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Speaker: Katarina Slama PhD, Research Scientist at UK AI Security Institute
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katarinaslama/

Katarina has a PhD in Neuroscience from UC Berkeley, focusing on mechanisms of human attention allocation. Previously, She worked as a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI, where she contributed to the development of InstructGPT in the pre-ChatGPT era, and later worked on evaluations of societally relevant model behaviors. Katarina is broadly interested in the societal impacts of Transformative AI, especially AI impacts on mental health. Based in London, she is quickly leveling up on my appreciation for Yorkshire pudding and shepherd's pie.

Abstract:
AI safety discourse often splits into immediate harm vs catastrophic risk framings. In this keynote, I argue that the two research streams will benefit from increased cross-talk and a greater number of synergistic projects. A zero-sum framing on attention and resources between the two communities is incorrect and does not serve either side's goals. Recent theoretical work, including on accumulative existential risk, unifies risk pathways between the two fields. Building on this, I suggest concrete synergies that are already in place - as well as opportunities for future collaboration.

I will discuss how shared research and monitoring infrastructure, such as UK AISI Inspect, can benefit both areas; how methodological approaches from human behavioral science, currently used in immediate harms research, can be ported into AI behavioral science applied to existential risk research; and how technical solutions from catastrophic risk research can be applied to mitigate immediate societal harms. We have a shared goal of building a better, safer future for everyone. Let's work together!

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Speaker: Smitha Kolan, Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Google Cloud

The era of isolated LLMs is over. To become truly productive, modern AI agents must securely access real-time data and execute actions on external systems. This 1-hour session provides a complete guide to building and deploying this advanced pattern: connecting an ADK Agent to external capabilities via the MCP Server, all running on the highly scalable and serverless platform, Google Cloud Run.

We'll take you through the entire lifecycle, from setting up the environment to containerizing both the ADK Agent (the client) and the MCP Server (the tool provider). You'll learn how to leverage MCP to standardize how your agent requests external tools and data, transforming it from a simple chatbot into a powerful, action-taking entity.

Key Takeaways
Attendees will walk away with the practical ability to:
- Understand the MCP Architecture: Grasp the roles of the ADK Agent (client) and the MCP Server (tool/context provider) in enabling agentic AI.
- Containerize for Serverless: Prepare and containerize complex, multi-component systems (the ADK Agent and MCP Server) for deployment on Cloud Run.
- Ensure Secure Communication: Configure service-to-service communication on Cloud Run, ensuring the ADK Agent securely connects to the MCP Server.
- Implement Serverless Scaling: Utilize Cloud Run's autoscaling to handle variable load on your agent architecture, minimizing idle costs while ensuring high availability.

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