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Atlanta

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September 29, 2026

The Hilton Alpharetta, 5775 Windward Parkway

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10:00 AM

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10:30 AM

30 Min

Registration and Check-In

10:30 AM

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12:15 PM

1 hr 45 mins

Opening Keynote:

The Agentic Shift: The Rise of Autonomous Software Delivery

Every engineering team is already generating code with AI. The harder problem is knowing how much of it should ship without a person "in the loop".  Most organizations are still deciding that case by case, with no real system behind it. In this keynote, we'll explore what that system could look like: an agentic framework that scales autonomy to the risk of each AI-generated change, not a blanket policy that treats them all the same. You'll see it in real demos, backed by customers already running it at production scale.

Alexander Valentine
Alexander Valentine
Senior Vice President, Global Sales Engineering
,
Harness
Trevor Stuart
Trevor Stuart
General Manager & SVP
,
Harness

12:15 PM

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1:15 PM

1 hr

Lunch

1:15 PM

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1:35 PM

20 min

Fireside Chat:

Shipping AI-Written Code Without Losing Control

Yogs Jayaprakasam, Deluxe's Chief Technology & Digital Officer, joins Harness to talk about what it actually takes to ship AI-accelerated software safely. Deluxe has AI projects running across the business, and speed is no longer the bottleneck. The real question is how you govern and ship code once AI is writing it faster than any team can manually review. Yogs will unpack the gap between AI writing code and AI shipping code safely, and what governance has to look like when engineering moves at AI speed.

Yogaraj Jayaprakasam
Yogaraj Jayaprakasam
SVP, Chief Technology, Digital Officer
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Deluxe
Carlos Delatorre
Carlos Delatorre
President, Go To Market
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Harness

1:35 PM

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2:05 PM

30 min

Panel Session:

AI Adoption Patterns: What Works, What Doesn't

Take a look at successful and failed AI adoption strategies across different team sizes and tech stacks. We share data-driven insights on ROI, common resistance patterns, training approaches, and the metrics that actually matter when evaluating AI tool effectiveness in development teams.

Ravi Upad
Ravi Upad
Head of Infrastructure and DevSecOps
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FleetPride
Kunal Thapar
Kunal Thapar
Senior Director Infrastructure and Engineering
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Ritchie Bros.
Ramesh Adabala
Ramesh Adabala
VP of Cloud and Emerging Technology
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Regions Bank
Alexander Valentine
Alexander Valentine
Senior Vice President, Global Sales Engineering
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Harness

2:05 PM

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2:35 PM

30 min

Security at AI Speed

Security practices have evolved to match the pace of AI-assisted development and automated deployments. Learn about real-time threat detection, automated security testing that keeps up with rapid release cycles, and how enterprise security teams are leveraging AI to identify vulnerabilities faster than developers can introduce them.

Nicole Dove
Nicole Dove
Head of Security
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Games Division, Riot Games
Adam Arellano
Adam Arellano
Field CTO
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Harness
Trevor Rumbaugh
Trevor Rumbaugh
Director, Application Security
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Guidepoint
Dave Mahadevan
Dave Mahadevan
System Engineering Manager
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The Home Depot

2:35 PM

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3:05 PM

30 min

Panel Session:

Platform Engineering Maturity: From Golden Paths to Self-Healing Systems

The evolution from basic developer platforms to intelligent systems that predict needs, auto-remediate issues, and adapt to usage patterns has ultimately changed the way dev and eng teams work. We deep dive into platform teams' shifting roles, building platforms that evolve with organizational needs, and measuring platform ROI beyond developer satisfaction scores.

Jayson Workman
Jayson Workman
Director, Platform Engineering
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American Red Cross
Craig Statham
Craig Statham
Distinguished Systems Architect
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SAS
Ruchira Bajaj
Ruchira Bajaj
Director, Technical Program Management
,
Harness
Dapo Adeshiyan
Dapo Adeshiyan
Head of Engagement Management, Google Cloud
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3:05 PM

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3:30 PM

25 min

Panel Session:

Governance & Guardrails: Automating Compliance and Risk Management

AI is transforming software governance from manual reviews to intelligent, automated oversight across codebases, dependencies, and deployments. We’ll discuss how AI systems enforce architectural standards, detect compliance violations, predict security risks, and provide real-time governance feedback within developer workflows.

Karthik Jayaraman
Karthik Jayaraman
VP of IT
,
Fiserv
Martin Reynolds
Martin Reynolds
Field CTO
,
Harness
Susan Lam
Susan Lam
Sr. Director of Enterprise Security
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Aurora

3:30 PM

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30 min

Panel Session:

Surfing the Agentic Tidal Wave: Trust at the Speed of AI

AI coding assistants and autonomous agents are helping developers write code faster than ever. As the primary author of code shifts to be bots, what are the implications for DevSecOps pipelines and platforms? We’ll discuss how leaders are adapting their approaches to meet the needs of teams using AI most aggressively.

Michael McManus
Michael McManus
SVP, Tech Ops, Architeture & Platform Engineering
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Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits
Vikas Mehta
Vikas Mehta
Senior Principal Architect
,
AvidXchange
Cisco Vila
Cisco Vila
VP, Software Engineering
,
slack
Trevor Stuart
Trevor Stuart
General Manager & SVP
,
Harness

4:00 PM

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5:00 PM

1 hr

Happy Hour