API World + CloudX + DataWeek 2025

API World + CloudX + DataWeek 2025

12:00pm PDT

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

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

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

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

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.

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

Principal Consultant, 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)

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

11:00am PDT

OpenAPI Summit: The AI-Powered API Stack: Automating API Development, Testing, and Documentation with GenAI

Thursday September 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Manasa Hari, Adobe, SDE III

Why build APIs manually when AI can accelerate the entire lifecycle? This talk showcases how GenAI can automate endpoint design, test case generation, mocking, and live documentation. From generating OpenAPI specs using natural language to producing Postman collections and unit tests with GPT, we’ll cover practical examples that save engineering hours. This session is a must for DevEx, platform teams, and toolchain builders looking to unlock speed and consistency with AI-assisted APIs.

Speakers

Manasa Hari

SDE III, Adobe

Manasa Hari is a Software Development Engineer III (SDE III) with 12 years of experience in designing and scaling cloud-native systems. Currently at Adobe, she has also held key roles at Splunk, Selector AI, Taulia, and RingCentral. Known for her expertise in Kubernetes, event-driven... Read More →

Thursday September 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, OpenAPI Summit, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (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)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, API Design and Development (API World), Testing / Deploying & Monitoring APIs and Services (API World), OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:00pm PDT

OpenAPI Summit: Building APIs for the AI Era: Why OpenAPI is Non-Negotiable

Thursday September 4, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Shireen Nagdive, Salesforce, Senior Software Engineer

AI agents are transforming how we interact with APIs, but most APIs aren’t built with AI in mind. Without a clear, machine-readable contract, AI agents struggle to discover, understand, and interact with APIs effectively. OpenAPI Specification (OAS) changes the game by enabling automation, adaptability, and seamless integration. This talk breaks down why OpenAPI is critical for the AI era and shows an AI agent in action, consuming an OpenAPI-defined API in real time. After attending this session, attendees will get a clear understanding of why OpenAPI is essential in the AI-driven API world and see an AI agent in action.

Key Takeaways:
1) Why OpenAPI Matters for AI Agents – Understand how OpenAPI enables AI agents to dynamically discover and consume APIs.

2) Demo: AI + OpenAPI in Action – Watch an AI agent interact with an OpenAPI-defined API in real time.

Speakers

Shireen Nagdive

Senior Software Engineer, Salesforce

Shireen is a Senior Software Engineer on the Enterprise API team, which currently serves half of all API traffic for the Salesforce.com ecosystem, processing billions of transactions and over a trillion records monthly, across 30+ versions of API endpoints and formats. She builds... Read More →

Thursday September 4, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:30pm PDT

OpenAPI Summit: Build AI-Ready APIs with MCP

Thursday September 4, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Emmanuel Paraskakis, Level 250, Founder

Model Context Protocol (MCP) has become a key topic among API providers and consumers. MCP lets AI agents and Large Language Models (LLMs) access APIs, introducing a new category of consumers for API providers. It presents significant opportunities for those who adopt it. In this session, we’ll explore what API Providers need to know about MCP and how to incorporate it into their roadmaps:
• Recognize MCP’s Importance for API Providers
Identify how Model Context Protocol enhances API integration with Agents & LLMs.

• Analyze the Current State of MCP
Examine the latest developments and applications of MCP in the industry.

• Generate an MCP Server from OpenAPI Specs
Learn to create an MCP server using your existing OpenAPI specifications.

• Incorporate MCP into Your API Roadmap
Define steps to integrate MCP into your API development plans.

Speakers

Emmanuel Paraskakis

Founder, Level 250

I’m Emmanuel Paraskakis, an entrepreneur, product management executive, and consultant at Level 250 (an OpenAPI member company), with over 15 years of experience shaping API products. I currently teach on Maven and conduct in-person workshops for my customers.I’ve led large API... Read More →

Thursday September 4, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (API World), OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:30pm PDT

OpenAPI Summit: AI‑Powered APIs and API‑Enabled AI: A Symbiotic Evolution Driving Mutual Innovation

Thursday September 4, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Neelesh Pateriya, Cisco, Principal Engineer

APIs and AI are no longer separate domains—they’re co‑evolving in a symbiotic relationship that accelerates innovation on both sides. This session uncovers how AI enhances API design, documentation, and developer workflows, while APIs extend AI’s reach into real‑world data, actions, and operational systems.

