API World + CloudX + DataWeek 2025: Full Schedule

12:00pm PDT

OpenAPI Workshop: API Management in Practice: Delivering at Scale with OpenAPI and Arazzo

Wednesday September 3, 2025 12:00pm - 6:00pm PDT

Format: A mix of presentations and hands-on exercises. Bring your laptop for the best experience!
Audience: Product managers, software developers, architects, testers, technical writers, and API program managers.
Skill Level: Beginner / Intermediate

Join this workshop to explore modern, governance-driven strategies for effective API delivery, using OpenAPI and Arazzo as canonical sources of truth. We’ll navigate the full API lifecycle—from clarifying business requirements through example mapping, enforcing standards via API linting, to adopting extensible design and testing practices that support safe, iterative evolution. Through a practical, hands-on walkthrough, attendees will learn how OpenAPI and Arazzo can drive consistent documentation, mocking, validation, and automation—streamlining development, strengthening governance, and elevating both provider and consumer experiences.

Registration Coming Soon!

Speakers
Frank Kilcommins, SmartBear, Principal API Technical Evangelist
Erik Wilde, INNOQ, Principal Consultant

Workshop Agenda

12:00 PM - 1:50 PM - API Management in Practice: Delivering at Scale with OpenAPI and Arazzo - (Part I)
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM - Networking Break
2:00 PM - 3:50 PM - API Management in Practice: Delivering at Scale with OpenAPI and Arazzo - (Part II)
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM - Networking Break
4:00 PM - 5:50 PM - API Management in Practice: Delivering at Scale with OpenAPI and Arazzo - (Part III)
5:50 PM - 6:00 PM - You Did It! Presentation of Completion Certificates
6:00 PM - End of Workshop

Key takeaways:

Key practices for delivering high-quality APIs and managing them across the full lifecycle.
Tools and techniques to streamline your workflow as an API producer—from design to delivery.
Tools and techniques to improve your experience as an API consumer—from discovery to integration.
How governance and standards support modern API delivery through linting, style guides, conformance checks, and catalogs.
An introduction to core specifications shaping today’s API landscape, including OpenAPI, Arazzo, and Spectral.

Registration Coming Soon!

Speakers

Frank Kilcommins

Principal API Technical Evangelist, SmartBear

Frank Kilcommins is Principal API Technical Evangelist at SmartBear. Frank has almost 20 years’ experience in the technology industry, with his roles spanning from software engineering to enterprise architecture. His mission is to inspire, engage with and support the API community... Read More →

Erik Wilde

Getting APIs to Work, INNOQ

Erik Wilde is an experienced and internationally known professional in the space of digital transformation and API strategy and management. Erik has degrees in computer science from TU Berlin and ETH Zurich. He is the author of many articles and papers, various books, multiple standards... Read More →

Wednesday September 3, 2025 12:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

API World

Additional Topics API Management
Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks API World, OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:00am PDT

OPEN Session (API): Intelligent Connectivity: Powering AI Agents With APIs

Thursday September 4, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT

API World Expo Stage

Kamakshi (Kams) Narayan, SnapLogic, Director, Product Management APIM

Seamless connectivity to existing data and systems is the foundation for the successful deployment of AI projects. To deliver concrete business results for users, AI agents need to access, process, and act upon data across your entire enterprise ecosystem. In this session, we will explore how AI-aware API Management functionality, such as intelligent API orchestration, real-time data flows, and automatic generation of tool specifications for LLMs based on existing APIs, unlocks the full potential of AI agents to drive automation, insights, and innovation at scale and in production.

Speakers

Kamakshi (Kams) Narayan

Director, Product Management APIM, SnapLogic

Kams is a product leader who specializes in building API platforms and developer experiences that work. At SnapLogic, she has been deeply involved in scaling their API Management platform, building unique developer experiences and tools tailored to the needs of API developers, designers... Read More →

Thursday September 4, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
API World Expo Stage

API World

Additional Topics API Management, Enterprise
Talk Type OPEN Session
Tracks OPEN Session, APIs and AI (API World), API World, Business Optimization through APIs (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:30am PDT

OpenAPI Summit: The Third-Wave of API Management

Thursday September 4, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Adrian Machado, Zuplo, Staff Engineer

The third-wave of API management is here. There are several trends that engineers and technical leaders need to know so they can choose the right tools and platforms for building their APIs. Trends include
1. Modernization around API gateways - The move towards GitOps over server configuration, and Edge over regional deployments
2. Centralization around OpenAPI and new tooling that's emerged
3. A strong focus on API DevX - what API-as-a-product really looks like in practice and the companies pushing the envelope. SDK generation, docs platforms, and more take center stage.

The talk will cover technology and tools engineering leaders should look to adopt and the benefits/drawbacks

Speakers

Adrian Machado

Staff Engineer, Zuplo

I am a Staff Software engineer working at Zuplo. I specialize in our open source technology and adopting emerging technologies (ex. AI) at the company. This includes our work on RateMyOpenAPI, Zudoku, Mockbin, and various other tools. I've written several blogs for Zuplo, and spoken... Read More →

Thursday September 4, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

API World