API World + CloudX + DataWeek 2025

API World + CloudX + DataWeek 2025

12:00pm PDT

PRO WORKSHOP (DataWeek): Democratizing AI: Ensuring Security, Governance, and Compliance in AI Development

Wednesday September 3, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT

DataWeek -- Workshop Stage C (PRO)

David Adeleke, ZeeH Technologies, CEO

In this session, we will explore how the democratization of AI is not only driving innovation but also raising important questions around security, governance, and compliance. As organizations increasingly adopt AI technologies, it becomes imperative to establish robust frameworks for ensuring the security and ethical use of AI systems. From data privacy concerns to algorithmic bias, we will examine the key challenges facing AI practitioners and discuss strategies for mitigating risks and fostering responsible AI development. Through insightful discussions and practical examples, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the intersection between AI democratization and security, governance, and compliance considerations. Join us as we navigate the complex landscape of AI ethics and governance and chart a path towards building trust in AI-powered solutions.

Speakers

David Adeleke

CEO, ZeeH Technologies

David Adeleke Olaoluwa is a serial entrepreneur, investor, pioneer and change agent driven by a mission to raise the standard of living of people through business and wealth creation as a catalyst for positive change globally.David is a leading investment professional and executive... Read More →

Wednesday September 3, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT
DataWeek -- Workshop Stage C (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks DataWeek, Data Governance and Security (DataWeek), Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:00pm PDT

PRO WORKSHOP (DataWeek): Securing the Data Layer: Privacy, Compliance, and Trust in AI-Driven Pipelines

Wednesday September 3, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT

DataWeek -- Main Stage

Advait Patel, Broadcom, Senior Site Reliability Engineer

As organizations scale AI-driven applications and cloud-native pipelines, data privacy and compliance have become top concerns, not just for legal teams, but for developers and data engineers too. With regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and the AI Act taking shape, teams need to rethink how data flows through their ML lifecycle.

In this session, Advait Patel, a cloud security engineer and contributor to the Cloud Security Alliance’s AI Control Matrix, will explore how to architect secure and compliant data pipelines for AI and analytics workloads. From ingestion and transformation to model training and inference, every layer presents unique risks, and unique opportunities to build trust.

Speakers

Advait Patel

Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Broadcom

Advait Patel is a skilled Senior Site Reliability Engineer based in Chicago, with a passion for leveraging technology to drive impactful solutions. With extensive experience in Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, and Cybersecurity, he currently works at Broadcom, where he plays a key... Read More →

Wednesday September 3, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
DataWeek -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks DataWeek, Data Governance and Security (DataWeek), Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:00pm PDT

PRO WORKSHOP (DataWeek): Building New Cost-Effective Analytics Platform with Open Source tools for Fanatics

Wednesday September 3, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT

DataWeek -- Main Stage

Bhanu Cherukumille, Fanatics, Director - Data Engineering

At Fanatics, we previously relied on a mix of in-house, open-source, and commercial tools for Analytics and BI. To streamline and modernize our data ecosystem, we built a unified platform — a "one to rule them all" solution — powered entirely by an open-source stack: Kafka, StarRocks, and Superset. The result? A cost-effective, high-performance, and feature-rich platform that unlocks powerful new capabilities for the business.

Speakers

Bhanu Cherukumille

Director - Data Engineering, Fanatics

Specialize in building real-time and self-serve analytics solutions in the cloud. Empowering teams with agile, data-driven insights and transforming complex data into actionable intelligence for innovative organizations

Wednesday September 3, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
DataWeek -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks DataWeek, Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek), Data Engineering / Architecture and Streaming (DataWeek)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

3:00pm PDT

PRO WORKSHOP (DataWeek): AI-Driven Data Optimization: Smart Strategies for Scalability and Performance

Wednesday September 3, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT

DataWeek -- Main Stage

Indu Chaube, Cisco Systems, Senior Software Engineer

In my session, 'AI-Driven Data Optimization: Smart Strategies for Scalability and Performance,' I will examine the transformative role of artificial intelligence in modern data management. This session will delve into how AI-powered techniques streamline data ingestion, automate preprocessing workflows, enhance storage efficiency, and enable real-time analytics for intelligent decision-making. Through advanced optimization strategies, AI-driven solutions significantly reduce latency, improve resource allocation, and ensure seamless scalability in high-volume data ecosystems. Attendees will gain a deep understanding of AI’s impact on data governance, predictive analytics, and automation, learning how to implement robust end-to-end pipelines that drive operational efficiency and business intelligence.

