The Future API Stack for Mass Innovation

Saheed Abiola Lasisi

Executive Director - Principal API Architect - JPMorgan Payments - JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Software architect with several years of experience architecting and developing resilient enterprise applications, integrations, middle-ware services for complex software integrations, software platforms, APIs, cloud native applications, cloud computing solutions and platform automation.

My areas of interest covers API architecture, Cloud Architecture , agile software engineering principles and practices, micro-services, secure software design, CRM and Information Systems Security. I am passionate about diverse areas of IT based on my professional experiences in Networking, Project Management, Big Data, cloud computing, Internet of Things, API Architecture Strategy, Devops and FinTech.

My experience charts a career across technical and enterprise architecture, software engineering, consulting, technical sales and helping clients leverage state of the art technology solutions. I am enthused by the prospect of working with a variety of organizations to architect solutions to their toughest technological and business challenges.

Laurent Fressinet

International Chess Grandmaster and Coach of 5x World Champion Magnus Carlsen -

Siham Essodaigui

Head of Applied AI - Renault Group

David Fiou

Chief Architect for GTPS (Global Transaction and Payment Services) - Société Générale

Enterprise Architect. Skills in leading Digital Transformation.

Mickael De Sa

Regional Head of Ecommerce - Allianz Trade en France

In charge of the development of digital partnerships and new distribution channels for insurance solutions via API within Euler Hermes, a subsidiary of the Allianz group. Ability to establish contacts with Startup environments (Fintech and Marketplace) as well as internally in order to coordinate and deliver digital solutions transforming the market approach and existing products.Previously, expert in the management of commercial and marketing activity through various consulting missions in CRM and BI on the optimization of performance in various sectors such as industry, luxury, pharmaceuticals and finance. These past experiences allow me to quickly identify potential markets and ROI for digital products.Participation in the Digital Partner program with a member of the Euler Hermes Board of Management to prepare the digital transformation and the skills development of the group's employees. Presentation of the results during a pitch at the IMM – International Management Meeting in front of the Euler Hermes Management Top 100.

Tania Petkova

Master Data Architecture & Delivery Director - Schneider Electric

Expertise in IT, Business Process and IT Operational roles. Over the past 20 years, I have successfully delivered projects for Front Office and Partners - 40K Internal and 140K External Users. My experience in international complex projects and my capabilities coordinating with sponsors, internal delivery and partners teams are added values and benefits.

Nouamane Cherkaoui

Author & Director of the Transformation Department - Chief Transformation Officer - BPCE Solutions Informatiques

Experienced Chief Information, Transformation & Data Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the international financial services industry (Venture Capital, Global Banks -Retail, Insurance & Asset Management).

Skilled in IT Digital Strategy, Architecture, Open Banking & Insurance, Data Management, API, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Big Data & IA (RPA & ML).

Passionate about technology, Data, innovation, business-oriented, proven ability to manage, organizational and communication skills.
Senior IT executive and digital transformation program director.

Strong engineering professional with a Master's degree focused in Organization, Strategy & Technology.

Transformation leader & Keynote Speaker.

Claire Lebarz

Chief Data & AI Officer - Malt

Building AI and data products for the last 10 years.

When I was in academia, economic empowerment was core to my research. I was looking at the impact of rising inequality of income and wealth, and wanted to shift from analyzing households' balancesheets to improving them. I spent the following 10+ years in San Francisco working on developing marketplaces that enable people to make better use of their assets : their cars (at Turo), their homes (at Airbnb). At Airbnb, we also focused a lot on enabling people to live from their passion with experiences. I have now moved back to France to be closer to my family and contribute to another disrupting marketplace, Malt, enabling people to make the best decisions about their most important asset: their human capital, their talent and their time.

Disruption and innovation often come with a dark side too, even with the best company mission. This is why I love data roles, because we can see first hand what's going on and nudge the organization. Ethical data use and AI is also a significant challenge, on which we need more brains. Join me in this adventure!

Mark O'Neill

VP Analyst, Chief of Research for Software Engineering - Gartner

Vice President Analyst at Gartner. Startup background as co-founder and CTO of Vordel, API/SOA Gateway pioneer, acquired in 2012. Author of "Web Services Security" book. Co-founder and CTO of Delphium Technologies, a boutique integrator focusing on identity and B2B/EDI integration, acquired in 2000. Interested in all things API and Identity.

James Gough

Distinguished Engineer - Morgan Stanley

Distinguished Engineer at Morgan Stanley. Co-Author of Optimizing Java and Mastering API Architecture, published by O’Reilly.With a focus on Software quality, I care about the standard of the software I deliver as well as the end result for the business. I enjoy working in a team to deliver the best product possible and enjoy working with others to improve coding techniques and technical skills.I enjoy teaching and mentoring as much as writing the code itself and I am an accomplished technical trainer and author. Although my passion is for Java, I am not tied to the language or tool chain and I am always willing to discuss and select the right tools for the job. My style of teaching is interactive and I expect to be challenged, and meet this challenge with reasoning and investigation during live sessions.

Rashmi Venugopal

Senior Software Engineer - Netflix

Nathan Clarke

Delivery and Operations Executive - NatWest Group, Bank of APIs

Fabien Brunet

Frontend Software Architect - Allianz Technology

Full stack developer, passionate about new technologies, I have decided to move towards Java and Node applications development. I turn to service delivery as technical referent, focusing on java development technical expertise, human relationships and contacts.

Patrick Brosse

Head of API and Data Model Governance - Amadeus

Build an API Designer community in your company to stay in the 4th technology revolution : Digitization. Start with an API suites for REST/JSON. Model your Business with a Resource oriented design similar to IOT, but at company level : Smart API everywhere for everything.

Anubha Gaur

Executive Director, DevSecOps and API Management - Quest Diagnostics

Omid Eidivandi

Solution Architect - Groupe La Centrale

Over 20 years experience as a Software Developer and software architect on Microsoft platforms and cloud distributed platforms in variety of functional domains, with the chance to make hands dirty on Cloud solution providers as AWS and Azure,I've been involved as a developer, Software analyst , software and solution architect.

