InfoQ - Transcripts

Presentation: Batch Intelligence at Scale: Cost-Efficient Multi-Agent LLM Workflows with Built-In Resilience

Aditya Mulik — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Aditya Mulik explains how Walmart Global Tech deployed multi-agent LLM workflows across 4,700 stores for nightly batch inventory forecasting. He discusses tackling production hurdles - schema violations, cross-department data mismatches, and network drops - via MCP grounding and loop agents, while slashing cloud inference costs from $100k+ to $10k per month shifting from PTUs to pay-as-you-go.

By Aditya Mulik

Presentation: The Socio-Technical Staff+ Engineer: Architecture, Culture and Organisational Change

Vanessa Formicola — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Vanessa Formicola shares how technical leaders can move beyond "wishful architecture" by practicing holistic socio-technical engineering. She discusses why engineering leaders must account for organizational maturity, reward structures, geopolitical climate, and team dynamics, framing the staff-plus role as designing the conditions for technology to thrive rather than just picking tools.

By Vanessa Formicola

Presentation: Zero Trust Agent Systems that Pass Audits and Still Ship

Advait Patel — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Advait Patel shares a playbook for securing AI agent systems in production. He discusses moving defense boundaries from the prompt to the tool layer, enforcing scoped workload identities, and mitigating prompt injection via tool outputs. He explains how to structure audit-ready observability and implement kill switches to protect critical data while keeping deployment fast and compliant.

By Advait Patel

Presentation: Panel: Who Builds the Frontend Now? (And What Breaks When They Do)

Luca Mezzalira, James Hall, Danielle An, Ivan Zarea — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:00:00 GMT

The panelists explain how AI tools and vibe coding reshape frontend and mobile engineering. They share insights on evolving junior developer roles, managing AI-generated code review fatigue, designing systems for autonomous agents, enforcing architectural guardrails, and navigating economic shifts in open-source software sustainability.

By Luca Mezzalira, James Hall, Danielle An, Ivan Zarea

Presentation: Beyond the Harness: Canvas for AI Agents

Nimisha Asthagiri — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Nimisha Asthagiri shares how applying proven product engineering and architecture principles creates a bounded canvas for AI agents. She explains how this model provides agents with bounded autonomy, continuous drift detection, and decision records to scale software development resiliently.

By Nimisha Asthagiri