard reset to prepare us for the GenAI revolution - and engineering managers need to get started TODAY.

This talk will dive into where GenAI is starting to break down our delivery pipelines. While scaling CI/CD is easy, and we can always add a few more workers, scaling the humans in the process is the hard part. This talk will demonstrate how massive amounts of new machine-generated code will impact our pipelines, in ways that will require either greater headcount, or smarter, automated pipelines. You'll come away with ideas for how to modernize your delivery pipeline so you can fully embrace the GenAI revolution.

Speakers

Yishai Beeri

CTO, LinearB

Yishai Beeri likes to solve problems, and that’s why he was so fascinated with programming when first encountered Logo back in the 80s, where the possibilities seemed endless.He has made it a focus of his career to solve complex programming problems, both as a consultant and entrepreneur... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2024 10:30am - 10:55am PST
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Stage 1

CloudX: Cloud Strategy Conference, Digital Acceleration

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference OPEN Session, CloudX, CloudX: Cloud Strategy Conference, Digital Acceleration (CloudX), CloudX: Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure, CloudX: Cloud-Native Development, AI & ML (CloudX), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

11:30am PST

[Virtual] OPEN SESSION (CloudX): The Future of AI Is Already Here

Wednesday November 13, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am PST

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Expo Innovation Stage

Marco Casalaina, Microsoft, Vice President of Products, Azure AI

This session will discuss the new and revolutionary changes that you're about to see in AI - and how many of them are available for you to try now. We'll look at how AI is becoming ubiquitous, multimodal, multilingual, and autonomous, and how it will change our lives and our businesses.
This session will cover:

Incredible advances in multilingual AI
How Copilot (and every AI) are grounded to data, and how we do it in Azure OpenAI
Responsible AI, including evaluation for correctness, and real time content safety
The rise of AI Agents, and how AI is going to move from question-answering to taking action

Speakers

Marco Casalaina

Vice President of Products, Azure AI, Microsoft

Marco Casalaina is VP Products of Azure AI and AI Futurist at Microsoft. He leads the AI Futures team, which finds trends and develops products that will lead to the next generation of AI. He has previously led a number of teams across Azure AI, including Azure OpenAI, Vision, Speech... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am PST
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Expo Innovation Stage

OPEN SESSIONS, CloudX

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference OPEN Session, Virtual, CloudX, AI & ML (CloudX), Cloud Innovation (AI & Edge & etc) (CloudX)
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

12:30pm PST

[Virtual Exclusive] PRO SESSION (CloudX): AI-Enhanced Dev Innovation: Shaping the Future of Cloud-Native Development

Wednesday November 13, 2024 12:30pm - 12:55pm PST

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Stage 1

Dileep Kumar Pandiya, ZoomInfo, Principal Engineer

Explore how AI is transforming development practices in cloud-native environments. Highlight innovative tools, frameworks, and methodologies that incorporate AI to enhance developer productivity and software quality.

Speakers

Dileep Kumar Pandiya

Principal Engineer, ZoomInfo

Technology Leader with expertise in scaling digital businesses and navigating complex digital transformations has been pivotal in the success of numerous high-profile projects. Dileep dedicates himself to staying ahead of industry trends and utilizes his skills to create robust, scalable... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2024 12:30pm - 12:55pm PST
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Stage 1

CloudX: Cloud-Native Development, AI & ML

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference Virtual, CloudX, CloudX: Cloud-Native Development, AI & ML (CloudX), CloudX: Cloud Strategy Conference, Cloud Innovation (AI & Edge & etc) (CloudX)
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

1:30pm PST

[Virtual] KEYNOTE (CLOUDX): CloudZero -- Streamlining the Digital Factory: Lean Cloud Computing for Next-Gen Software Development

Wednesday November 13, 2024 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Erik Peterson, CloudZero, CTO & Founder

The cloud-centric world has turned every line of code into a buying decision and highlighted the economic aspects of software design. After first struggling with the ramifications of this, (and a meager $3000.00 budget on my first cloud project in 2009) I discovered how cloud economics presented an opportunity to merge efficiency concepts taken from classic manufacturing with modern software engineering and architecture.

