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Sunday, September 9
 

12:00pm PDT

Pre-Registration Open
Sunday September 9, 2018 12:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Hilton San Jose Lobby - Concourse Level
 
Monday, September 10
 

9:00am PDT

Pre-Registration Open
Monday September 10, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am PDT
Hilton San Jose Lobby - Concourse Level

11:00am PDT

API World 2018 Registration Open -- Workshop Day (ONLY: PRO Pass holders, Speakers, Sponsors and Press)
API World 2018 Workshop Day on Monday, Sept 10, is for PRO Pass holders, Speakers, Sponsors and Press ONLY. 

-- The OPEN Pass and EXPO Pass are for Tues, Sept 11, and Wed, Sept 12 ONLY.
Monday September 10, 2018 11:00am - 8:00pm PDT
San Jose Convention Center -- Hall 3 Lobby

12:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Building Conversational Experiences
Conversational interfaces are quickly becoming an essential component of every service and product. Will we ever be able to talk to machines the way we talk to people? Science fiction says we will, but as an industry our early experiences have left a lot to be desired. In this talk we will explore the latest design and development techniques for building natural language interfaces. We will use the Google Assistant, Actions on Google and Dialogflow as example show cases to explore conversational user interface best practices.
Speakers
avatar for Neto Marin

Neto Marin

Actions on Google Developer Advocate, Google
With more than 15 years of software development experience, Neto Marin has been at Google for 5 years and is currently a Developer Advocate on the Actions on Google team, helping developers create high-quality Actions for Google Assistant. Neto is an expert in mobile development... Read More →

Monday September 10, 2018 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: AI & Machine Learning APIs

12:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Data Feed Model in the Age of APIs
Various categories of the eBay data feeds provide details of purchasable items across marketplaces and product categories. They enable authorized partners around the globe to programmatically access huge selections of eBay items and curate the inventory of their choice. Real-time APIs and data feeds for bulk updates open the door to creating successful experiences for buying from eBay anywhere. By combining these capabilities, partners tailor integrations to meet their business needs and to optimize on their resources. Considering eBay scale, top challenges we faced were bringing data together from many different sources, nearly real-time data synchronization, and support for reconciliation to ensure data consistency. This presentation outlines approaches we took to enable partners to provide their users with a consumer-centric experience. Such experience gives opportunities to buyers to discover new products, find what they want, and purchase what they like.
Speakers
avatar for Tanya Vlahovic

Tanya Vlahovic

Software Architect, eBay
Tanya Vlahovic is a senior software architect at eBay Inc.She is leading the public API Governance team and the overall public API decomposition and namespace definition. Tanya is an active contributor to eBay’s technical standards and patterns for both internal and external web... Read More →

Vlahovic Tanya eBay pdf
Monday September 10, 2018 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: API Design & Technology

12:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: You can’t Publicly Expose Legacy Application APIs, Can You?
Ford Motor Company is going through a transformation of its business and IT by using APIs. As with many large companies there are disparate systems which present many challenges to transforming to an API architecture. These challenges include consolidating data from several regional systems providing essentially the same data, offering a single authentication and authorization mechanism, integrating cloud and internally hosted solutions, handling differences between expected API *-ilities vs the backend systems designed *-ilities, and cloud PaaS solutions while avoiding cloud vendor lock in. This presentation will highlight some of the architecture patterns used to address these challenges.
Speakers
avatar for Tony Greening

Tony Greening

Architect, Ford Motor Company
Tony has been developing and designing software for over 25 years. He has architected and developed systems in a wide variety of architectures including Client-Server, standalone, web applications, Java Applet, and now API based products. He has been in a variety of industries including... Read More →

Monday September 10, 2018 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT
Workshop Stage 5
  PRO: Internet of Things APIs

12:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: A Design-Based Approach to Microservices and APIs
Organizations around the world are transforming their core applications to expose microservices through APIs. The success of these efforts will depend less on the technologies themselves, and more on how well their deployment is aligned with the business goals of the organization. Join this session to learn the key aspects of executing a microservice- and API-based transformation initiative, and how design thinking can steer the effort toward sustainable success.
Speakers
avatar for Matt McLarty

Matt McLarty

VP, API Academy, CA Technologies
Matt works with organizations around the world, helping them to improve the speed and scale of their software delivery through the use of APIs and microservices. He leads the API Academy for CA Technologies, and is the co-author of the O'Reilly books Microservice Architecture and... Read More →