Speakers

Indu Chaube

Senior Software Engineer, Cisco Systems

Indu Chaube is a highly accomplished software architect and visionary leader with more than a decade-long track record in software product design and development, encompassing User Interface, User Experience, and web API domains. Collaborating with industry giants like Cisco and SAMSUNG... Read More →

Wednesday September 3, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
DataWeek -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks DataWeek, Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

4:00pm PDT

PRO WORKSHOP (DataWeek): Leveraging Open Source AI Securely and Privately

Wednesday September 3, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT

DataWeek -- Main Stage

JJ Asghar, IBM, Developer Advocate

Honestly, you're probably jealous of those people saying "ChatGPT" is making their lives easier. You may think that leveraging AI is this generation's adoption of the calculator. I'm here to say yes, you are right, but let's be honest: we have no idea how the ChatGPTs of the world are trained or if they are secure.
If you run a technology company, your data is your secret sauce; if your boss found out you were leveraging ChatGPT to do your job, would they be happy? Probably not.
In this presentation, we will explore how LLMs work locally through hands-on activities, such as setting up some local open-source private and free LLMs to help you get closer to the promise of generative AI.
Overall, this presentation will start with some basic installation leveraging Ollama and VS Code or any of the JetBrains platforms (and you'll learn what that means and what the differences are!), then pull in AnythingLLM and/or OpenWebUI to help give you a straightforward chat-like interface to your LLM. We will provide you with the knowledge, tools, some generic prompts, and use cases to gain more confidence in your daily life by leveraging LLMs.
You'll walk out of the workshop with a working LLM that you can engage with no fees or usage, all locally and securely.

Speakers

JJ Asghar

Developer Advocate, IBM

JJ works as a Developer Advocate representing IBM worldwide. He mainly focuses on open-source AI and OpenShift, trying to help companies and users successfully onboard to the Cloud-Native ecosystem. He’s also known in the DevOps tooling ecosystem and generalized Linux communities... Read More →

Wednesday September 3, 2025 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
DataWeek -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks DataWeek, AI Models and Management (DataWeek), Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

5:00pm PDT

PRO WORKSHOP (DataWeek): From Data to Insights in Minutes: Accelerating Business Growth with AutoML and LLM-Powered Data Prep

Wednesday September 3, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm PDT

DataWeek -- Main Stage

Shailaja Sampat, Fujitsu Research of America, Senior Researcher

- Are you tired of manually processing large datasets in spreadsheets? 
- Have you considered using Machine Learning (ML) to automate your tasks but feel limited by your coding skills or time constraints?
 - Looking for ways to reduce the time spent in making your data AI-ready, despite your ML background?

If these challenges sound familiar, this session is for you!

Traditionally, building predictive models has required specialized coding and statistical expertise. Moreover, data professionals often dedicate over 80% of their time to the labor-intensive data-wrangling process- to prepare raw data for consumption by automated machine learning (AutoML) tools. To overcome these hurdles, we introduce AutoDW, an innovative data wrangler that utilizes the power of Large Language Models (LLMs) and sophisticated automation to facilitate the seamless preparation of AI-ready data. This session will demonstrate how the synergistic application of AutoDW and AutoML empowers users to rapidly develop predictive prototypes for their business use cases end-to-end without writing any code. Through step-by-step instruction and a live demonstration, attendees will witness AutoDW's intelligent data processing, observe AutoML's autonomous algorithm selection tailored to specific applications, and, most importantly, gain a comprehensive understanding of how to interpret the resulting predictive outputs.

#AutoML #DataWrangling #NoCodeML #FastMLPrototyping #DataDrivenDevelopment

Speakers

Shailaja Sampat

Senior Researcher, Fujitsu Research of America

Shailaja Sampat is a senior researcher in the AI lab at Fujitsu's research division in the USA. She earned her Ph.D. from Arizona State University, with a thesis focusing on the intersection of natural language processing and computer vision. Her current research spans autoML, data... Read More →

Wednesday September 3, 2025 5:00pm - 5:50pm PDT
DataWeek -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks DataWeek, Data Science and Machine Learning (DataWeek), Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

9:30am PDT

PRO Session (DataWeek): The Rise of Agentic Commerce: Where AI Intelligence Meets Infinite Retail Possibility