Since that time we have seen an industry wide focus on cloud cost management and new practices like FinOps emerge, but few have explored how to apply cloud economics directly to modern DevOps practices resulting in million dollar lines of code and unprofitable system design that has soured some on cloud computing as a whole. My experience however has been very different. I will share the lessons I've learned over the last 15 years treating cost as a key non-functional requirement during development.

By integrating the Theory of Constraints, Lean Manufacturing, and unit economics, alongside cloud cost efficiency goals and performance as crucial inputs, I will share a strategy that fosters continuous improvement and boosts profitability under current consumption-based cloud pricing models. This approach ensures an economical path from concept to deployment, and ongoing operations, without compromising innovation and time-to-market.

Speakers

Erik Peterson

CTO & Founder, CloudZero

Erik Peterson is the Founder and CTO of CloudZero and a pioneer in engineering-led cost optimization and unit economics. He has been building in the cloud since its arrival and has over two decades of software startup experience, with a passion for cost-efficient engineering and excellent... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2024 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

5. KEYNOTES & FEATURED, CloudX

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference CloudX, AI & ML (CloudX), Virtual, Microservices Design (CloudX), CloudX: Cloud-Native Development
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

2:00pm PST

[Virtual] OPEN SESSION (CloudX): Crafting Realities: The Role of Synthetic Data in AI Training

Wednesday November 13, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

Arpit Shrivastava, Meta, Product Leader

Problem: The challenge at the heart of this presentation is the efficient training of AI models in scenarios where real-world data is limited, sensitive, or expensive to acquire. This issue is particularly pressing in fields such as autonomous vehicle development and medical research, where the quality and diversity of training data directly influence the performance and reliability of AI systems. Addressing this problem is crucial for advancing AI capabilities while ensuring ethical standards and privacy are upheld.

Methodology: To tackle this challenge, our approach involves the creation and use of synthetic data. The methodology encompasses techniques for generating high-fidelity, diverse synthetic datasets that mimic real-world complexities without compromising privacy or incurring high costs. Key techniques include Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), simulation-based synthesis, and rule-based data generation. The presentation will detail these methods, along with strategies for validating the realism and utility of synthetic data in training robust AI models.

Conclusions: Preliminary results demonstrate that synthetic data can significantly enhance AI model training, especially in constrained environments. By leveraging synthetic datasets, we've observed improvements in model accuracy, robustness, and generalizability across several applications. The presentation will outline these findings, showcasing examples where synthetic data has successfully bridged the gap between the data needs of AI systems and the limitations of real-world datasets.

Speakers

Arpit Shrivastava

Product Leader, Meta

Customer Obsessed Product Leader with a proven track record at tech giants like Meta and Cisco Systems, where I've led the charge in product innovation and managed multi-billion dollar portfolios. My expertise lies in driving Machine Learning-focused product strategies and spearheading... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX: Cloud-Native Development, AI & ML

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference AI & ML (CloudX), CloudX, CloudX: Cloud-Native Development, OPEN Session, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

2:00pm PST

[Virtual] OPEN SESSION (CloudX): APIs for Data: How to Build Data-Intensive Cloud Applications with Snowflake and Large Language Models

Wednesday November 13, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Expo Innovation Stage

Daniel Myers, Snowflake, Director of Developer RelationsAPIs for data - do you start with the data model or the API model? Learn best practices and how to build data-intensive applications on Snowflake and large language models (LLMs). In this session, you’ll learn different API architectural patterns, including Connected Apps and Snowflake Native Apps. Daniel will demonstrate how to develop, deploy, and run applications directly on Snowflake.

Speakers

Daniel Myers

Director of Developer Relations, Snowflake

With cross-functional experience in software engineering, product management, and business development, Daniel is the Director of Developer Relations at Snowflake. Daniel leads global, cross-functional teams in software development and customer adoption, with a focus on bottom-up... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Expo Innovation Stage

OPEN SESSIONS, CloudX

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference OPEN Session, CloudX, CloudX: Cloud-Native Development, AI & ML (CloudX), Virtual, Dev Innovation (CloudX)
In-Person/Virtual Virtual