Alexandre Touret

Senior Software Architect - Worldline

I am a senior software architect with 22 years' experience passionate about technology, cloud and development. Throughout my career, I have designed, built and managed systems from small to large in various business contexts such as insurance, financial services or mobility industries. I then enjoy sharing my knowledge by speaking at conferences, organizing workshops and writing articles.

Tasnym Souissi

Senior IT Architect - BCG

Hassane Moustapha

Senior Technical Architect - ENGIE

Architecte Kafka

Rafik Ferroukh

Software Solutions Architect - Groupe HARVEST

I am a Solution/Software Architect with over eight years of experience in designing and developing custom digital products to meet the specific needs of clients and the company. Holding a master's degree in Software Engineering and a SAFe® Agilist certification, I have a strong command of key concepts such as API, Microservices, EDA, and DevSecOps, as well as the most commonly used frameworks and tools in the field, including Java, SpringBoot, and Angular.

At Allianz, I have contributed to the coordination of cloud, enterprise, and business architectures, the monitoring of international-scale subjects, and the facilitation of IT and business communities. I am also an ambassador and maintainer of the Craft Community (France and Global), as well as a speaker at events such as API Days, ParisJUG, Student schools, universities and Allianz internal craft sessions. Passionate about creating innovative solutions, I am committed to knowledge sharing and inclusion, as evidenced by the founding of "IT Pour Tous", an event I launched in 2019.

Tetyana Butenko

Group IT Delivery Manager - Raiffeisen Bank International AG

- Product owner and Product manager with experience in Open Banking Digital Products;
- Project lead and program manager for complex Projects (business and IT) in Banking and SW development;
- Strong knowledge and experience in project management, methodologies, software development approaches and products;
- Strong knowledge in cost management, cost optimization;
- Good experience to build project and line teams (incl. distributed team members);
- Managed team of up to 100 core team members, projects with budget approx 15-20 mio. EURO;
- Scrum – Certified ScrumMaster, Certified Product Owner

Naz Delam

Software Engineering Manager - LinkedIn Media

As a software engineering manager at LinkedIn, I lead a cross-functional team that drives on-platform events growth via discovery, notifications, and surfaces for all LinkedIn event types. With over 10 years of experience in web applications development, architecture, and engineering, I have a passion for creating innovative and scalable solutions that enhance user experience and engagement.

In addition to my technical role, I also work as a career coach at MentorCruise, where I mentor and guide aspiring and experienced software engineers, architects, and managers. I enjoy sharing my insights and knowledge on topics such as growth engineering, machine learning, cognitive science, and systems engineering, as well as helping others achieve their career goals and aspirations. I am also an international speaker and a frequent contributor to https://naz.dev, where I write about engineering, leadership, mentoring, and diversity.

Harry Bouras

Head of API - Digital Platforms - DHL IT Services

As a seasoned IT professional, I bring a blend of technical proficiency, leadership acumen, and a passion for transforming challenges into opportunities. With a focus on fostering innovation, I've successfully led multicultural teams in delivering cutting-edge IT solutions. With my expertise in managing diverse digital platforms, I strive to drive growth and exceed expectations in an ever-evolving tech landscape.

Thierno Diallo

Staff Engineer - AXA France

Experienced Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in Java/JEE, Python, PostgreSQL, WebMethods, ODM, Green Software Engineering, SOA concepts, Statistical Modeling, and Prolog. Strong engineering professional with a degree in Computer Science and Statistics focused on system and network engineering, software engineering, and financial engineering from Polytechnique Lille.

Peter Milne

Engineering Program Manager - Criteo

I am a seasoned IT professional with extensive experience across the full SDLC, product cycle and sales cycle.

In addition to my technical skills I have worked in pre-sales, sales and IT management. I am an excellent communicator and presenter and I have the ability to explain and “sell” the technical value proposition across cultures and languages.

I have authored and taught training classes world wide.

I have managed small and large development teams, consultant groups and education. I have developed product and sold the solution world wide through my own business and other enterprises into 31 countries, and traveled to 46 countries and 35 US states.

Australian Citizen and EU Blue Card holder.

Noel Wirzius

Product Manager Network APIs - Deutsche Telekom AG

Noel is the Product Manager for Network APIs at Deutsche Telekom and believes that products can only be successful if they provide a high user experience. With network APIs developers can directly interact with the network of a telecommunication provider (e.g. requesting a higher quality). Prior to Deutsche Telekom, he worked for OBI as product owner and finished his Master’s in international management.

Yassine Benabbas

DevRel - Worldline

Docteur en Informatique

Actuellement:
- Développeur mobile chez Worldline
- Enseignant en école d'ingénieurs

2011-2012 Ingénieur études et développement / formateur J2EE chez Whitedev

2010- 2011 ATER (Attaché Temporaire d’Enseignement et de Recherche) à temps plein
Enseignement-chercheur à l’université de Lille3 et l’Université Lille1.

2010 Ingénieur CNRS (4 mois)
Développement d’un système de comptage de personnes.

2008 - 2010 Allocataire de recherche (18 mois) :
Développement d’un système de détection d’évènements de foule.

2008 - 2010 Enseignant vacataire à Télécom Lille1, France
100,5 h d'enseignement en programmation système en C sous UNIX, génie logiciel, théorie des langages et compilation.

2007-2008 Stagiaire Nedjma-WTA (Wataniya Télécom Algérie) (9 mois)
Développement d’un système de recommandation de contenu utilisant exploitant les technologies du web.

Spécialisations : • Elaboration de nouvelles approches et évaluation de leurs performances.
• Encadrement d’étudiants en Master.
• Contribution au projet européen MIAUCE.
• Participation à plusieurs réunions de projet.
• Présentation de démos et des résultats de recherche.
• Collaboration nationale et internationale (avec des partenaires localisés dans 6 pays).
• Publications dans des conférences des et livres.

