Agenda
We look forward to hosting you at Convene, 22 Bishopsgate for an immersive day of learning, networking, and what’s driving the future of the web.
9:00 AM
Breakfast & Registration
9:30 AM
A platform for the always-on economy: THG Ingenuity on Fastly
Kip Compton, CEO | Fastly
Jo Drake, CTO | THG Ingenuity
10:00 AM
Building a foundation for the AI era
Artur Bergman, Founder and CTO | Fastly
10:30 AM
Building the next chapter of Fastly
Kelly Shortridge, Chief Product Officer | Fastly
11:00 AM
Break & networking
Breakouts
11:00 AM
Track 1
Scaling personalisation for premium live events: A Bedrock success story
Jim Hall, Sr. Principal Sales Engineer | Fastly
Valentin Clavreul, Principal Backend Engineer | Bedrock Streaming
Pascal Martin, Principal Software Engineer | Bedrock Streaming
Track 2
End the CAPTCHA nightmare: A bold old new approach to Bot Management
Mark Kelly, Senior Director, Advanced Professional Services | Fastly
Sergi Bech, CTO | Atrápalo
11:30 AM
Reinventing for the AI age with Fastly: A Shutterstock success story
Jesse Von Doom, Director of Product Management | Fastly
Jefferson Frazer, Director of Cloud Infrastructure | Shutterstock
12:00 PM
Lunch
Breakouts
1:00 PM
Track 1
Unlocking developer innovation with the right platform: A Bonnier News success story
Kailan Blanks, Sr. Software Engineer | Fastly
Fabian Seitz, Head of Digital Platform | Bonnier News
Niklas Wretstrom, DevOps Specialist | Bonnier News
Track 2
How Dunelm transformed application security with a developer-first approach
Kelly Shortridge, VP of Product Management | Fastly
Jan Claeyssens, DevSecOps Principal Engineer | Dunelm
1:00 PM
How loveholidays drives performance and measurable business outcomes with Fastly
Kailan Blanks, Sr. Software Engineer - Developer Experience | Fastly
Dmitri Lerko, Head of Engineering | loveholidays
Igor Naumov, Lead Engineer, Web Infrastructure | loveholidays
1:30 PM
Strategies for addressing AI bots
Ozgur Savas, Sr. Director of Sales Engineering | Fastly
Paul Laleu, CTO/CIO | Groupe Le Monde
2:00 PM
Break & networking
Breakouts
Track 1
Track 2
2:30 PM
Inside Fastly’s platform: Designing for resilience, security, and compliance
Hossein Lotfi, SVP of Engineering | Fastly
3:00 PM
Security Panel:
Challenges and Best Practices for Securing the AI Infrastructure
Fastly Moderator:
Marshall Erwin, CISO | Fastly
Guest Panelists:
Abe Ingersoll, CISO | THG Ingenuity
Additional panelists coming soon
Breakouts
Track 1
Track 2
3:45 PM
Wrap up + survey
4:00 PM
Cocktail hour & networking
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Location
Convene 22 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ
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