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AI In Production Mini Conference
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| With Goutham Bandapati (Cloud Solns Architect, Microsoft), Sarnab Poddar (Enggr, Meta), Kelvin Nguyen & Yulai Bi (S/w Enggr, Knoetic). |
| Venue, To Be Announced, San Francisco |
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Jul 22 (Tue) , 2025 @ 01:30 PM
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This is the second installation of the AI in Production Mini Conference.
While AI is hyped up everywhere around us, it's not easy to know what's actually going on in production. The goal of this mini-conference is to understand what's happening in real life scenarios.
We're also super excited to have a judged demo day for the first time ever. We are featuring nearly 20 judges from various industry backgrounds, each with in-depth technical knowledge & expertise in their fields.
Agenda (tentative)
1:30 - 2:00: Arrival
2:00 - 2:40: Panel 1
2:45 - 3:25: Panel 2
3:30 - 4:30: Exhibitor Showcase
CopilotKit
4:35 - 5:00: Keynote
5:00 - 7:00: Demo day featuring judges from various tech leadership positions (with prize)! Apply to Demo Here
ArcBlock
Ockam, Mrinal Wadhwa
ContextQA, Deep Barot
SampleApp AI, Jun Liang Lee
Tramlines, Abilash Raghuram
7:20 - 7:30: Awards
7:30 - 8:00: Networking
Code of Conduct: You must follow the AWS Community Codes of Conduct & agree to the AWS Event Terms & Conditions.
Judges
Rakesh Pullayikodi is a Staff Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience in architecting scalable, secure data platforms & real-time streaming systems across healthcare, e-commerce, & cybersecurity domains. His work includes building high-performance streaming data platform to standardize EHR data & incorporating machine learning models for clinical decision support. Rakesh is passionate about mentoring emerging talent & evaluating cutting-edge solutions that drive real-world impact.
Sarnab Poddar, Engineering Manager , Meta [ Leading Audience Platform for Meta AI & Ads], Founding Engineering Leader, Director , Twin Health [ helped build the Precision AI in Health Tech , part of Series A to Series D], Master in Computer Science [Applied Intelligence, Machine Learning] , Georgia Tech.
Kelvin Ngoc Nguyen is a Staff Software Engineer at Knoetic, where he leads production-grade AI initiatives, including a multi-agent, RAG-powered answer engine that achieves millisecond latencies. Previously, he built & operated large-scale data & ML platforms at Apple, Zuellig Pharma, Lynx Analytics, & abillion, gaining deep end-to-end experience spanning from petabyte-scale Spark pipelines to Kubernetes-based MLOps. Drawing on this background, he will judge demo teams on technical rigor, scalability, & real-world impact.
Goutham Bandapati is a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect at Microsoft, specializing in Azure Cloud & AI. He has deep expertise in AI governance, cloud resiliency, & security frameworks, helping enterprises build robust & scalable architectures. His work focuses on integrating AI workloads with secure cloud environments while driving innovation in cloud infrastructure readiness.
Yulai Bi s a Senior Software Engineer at Meta, where she was an initial member of the Business AI organization, helping build Meta's AI Agent for merchants from the ground up. She has over five years of experience developing & scaling AI systems in production. Her work focuses on applied AI, infrastructure, & real-world product delivery.
Ashay Satav is a seasoned product leader with around 18 years of experience in the Fintech, SaaS & e-commerce spaces. He has a consistent track record of delivering innovative & groundbreaking products in AI, APIs & platform space for several companies, including eBay, Intuit, & Blackhawk Network, creating immense customer value. As a Director of Product Management at eBay, he leads the charter to use the power of generative AI & supercharge listing tools for small businesses to list inventory with minimal hassle & modernizing APIs & platform for scale & efficiency.
Vasanthi Jangala has over a decade of experience in software engineering, she specializes in building scalable systems that span full-stack development, real-time 3D rendering, & machine learning. Her work includes engineering immersive AR/VR experiences, developing AI-powered features, & deploying cloud-native architectures across AWS & Azure.
Maya Kalyan is a biomedical engineer & AI-driven product leader with over a decade of experience in molecular diagnostics, algorithm verification, & regulated software development. At Thermo Fisher Scientific, she leads the verification & clinical analytics of machine learning algorithms powering qPCR assays used in infectious disease diagnostics. With expertise spanning FDA/IVDR submissions, data science, & agile project leadership, Maya brings a deep understanding of translating complex AI systems into high-impact healthcare solutions.
other judges (bios coming soon): Vaishnavi Gudur Vashishtha Patil Sidharth Thapar Bhavin Modi Banani Mohapatra Amit Ghorawat Andronica Klaas Nik Kale Vasanthi Jangala
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