Friday September 5, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT

DataWeek -- Main Stage

Aswini Atibudhi, Walmart, Driving Innovation with Generative AI

In this visionary session, we’ll explore how Agentic AI is not just enhancing retail — it’s fundamentally reinventing it. As commerce shifts from static transactions to dynamic, intelligent interactions, Agentic AI emerges as the architect of a new era: Agentic Commerce. Learn how AI-powered agents, composable architectures, and autonomous decision-making systems are creating infinitely adaptable, customer-first retail ecosystems. We’ll dive into real-world examples, transformative architectures, and the strategic shifts needed to thrive in an AI-first retail future.
Join us to uncover how businesses can unlock limitless innovation, personalized experiences, and operational agility by embracing the rise of Agentic Commerce.

Speakers

Aswini Atibudhi

Distinguished Architect for Customer Space, Walmart

Aswini is the Distinguished Architect for Customer Space at Walmart. He has more than 20 years of IT experience in design and development of scalable microservice and microfrontend based Web/Cloud/AI & ML Applications. His Portfolio is jam-packed with Multiple domains such as Finance... Read More →

Friday September 5, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
DataWeek -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks DataWeek, AI Models and Management (DataWeek), Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:30am PDT

OPEN Session (DataWeek): Ask Us Anything: Building Real-World AI Agents for Business

Friday September 5, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT

DataWeek -- Main Stage

Lee Dickson, raia AI, Director of Sales and Operations
Rich Swier, raia AI, Founder

You’ve seen the hype. Now let’s get practical. In this live AMA-style session, Lee Dickson and Rich Swier — co-hosts of The AI Guys podcast and builders of raia AI — open the floor to the questions business leaders, operators, and tech pros are really asking about AI.

From deployment timelines to hallucination prevention, ethics to employee augmentation — nothing’s off limits. Whether you’re planning your first AI rollout or scaling from one use case to a dozen, this is your chance to get direct insights from AI practitioners who’ve helped companies from $5M startups to $500M enterprises make AI work.

Speakers

Lee Dickson

Director of Sales and Operations, raia AI

Lee Dickson brings 7+ years of experience in productizing AI solutions and predictive analytics, with a strong track record of streamlining operations and improving customer engagement for SMBs and enterprise clients. With an extensive background in technology and SaaS, he's an advocate... Read More →

Rich Swier

Founder, raia

Rich is a serial entrepreneur based in Sarasota, Florida. For the past 30 years, Rich has built and exited numerous successful tech businesses and continues to launch and incubate new ventures.

Friday September 5, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
DataWeek -- Main Stage

Talk Type OPEN Session
Tracks DataWeek, OPEN Session, Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek), AI Models and Management (DataWeek)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:30am PDT

OPEN Session (DataWeek): Rearchitecting Data Processing for Today’s Demands

Friday September 5, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT

DataWeek -- Main Stage

Rajan Goyal, DataPelago, CEO & Co-founder

IT leaders face mounting pressure to leverage their organization’s data for genAI and lakehouse analytics. Yet, with data volumes doubling every two years and nearly 90% of new data being unstructured, traditional data processing architectures can’t keep up. Existing systems were designed for structured data and CPU-based computing, and businesses are finding they struggle with processing latency, high costs, and siloed data. In fact, more than 80% of IT leaders say that data silos are hindering digital transformation.

To drive value in today’s data environment, IT leaders need to implement new data processing architectures that are designed to handle massive volumes of complex data and are capable of taking advantage of the accelerated hardware (GPUs, FPGAs, CPU/SIMD, etc.) available in today’s cloud environments.

In this session, DataPelago CEO Rajan Goyal will outline the shortcomings of current data processing architectures and introduce attendees to the Universal Data Processing Engine, a software solution that sits between a data lake and query engine. Overcoming the shortcomings of traditional processing models, the UDPE is designed to handle all types of data (structured, unstructured, semi-structured) and work on top of any hardware. Integrating seamlessly into any tech stack, it accelerates data processing speed by 2-3x while cutting processing costs by 30-60% — enabling organizations to utilize all of their data for lakehouse analytics and AI workloads.