API World Design Based Microservices v2018 09 10 pdf
Monday September 10, 2018 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO: The Microservices Conference: API Design & Microservices

1:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: The Operating System for AI: How Microservices and Serverless Computing Enable the Next Generation of Machine Intelligence
AI has been a hot topic, but there has not been much discussion of the infrastructure and scaling challenges that come with it. How do you support dozens of different languages & frameworks, and make them interoperate invisibly? How do you elastically run abstract code from thousands of different developers with under 15ms overhead? In my time at Algorithmia, we’ve built, deployed, and scaled thousands of algorithms and machine learning models, using every kind of framework. We’ve seen many of the challenges faced in this area; in this talk I’ll share insights into the problems you’re likely to face, and how to approach solving them. In brief, we’ll examine the need for, and implementations of, a complete “OS for AI”: a common interface for different algorithms to be used and combined, and a general architecture for serverless ML which is discoverable, versioned, scalable & sharable.
Speakers
avatar for Jon Peck

Jon Peck

Developer & Advocate, Algorithmia
A full-stack developer with two decades of industry experience, Jon Peck now focuses on bringing scalable, discoverable, and secure machine-learning microservices to developers across a wide variety of platforms via Algorithmia.com--------Speaker at: DeveloperWeek 2018+19, SeattleJS... Read More →

Monday September 10, 2018 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: AI & Machine Learning APIs

1:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Build vs. Buy? The ROI of Different APIs
Adding new integration use cases is the fastest way to turn your product into a platform. Integrations have proven ROI in being able to attract net new customers and up-sell existing ones. But how will you get there? And how fast? This session will cover 6 guiding questions that will help weigh speed, expertise, control, and complexity as a part of the overall expense in deciding which integrations you should build in house versus buying your way out of the product backlog. Based on the metadata and request/return of resources across a 150 applications ranging from Slack to SAP Business One.
Speakers
avatar for Chase Doelling

Chase Doelling

Head of Product & Alliances Marketing, Cloud Elements
Chase is the Director of Alliances Marketing and previously Product Marketing Manager at Cloud Elements helping customers navigate the complexities of API based integrations. When he's not getting error codes from APIs he gets them from his toddler in Denver.

Monday September 10, 2018 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: API Design & Technology

1:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: IoT and the Connected Kitchen: Learnings from the Restaurant Tech Revolution
Today, consumer expectations for automation and efficiency are higher than ever, and in a world where we expect on-demand everything — television, meal delivery, car rides — businesses cannot afford to be slow. In response, businesses have embraced the digital revolution and are thinking through the lens of trends like AI, the IoT, and data, to streamline operations and increase efficiency. At this year’s API World, Ming-Tai Huh, Director of Partnerships at Toast — the tech company that helps restaurants modernize with mobile, cloud-based operations — will discuss the evolution of these trends, leveraging innovative use cases and opportunities from the restaurant industry to inspire on demand, connected experiences across industries. Ming is always looking ahead to what’s next in dining out (or ordering in). As the leader of Toast’s strategic partnership program, he has a unique point of view on the IoT in the restaurant space, and how digital services, APIs and the cloud are connecting the physical and digital world to shape the future of restaurants. At API World, Ming will share his expertise on how technology has revolutionized the customer experience in the restaurant industry specifically, and how interconnectivity-innovation will shape tomorrow’s restaurants, highlighting Toast’s data-driven insights to shed light on what the future of smarter restaurants will hold. These insights will highlight how industries can leverage technology to think big and will serve as inspiration for leaders just beginning to explore the realm of what’s possible in the connected, on-demand era.
Speakers
avatar for Ming-Tai Huh

Ming-Tai Huh

Director of Partnerships, Toast, Inc.
Ming-Tai Huh is Director of Partnerships at Toast, where he leads the strategic partnership program. In his previous role at Toast, as Senior Product Manager, Ming launched Toast's ISV partner program and developer platform. Under his guidance, Toast APIs launched in April 2016 and... Read More →

Monday September 10, 2018 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Workshop Stage 5
  PRO: Internet of Things APIs

1:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Deploy Microservices Confidently with Consumer-Driven Contracts
Consumer Driven Contracts is a testing paradigm that let API-consumers communicate to the API-providers how they are using their services. This talk discusses software testing, how and when to use Consumer Driven Contract, and how Consumer Driven Contracts can make developers more confident. It also includes live coding to show how to implement Consumer Driven Contracts using the Pact framework.