Manauwar Alam

Platform Product Manager - Kyriba

- Dynamic, competent tech-savvy product manager with 12+ years of experience in managing end-to-end development & delivery of complex digital products in multi-national environments.

- A demonstrated ability to motivate, organize & lead distributed engineering/business teams for continuous improvements, improving productivity, and quality of deliverables within the allocated budgets, and timelines.

Desz Lamptey

Lead Software Engineer - Capital One

Mario Antonio Alvarez Enriquez

Software Engineer, Group APIs, API Center of Excellence - DHL Group

I enjoy designing and building complex systems with multidisciplinary teams.

Simon Milléquand

Head of Product / CPO Offer and Customer - Norauto International

Alain Damasio

Sci-fi Author -

Arnaud Auger

Director - Cathay Innovation

Nikhil Batheja

Director, Global Head of Open Banking - BNY Mellon

20+ year career in Financial Services. Currently serving as the Global Head of Open Banking at BNY Mellon.

Max Sadlowski

Staff Solutions Engineer at Wise - CEO at BentoSMB

With over 15 years of experience in the tech industry, I am a results-driven professional with a passion for driving innovation and creating impactful solutions. I excel in problem-solving and thrive on overcoming complex challenges, combining strong technical knowledge with a deep understanding of customer needs to develop and implement tailored solutions. I have a proven track record of successfully integrating Wise with banks and enterprise fintechs globally, fostering strong relationships and delivering tangible results, and building workable solutions quickly to solve problems.

Teresa Pereira

Threat Hunter - Siemens Energy

I’m currently working as a Cyber Threat Hunter at Siemens Energy. Prior to this, I worked as a Pentester at KPMG Portugal for nearly three years. My journey into API Security began in 2022, and in 2023, I was a speaker at Apidays Paris.

Michal Valko

Research Scientist at Inria - Principal Engineer, LLama Team, GenAI at Meta

Michal is a machine learning scientist in DeepMind Paris, tenured researcher at Inria, and the lecturer of the master course Graphs in Machine Learning at l'ENS Paris-Saclay. Michal is primarily interested in designing algorithms that would require as little human supervision as possible. This means 1) reducing the “intelligence” that humans need to input into the system and 2) minimizing the data that humans need to spend inspecting, classifying, or “tuning” the algorithms. That is why he is working on methods and settings that are able to deal with minimal feedback, such as deep reinforcement learning, bandit algorithms, or self-supervised learning. Michal is actively working on representation learning and building worlds models. He is also working on deep (reinforcement) learning algorithm that have some theoretical underpinning. He has also worked on sequential algorithms with structured decisions where exploiting the structure leads to provably faster learning. He received his Ph.D. in 2011 from the University of Pittsburgh under the supervision of Miloš Hauskrecht and after was a postdoc of Rémi Munos before taking a permanent position at Inria in 2012.

Neil Zeghidour

Chief Modeling Officer and Co-Founder - Kyutai

Founded Kyutai in Paris. Previously Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind. Teaching "Algorithms for Speech and Natural Language Processing" at master MVA (École Normale Supérieure). Interested in deep learning for audio understanding, audio synthesis, and signal processing.

Anastasia Stasenko

Co-Founder and CEO - pleias

Jean Baptiste Kempf

Creator of VLC - CEO of VideoLAN

Technology and Free Software enthusiast with a wide scientific background.
CTO, Tech Advisor, Startups Board Member, President of startups and Open Source NGO.

During my life, I've been working on numerous aspects of Computer Science: from Open Source development in major and minor projects to System and Network administration, Hardware design, High Performance Computing, IT support and Information Systems architecture, but also leading large engineering teams and actually delivering projects to numerous users.

Leading the VLC media player and VideoLAN projects brought me a different set of skills, managing most of the non-technical sides of those projects. Project and community management, press relations, IP and other open source skillsets.

Lately, I've created a few startups and have been leading large technical teams as CTO or VP-Eng.

Djalel Benbouzid

AI Governance, Phd - Volkswagen

As the leader tasked with defining AI governance policies and methods, my primary focus is to ensure compliance with the AI Act and foster ethical, legal, and trustworthy AI practices across the organization.

With over 10 years of experience in the field of machine learning, I have developed a deep expertise in generative models, trustworthy AI, and AI governance, as well as a strong passion for teaching, sharing insights, and engaging in effective communication.

Lately, I helped found and later managed the etami consortium, a European project that aims to advance the state of the art in ethical and trustworthy artificial machine intelligence. I oversaw the coordination, collaboration, and dissemination of the project's activities and outcomes, involving partners from academia, industry, and civil society.

I have always been deeply involved in various open science and open research projects, always seeking novel collaborations and fields to explore.

Julien Salvi

Lead Android Engineer - Aircall

Lead Android Engineer at Aircall where we are building the best phone system for modern business. Former CINEMUR and Innovorder.

About me:
• Android & Kotlin lover.
• Having a great interest in UI/UX to bring the best experience to an application (user focus).
• Team builder
• Meetup active member and Organizer at Paris Android User Group / Android Makers.
• International speaker to share my experiences on Android and Kotlin.
• Interests in backend dev with Kotlin (past experiences with PHP/Scala).

Tech talks:
• All talks and associated material can be found on Github: https://github.com/Oleur/SpeakerTimeline

Tech posts:
• All articles are available on Medium: https://juliensalvi.medium.com/

"LEARN, SHARE, REPEAT"

Hamida Rebai

Cloud Solutions Architect - Revenu Quebec

I am Rebaï Hamida, a software architect, and developer who like to build open-source projects, write articles, and learn and teach best practices. you can find out in my blog: https://didourebai.medium.com/Innovative Software engineer: hands-on, competent software engineer, passionate and proficient C# developer, offering more than 12 years of experience in the full software development lifecycle – from concept through delivery of next-generation applications and customized solutions, producing code to a consistently high standard and testing software across a variety of platforms.Expert in advanced development methodologies, tools, and processes contributing to the design and roll-out of cutting-edge software applications.Known for excellent troubleshooting skills – able to analyze code and engineer well-researched, cost-effective and responsive solutions.