Speakers

Rajan Goyal

CEO & Co-founder, DataPelago

Rajan is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of DataPelago, the company revolutionizing data processing for the accelerated computing era. His expertise and visionary approach have been instrumental in shaping the future of data infrastructure and processing. A seasoned innovator... Read More →

Friday September 5, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT
DataWeek -- Main Stage

Talk Type OPEN Session
Tracks DataWeek, OPEN Session, Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

9:00am PDT

[Virtual] PRO WORKSHOP (DataWeek): Democratizing AI: Ensuring Security, Governance, and Compliance in AI Development

Wednesday September 10, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am PDT

VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Workshop Stage C (PRO)

David Adeleke, ZeeH Technologies, CEO

In this session, we will explore how the democratization of AI is not only driving innovation but also raising important questions around security, governance, and compliance. As organizations increasingly adopt AI technologies, it becomes imperative to establish robust frameworks for ensuring the security and ethical use of AI systems. From data privacy concerns to algorithmic bias, we will examine the key challenges facing AI practitioners and discuss strategies for mitigating risks and fostering responsible AI development. Through insightful discussions and practical examples, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the intersection between AI democratization and security, governance, and compliance considerations. Join us as we navigate the complex landscape of AI ethics and governance and chart a path towards building trust in AI-powered solutions.

Speakers

David Adeleke

CEO, ZeeH Technologies

David Adeleke Olaoluwa is a serial entrepreneur, investor, pioneer and change agent driven by a mission to raise the standard of living of people through business and wealth creation as a catalyst for positive change globally.David is a leading investment professional and executive... Read More →

Wednesday September 10, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Workshop Stage C (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks DataWeek, Data Governance and Security (DataWeek), Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

10:00am PDT

[Virtual] PRO WORKSHOP (DataWeek): Securing the Data Layer: Privacy, Compliance, and Trust in AI-Driven Pipelines

Wednesday September 10, 2025 10:00am - 10:50am PDT

VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Main Stage

Advait Patel, Broadcom, Senior Site Reliability Engineer

As organizations scale AI-driven applications and cloud-native pipelines, data privacy and compliance have become top concerns, not just for legal teams, but for developers and data engineers too. With regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and the AI Act taking shape, teams need to rethink how data flows through their ML lifecycle.

In this session, Advait Patel, a cloud security engineer and contributor to the Cloud Security Alliance’s AI Control Matrix, will explore how to architect secure and compliant data pipelines for AI and analytics workloads. From ingestion and transformation to model training and inference, every layer presents unique risks, and unique opportunities to build trust.

Speakers

Advait Patel

Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Broadcom

Advait Patel is a skilled Senior Site Reliability Engineer based in Chicago, with a passion for leveraging technology to drive impactful solutions. With extensive experience in Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, and Cybersecurity, he currently works at Broadcom, where he plays a key... Read More →

Wednesday September 10, 2025 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks DataWeek, Data Governance and Security (DataWeek), Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

11:00am PDT

[Virtual] PRO WORKSHOP (DataWeek): Building New Cost-Effective Analytics Platform with Open Source tools for Fanatics

Wednesday September 10, 2025 11:00am - 11:50am PDT

VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Main Stage

Bhanu Cherukumille, Fanatics, Director - Data Engineering

At Fanatics, we previously relied on a mix of in-house, open-source, and commercial tools for Analytics and BI. To streamline and modernize our data ecosystem, we built a unified platform — a "one to rule them all" solution — powered entirely by an open-source stack: Kafka, StarRocks, and Superset. The result? A cost-effective, high-performance, and feature-rich platform that unlocks powerful new capabilities for the business.

Speakers

Bhanu Cherukumille

Director - Data Engineering, Fanatics

Specialize in building real-time and self-serve analytics solutions in the cloud. Empowering teams with agile, data-driven insights and transforming complex data into actionable intelligence for innovative organizations

Wednesday September 10, 2025 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks DataWeek, Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek), Data Engineering / Architecture and Streaming (DataWeek), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

12:00pm PDT

[Virtual] PRO WORKSHOP (DataWeek): AI-Driven Data Optimization: Smart Strategies for Scalability and Performance

Wednesday September 10, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT

VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Main Stage

Indu Chaube, Cisco Systems, Senior Software Engineer

In my session, 'AI-Driven Data Optimization: Smart Strategies for Scalability and Performance,' I will examine the transformative role of artificial intelligence in modern data management. This session will delve into how AI-powered techniques streamline data ingestion, automate preprocessing workflows, enhance storage efficiency, and enable real-time analytics for intelligent decision-making. Through advanced optimization strategies, AI-driven solutions significantly reduce latency, improve resource allocation, and ensure seamless scalability in high-volume data ecosystems. Attendees will gain a deep understanding of AI’s impact on data governance, predictive analytics, and automation, learning how to implement robust end-to-end pipelines that drive operational efficiency and business intelligence.