AI‑Powered APIs:
Developers face rising complexity in discovering, understanding, and implementing APIs. AI can transform this experience by powering intent‑based search and summarization in API documentation, suggesting improvements to OpenAPI schemas (from descriptions and examples to issue detection and guideline‑compliant fixes), and generating production‑ready integration code via natural language prompts in environments like VSCode Copilot.

API‑Enabled AI:
AI systems often struggle to access live, domain‑specific data or act autonomously beyond static model outputs. By exposing data and services through APIs—standardized and secured via protocols like MCP—AI can tap into real‑time sources, enrich its context, and execute complex, multi‑step workflows. MCP‑powered platforms (e.g., Cursor, VSCode Copilot) are already demonstrating how AI agents can both recommend and perform tasks seamlessly.

Speakers

Neelesh Pateriya

Principal Engineer, Cisco

Neelesh is a Principal Engineer at the Cisco Developers platform. With a strong focus on driving innovation and excellence, he leads the development of the platform and the tool "API Insights," which plays a pivotal role in enabling a comprehensive organization-wide API Quality program... Read More →

Thursday September 4, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (API World), OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual In Person

3:00pm PDT

OpenAPI Summit: API Governance: The Latest Trends Is Making Teams Love Standardization

Thursday September 4, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Jeremy Glassenberg, Salesforce, Product Leader, APIs

API governance has been a topic for many years, especially the last 5, as more companies expand and see the need for it. We've also trended away from "enforcement by force", with successful API governance stories consistently achieved by "enforcement with love" - making API development easier for your teams, to get them to want to support API governance. Now, standardization is easier than ever, with shared tactics and tools getting more formalized. Here, we'll go through the latest methods that worked for many enterprises, and a winning product stack that makes API development smoother for everyone.

Speakers

Jeremy Glassenberg

Product Leader, APIs, Salesforce

Jeremy is an experienced Product leader of over 17 years with a specialty in managing developer platforms and APIs at successful startups like Box and Tradeshift, building successful Platform and Product organizations from the ground up. He managed and expanded developer platforms... Read More →

Thursday September 4, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, API Design and Development (API World), OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual In Person

3:30pm PDT

OpenAPI Summit: AI, APIs, and the Path to AI-Readiness: Structuring the AI Supply Chain for Enterprise Adoption

Thursday September 4, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Budhaditya Bhattacharya, Tyk, Director of Product Ecosystems

AI is changing the game, but without a solid foundation, it can quickly become a house of cards. Effective AI governance isn’t just about ticking boxes; it’s about building a structured AI supply chain that ensures everything stays reliable, accountable, and efficient. In this session, we’ll break down the four key components – vendors, interfaces, data, and tooling – and explain how they are pivotal in making your AI systems work smoothly.

What to expect
1. Learn how to structure an AI supply chain for flexibility, security, and scale
2. Get to grips with LLM APIs and Model Context Protocol (MCP), key players in AI interoperability
3. Weigh the benefits of structured toolchains vs. AI operators – because one approach won’t work for everyone
4. Understand how APIs serve as the transport layer for knowledge and decision-making in AI systems

Speakers

Budhaditya Bhattacharya

Director of Product Ecosystems, Tyk

Budha is the director of product ecosystems at Tyk, where he leads product education, ecosystem expansion, and adoption of open standards. He is the co-creator of the API platform maturity model, course instructor, conference speaker, and host of Tyk's annual LEAP conferences.As the... Read More →

Thursday September 4, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (API World), OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:00am PDT

[Virtual] OpenAPI Summit: The AI-Powered API Stack: Automating API Development, Testing, and Documentation with GenAI

Thursday September 11, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Manasa Hari, Adobe, SDE III

Why build APIs manually when AI can accelerate the entire lifecycle? This talk showcases how GenAI can automate endpoint design, test case generation, mocking, and live documentation. From generating OpenAPI specs using natural language to producing Postman collections and unit tests with GPT, we’ll cover practical examples that save engineering hours. This session is a must for DevEx, platform teams, and toolchain builders looking to unlock speed and consistency with AI-assisted APIs.

