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 & Co-Founder | Watch Duty
David Merritt, CTO & Co-Founder | Watch Duty
10:10 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
10:40 AM
Accelerating AI at the edge with Google and Fastly
Michel Geadah, Head of Partner Engineering | Google Cloud
Jesse Von Doom, Director of Product Management | Fastly
10:55 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 Global
Dilip Singh, Sr. Director of Video Engineering | Fox Corporation
Track 2
End the CAPTCHA nightmare: A bold new approach to bot management
Brooks Cunningham, Staff Enterprise Architect | Fastly
James Santos, Site Reliability Engineer | Alaska Airlines
Darren Walsh, Site Reliability Engineer | Alaska Airlines
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
Alex Wang, Staff Security Engineer | The RealReal
2:15 PM
Break & networking
2:30 PM
Preparing for the unexpected: Fastly’s seven pillars of network resilience
Hossein Lotfi, VP of Engineering | Fastly
3:00 PM
Open innovation: Building on a connected ecosystem
Moderator:
Laura Thomson, SVP of Engineering | Fastly
Panelists:
Brian Giori, Software Engineering Manager | Amplitude
Jason Laqua, Lead Software Engineer | New Relic
Barbara Shaurette, Sr. Software Engineer | Vox Media
Akshay Ranganath, Principal Solutions Architect | Cloudinary
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
Reserve your spot!
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!
Location
The Shay Hotel, 8801 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
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