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Join Confluent and Grid Dynamics for this invite-only event featuring thought-provoking conversations with senior tech leaders. Participants will have the opportunity to listen and think together—no sales pitches, no fluff—just ideas + engagement.

Join the discussion as we dive into such topics as:

  • Pilots are easy: Making Agentic AI production-ready
    Agent pilots are simple — but making them work in the real world is hard. This talk defines what “production-ready” really means, shares common pitfalls, and offers a practical blueprint for moving from demos to dependable impact.
  • AI Agents in the Era of Automation
    Explore how AI agents will define the next era of automation, but only if they can act in real time.

Following the main event, please join us for some food, drinks and GOLF! Not a golfer? Not a problem. There is plenty of seating for you to enjoy some great networking, snacks, and watch the “pros”.

Agenda

4:00 PM 4:05 PM

Welcome

Moderator: Cary Savas, Grid Dynamics

4:05 PM 4:25 PM

Engaging Talk #1: Making Agentic AI production-ready

Speaker: Dmitry Larko, Grid Dynamics

4:25 PM 4:35 PM

Open Discussion

Moderator: Cary Savas, Grid Dynamics

4:35 PM 4:50 PM

Engaging Talk #2: AI Agents in the Era of Automation

Speaker: Sean Falconer, Confluent

4:50 PM 5:00 PM

Open Discussion

Moderator: Cary Savas, Grid Dynamics

5:00 PM 7:00 PM

Top Golf Mixer: Socialize, snacks, golf

Speakers

Ilya Katsov

Ilya Katsov

CTO, Americas

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Dmitry Larko photo

Dmitry Larko

Principal Architect

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Sean Falconer

Sr. Director of Product, AI Strategy

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Cary Savas

Director, Branding and Communications

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Ilya Katsov

CTO, Americas

Ilya joined Grid Dynamics in 2009, and since then has been leading engagements with a number of major retail and technology companies, focusing primarily on Big Data, Machine Learning, and Economic Modeling. He is currently managing the Industrial AI consulting practice that helps clients to become successful AI adopters and deliver innovate AI solutions. Prior to joining Grid Dynamics, Ilya worked at Intel Research on emerging wireless communication technologies. He is the author of several scientific articles and international patents, and also authored a book, “Introduction to Algorithmic Marketing: Artificial Intelligence for Marketing Operations” (2017).

Dmitry Larko

Principal Architect

Sean Falconer

Sr. Director of Product, AI Strategy

Cary Savas

Director, Branding and Communications

Ilya Katsov: Published author of “The Theory and Practice of Enterprise AI” and other books, Ilya leads the development of data science and AI solutions that help companies improve and grow.

Dmitry Larko: As a Kaggle Grandmaster, Dmitry is passionate about leveraging his machine learning and data science expertise to tackle complex challenges.

Sean Falconer: Sean’s published work ranges from AI to quantum computing, and he’s the host of the widely followed podcasts Software Engineering Daily and Software Huddle.

Why should you attend?

  • I’m in charge of AI projects
  • I want to learn more about Agentic AI
  • I’m interested in hearing how my peers at other companies solve their AI challenges
  • I want to swap best practices and tips & tricks on AI solutions
 

Location: TopGolf in Burlingame, CA

TopGolf, 258 Anza Blvd, Burlingame, CA 94010
United States

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