Jean Burellier

Principal Engineer, Platform Team Lead - Sanofi

Being associated with the industry since 2012, I have worked as a Developer, Leader, Architect and now Principal Engineer to build, architect and improve solutions based on APIs and real time communication.

I have been thanked for my work around automation of processes allowing the companies to greatly increase the efficiency of their workflows while improving the developer experience and the quality in the final product. My colleagues know me as a good communicator who likes to use an interactive approach for understanding the requirements and solving problems of varied scope.Working with a plethora of roles - both technical and business - such as lead architect, staff engineer, project manager and CxO but also legal team I have been able to develop keen eyes for various technicalities which helped me in maximizing our products impact's for our customers.

Ikenna Nwaiwu

Principal Consultant - Ikenna Consulting

Author of “Automating API Delivery: APIOps with OpenAPI” http://mng.bz/pPlw. I help companies deliver valuable APIs. Please follow me on LinkedIn, my blog ikenna.co.uk, and Twitter @api_ikenna.

Pierre-Olivier Patin

VP / CTO Cloud & DevOps - Sogeti

As a Cloud Technology Officer, I am seeking to understand the context of a business, the organization structure and the technical background in order to shape a relevant solution composed by a cloud layer, software & tooling, new processes, new deployment methodology and integration with on-premises / other cloud platforms.

- Knowledge of technology to think about user experience

- Product-oriented focusing on the business outcomes

- Convinced that success is not only a matter of Technology, but a matter of People

- Never satisfied on status quo, every time looking for new way of thinking and disruptive approach, every day lost is a mischance

- Strongly committed on the 5 pillars of IT architecture providing the expected design
(Availability, Reliability, Security, Maintainability, Operability)

- 15+ years experience with several strong success in digital transformation programs and product innovations

- Consistent and end-to-end behavior mixing top/down (IT strategy) and bottom/up (Test & learn)

Arnaud Lauret

Author of "The Design of Web APIs", and API Governance Lead - Postman

Arnaud Lauret, author of The Design of Web APIs, API Handyman, API Governance Lead at Postman. Helping people understand and create APIs with a focus on API governance and API design.

Benjamin Potet

Senior Solutions Engineer - Make

Specialist in SaaS Solutions, Integration/Automation and API Management. My role is to help prospects and customers understand the business and technical benefits they get when using specific software in their context.

I have been working for more than 20 years in IT, starting as an application developer (Assembly code, C, C++, Java, ...), and moving to a Presales role where my experience can be leveraged to qualify prospects requirements, evangelize, explain, and demonstrate the advantages new technologies bring to the IT and, of course, to their customers: the Business.

Erwann Fangeat

Pole Coordinator - ADEME

Erwann FANGEAT is coordinator of the Expertise pole within the Digital Sobriety department at the French Agency for Ecological Transition, and has been working for several years on the issues of extending products lifespan and sustainable IT.

Claire Barrett

Director - APIsFirst and Co-lead of Women In APIs

Claire Barrett is director and founder of APIsFirst based in the UK, and co-founder of The API Collective. She has over 25 years' experience consulting to medium and large organisations with globally recognised brands, on justifying, executing and communicating technology and API-enabled change.

Daniel Kocot

Head of API Experience and Operations - codecentric AG

Daniel has been part of the codecentric team since October 2016. Since the beginning of 2022 as Senior Solution Architect at the Dortmund location. Starting as a consultant with a focus on application lifecycle management, his focus shifted more and more towards APIs. In addition to numerous customer projects and his involvement in the open source world around APIs, he is also a frequent speaker as Head of API Experience & Operations.

Abhijit Dey

Vice President - Product Head API Banking - Axis Bank Ltd

Abhijit is an accomplished Product Evangelist with a rich background in the BFSI sector. With a demonstrated track record of driving innovation through API management and monetization, Abhijit has made substantial contributions to the industry. His expertise extends to the creation of an Open API framework tailored specifically for banks, showcasing his forward-thinking approach and proficiency in navigating the dynamic landscape of financial services. With a keen understanding of how technology and banking intersect, Abhijit is poised to share invaluable insights with the forum.

Loic Dhallenne

Group Product Manager - PayFit

Creating Products since 2015. My pillars.
1 - Empathy for Customer / 2 - Joy in creation / 3 - New is better

Arsalan Ellahi

Principal Architect - Kiwibank

I like to empower scale-ups or incumbents with long-term competitive advantage for sustainable growth and high performing teams using fit-for-purpose architecture patterns and practice.

Experienced in FinTech, FitTech, AgriTech, Telco and Retail domains.

Ramya Chandrasekhar

AI Researcher - CNRS

Currently, I am part of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie research and training network on Open Data Ecosystems. I study regulatory and governance frameworks/strategies for open data ecosystems, with a focus on non-government data. I draw from law, STS and critical data studies.

I was also affiliated with the Berkeley Centre for Law and Technology as well as the Data Justice Lab. I study data infrastructures, data publics, and different forms of ordering of these publics.

Mehdi Medjaoui

Founder and Chairman of Apidays Conferences, Author of Continuous API Management - Apidays

Mehdi Medjaoui is the founder of APIdays conferences series worldwide, that he started in 2012 in Paris. He is highly involved in the API community and API Industry, and is a current author, lecturer, consultant and investor in the API space. In 2011 he co-founded OAuth.io, a SaaS OAuth API middleware for OAuth integration and implementation used by 40,000+ developers, that had been acquired in December 2017. His research involves publishing the API Industry Landscape and the yearly State of Banking APIs.

