AI meetup - Coding Agent and Security

Important: register on the external event website is REQUIRED for admission.

Description:
Welcome to the AI meetup in Seattle. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs and agentic AI. food, and networking with speakers and fellow developers.

Agenda:
- 5:30pm~5:50pm: Checkin, food/drink and networking
- 5:50pm~6:00pm: Welcome, Community update
- 6:00pm~7:30pm: Tech talks and Q&A
- 7:30pm~8:00pm: Open discussion and Mixer
- 8:00pm: closing and head to bar

Tech Talk: LLM-powered Merge Conflict Resolution
Speaker: Advitya Gemawat (Microsoft)
Abstract: Merge conflicts affect ~20% of open-source merges, costing minutes to days to resolve. This talk presents an LLM-powered, codebase-aware merge conflict resolver inspired by the planet's largest git repo, combining custom evals, Azure OpenAI fine-tuning, qualitative analysis, and Python SDKs to evolve conflict resolution into LLM-assisted review for scalable, domain-specific accuracy gains.

Tech Talk: Securing Coding Agents: Sandboxes, Guardrails, and Real-World Attacks
Speaker: Chris Crone (Docker)
Abstract: While most coding agents have "sandboxes" and "permissions", did you know that they are easily bypassed? And it's rare that a day goes by without hearing how Claude or Codex or Copilot or insert new agent here has leaked credentials or deleted a filesystem. So, how do we fix this?
In this talk, we'll talk about the various ways in which things can go wrong and how Docker's been building tooling to combat these issues. We'll dive into Docker Sandboxes, the MCP Toolkit, and get a sneak peek of upcoming features. There will be lots of demos (both good and bad!) of blocking various attacks, ranging from filesystem deletion, to API token leaks, and various prompt injections.

Speakers/Topics:
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Sponsors:
We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 20,000+ AI developers in Seattle and 500K+ worldwide.