Speakers

Manasa Hari

SDE III, Adobe

Manasa Hari is a Software Development Engineer III (SDE III) with 12 years of experience in designing and scaling cloud-native systems. Currently at Adobe, she has also held key roles at Splunk, Selector AI, Taulia, and RingCentral. Known for her expertise in Kubernetes, event-driven... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, OpenAPI Summit, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (API World), Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

11:30am PDT

[Virtual] OpenAPI Summit: The Third-Wave of API Management

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

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

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, API Design and Development (API World), Testing / Deploying & Monitoring APIs and Services (API World), Virtual, OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

1:00pm PDT

[Virtual] OpenAPI Summit: Building APIs for the AI Era: Why OpenAPI is Non-Negotiable

Thursday September 11, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Shireen Nagdive, Salesforce, Senior Software Engineer

AI agents are transforming how we interact with APIs, but most APIs aren’t built with AI in mind. Without a clear, machine-readable contract, AI agents struggle to discover, understand, and interact with APIs effectively. OpenAPI Specification (OAS) changes the game by enabling automation, adaptability, and seamless integration. This talk breaks down why OpenAPI is critical for the AI era and shows an AI agent in action, consuming an OpenAPI-defined API in real time. After attending this session, attendees will get a clear understanding of why OpenAPI is essential in the AI-driven API world and see an AI agent in action.

Key Takeaways:
1) Why OpenAPI Matters for AI Agents – Understand how OpenAPI enables AI agents to dynamically discover and consume APIs.

2) Demo: AI + OpenAPI in Action – Watch an AI agent interact with an OpenAPI-defined API in real time.

Speakers

Shireen Nagdive

Senior Software Engineer, Salesforce

Shireen is a Senior Software Engineer on the Enterprise API team, which currently serves half of all API traffic for the Salesforce.com ecosystem, processing billions of transactions and over a trillion records monthly, across 30+ versions of API endpoints and formats. She builds... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), Virtual, OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

1:30pm PDT

[Virtual] OpenAPI Summit: Build AI-Ready APIs with MCP

Thursday September 11, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Emmanuel Paraskakis, Level 250, Founder

Model Context Protocol (MCP) has become a key topic among API providers and consumers. MCP lets AI agents and Large Language Models (LLMs) access APIs, introducing a new category of consumers for API providers. It presents significant opportunities for those who adopt it. In this session, we’ll explore what API Providers need to know about MCP and how to incorporate it into their roadmaps:
• Recognize MCP’s Importance for API Providers
Identify how Model Context Protocol enhances API integration with Agents & LLMs.

• Analyze the Current State of MCP
Examine the latest developments and applications of MCP in the industry.

• Generate an MCP Server from OpenAPI Specs
Learn to create an MCP server using your existing OpenAPI specifications.

• Incorporate MCP into Your API Roadmap
Define steps to integrate MCP into your API development plans.

Speakers

Emmanuel Paraskakis

Founder, Level 250

I’m Emmanuel Paraskakis, an entrepreneur, product management executive, and consultant at Level 250 (an OpenAPI member company), with over 15 years of experience shaping API products. I currently teach on Maven and conduct in-person workshops for my customers.I’ve led large API... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (API World), Virtual, OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

2:30pm PDT

[Virtual] OpenAPI Summit: AI‑Powered APIs and API‑Enabled AI: A Symbiotic Evolution Driving Mutual Innovation

Thursday September 11, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Neelesh Pateriya, Cisco, Principal Engineer

APIs and AI are no longer separate domains—they’re co‑evolving in a symbiotic relationship that accelerates innovation on both sides. This session uncovers how AI enhances API design, documentation, and developer workflows, while APIs extend AI’s reach into real‑world data, actions, and operational systems.

