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TueApril 21, 2026
7:30 AM - 8:30 AMGMT+5:30

Arrival, Check-in & Badge Collection | Convention Center Foyer

8:30 AM - 8:45 AMGMT+5:30

Opening Remarks & Day 1 Overview

8:45 AM - 9:45 AMGMT+5:30
ArchitectureTechLead
KeynoteHall A

Architecting for the Unknown

Venkat Subramaniam
Venkat Subramaniam
9:45 AM - 10:15 AMGMT+5:30
DeepTech TechLead
KeynoteHall A

Computer Programming is Dead; Long Live AI-First Programming

Stephen ChinStephen Chin
Cassandra ChinCassandra Chin
10:15 AM - 10:30 AMGMT+5:30
DeepTech TechLead
KeynoteHall A

Beyond the AI Models: How Lowe’s is Building the Store That Knows

Swaroop ShivaramSwaroop Shivaram
10:30 AM - 11:00 AMGMT+5:30

Expo Showcase Opening / AM Coffee & Refreshments

11:00 AM - 12:00 PMGMT+5:30
BackEndArchitectureDeepTech
SessionHall A

A Practical Introduction to LangChain4j

Venkat SubramaniamVenkat Subramaniam
11:00 AM - 11:30 AMGMT+5:30
BackEndArchitectureOpsTech
SessionHall B

Breaking the Monolith: Tesco’s Journey to Federated GraphQL with xAPI

Vishwas ChandrashekarVishwas Chandrashekar
11:00 AM - 12:00 PMGMT+5:30
ArchitectureDeepTech OpsTech
SessionHall C

Enterprise Architecture 2026–2028: AI-Native, Agentic, and Governed

Rohit BhardwajRohit Bhardwaj
11:00 AM - 12:00 PMGMT+5:30
DeepTech BackEnd
SessionHall D

The AI-Native Codebase

Ragunath JawaharRagunath Jawahar
11:00 AM - 11:30 AMGMT+5:30
DataTech BackEndOpsTech
SessionHall E

AI-Powered MongoDB ETL Without the Pain

Siamion MakarskiSiamion Makarski
11:30 AM - 12:00 PMGMT+5:30
ArchitectureDeepTech TechLead
SessionHall B

AI Is Not the Risk. Architectural Drift Is

Sunil KalkunteSunil Kalkunte
11:30 AM - 12:00 PMGMT+5:30
OpsTech Architecture
SessionHall E

AIOps: Leveraging AI for Incident Root Cause Analysis

Sathish KumarSathish Kumar
12:10 PM - 1:10 PMGMT+5:30
DeepTech TechLead
SessionHall A

Power and Perils of Vibe Coding

Venkat SubramaniamVenkat Subramaniam
12:10 PM - 12:40 PMGMT+5:30
ArchitectureOpsTech DeepTech
SessionHall B

Vibe-Coded to Production-Ready: Closing the Last Mile with Catalyst and Apptics

Vignesh KrishnanVignesh Krishnan
12:10 PM - 1:10 PMGMT+5:30
FrontEndDeepTech TechLead
SessionHall C

You Can’t Spell “Alternative Text” without AI

Scott DavisScott Davis
12:10 PM - 1:10 PMGMT+5:30
ArchitectureOpsTech DeepTech
SessionHall D

Beyond Code: Powering the Agentic Developer Era with IBM Bob

Rishi S BalajiRishi S Balaji
12:10 PM - 12:40 PMGMT+5:30
DeepTech OpsTech Architecture
SessionHall E

The Hidden Cost of AI Agents: Designing for Predictable Spend at Scale

Akhil JainAkhil Jain
12:40 PM - 1:10 PMGMT+5:30
FrontEndArchitectureDeepTech
SessionHall B

Your Users Are Not Just Human: Designing Systems for People and LLMs

Guust YsebieGuust Ysebie
12:40 PM - 1:10 PMGMT+5:30
ArchitectureDeepTech OpsTech
SessionHall E

Clarity, Cut, Ownership: India’s Blueprint for Building Platforms That Scale

Neel RadiaNeel Radia
1:10 PM - 2:00 PMGMT+5:30

Working Lunch & Networking @ Expo Showcase

2:00 PM - 3:00 PMGMT+5:30
ArchitectureTechLead
SessionHall A

Goodbye Microservices, Hello Self-Contained Systems

Simon MartinelliSimon Martinelli
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMGMT+5:30
ArchitectureOpsTech DeepTech
SessionHall B

From Noise to Signal: Using MCP Servers for AI-Driven Alerting and Monitoring

Devyani KotaDevyani Kota
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMGMT+5:30
ArchitectureDataTech
SessionHall C

The Goal: Flow Architecture

Michael CarducciMichael Carducci
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMGMT+5:30
ArchitectureDeepTech OpsTech
SessionHall D

Orchestrating Thousands of GPUs: Engineering Patterns for Large-Scale Model Training

Krishnaswamy SubramanianKrishnaswamy Subramanian
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMGMT+5:30
DataTech OpsTech Architecture
SessionHall E

Building Adaptive ETL Pipelines with Apache NiFi, LLMs, and Apache Iceberg

Kamesh SampathKamesh Sampath
3:10 PM - 4:10 PMGMT+5:30
OpsTech DeepTech
SessionHall A

Test Driving Code with the Help of AI

Venkat SubramaniamVenkat Subramaniam
3:10 PM - 4:10 PMGMT+5:30
ArchitectureOpsTech DeepTech
SessionHall B

Architecting Microservices for Agentic AI Integration

Rohit BhardwajRohit Bhardwaj
3:10 PM - 4:10 PMGMT+5:30
DeepTech
SessionHall C

3rd Generation Agentic AI

Michael CarducciMichael Carducci
3:10 PM - 3:40 PMGMT+5:30
Architecture
SessionHall D

The Architect’s Dilemma: Control vs Convenience

Mandeep SinghMandeep Singh
3:10 PM - 4:10 PMGMT+5:30
ArchitectureOpsTech
SessionHall E

Keep It Dull, Keep It Running: Runbooks and the Religion of Boring Platforms

Prerit MunjalPrerit Munjal
3:40 PM - 4:10 PMGMT+5:30
BackEndArchitecture
SessionHall D

Tuning the JVM for Performance: 10 Optimizations Every Developer Should Know

Gireesh PunathilGireesh Punathil
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMGMT+5:30

Expo Time/ PM Coffee & Refreshments

4:30 PM - 5:30 PMGMT+5:30
BackEndOpsTech
SessionHall A

Refactoring to Modernize Java Applications using AI

Venkat SubramaniamVenkat Subramaniam
4:30 PM - 5:30 PMGMT+5:30
BackEndArchitectureDeepTech
SessionHall B

Graph Thinking with AI: Algorithms That Power Real Systems

Rohit BhardwajRohit Bhardwaj
4:30 PM - 5:30 PMGMT+5:30
ArchitectureTechLead
SessionHall C

A Tale of Two Systems: Design and Reality

Mandeep SinghMandeep Singh
4:30 PM - 5:30 PMGMT+5:30
BackEndOpsTech Architecture
SessionHall D

Simpler Java Build Tools with Object-Oriented Programming

Haoyi LiHaoyi Li
4:30 PM - 5:30 PMGMT+5:30
TechLead ArchitectureDeepTech
SessionHall E

The Hidden Cognitive Cost of AI-Assisted Programming

Ragunath JawaharRagunath Jawahar