[IN-PERSON] Picnic x Kong Meetup

We are thrilled to welcome you to our in-person Meetup in Amstedam in collaboration with Picnic Technologies!

Kong makes connecting APIs and microservices across today’s hybrid, multi-cloud environments easier and faster than ever.

We power trillions of API transactions for leading organizations globally through our end-to-end API platform.

When
July 10, 17:30 - 20:30

Where
Van Marwijk Kooystraat 15, 1114 AG Amsterdam, Netherlands

Agenda
17:30 Doors Open
18:00 Food & Drinks
18:30 Talk 1 Evolution of Event-based APIs at Picnic by (Valeri Filimonova
Staff Engineer, Picnic Technologies)
18:55 Talk 2 From API first to Agentic AI by Ash Osborne (Field CTO, Kong)
19:20 short refreshment break
19:35 Talk 3 Building Agentic AI Applications with Spring AI and Model Context Protocol by Christian Tzolov (Spring team @ Broadcom)
20:00 Networking & Drinks

Talks
1) Evolution of Event-based APIs at Picnic
This session examines the evolution of event-driven APIs in Picnic's Warehouse Systems domain, highlighting the organizational and technical challenges that emerged as the system grew from one monolith to dozen of microservices. We'll discuss the signals that drove architectural decisions, the solutions implemented at each phase, current challenges and next steps.

2) From API first to Agentic AI
How API First is laying the foundations for agentic AI. Learn best practises tools and techniques to ensure your organisation is ready for the adoption of agentic AI.

In this session Kong will share its opinion on how a structured approach to APIs is the foundational bedrock for agentic AI adoption and success in an organisation.

3) Building Agentic AI Applications with Spring AI and Model Context Protocol

Modern AI applications require more than simple API calls—they need agents that interact meaningfully with real-world systems. This talk demonstrates the evolution from basic LLM integration to agentic applications using Spring AI and the Model Context Protocol (MCP), creating systems that seamlessly interact with web services, file systems, and business tools. Through live coding examples, you'll learn how Spring AI simplifies building and integrating MCP-enabled agents.

Speakers
Valeri Filimonova (Staff Engineer, Picnic Technologies)
Valeri Filimonova is a Staff Engineer at Picnic, passionate about software architecture, clean code, and distributed systems. She has deep experience in designing maintainable systems with a focus on event-driven architectures. As the company’s RabbitMQ expert, she leads messaging-related improvements and teaches an internal course on the topic.

Ash Osborne (Field CTO, Kong)
Ash Osborne brings more than 10 years of experience working in enterprise technology to his role as field CTO for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Kong. He is responsible for helping customers adopt and scale APIs and accelerate AI adoption. Ash is based in London and earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Kent.

Christian Tzolov, R&D Software Engineer (Spring team, Broadcom)

Christian Tzolov, R&D Software Engineer at Broadcom's Spring team, leads the Spring AI and MCP Java SDK projects. He specializes in connecting enterprise systems with AI capabilities, helping Java developers build intelligent applications. Christian brings hands-on experience and a pragmatic approach to making advanced AI concepts accessible and useful for real-world applications.

We are looking forward to seeing you there!
Kong Community