AI‑Powered APIs:
Developers face rising complexity in discovering, understanding, and implementing APIs. AI can transform this experience by powering intent‑based search and summarization in API documentation, suggesting improvements to OpenAPI schemas (from descriptions and examples to issue detection and guideline‑compliant fixes), and generating production‑ready integration code via natural language prompts in environments like VSCode Copilot.

API‑Enabled AI:
AI systems often struggle to access live, domain‑specific data or act autonomously beyond static model outputs. By exposing data and services through APIs—standardized and secured via protocols like MCP—AI can tap into real‑time sources, enrich its context, and execute complex, multi‑step workflows. MCP‑powered platforms (e.g., Cursor, VSCode Copilot) are already demonstrating how AI agents can both recommend and perform tasks seamlessly.

Speakers

Neelesh Pateriya

Principal Engineer, Cisco

Neelesh is a Principal Engineer at the Cisco Developers platform. With a strong focus on driving innovation and excellence, he leads the development of the platform and the tool "API Insights," which plays a pivotal role in enabling a comprehensive organization-wide API Quality program... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 2:30pm - 2:55pm PDT
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (API World), Virtual, OpenAPI Summit
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

3:00pm PDT

[Virtual] OpenAPI Summit: API Governance: The Latest Trends Is Making Teams Love Standardization

Thursday September 11, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PDT

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Jeremy Glassenberg, Salesforce, Product Leader, APIs

API governance has been a topic for many years, especially the last 5, as more companies expand and see the need for it. We've also trended away from "enforcement by force", with successful API governance stories consistently achieved by "enforcement with love" - making API development easier for your teams, to get them to want to support API governance. Now, standardization is easier than ever, with shared tactics and tools getting more formalized. Here, we'll go through the latest methods that worked for many enterprises, and a winning product stack that makes API development smoother for everyone.

Speakers

Jeremy Glassenberg

Product Leader, APIs, Salesforce

Jeremy is an experienced Product leader of over 17 years with a specialty in managing developer platforms and APIs at successful startups like Box and Tradeshift, building successful Platform and Product organizations from the ground up. He managed and expanded developer platforms... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 3:00pm - 3:25pm PDT
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, API Design and Development (API World), OpenAPI Summit, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual

3:30pm PDT

[Virtual] OpenAPI Summit: AI, APIs, and the Path to AI-Readiness: Structuring the AI Supply Chain for Enterprise Adoption

Thursday September 11, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Budhaditya Bhattacharya, Tyk, Director of Product Ecosystems

AI is changing the game, but without a solid foundation, it can quickly become a house of cards. Effective AI governance isn’t just about ticking boxes; it’s about building a structured AI supply chain that ensures everything stays reliable, accountable, and efficient. In this session, we’ll break down the four key components – vendors, interfaces, data, and tooling – and explain how they are pivotal in making your AI systems work smoothly.

What to expect
1. Learn how to structure an AI supply chain for flexibility, security, and scale
2. Get to grips with LLM APIs and Model Context Protocol (MCP), key players in AI interoperability
3. Weigh the benefits of structured toolchains vs. AI operators – because one approach won’t work for everyone
4. Understand how APIs serve as the transport layer for knowledge and decision-making in AI systems

Speakers

Budhaditya Bhattacharya

Director of Product Ecosystems, Tyk

Budha is the director of product ecosystems at Tyk, where he leads product education, ecosystem expansion, and adoption of open standards. He is the co-creator of the API platform maturity model, course instructor, conference speaker, and host of Tyk's annual LEAP conferences.As the... Read More →

Thursday September 11, 2025 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, APIs and AI (API World), API Design and Development (API World), OpenAPI Summit, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual