Agenda

time (pst)
10am-10:40am
Breakout Panel 01

How GenAI is Redefining Modern DevOps

Martin Harrysson
Senior Partner
Nick Durkin
Field CTO

Generative AI is reshaping software delivery, accelerating innovation and productivity—while introducing new challenges for DevOps. In this opening keynote, McKinsey’s Martin Harrysson and Harness’ Nick Durkin explore how AI is redefining DevOps, setting the stage for a conference focused on velocity, resilience, and scale in a new era.

time (pst)
10:40am-11:05am
Breakout Panel 02

Architecting A Great Developer Experience

Helen Greul
VP Engineering
Martin Reynolds
Field CTO

Great Developer Experience isn’t accidental—it’s designed. This session explores how platform engineering, culture, and leadership combine to create environments where developers thrive. Our expert panel goes beyond tools to reveal the strategic pillars of DevEx, offering a blueprint for building empowered teams that move faster and deliver greater value.

time (pst)
11:05am-11:40am
Breakout Panel 03

AI & DevEx: Separating Promise from Reality

Gene Kim
Author, Researcher, and Multiple Award-Winning CTO
Eric Minick
Director, Solutions Marketing

We’re excited to welcome DevOps visionary Gene Kim as our closing keynote at this year’s Software Delivery Summit. Gene will explore how GenAI is transforming developer experience—accelerating creativity, independence, and ambition—while also sharing emerging pitfalls and the leadership responsibilities needed to ensure AI delivers lasting value.

time (pst)
11:40am-12:10pm
Breakout Panel 04

Embracing the Chaos: How SREs could have saved Jurassic Park

Rob Charlwood
Lead SRE

What do dinosaurs and distributed systems have in common? Both are unpredictable, complex, and prone to failure without the right safeguards. This talk reimagines Jurassic Park through the lens of Chaos Engineering—showing how fault injection, game days, and resilience testing might have saved the park from a T. rex-sized outage.

time (pst)
12:10pm-12:40pm
Breakout Panel 05

Release with Confidence: Feature Flags Deliver Stress-Free Rollouts

Braulio Lam
Senior Director, Engineering
Claire Contos
VP of Product Development
Dave Karow
Sr. Manager, Product/Platform Marketing

Modern teams ship faster and with less risk—thanks in part to feature flag technology, which separates deploy from release. But does it truly end “release night” stress? This panel explores the evolution of feature management, mindset shifts, and real-world lessons from teams adopting this powerful but nuanced capability.

time (pst)
12:40pm-13:15pm
Breakout Panel 06

How AI is Redefining Software Development

Andy Glover
Engineering Leader
Jyoti Bansal
CEO

Discover how AI is reshaping software delivery in this session featuring new research from Harness CEO Jyoti Bansal, followed by a fireside chat with OpenAI’s Andrew Glover. Together, they’ll explore the real-world impact of AI on development workflows, team dynamics, and the future of engineering strategy.