Event-Driven Architecture in the Age of Agentic AI

Event-Driven Architecture in the Age of Agentic AI
Tales from the Trenches

Every day, organisations generate thousands of signals — a transaction completed, a sensor triggered, a customer action taken. The ability to respond to these moments intelligently and instantly is what separates modern, adaptive organisations from those still catching up. This is the promise of event‑driven architecture, and when combined with agentic AI, it opens up a whole new world of possibility.

In this session, we welcome speakers Jamie Craig and Ronald Inglesby to explore how these two approaches come together, and what it means in practice for the people and organisations working with them.

We’ll explore:

• What event‑driven architecture is and why organisations adopt it as a design pattern, brought to life through real customer use cases.
• What it really means to go agentic, with AI moving beyond chatbots to become digital co‑workers that extend what people can do rather than replace them.
• Why agentic AI works better with event‑driven design, and how combining the two unlocks faster, smarter, and more responsive systems.
• Stories from global organisations already putting this into practice, and a look at where the technology is heading next.
• The ongoing role of humans in the loop — why people remain central to this evolution, and how the relationship between human and agent will continue to develop for the foreseeable future.

Whether you work in technology, lead organisational change, or are simply curious about where AI is taking us, this session will give you a grounded and human view of what it looks like when people and intelligent systems work side by side.

There will be time for questions and discussion after the presentation, followed by networking over drinks and pizzas.

Registration is essential, and we hope to see many new and familiar faces on 6 May!

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Thank you to our supporters who make these events possible: our venue supporter Spacecubed, and our principal sponsor Rmkble, the home of JourneyOne, ProcessPath and DataDivers.

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Meet our speakers:

Jamie Craig
Sales Director, Solace

Jamie is a senior technology leader at Solace with nearly four decades of experience guiding organisations through complex digital transformation.

A trusted advisor to C-suite executives across mining, retail, energy, and utilities, Jamie specialises in event-driven architecture and real-time integration, helping businesses turn data into competitive advantage through strategic partnerships with companies including SAP and leading iPaaS providers.

Ronald Inglesby
Senior Solution Engineer

Ronald is an experienced senior solution engineer at Solace, with over 30 years’ experience working in the information technology industry. He is skilled in integration, event-driven architecture, data engineering, development and support across a broad spectrum of industries.

He applies his experience and knowledge to solve enterprise computing challenges. By employing event-driven architecture, he helps organisations get data moving seamlessly between applications, IoT devices and microservices across cloud, edge, and on-premises environments.

He holds Solace certifications as a developer practitioner and solutions consultant, and the SAP certifications Modernize Integration with SAP Integration Suite and Your HR Journey to the Cloud (2023).

He has a Bachelor of Science Honours degree, majoring in computer science, from the University of Cape Town.