Agenda

We look forward to hosting you at The Shay Hotel for an immersive day of learning, networking, and what’s driving the future of the web.

9:00 AM

Breakfast & Registration

9:30 AM

Building a better internet: The Watch Duty Story with Fastly

Todd Nightingale, CEO | Fastly
John Mills, CEO | Watch Duty
David Merritt, CTO & Co-Founder | Watch Duty

10:00 AM

Fastly, Festool and the power of tools

Artur Bergman, Founder and CTO | Fastly

10:15 AM

A platform for innovation: What we’ve been building at Fastly

Kip Compton, Chief Product Officer | Fastly
Kelly Shortridge, VP of Product Management | Fastly

10:45 AM

Accelerating AI at the edge with Google and Fastly

Michel Geadah, Head of Partner Engineering | Google Cloud

11:00 AM

Break & networking

Breakouts

11:30 AM

Track 1

Delivering the biggest media moments in the world

Jamie Sherry, Staff Product Manager | Fastly
Jim Ketcham, VP of Software Engineering | Paramount

Track 2

End the CAPTCHA nightmare: A bold old new approach to Bot Management

Brooks Cunningham, Staff Enterprise Architect | Fastly

12:15 PM

Lunch

Breakouts

1:30 PM

Track 1

Reinventing for the AI age with Fastly: A Shutterstock success story

Jesse Von Doom, Director of Product Management | Fastly
Jefferson Frazer, Director of Infrastructure | Shutterstock

Track 2

How The RealReal transformed application security with a developer-first approach

Kelly Shortridge, VP of Product Management | Fastly
Kevin Ponds, Director of Security Engineering | The RealReal

2:15 PM

Break & networking

2:30 PM

Preparing for the unexpected: Fastly’s six pillars of network resilience

Hossein Lotfi, VP of Engineering | Fastly

3:00 PM

Open innovation: Building on a connected ecosystem

Laura Thomson, SVP of Engineering | Fastly

3:45 PM

Closing remarks

4:00 PM

Cocktails

Breakouts

Track 1

Track 2

3:10 PM

Break & networking

Breakouts

Track 1

Track 2

4:15 PM

Cocktail Reception

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Unlock the power of a superior online experience with a series of inspiring sessions, live demos, and how Fastly’s high-performance platform wins over end-users. We look forward to seeing you!

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11:30 AM | Breakout Track 1

Delivering the biggest media moments in the world

Jamie Sherry, Staff Product Manager | Fastly
Jim Ketcham, VP of Software Engineering | Paramount

The Super Bowl, the Olympics, the World Cup — these are just a few high-stakes live events recently powered by Fastly. In this session, Jim from Paramount will share how Fastly helped deliver high-performance, personalized experiences for March Madness, while safeguarding their services from malicious attacks during the elections. Jamie will cover our latest portfolio enhancements to boost origin offload and cache efficiency. He’ll also highlight how global streamers use our Live Event Monitoring Services to ensure flawless viewer experiences.

11:30 AM | Breakout Track 2

End the CAPTCHA nightmare: A bold old new approach to Bot Management

Brooks Cunningham, Staff Enterprise Architect | Fastly

Bots are dominating the internet, driving nearly half of global web traffic—with one-third from malicious bots! Traditional bot management relies on clunky CAPTCHAs that block legitimate requests, generate false positives, and stall development. But there's a better way, where security fades into the background. Join Brooks for a demo of Fastly’s award-winning Bot Management solution, where we toss the old playbook for a new approach with Dynamic Challenges. Learn how to outsmart attackers while keeping your user experience smooth.

1:30 PM | Breakout Track 1

Reinventing for the AI age with Fastly: A Shutterstock success story

Jesse Von Doom, Director of Product Management | Fastly
Jefferson Frazer, Director of Infrastructure | Shutterstock

Shutterstock, home to the world's largest media library, is the top choice for petabyte-scale content collections vital for AI model development. Jefferson from Shutterstock will explore how they used Fastly’s developer platform to build, store, and deliver massive asset libraries curated for AI Model Training. He’ll detail how Shutterstock partnered with Fastly to overcome performance challenges and ship hundreds of petabytes of data to customers. Jefferson will be joined by Jesse, who will demo the latest features of Fastly’s platform designed to further unlock developer innovation.

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10:15 AM

10:45 AM

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

12:15 PM

1:30 PM

2:15 PM

2:30 PM

3:00 PM

3:45 PM

4:00 PM

3:10 PM

4:15 PM

Reserve your spot!

Location

Need a hotel?

Companies you’ll hear from at Xcelerate LA

11:30 AM | Breakout Track 1

Delivering the biggest media moments in the world

Jamie Sherry, Staff Product Manager | FastlyJim Ketcham, VP of Software Engineering | Paramount

11:30 AM | Breakout Track 2

End the CAPTCHA nightmare: A bold old new approach to Bot Management

Brooks Cunningham, Staff Enterprise Architect | Fastly

1:30 PM | Breakout Track 1

Reinventing for the AI age with Fastly: A Shutterstock success story

Jesse Von Doom, Director of Product Management | FastlyJefferson Frazer, Director of Infrastructure | Shutterstock

1:30 PM | Breakout Track 2

How The RealReal transformed application security with a developer-first approach

Kelly Shortridge, VP of Product Management | Fastly Kevin Ponds, Director of Security Engineering | The RealReal

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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Building a better internet: The Watch Duty Story with Fastly

Todd Nightingale, CEO | FastlyJohn Mills, CEO | Watch DutyDavid Merritt, CTO & Co-Founder | Watch Duty

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Fastly, Festool and the power of a platform

Artur Bergman, Founder, CTO | Fastly

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

A platform for innovation: What we’ve been building at Fastly

Kip Compton, Chief Product Officer | Fastly Kelly Shortridge, VP of Product Management | Fastly

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Accelerating AI at the edge with Google and Fastly

Michel Geadah, Head of Partner Engineering | Google Cloud

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Preparing for the unexpected: Fastly’s six pillars of network resilience

Hossein Lotfi, VP of Engineering | Fastly

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Open innovation: Building on a connected ecosystem

Laura Thomson, SVP of Engineering | Fastly

Jamie Sherry, Staff Product Manager | Fastly
Jim Ketcham, VP of Software Engineering | Paramount

Jesse Von Doom, Director of Product Management | Fastly
Jefferson Frazer, Director of Infrastructure | Shutterstock

Kelly Shortridge, VP of Product Management | Fastly
Kevin Ponds, Director of Security Engineering | The RealReal

Todd Nightingale, CEO | Fastly
John Mills, CEO | Watch Duty
David Merritt, CTO & Co-Founder | Watch Duty

Kip Compton, Chief Product Officer | Fastly
Kelly Shortridge, VP of Product Management | Fastly