Gaël Duez

Founder - Green IO

I launched Green IO podcast 🎙️ which offers responsible technologists a place to build a greener digital world, one byte at a time.For the last 15 years, I have led teams in PropTech, payment service providers, document-processing industry and I have experienced first hand the benefits that digitalization brings to people. At the same time I also lived on 3 continents and witnessed the environmental footprint of human activity on planet Earth. Between Tech for Good and sustainable IT, “Tech” is a key enabler of our ecological transition. But Tech is also a serious contributor to these ecological crises.
In 2021, I decided to focus full-time on this dual issue with a balanced approach. Putting on hold executive positions, I now help teams build greener digital products, using this much needed change as a strategic opportunity for sustainable business development.
I do so by:
- providing open-source content,
- building bridges between communities & networks
- and by leveraging collective intelligence;
based on 3 core values: respect People 🫂 , respect Science 🔬 and respect Earth 🌍.I’m always thrilled to interview doers for knowledge and feedback in the Green IO Podcast and to partner with companies looking to travel further on the Digital Sustainability road.

Erik Wilde

OAI Ambassador @ OpenAPI Initiative - API Strategist and Content Creator at Getting APIs to Work

With over 10 years of experience in the API field, I am passionate about helping organizations on their digital transformation journeys, making sure that vision, strategy, and technology are aligned, and that they are driven by well-aligned business and organizational initiatives. As an OAI Ambassador at the OpenAPI Initiative, I promote the adoption and use of open standards and best practices for API design and management, and with Getting APIs to Work, I provide consulting and training services for API programs.I have a strong background in digital transformation, API design, and API governance, and I have contributed to many publications, patents, and standards. I have also worked with various industries and sectors, such as healthcare, education, finance, and government, to help them leverage the power and potential of APIs for innovation, integration, and automation. My mission is to help organizations get APIs to work in a truly transformative way, by ensuring that they have the right APIs, and that they design and manage them in the right way.

Henry Calvert

Head of Network - GSMA

Henry joined the GSMA in December 2013, and is responsible for the delivery of the Networks programme. A key programme of the GSMA’s strategic focus, to deliver industry scale for IP Communications and 5G, whilst considering Network Economic challenges for the Mobile industry as it transitions to a 5G Era.Previously he worked for the SingTel Group and has over 20 years’ experience in the telecommunications sector, both in Networks and IT portfolios and has been involved in the deployment of mobile networks in over 10 operations across 10 different countries. Henry designed and built Optus’ 3G + LTE mobile network, all IP network and managed the product development transformation. He was the creator and board member of the network sharing Joint Venture between SingTel Optus and Vodafone Networks Pty Ltd (Australia).Henry has been a board member and Chair of the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) and previously held an Executive Management Committee position in the GSMA.

Raphaël Semeteys

Head of DevRel - Worldline

Quite a few years ago a colleague used to call me Innovactor, I still like it!

Particularly interested in transversal activities regarding usages and technologies, here is where I like to do my magic:
• Developer Relations: exchange and meet with technical people
• Software and Enterprise Architecture: design and help implement systems
• Open Source Expertise & Consulting: collaborate and create within communities

Ibrahima Ndiaye

Enterprise Architect - RATP Group

Working with C- level and IT executives throughout my +15 years in IT departments in several industries such as Utilities, Banking and Telecom allowed me to enjoy transformation and change mainly because it revolves around people and behaviors management through organization. My ability to articulate each level of Entreprise Architecture (Business, Information, Solution, Technological, Governance). Interpersonal skills give me the ability to be an trusted Advisor for CIO / CTO / CDO and Business Execs.

Adrienne Jan

Chief Product Officer - Scaleway

Bridging the gap between business and technology.

As an experienced executive in product and technology, I provide the teams I work with with the product vision to offer a stellar experience to their users, as well as the structure to organize the product development team and scale.

I lead cross-functional teams of product managers, designers, data analysts and data scientists, project managers, developers and QA engineers to manage the product lifecycle of companies’ mobile apps, websites, admin portals, data platforms, content management systems, API integrations, cloud architectures and more.

Louis de Diesbach

Technology Ethicist | Author, (TEDx) Speaker & Columnist | Consultant - Boston Consulting Group

Driven by a deep passion for philosophy and technology, Louis de Diesbach works as a technology ethicist and consultant. His professional and personal life is anchored by three foundational pillars:
• Being a husband and father
• Working at the consultancy firm BCG
• Writing for various media

As a tech ethicist, Louis often writes for L'Écho and La Libre Belgique, and he regularly shares insights on the French podcast Trench Tech. At BCG, Louis specializes in the interplay between technology, governance, and strategic development, while also contributing to the firm's communications endeavours.

Jonathan Le Lous

CTO - Capgemini

For more than 17 years I have been helping organizations being Lean\Agile and modernizing their App Portfolios and Software Development Life Cycle. Using DevOps, Cloud, PaaS, Containers, Microservices, API we increased delivery velocity and reducing TCO.Passionate by Open Source, as a pragmatic leader I'm used to work with partners and technologies from everywhere and building bridges between traditional IT and innovative approaches.As a community member, I have been engaged in various non-profit communities to contribute and promote Open Source. Throughout my career I have been active on producing content as Blog posts, articles, videos about technologies.

Roy Pereira

CEO & Co-Founder - Unified.to

Roy Pereira is an accomplished 4x founder and technology innovator. He is renowned for his track record of establishing successful startups in Canada and his influential senior executive roles within publicly-traded companies across North America. Roy was the visionary behind CalendarHero, an AI-powered scheduling assistant and Shiny Ads, a platform that empowered publishers to manage and monetize their ad inventory.

Today, Roy is building Unified.to, a unified API developer platform for AI applications. Under his leadership, Unified.to enables software teams to integrate once to launch multiple API integrations within hours, a breakthrough that significantly accelerates time-to-market and allows software companies to expand their lifetime revenue.

Roy remains driven by his profound passion for harnessing technology and empowering great teams to tackle real-world challenges.

Stanislav Zmiev

Tech Lead of Platform Engineering - Monite

Experienced platform engineer / architect with a passion for open source and developer tools. I am the author of Cadwyn -- the world's most sophisticated API Versioning framework. I have also contributed to numerous projects such as CPython and tortoise-orm. Currently building the future of finance at Monite.

Hanna Mergui

AI Engineer - Sonio

🦾 Deep Learning engineer from École Polytechnique.

Actually working at Sonio, creating deep learning models for prenatal diagnosis 👩‍🍼

Beyond academia, I'm an entrepreneur at heart, driven to innovate within the tech sphere, particularly aiming to revolutionize healthcare.

I created an artistic project two years ago. It is an artistic photo exhibition aimed at demystifying AI.
I offer positive acculturation conferences in companies, using the universal language of art 📸 (My dm are open to talk about it !)

When not exploring AI, I enjoy horse riding and diving into a good book. 🐴📚

Kevin Guive Echraghi

Fondateur - Heretique

Gilles Babinet

Author of "Green AI" and Co-Chairman - Conseil National du Numérique and Digital Champion pour la France à la Commission Européenne

Entrepreneur à l’âge de 22 ans, fondateur de huit sociétés dans des domaines aussi divers que le conseil (Absolut), le bâtiment (Escalade Industrie), la musique mobile (Musiwave, revendue pour 139 millions d’euros), la co-création (eYeka), les outils décisionnels (Captain Dash), etc.

Membre de la Fondation EDF, de Learn Assembly et co-fondateur de Africa4Tech.

Membre du conseil stratégique de la société de conseil EY, anciennement Ernst & Young

Vice Président du Conseil national du numérique

Auteur de "Big data, penser l’homme et le monde autrement" et de "L'Ère Numérique, un nouvel âge de l’humanité"Entrepreneur à l’âge de 22 ans, fondateur de huit sociétés dans des domaines aussi divers que le conseil (Absolut), le bâtiment (Escalade Industrie), la musique mobile (Musiwave, revendue pour 139 millions d’euros), la co-création (eYeka), les outils décisionnels (Captain Dash), etc.

Membre de la Fondation EDF, de Learn Assembly et co-fondateur de Africa4Tech. Membre du conseil stratégique de la société de conseil EY, anciennement Ernst & Young Vice Président du Conseil national du numérique

Auteur de "Big data, penser l’homme et le monde autrement" et de "L'Ère Numérique, un nouvel âge de l’humanité"
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Hubert Guillaud

Délégué Général - Dans les Algorithmes

Vous recherchez un responsable de plaidoyer, de la prospective, un coordinateur de groupes de travail, un chargé de projet senior, un ingénieur de recherche, un responsable d'innovation ou un journaliste expert dans les questions technologiques, capable d'adresser autant le grand public que les spécialistes ? Capable de piloter des partenariats d'excellence ? Capable de vous accompagner dans le développement d'une stratégie et d'une feuille de route pour la mettre en oeuvre ? - Discutons-en ! hubertguillaud(at)gmail.com

Guillaume Champeau

Legal Director and DPO - Olympe AI

Juriste spécialisé en droit du numérique et droits fondamentaux, je suis directeur juridique et DPO de Olympe.Legal, une startup qui met l'IA au service des DPO et des professionnels de la protection des données. J'ai d'abord eu une longue carrière d'entrepreneur et de journaliste en ayant fondé Numerama que j'ai dirigé pendant près de 15 ans, avant de rejoindre le moteur de recherche Qwant en tant que directeur de l'éthique et des affaires juridiques, puis Clever Cloud dont j'ai dirigé les affaires publiques et juridiques.

Ulrich Tan

Head of DataLab and Deputy to the Director - ETALAB

Carlos Muñoz Ferrandis

Creator of OpenRAIL - Co-Founder & COO at Alinia AI

Hi!👋 I'm a lawyer by training focused on AI Governance & Regulation, and more specifically, on the articulation between open licensing of ML components and the governance of the latter.

My main targets are:
(i) AI governance tools (regtech tools such as automatic regulatory compliance checks for LLMs under the EU AI Act; or model cards and governance cards for LLMs);
(ii) contracts & IP licensing (such as Responsible AI Licenses);
(iii) regulation & regulatory innovation (such as EU AI Act and regulatory sandboxes);
(iii) standardization.

I have experience in different industries (AI; telecoms & IoT; DLT), and from different professional angles (public policy; legal strategy; regulatory policy; research).

I’m adamant on doing what I love to do, it has to be always both a reality and a goal. Execution and proactiveness are key for me. I am a honest, enthusiastic, creative and empathic person with a strong sense of commitment.

Sonia Tabti

- Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision Specialist, Ph.D.

I am the perfect combination between the rigor of a research scientist, thanks to my academic background, and corporate pragmatism and agility thanks to my 5-years experience at Filedbox at building industrial Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects for clients and supervising applied AI R&D activities. I am passionate about data science, AI, Computer Vision and multi-modality. My experience lets me be a great leader for data and AI projects, with strong communication and problem solving skills.

Joseph Heenan

CTO - Authlete

Experienced CTO / architect / senior mobile engineer / embedded software / team leader

Juan Cruz Viotti

CTO - Intelligence.AI

Hey there! I'm a Computer Scientist with experience in startups, open-source, and academia. Some facts about me:

- I'm co-authored an O'Reilly book: Unifying Business, Data, and Code: Designing Data Products with JSON Schema

- At University of Oxford, I won the 2022 CAR Hoare prize for the best dissertation and accompanying papers in the area of Software Engineering for my research around JSON BinPack. JSON BinPack made a breakthrough on 40 years of space-efficient telecommunication and binary serialization technologies, being more space-efficient than 13 other popular technologies in every single tested case

- I'm the original author of Etcher, a popular open-source cross-platform image flasher. This desktop app is recommended by a range of GNU/Linux distributions, and was highlighted on magazine

- I lead a London-based C++ open-source research lab called Sourcemeta providing cutting-edge JSON-related technologies. There, I maintain a custom JSON parser, JSON binary technologies, and a variety of JSON Schema related projects

- I own the Learn JSON Schema (https://www.learnjsonschema.com) reference documentation website, which serves more than 7k monthly users

- At Postman, I led the development of Starship, a C++ framework to create cross-platform native applications

Marie Paindavoine, PhD

CEO and AI Security Engineer - Skyld AI

Are you deploying on-device AI algorithmes (IoT, mobile, desktop, on-prem)?
They are vulnerable to reverse-engineering.