Speakers

Indu Chaube

Senior Software Engineer, Cisco Systems

Indu Chaube is a highly accomplished software architect and visionary leader with more than a decade-long track record in software product design and development, encompassing User Interface, User Experience, and web API domains. Collaborating with industry giants like Cisco and SAMSUNG... Read More →

Wednesday September 10, 2025 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT
VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks DataWeek, Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

1:00pm PDT

[Virtual] PRO WORKSHOP (DataWeek): Leveraging Open Source AI Securely and Privately

Wednesday September 10, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT

VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Main Stage

JJ Asghar, IBM, Developer Advocate

Honestly, you're probably jealous of those people saying "ChatGPT" is making their lives easier. You may think that leveraging AI is this generation's adoption of the calculator. I'm here to say yes, you are right, but let's be honest: we have no idea how the ChatGPTs of the world are trained or if they are secure.
If you run a technology company, your data is your secret sauce; if your boss found out you were leveraging ChatGPT to do your job, would they be happy? Probably not.
In this presentation, we will explore how LLMs work locally through hands-on activities, such as setting up some local open-source private and free LLMs to help you get closer to the promise of generative AI.
Overall, this presentation will start with some basic installation leveraging Ollama and VS Code or any of the JetBrains platforms (and you'll learn what that means and what the differences are!), then pull in AnythingLLM and/or OpenWebUI to help give you a straightforward chat-like interface to your LLM. We will provide you with the knowledge, tools, some generic prompts, and use cases to gain more confidence in your daily life by leveraging LLMs.
You'll walk out of the workshop with a working LLM that you can engage with no fees or usage, all locally and securely.

Speakers

JJ Asghar

Developer Advocate, IBM

JJ works as a Developer Advocate representing IBM worldwide. He mainly focuses on open-source AI and OpenShift, trying to help companies and users successfully onboard to the Cloud-Native ecosystem. He’s also known in the DevOps tooling ecosystem and generalized Linux communities... Read More →

Wednesday September 10, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks DataWeek, AI Models and Management (DataWeek), Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

2:00pm PDT

[Virtual] PRO WORKSHOP (DataWeek): From Data to Insights in Minutes: Accelerating Business Growth with AutoML and LLM-Powered Data Prep

Wednesday September 10, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT

VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Main Stage

Shailaja Sampat, Fujitsu Research of America, Senior Researcher

- Are you tired of manually processing large datasets in spreadsheets? 
- Have you considered using Machine Learning (ML) to automate your tasks but feel limited by your coding skills or time constraints?
 - Looking for ways to reduce the time spent in making your data AI-ready, despite your ML background?

If these challenges sound familiar, this session is for you!

Traditionally, building predictive models has required specialized coding and statistical expertise. Moreover, data professionals often dedicate over 80% of their time to the labor-intensive data-wrangling process- to prepare raw data for consumption by automated machine learning (AutoML) tools. To overcome these hurdles, we introduce AutoDW, an innovative data wrangler that utilizes the power of Large Language Models (LLMs) and sophisticated automation to facilitate the seamless preparation of AI-ready data. This session will demonstrate how the synergistic application of AutoDW and AutoML empowers users to rapidly develop predictive prototypes for their business use cases end-to-end without writing any code. Through step-by-step instruction and a live demonstration, attendees will witness AutoDW's intelligent data processing, observe AutoML's autonomous algorithm selection tailored to specific applications, and, most importantly, gain a comprehensive understanding of how to interpret the resulting predictive outputs.

#AutoML #DataWrangling #NoCodeML #FastMLPrototyping #DataDrivenDevelopment

Speakers

Shailaja Sampat

Senior Researcher, Fujitsu Research of America

Shailaja Sampat is a senior researcher in the AI lab at Fujitsu's research division in the USA. She earned her Ph.D. from Arizona State University, with a thesis focusing on the intersection of natural language processing and computer vision. Her current research spans autoML, data... Read More →

Wednesday September 10, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks DataWeek, Data Science and Machine Learning (DataWeek), Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

9:30am PDT

[Virtual] PRO Session (DataWeek):The Rise of Agentic Commerce: Where AI Intelligence Meets Infinite Retail Possibility

Friday September 12, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT

VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Main Stage

Aswini Atibudhi, Walmart, Driving Innovation with Generative AI

In this visionary session, we’ll explore how Agentic AI is not just enhancing retail — it’s fundamentally reinventing it. As commerce shifts from static transactions to dynamic, intelligent interactions, Agentic AI emerges as the architect of a new era: Agentic Commerce. Learn how AI-powered agents, composable architectures, and autonomous decision-making systems are creating infinitely adaptable, customer-first retail ecosystems. We’ll dive into real-world examples, transformative architectures, and the strategic shifts needed to thrive in an AI-first retail future.
Join us to uncover how businesses can unlock limitless innovation, personalized experiences, and operational agility by embracing the rise of Agentic Commerce.

