NYC Big Data Meetup

Thu, Nov 6 · 8:00 AM EST

AI Agent 2 Agent Summit (NYC)

Convene, 237 Park Ave, New York, ny, US

Important: register on the external event website here is required for admission. (rsvp on meetup is turned off)

Description:
The AI Agent-to-Agent (A2A) Summit brings together the builders, adopters, and analysts shaping how enterprise AI agents communicate.

This one-day event is free but exclusive, capped at 250 carefully selected attendees. You’ll hear directly from the full ecosystem — analysts setting the agenda, enterprises deploying agentic systems in production, and providers driving the platforms that make it possible. Leaders already confirmed include Gartner, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Salesforce, Cisco, IBM, Blue Yonder, Gravitee, Tealium, McDonald’s, OVO, Align, Kryiba, Xylem, SAP, Solace, and more.

Expect insight, case studies, and hands-on workshops designed to help you move from theory to reality.

Why Attend?
📈 Insight & analysis from Gartner
📊 Real-world case studies from McDonald’s, Salesforce, Amazon
🛠️ Hands-on protocol workshops from Microsoft, SAP, Cisco
🤝 Networking with senior architects, CIOs, and AI builders
🌍 Sponsors including the Linux Foundation, Google, Microsoft, Gravitee

Who Should Attend?

• Architects: Learn how to design agent-to-agent systems.
• CTOs/CIOs: Hear how leading enterprises are adopting A2A.
• Developers: Take away practical skills from workshops.
• AI & Engineering leaders: connect with peers and providers shaping the future

Agenda

• 8:00am – 9:00am: Registration, Coffee & Networking ☕
• 9:00am – 9:25am: Keynote 1: Making Connections: Navigating the Multi-Agent Landscape — Gary Olliffe (Research Director, Gartner)
• 9:30am – 10:25am Keynote Panel: How Agents Will Reshape Our Economies — Rory Blundell (CEO, Gravitee), Bob Page (CPO, Tealium), Yingsong Li (Director of Technology, McDonald’s), Host: Angelica Malin (Entrepreneur & Moderator)
• 10:30am – 10:55am Break
• 11:00am – 11:25am Keynote 2: A Decade of A2A in Just One Year — Alan Blount (Product Manager, Google), Todd Segal (Principal Software Engineer, Google)
• 11:00am – 11:55am Panel — Katie Russel (Data & AI Senior Director, OVO), Artum Semenov (Senior Director Cloud Engineering, Align), Stacie Chan (SVP GTM & Partnerships, Netmind.ai)
• 11:00am – 11:55am Workshop 1: SAP — Sivakumar Nagapandi (VP Data, ML & AI, SAP)
• 11:30am, – 11:55am Keynote 3 — Chris Burchett (SVP AI), Linus Håkansson (CPO, Gravitee)
• 12:25pm – 1:30pm Lunch Break 🍴
• 1:30pm – 1:55pm Keynote 5: Amazon — Nicholas Aldridge (Principal Engineer, Agentic AI, Amazon)
• 1:30pm – 1:55pm Workshop 2: Cisco — Luca Muscariello (Principal Engineer, Cisco)
• 2:00pm – 2:25pm Keynote 6: Cisco — Meena Rajvaidya (Director of Engineering, Cisco)
• 2:30pm – 3:25pm Workshop 3: TCS + Partners — Darrel Miller (Partner API Architect, Microsoft), Todd Segal (Principal Software Engineer, Google)
• 2:30pm – 3:25pm Workshop 4: Solace — Jonathan Schabowsky (Field CTO, Solace)
• 3:30pm – 3:55pm Break
• 4:00pm – 4:25pm Keynote 7: Salesforce — Samuel Sharaf (Senior Director, Frontier AI, Salesforce)
• 4:00pm – 4:25pm Workshop 5: Microsoft — Darrel Miller (Partner API Architect, Microsoft)
• 4:30pm – 4:55pm Keynote 8: IBM — Kate (IBM)
• 5:00pm – 5:15pm Closing Remarks — Angelica Malin (Entrepreneur & Host)
• 5.15pm - 6.00pm Drink reception

Register on the event website is required for admission.