At Skyld, we are building a protection to prevent AI algorithms from extraction and theft. Protect your AI, protect your IP and your competitive edge!

Tyler Ayers

Lead API & Integration Architect - Google

Passionate about building the next generation of connected, hyperefficient, always-on apps & services to help people and organizations get more multi-cloud value from their data.

Sabrine Bendimerad

Ambassador Google Women Techmakers - Senior AI Engineer at SAUR

I am an Applied Mathematics Engineer with 8 years of experience working on AI applications across major industries. Currently, I am focused on developing AI-based solutions for the water sector.

In addition to my engineering work, I am an entrepreneur. I design customized resources and training programs for companies in the fields of Data Science and AI. I have a strong passion for teaching, with an interest in tackling technical challenges and applying them to real-world situations.

Alexander Günsche

Senior Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services

I am a solutions architect and transformation strategist with 20 years of industry experience. I have successfully developed IT businesses and delivered enterprise transformation projects. I am equipped with an agile mindset, hands-on mentality and the constant ambition to stay ahead of the game. As an engineer, I strive for customer success and technical excellence. As a leader, I am eager to enable and motivate people towards common goals.

Alessandra Gambatesa

Architecture & Developments Manager - SNAM

Alessandra Gambatesa has over 15 years of experience in the IT sector, specializing in designing application architectures with a particular focus on systems integration. Currently, she is responsible for managing the architecture team at Snam, where she leads the evolution of architectures in coordination with relevant functions, contributing to the definition of a coherent IT strategy and technological advancement.

Simone Manzoni

Senior Architect - SNAM

Simone Manzoni is a senior professional with over 15 years of consultancy experience. Seven years ago, he embarked on a growth journey with SNAM, joining the ARCHDEV team as an Architect. Throughout his tenure at SNAM, Simone has honed his expertise in Identity, API, and Enterprise Architecture processes, contributing significantly to the company's strategic technological advancements.

Bartosz Pietroń

IT Integration/Solutions Architect - Raiffeisen Bank International

I am the experienced team player with an analytical and strategic mindset. Not only I drive the team in a sharing knowledge spirit and open culture environment, but also I'm capable of delivering products from the idea till the production maintenance. I'm tremendously passionate about the IT architecture and constant self-development, for whom the key question is not if, but how.

Christophe Breheret-Girardin

CTO - Zenika

Coach craft, formateur, auteur, conférencier en France et à l’international + créateur de contenu et enseignant. Je partage avec enthousiasme mes connaissances, afin d’inspirer et de guider chacun vers son plein potentiel.

👉J’écris un post par jour sur LinkedIn sur mon métier et son environnement, à partir d’un film qui vient de sortir au cinéma
👉J’ai défini des principes pragmatiques, dont les références/vidéos sont dans la partie speaker / auteur :
- le double cycle TDD ou la danse TDD de l’abeille / dual cycle of TDD or the TDD dance of the bee
- la clean archigonale / the clean archigonal
👉Co-auteur du livre « culture test » en 3 volumes

Ryan Day

Advanced Data Scientist - Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS)

I am a data scientist and solutions architect in the financial services industry. I'm currently writing a book titled "Hands-On APIs for AI and Data Science". It will be published in April 2025 by O'Reilly Publishing.

Derric Gilling

CEO - Moesif

Derric Gilling is the CEO of Moesif, the leading API analytics and monetization platform. He enjoys helping API first businesses, developing usage-based pricing models, and product-led growt. Gilling is a frequent speaker on API strategy at developer conferences, including API World, Developer Week, APIDays, and DevRelCon along with publications including O'Reilly.

Ketty Zakariasy

Co-founder & Principal Consultant - so-api consulting

With over six years of experience in the API world and at a major global company, I’ve become a recognized advocate for the importance of robust API strategies in modern enterprises. Whether on stage at conferences or in the boardroom, I’m passionate about ensuring that organizations don’t just use APIs—they master them.

My background allows me to bring a unique blend of technical savvy and international insight to the table. Recently, I took the entrepreneurial plunge to help French organizations transform APIs from a mere tool into a strategic advantage.

Jon Scheele

Founder and CEO of Blue Connector - Organizer of Apidays Singapore

Jon Scheele provides IT strategy, data analytics, security, interoperability and industry specific consulting and training to management and workgroups at leading companies in the financial services and telecommunications industries. Jon also trains, coaches and mentors to develop high performing teams and identifies how to apply emerging technologies to meet evolving customer needs.

Mathieu Ancelin

CTO - Cloud APIM

Mathieu ANCELIN est développeur chez SERLI, spécialisé dans la programmation web avec Scala, Java, JavaScript, des streams, de la data et cloud. Et s'il y du React, c'est encore mieux 😉 Mathieu est le lead développeur de quelques projets open-source comme ReactiveCouchbase, un driver reactif Scala pour accéder à Couchbase ou Otoroshi, un reverse-proxy moderne écrit en Scala avec de l'api management simple et efficace.

Mathieu intervient régulièrement à l’Université de La Rochelle, à l’Université de Poitiers, à l'école des Mines de Nantes et dans diverses conférences (JavaOne, DevoxxBE, DevoxxFR, JAX London, BreizhCamp, JUGSummerCamp) autours de divers sujets tels que la programmation web, le Reactive Programming, ReactiveCouchbase, Otoroshi ainsi d'autres sujets sur lesquels il travaille. Il est membre de l’équipe du Poitou-Charentes JUG.

Spécialisations : Web, Java, Scala, JavaScript, Typescript, Rust, Play Framework, Couchbase, MongoDB, API management, API gateway, reverse proxy, Reactive Programming, Distributed Systems

Marc Friend

CEO - Rapid

I have 30+ years experience as CFO, COO, board member, and VC investor driving enterprise SaaS and consumer internet companies from startup to $250M+. As a CFO, I've been a trusted advisor to Boards and CEOs, hired to turn around companies, scale operations globally, lead capital markets & fundraising, and manage investor relations. I've recruited and built multiple Finance teams and leveraged my MS and BS in Electrical Engineering from MIT to work cross-functionally across product and engineering.

I'm proud of my track record of growth, profitability, and successful exits. I've successfully raised $100M+ of venture debt and equity. As CFO of Sun Basket, I turned the $200M company by $30M at the bottom line into profitability and led capital markets efforts yielding a merger valued at $1B+. As COO and CFO of Intalio, I successfully restructured, financed and executed M&A exit to three strategic buyers, yielding 100% employment and 5X+ return.

Finally, before my executive roles, I had extensive Board and capital markets experience as a VC and entrepreneur. I served as General Partner at U.S. Venture Partners, and Summit Partners and led successful investments in application servers (NetDynamics, acquired by Sun Microsystems), firewalls (Check Point, NASDAQ: CHKP) and SaaS (Salesforce, NASDAQ: CRM). While at USVP, I co-founded Acta Technology (acquired by Business Objects), a pioneering Business Intelligence company. My start-up career began as a Director of Product Management at Channel Computing - bringing the first business intelligence tool to the Windows platform.

Outside of work, I'm a 4-time Boston Marathon finisher, 3-time Ironman and triathlete completing over 25 Half-Ironman races.

Steeve Morin

Creator of LegiGPT - CEO of ZML

ZML is building a next generation inference engine with total integrability, peak performance on a wide range of chips and exceptional developer experience, from edge to backend.

Andrés Marafioti

Machine Learning Research Engineer - HuggingFace

With over 8 years of experience in machine learning research and engineering, I am passionate about developing and deploying innovative ML solutions that can enhance human lives and interactions. My field of expertise is audio and speech, but I also have experience with computer vision and NLP. I am currently working as a senior machine learning engineer at Unity, where I am part of the Safe Voice project, a cutting-edge product that aims to combat in-game toxicity and foster positive multiplayer experiences.

Mehdi Triki

Head of Public and Institutional Relations - Hub FranceIA

Intelligence Artificielle - Numérique - Politique

Jean-Louis Quéguiner

CEO - Gladia

Big Data, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, AI, Quantum Computing.

Passionate about space exploration.

My dream is to visit the CERN.

Loubna Ben Allal

Machine Learning Engineer - HuggingFace

Machine Learning Engineer at Hugging Face working on Language Models for code generation and synthetic data. Graduated from MVA master program at ENS Paris Saclay.

Jocelyn Matthews

DevRel, Head of Developer Community - Pinecone

Interdisciplinary community builder with formal training in anthropology, international studies, STS, theater, and cognitive science.

Previously a faculty member of Santa Monica College, and held the industry title of Senior Engineer. Former lab member at UC CITRIS (the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) Banatao Institute.

Jocelyn is a former Rosberg-Geist Fellow at the Center for African Studies at UC Berkeley. Her ethnographic social research has received grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF); HASTAC Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance Collaboratory; the Sultan Grant for Arab Cultural Studies; and UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender Studies.

Jocelyn is admin for DevRel Collective (a professional group of over 2,500 community managers, developer advocates, and technical evangelists), and an active member of multiple scholarship committees. She cares very much about the context of technology, and how society can better support youths, values she brought to bear both as a former faculty member of the California college system, and while teaching/mentoring underserved K-14 youth in Oakland.

Guillaume Blaquiere

Group Data Architect - Carrefour

Experienced Service & Cloud Project Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry.

Skilled in Payments, IT Strategy, Cloud environment, Pre-sales, and Project management (Scrum).

Google Developer Expert on Google Cloud Platform;
3 Google Cloud professional certifications (Cloud engineer, Data Engineer and Cloud architect)
StackOverflow, Google Cloud tag leader, Google Cloud Collective recognized member: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/google-cloud-platform/topusers

Volunteer experience references:
Writer: https://guillaume-blaquiere.medium.com/
Speaker: https://guillaume-blaquiere.medium.com/speaker-references-9cf73f65ecb6
Open source contributor and committer: https://guillaume-blaquiere.medium.com/oss-involvement-66ff4720a037

Nicolas Grenié

Developer Advocate - Typeform

I am a social geek interested in empowering communities and individuals to make them successful.

My main curiosities are currently around
- APIs
- Integration
- Serverless infrastructure
- Chatbots (Slack, Alexa, ...)

Dr. David Vazquez Cortizo

Managing Director & CTO - apinity

David holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Antwerp, an executive MBA from IE Business School, and has a background in telecommunication engineering at the University of Vigo. David has worked in star programs for large high-tech organizations (e.g. Motorola and Nokia), has delivered industrial software and electronics for Knorr-Bremse as world market leader for braking systems, and has successfully led the growth phase of a German start-up in fintech (smava) as CTO.

Harry Kimpel

Principal Developer Relations Engineer EMEA - New Relic

Passionate software craftsman with 25+ years experience in a broad spectrum of development technologies and platforms. Main focus on cloud-native software architectures and all major cloud environments. Passion for model-driven development, application modernization and Dapr. Observing and securing these environments are key aspects.As a Developer Relations Engineer at New Relic, Harry helps software engineers, DevOps, SREs and operations experts to understand and implement proactive and scalable observability practices by leveraging open source technologies and the New Relic platform.

Dennis Pilarinos

Founder & CEO - Unblocked

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