Speakers

Aswini Atibudhi

Distinguished Architect for Customer Space, Walmart

Aswini is the Distinguished Architect for Customer Space at Walmart. He has more than 20 years of IT experience in design and development of scalable microservice and microfrontend based Web/Cloud/AI & ML Applications. His Portfolio is jam-packed with Multiple domains such as Finance... Read More →

Friday September 12, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Main Stage

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks DataWeek, AI Models and Management (DataWeek), Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

10:30am PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session (DataWeek): Ask Us Anything: Building Real-World AI Agents for Business

Friday September 12, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT

VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Main Stage

Lee Dickson, raia AI, Director of Sales and Operations
Rich Swier, raia AI, Founder

You’ve seen the hype. Now let’s get practical. In this live AMA-style session, Lee Dickson and Rich Swier — co-hosts of The AI Guys podcast and builders of raia AI — open the floor to the questions business leaders, operators, and tech pros are really asking about AI.

From deployment timelines to hallucination prevention, ethics to employee augmentation — nothing’s off limits. Whether you’re planning your first AI rollout or scaling from one use case to a dozen, this is your chance to get direct insights from AI practitioners who’ve helped companies from $5M startups to $500M enterprises make AI work.

Speakers

Lee Dickson

Director of Sales and Operations, raia AI

Lee Dickson brings 7+ years of experience in productizing AI solutions and predictive analytics, with a strong track record of streamlining operations and improving customer engagement for SMBs and enterprise clients. With an extensive background in technology and SaaS, he's an advocate... Read More →

Rich Swier

Founder, raia

Rich is a serial entrepreneur based in Sarasota, Florida. For the past 30 years, Rich has built and exited numerous successful tech businesses and continues to launch and incubate new ventures.

Friday September 12, 2025 10:30am - 10:55am PDT
VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Main Stage

Talk Type OPEN Session
Tracks DataWeek, OPEN Session, Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek), AI Models and Management (DataWeek), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

11:30am PDT

[Virtual] OPEN Session (DataWeek): Rearchitecting Data Processing for Today’s Demands

Friday September 12, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT

VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Main Stage

Rajan Goyal, DataPelago, CEO & Co-founder

IT leaders face mounting pressure to leverage their organization’s data for genAI and lakehouse analytics. Yet, with data volumes doubling every two years and nearly 90% of new data being unstructured, traditional data processing architectures can’t keep up. Existing systems were designed for structured data and CPU-based computing, and businesses are finding they struggle with processing latency, high costs, and siloed data. In fact, more than 80% of IT leaders say that data silos are hindering digital transformation.

To drive value in today’s data environment, IT leaders need to implement new data processing architectures that are designed to handle massive volumes of complex data and are capable of taking advantage of the accelerated hardware (GPUs, FPGAs, CPU/SIMD, etc.) available in today’s cloud environments.

In this session, DataPelago CEO Rajan Goyal will outline the shortcomings of current data processing architectures and introduce attendees to the Universal Data Processing Engine, a software solution that sits between a data lake and query engine. Overcoming the shortcomings of traditional processing models, the UDPE is designed to handle all types of data (structured, unstructured, semi-structured) and work on top of any hardware. Integrating seamlessly into any tech stack, it accelerates data processing speed by 2-3x while cutting processing costs by 30-60% — enabling organizations to utilize all of their data for lakehouse analytics and AI workloads.

Speakers

Rajan Goyal

CEO & Co-founder, DataPelago

Rajan is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of DataPelago, the company revolutionizing data processing for the accelerated computing era. His expertise and visionary approach have been instrumental in shaping the future of data infrastructure and processing. A seasoned innovator... Read More →

Friday September 12, 2025 11:30am - 11:55am PDT
VIRTUAL DataWeek -- Main Stage

Talk Type OPEN Session
Tracks DataWeek, OPEN Session, Data Tools / Technology and Management (DataWeek), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual