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

9:30am PDT

OpenAPI Summit: OAI Track Welcome and OpenAPI in the Age of AI

Thursday September 4, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Erik Wilde, INNOQ, Getting APIs to Work

OpenAPI has seen a lot of success since it was created as Swagger in 2010 and became OpenAPI in 2016. What is the reason for its continued momentum and how does the landscape change with AI entering the picture in a variety of ways? We look at how OpenAPI can help you, how OAI can help you using OpenAPI better, and how AI means that you have to slightly adjust the way you design and manage your APIs.

Speakers

Erik Wilde

Getting APIs to Work, INNOQ

Thursday September 4, 2025 9:30am - 9:55am PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

API World

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks OpenAPI Summit, API World
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:00am PDT

OpenAPI Summit: Getting the Right API Faster: DX and AX with Example Mapping, OpenAPI, and Arazzo

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

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Frank Kilcommins, SmartBear, Principal API Technical Evangelist

As AI-augmented tools begin accelerating how APIs are created, the risk of misaligned intent grows. Copilot-style automation can generate endpoints quickly—but without human-centred techniques to shape purpose and behavioural, we risk delivering faster... the wrong thing! Have we ever actually been good at API requirements?

In this talk, I’ll explore how techniques like Example Mapping—drawn from Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)—can guide API delivery with clarity and empathy, even as AI takes a larger role in the development process. I'll look at how this human input can support the accurate creation of machine-readable formats like OpenAPI and Arazzo, enabling alignment across design, testing, documentation, and consumption.

I'll also zoom out and consider a broader question: how do we build APIs that deliver great Developer Experience (DX) and meaningful Agent Experiences (AX) in a world increasingly mediated by AI consumers?

Through examples, practical framing, and some live demos, this session will offer a model for using behavioural techniques and AI capabilities together—so that the intent behind your APIs is never lost in translation.

Speakers

Frank Kilcommins

Principal API Technical Evangelist, SmartBear

Thursday September 4, 2025 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

API World

Talk Type PRO Session
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)

API World

Additional Topics Natural Language Interface
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)

API World

Additional Topics API Management
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)

API World

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)

API World

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)

API World

Additional Topics Natural Language Interface
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)

API World

Additional Topics Enterprise
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: Into the OpenAPI Multiverse: Why OAS, Arazzo, and Overlays are essential for an AI-Ready Future

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

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Budhaditya Bhattacharya, Tyk, Director of Product Ecosystems

As enterprises race to integrate AI, many overlook a foundational enabler: well-structured, machine-readable APIs. This talk looks at how the trifecta of the OpenAPI Specification (OAS), Overlays, and Arazzo work together to power an API ecosystem that’s AI-ready by design. Together, these specifications form the foundation for scalable, deterministic, and automation-friendly API ecosystems, critical for powering AI applications and workflows. Whether you are building API platforms or exploring an agentic future, this session will show you how to align specs, people, and tools for an AI-enabled future.

Key Takeaways:
- Understand how OpenAPI, Overlays, and Arazzo complement each other across the API lifecycle.
- Learn how structured specifications enable better automation, governance, and AI integration.
- Get practical guidance on preparing your API ecosystem for AI-driven use cases.

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)

API World

Additional Topics Enterprise
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

1:00pm PDT

PRO Session (API): Leaky APIs, Rogue Tokens

Friday September 5, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Jonas Iggbom, Curity, Director of Sales Engineering

How to control access and use identity to strengthen security for your APIs

API breaches now account for significantly higher amounts of sensitive data loss than traditional security breaches. In this session, Jonas Iggbom, Director of Sales Engineering at Curity, will discuss why these attacks occur and show how to prevent damaging impacts on your business reputation and operations. Topics will include using enhanced identity standards such as FAPI and the token handler pattern.

Speakers

Jonas Iggbom

Director of Sales Engineering, Curity

Director of Sales Engineering at Curity, has over 20 years of experience in product management and technical sales in access control and endpoint security. His expertise lies in identity and access management, and access control solutions for privileged users, databases, and applications... Read More →

Friday September 5, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

API World

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

1:30pm PDT

PRO Session (API): Build for ALL of Your Users

Friday September 5, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT

API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

Anthony Lusardi, Captivate.dev, Developer Relations Strategy

Join this session to learn how to gather actionable insights and create seamless API experiences that are a joy to use.

Learn how to consider the needs of all of everyone who uses your API. Both developers who directly consume your API and downstream users who use products that leverage your API.

Leave with practical strategies for implementing a user-centric approach to API development across your organization.

Speakers

Anthony Lusardi

Developer Relations Strategy, Captivate.dev

I'm a Developer Advocate and Software Engineer who’s all about creating products and companies that deeply understand and cater to their users' needs. I've spearheaded the creation of Developer Relations teams from inception at industry-leading companies such as Wix, Digital Asset... Read More →

Friday September 5, 2025 1:30pm - 1:55pm PDT
API World -- Workshop Stage B (PRO)

API World

Talk Type PRO Session
Tracks API World, API Program and Developer Relations (API World), Business Optimization through APIs (API World)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

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