To increase the velocity and reduce the cost of microservices development, it is key to be able to build and deploy new versions with confidence that you don't break any dependencies. Microservices are easy to build and run, but they quickly become a tangled web of dependencies that slow down development and result in broken dependencies. Organisations that transition from a traditional monolithic design to a microservice architecture, will soon realise that it is hard to keep track of all dependencies. Consumer Driven Contracts is a testing paradigm that helps developers keep control on all dependencies in a distributed system and this talk will tell more about how to use it and show how to do so in a live demo. 
Speakers
avatar for Henrik Stene

Henrik Stene

Manager and Consultant, Knowit
Henrik is a manager and consultant with the Nordic consultancy firm, Knowit, and is currently assigned to help build a new sales and ticketing solution for rail operators in Norway. He is passionate about exploring microservice technology and is pondering how to solve their biggest... Read More →

Monday September 10, 2018 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO: The Microservices Conference: API Design & Microservices, TEST SUBTYPE

2:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: My App Broke and It's All the API's Fault
Utilizing a continuous integration pipeline reduces the risk of failure as code is updated for your application. However, evolutions to a codebase no longer represent all of the changes that a developer could make to an application. Modern development heavily depends on utilizing external APIs to speed up the time it takes to ship code; this creates additional risk of failure as an untested change to a 3rd party system can create unexpected downtime for your application. In this talk Shy Ruparel, developer evangelist at Contentful examines strategies to bring API management into your continuous integration pipeline and outlines how that enables your codebase to integrate, change, and play well with systems outside of your control. 
Speakers
avatar for Shy Ruparel

Shy Ruparel

Developer Evangelist, Contentful
Shy Ruparel is a Python developer by heart with a passion for day-long board games, good jokes and the staying power to wish you a great day on Twitter every single day.

Monday September 10, 2018 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: AI & Machine Learning APIs

2:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: RTFM Read the Friendly Manual
The best API in the world is doomed to fail if it doesn’t have a proper support framework around it. A Reference Guide is a good start, but if you want to build a true community around your APIs, you need to approach this from a complete integration life-cycle perspective. This talk focuses on the strategies and tactics necessary to build an ecosystem around your API, using PayPal’s Merchant Integrations Platform as a use case study of how true end-to-end thinking turned its developer portal from a liability into a profit center. Topics covered will include: • Driving conversion through developer-friendly design. • Documentation (done the right way) • Implementing a tight feedback loop between API users and product development teams. • Positive and Negative testing strategies for your APIs • Challenges of integration testing environments • The importance of a Developer Relations program
Speakers
avatar for Lenny Markus

Lenny Markus

Director of Engineering, PayPal
I have been involved in technology over the last 18 years either as a people manager or an individual contributor. I’m a problem solver at heart and I’ve spent the last seven years at PayPal working on a variety of interesting challenges, leading teams to create elegant solutions... Read More →

Monday September 10, 2018 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: API Design & Technology

2:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Lessons Learned in Using IoT Devices in Industry
The majority of enterprises are using and implementing public cloud infrastructures and emerging patterns such as microservice architectures in order to build scalable, connected systems. These systems support new demands on businesses as they move from traditional software models to providing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms, building Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions, and supporting mobile application development and integration. This will discuss lessons learned over the course a long term consulting engagement for a Internet-of-Things solution. The session will discuss the ups and downs of the project, mistakes made and also the successes. Attendees should leave the session with best practices to help with developing the following aspects of an Internet-of-Things system: Environment Provisioning & Config Management Integration frameworks in the cloud Device authentication Messaging from Devices.
Speakers
avatar for Mary Cochran

Mary Cochran

Solutions Architect, Red Hat
Mary Cochran is a Red Hat Middleware Solution Architect with a focus in Integration. She has worked with a wide variety of technologies and developed across the whole stack from HTML to SQL on enterprise applications. Mary is a Red Hat Certified Camel Developer and System Administrator... Read More →

Monday September 10, 2018 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Workshop Stage 5
  PRO: Internet of Things APIs

2:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Event-Driven Microservices; Simplified Development with Reactive Rules
Reactive means- responsive to an action. In the context of microservices, it would imply- responding to an event, and keeping the rest of the services in the system running as-is. Microservices entail APIs, business logic, data handling, and integration with the rest of the system. What if putting those pieces together, while specifying the events driving the responses of the embodying microservices, was as easy as point and click? In this session, we will elucidate the development nirvana for microservices developers- with automated architecture, automated business logic, and declarative reactive rules.
Speakers
avatar for Val Huber

Val Huber

Consulting Engineer, CA Technologies
Val has spent many decades leading production development and innovation. He was CTO and VP Engineering at Versata, where he lead the development of J2EE services for application automation leading to a highly successful IPO. These include client automation from a site map diagram... Read More →
avatar for Renu Motwani

Renu Motwani

Sr. Director, Product Management, CA Technologies
Renu Motwani, currently Sr. Director of Product Management at CA Technologies, has over two decades of experience in the software industry. Renu has envisioned and led software products ranging from infrastructure management to application platforms and device runtimes at companies... Read More →

Monday September 10, 2018 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO: The Microservices Conference: API Design & Microservices

3:00pm PDT

PRO TALK:Autonomous Optimization: Leveraging AI for Quality & Growth
In this talk we look at how Autonomous Optimization (AO) can help us drive quality improvements & growth in our products and services. AO is a new paradigm for leveraging AI (or Machine Learning) without dealing with complex pipelines, algorithms, models, or even data. We present a complete walkthrough & live demo as well as several case studies including comparisons against traditional methodology such as A/B testing or Custom AI implementations. We also look at how experiments that appear perfectly sensible on the surface can still waste precious time and effort when compared to an AO procedure that can virtually guarantee metric improvements simply by eliminating inherent human biases and allowing relevant segments and personal/contextual behavior to emerge out of the optimization process.

Speakers
avatar for Olcan Sercinoglu

Olcan Sercinoglu

CEO & Founder, Scaled Inference
Olcan is the Founder & CEO at Scaled Inference. Before founding Scaled Inference, Olcan was an engineer in Google Brain, where he worked on efficient inference methods for general-purpose statistical models and task-specific adaptations that can utilize deep learning. Early on at... Read More →

Monday September 10, 2018 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: AI & Machine Learning APIs

3:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Emulators as an Emerging Best Practices for API providers
Modern software leverage a lot of external APIs, which raises several issues: how can development teams safely build and test their software when some components they rely on keep evolving. And what if some of these components are key for the whole software to even fire up. These are some of the challenges faced today by Cisco internal development teams, but also partner and enterprise developers using Cisco's software. The industry proposes two main strategies to circumvent these challenges: API Mocking, and Service Virtualization. Both of these strategies have pro and cons. I came up with the idea of proposing API emulators has a 3rd option. From another perspective, Serverless platforms are recognized to be unique as they are scalable and straightforward to use. It turns out that major industry vendors (Google, Amazon, Microsoft…) have invested to create Emulator as companions to their Serverless platforms, in order to attract, on-board and have developers adopt Serverless platforms. In this talk, I'll explain the motivation behind API emulators, in the perspective of DevOps, CI/CD, Development Processes, and Serverless/Microservices architectures. I'll illustrate the talk with several prototypes: - Mini-Spark: an Emulator for the Cisco Spark API which mimics the execution environment of the Cisco Spark Cloud platform - Tropo-Ready: an Emulator for Tropo Serverless Telephony platform, tied it to Visual Studio Code in order to reach to developer communities I'll dive into the details of the process to create such emulators, and elaborate on the consideration that Emulators are emerging as key components of API providers's strategy.
Speakers
avatar for Stève Sfartz

Stève Sfartz

API Architect, Cisco DevNet
NeXT developer back in the 90's, Stève Sfartz got among the first Java certified developers, then evangelized .Net and Azure at Microsoft. As VP of engineering, Stève set up the development and operations teams for Kosmos's Digital SaaS for Education, then, at Restlet, built the... Read More →

Monday September 10, 2018 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: API Design & Technology

3:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Using APIs to Construct an Enterprise-grade IoT Environment
The Internet of Things is no longer just about connecting singular consumer devices. Now developers need tools to quickly deploy their own devices and sensors, manage network connectivity at massive scale, broker and exchange data securely with 3rd parties, and perform actions based on exceptions in that data. In this session, attendees will learn how organizations use APIs to construct their own enterprise-grade IoT environment for their themselves and their customers. Key Learnings from attending this session: - Learn how organizations use APIs to construct their own enterprise-grade IoT environment for their themselves and their customers - Understand how to quickly deploy your own devices and sensors, manage network connectivity at massive scale, broker and exchange data securely with 3rd parties, and perform actions based on exceptions in that data - IoT in the enterprise is evolving and changing at such a rate, that knowledge of how to manage a network of multiple connected devices at once is critical to remaining competitive and continuing to innovate - Understanding the considerations that must be taken into account when deploying an IoT solution, and an understanding of the tools required, so that real business relevancy can be extracted from data.
Speakers
avatar for Casey Bleeker

Casey Bleeker

Technical Lead & Developer Evangelist, Cisco DevNet
Casey Bleeker is a Cisco Technical Evangelist focused on Internet of Things. He works in the DevNet team helping to facilitate technology access, content, and experiences to developers around the world. Previously at Cisco, Casey was a Technical Business Development Manager focusing... Read More →

Monday September 10, 2018 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Workshop Stage 5
  PRO: Internet of Things APIs

3:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: How GraphQL Helps Solve Enterprise Sprawl
If you've worked at an enterprise company, you've likely got some horror stories about system architecture. Success and scale can come at a certain cost: dozens of apps calling dozens (or hundreds) of services, multiple different standards, documentation marked with a TODO since circa 2010, overwhelming technical debt... How are you supposed to deal with this? "Rewrite it from scratch" is a nice sentiment, but it's not exactly realistic. Even attempting to document the whole thing presents it's own series of problems. In this talk, we will explore how GraphQL is uniquely positioned to provide a solid, sane, incremental approach to solving these complex problems facing the enterprise today.
Speakers
avatar for Matt Engledowl

Matt Engledowl

Sr. Technology Evangelist/Sr. Developer, Arvata

GraphQL Enterprise Sprawl pdf
Monday September 10, 2018 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO: The Microservices Conference: API Design & Microservices

4:00pm PDT

PRO TALK : Supercharging Self-Service API Integration with AI
Using an AI-Driven Model for Self-Service API Integration Developers must often build new applications that pull together multiple back-end services delivered via APIs. A new mobile app, for example, may need to connect to backend ERP or CRM systems using a variety of third-party APIs, which are then integrated and delivered as a new API that provides the mobile app interface. By applying machine learning to this process, developers can greatly increase the speed and reduce the complexity of API integration and management, empowering non-developers with the benefits of API integration. For example, with a machine learning model trained by integration pipeline metadata, analysts across the organization in different lines of businesses with varied skill sets can be presented with recommendations on API integration workflows, to automatically start selecting and assembling APIs to build new applications. This self-service model for API integration greatly increases the speed of new application development while following recommended best practices and reducing security and compliance risks. In this session, Ravi Dharnikota will outline the challenges of API integration in a modern cloud context and explain how developers can leverage machine learning to speed application development, reduce errors and improve security and compliance.
Speakers
avatar for Ravi Dharnikota

Ravi Dharnikota

Chief Enterprise Architect, snaplogic
Ravi Dharnikota is the Chief Enterprise Architect for Integration-Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) company SnapLogic, where he leads the company’s enterprise architects team. Prior to joining SnapLogic, Ravi was at CA Technologies, where he served as advisor and senior principal solutions... Read More →

Monday September 10, 2018 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: AI & Machine Learning APIs

4:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: What's an API Style Guide and Why Do You Need One?
As your footprint of public or internal APIs grows so will the number of hands working on them and the chance for inconsistent interfaces to creep in. In this session you will learn about why an API style guide is important and how it will help create a better developer experience. We will also walk through the key sections of a great style guide and cover areas that are often debated by engineers.
Speakers
avatar for Rich Chetwynd

Rich Chetwynd

Product Manager APIs, OneLogin
Rich Chetwynd is the head of developer experience at OneLogin, the leader in Unified Access Management. Chetwynd is responsible for all things developer at the company. Before OneLogin he started three companies including Litmos.com (acquired by CallidusCloud Inc, NASDAQ: CALD), ThisData.com... Read More →

Monday September 10, 2018 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: API Design & Technology

4:00pm PDT

PRO TALK :Blockchain and the Internet of Things
This session discusses how to use Blockchain and the Internet of Things for several uses cases including end to end real time supply chain visibility, supply chain reliability, and other use cases. For the supply chain visibility use case, a manufacturer utilized production IOT sensors to monitor products in the supply chain and then published the sensor information to a blockchain so that the data can be secured and can not be repudiated or altered in the future. A logistics services provider, manufacturer, supplier, and others participated in the blockchain and were able to monitor the status of the product as it moved through the supply chain.
Speakers
avatar for Sudip Majumder

Sudip Majumder

SENIOR DIRECTOR - INDUSTRY IOT AND BIG DATA ANALYTICS DEVELOPMENT, Oracle
An Oracle veteran of 17 years, Sudip heads up development and product management of cloud–native Industry Analytical product portfolio specific to Airlines & Transportation, Communications & Media, Retail & Consumer Goods , Utility & Energy industry. These products follow the DevOps... Read More →
avatar for Tom Plunkett

Tom Plunkett

Consulting Solutions Director, Oracle
Tom Plunkett is a Consulting Solutions Director with Oracle. He has taken graduate courses on Blockchain technology from Stanford University. He has worked on Blockchain projects for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Monday September 10, 2018 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
Workshop Stage 5
  PRO: Internet of Things APIs

4:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: The DHARMA Model for Securing Microservice APIs
Microservices have quickly become a popular way to develop software systems. As organizations implement production systems based on microservices, they are recognizing the importance and complexity of securing microservices. This session will discuss techniques for securing microservice APIs, and a multi-platform, practical model that you can use for securing your own microservice environments.
Speakers
avatar for K. Scott Morrison

K. Scott Morrison

Senior Vice President & Distinguished Engineer, CA Technologies
K. Scott Morrison is a Senior Vice President and Distinguished Engineer at CA Technologies. He joined CA as part of its acquisition of Layer 7 Technologies, where he served as CTO. Scott is a passionate, entertaining and highly sought-after keynote speaker. His quotes appear regularly... Read More →
avatar for Rob Wilson

Rob Wilson

Advisor, CA
Rob Wilson is an Advisor at CA Technologies focused on APIs and Microservices. He spends the majority of his time working with clients on their API and Microservices strategies. Rob enjoys the challenge of working on complex and diverse problems that require ingenuity and originality... Read More →

Monday September 10, 2018 4:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO: The Microservices Conference: API Design & Microservices

5:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Top 10 Ways to Building Always Available Microservices
In this session, we will deep dive into Top 10 ways to building Always Available Microservices from a real world practitioner perspective. We will deep dive into various resiliency techniques and architecture in the cloud to create micro services that are available 99.999999% of the time to serve customer traffic. Some of the techniques that we will be discussing include designing Active-Active or Active-Passive Inter Region Architectures, creating redundancy and High Availability at each layer of the architecture including downstream services, paying close attention to selection and provisioning of technology stack including application and database servers, using techniques such as Sharding, right sizing, horizontal and vertical scaling, rate limiting, application traffic throttling, synchronous and asynchronous operations, circuit breakers, monitoring and alerting and many other interesting concepts. You will be able to walk away from the session knowing what it takes to creating always available, resilient and stable Microservices!!
Speakers
avatar for Chintan Jain

Chintan Jain

SVP, Security Engineering & Architecture, Security Mantra Corporation
Chintan Jain is an accomplished cyber security visionary, technology and thought leader with more than 15 years of rich full cycle experience in Cyber Security Engineering & Architecture mainly in the areas of Identity & Access Management, Application, Infrastructure and Cloud Security... Read More →

Monday September 10, 2018 5:00pm - 5:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: API Design & Technology

5:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: 5 Pitfalls & Best Practices for API Quality & Security Testing
Today, REST APIs power most modern applications. Despite the risks of low-quality and insecure APIs, many application teams neglect API testing and focus on UI front-end testing only. The challenge that software development teams face when testing API’s lies with the code needed to write the logic behind tests, which are often hard to maintain and debug, as well as the tedious work involved in preparing datasets. In this session, you will learn about the common pitfalls and best practices around API test automation. Learn about the common ways to standardize API testing, prepare and share reusable datasets and how to integrate testing into CI/CD to ship code faster and with confidence. You will also learn about the various API security testing techniques including fuzz testing, command injection, unauthorized endpoints, and parameter tampering.
Speakers
avatar for Amjad Afanah

Amjad Afanah

CEO and Founder, FX Labs
Amjad Afanah is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in API orchestration, API testing, cloud automation and application management. He is the founder of FX Labs, a platform that virtualizes, unifies and automates the functions needed to continuously test and secure APIs... Read More →

Afanah, Amjad, Monday (Final) pdf
Monday September 10, 2018 5:00pm - 5:50pm PDT
Workshop Stage 5
  PRO: Internet of Things APIs

5:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: dubizzle's SOA Journey: Empowering Teams to Deliver Value
Dubizzle is the premier classifieds website in the UAE which receives more than 3.5 million monthly active users, 16 million monthly visits and our users post more than 16 listings per minute. We have 4 major verticals operating within the same portal, viz. for real estate properties, cars, jobs and used items. This session is about our story about how we evolved from a team of 2 developers in 2005 to more than 30 developers in 2018. How this change has allowed us to shape our services and our teams to be fast. Our technological systems organization reflects how our teams are organized and how that enables us to have synergy while developing our products. This session covers our journey, our guiding principles and how we architected our systems and culture to enable us today to deliver market value across all of our verticals. This is about our journey from a monolithic codebase towards a web of interconnected services to now a primarily event-driven architecture.
Speakers
avatar for Dhruv Baldawa

Dhruv Baldawa

Junior Architect, dubizzle
Dhruv is currently working at dubizzle, #1 ranked classifieds company in the UAE. Previously, he has worked at unicorns and startups developing backends and writing firmware. His interests include thinking about writing better software and planning to travel (and actually doing so... Read More →

Monday September 10, 2018 5:00pm - 5:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO: The Microservices Conference: API Design & Microservices

6:15pm PDT

API Welcome Reception
All 2018 API World Pass holders are welcome to join us at the API World Welcome Reception located in the San Jose Convention Center in Workshop Room 3 (Room 230B) . Cash Bar will be available. 
Monday September 10, 2018 6:15pm - 8:30pm PDT
Workshop Room 3
  EVENT

6:30pm PDT

The 2018 API Awards Ceremony
API World 2018 is the world’s largest API & microservices conference, and the 2018 API Awards are the definitive awards night for the API & microservices industry.

The 2018 API Awards are given out for 20 categories, and the Advisory Board for API World, made up of industry veterans, will select category winners after the public nomination process concludes.
The API Awards celebrate technical innovation, adoption and reception in the API & microservices industry and by the developer community.

Winners will be presented with awards at the 2018 API Awards ceremony.
Monday September 10, 2018 6:30pm - 7:00pm PDT
Workshop Room 3
  EVENT

7:00pm PDT

API World 2018 -- VIP Party (Invite Only)
You are invited to attend The API World 2018 VIP Reception.
The event will take place at the San Jose Convention Center on Monday, September 10.
There will be a Hosted Bar as well as a DJ spinning tunes!

Schedule

7:00 PM | API World 2018 VIP Party Doors Open (Hosted Bar)
8:30 PM | Door Close

The VIP Party & Reception is ONLY open to sponsors , speakers, 2018 API AWARDS winners, PRO Pass holders and press. The guest list will be strictly adhered to. Pre-registration is required.
Monday September 10, 2018 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
Workshop Room 4
  EVENT

8:30pm PDT

API World After-Party
Join us for the API World After-Party at the Affinity Restaurant & Bar located in the San Jose Hilton.
Open to all API World Pass Holders. Cash Bar. 
Monday September 10, 2018 8:30pm - 10:00pm PDT
Affinity Restaurant & Bar San Jose Hilton
  EVENT
 
Tuesday, September 11
 

8:00am PDT

Registration Open
Tuesday September 11, 2018 8:00am - 6:00pm PDT
Lobby Outside Hall 3

8:30am PDT

API World Hackathon
Tuesday September 11, 2018 8:30am - 6:00pm PDT
EXPO HALL 3

8:55am PDT

WELCOME: Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks from DevNetwork CEO & Co-Founder Geoffrey Domoracki and DevNetwork Executive Producer & Co-Founder Jonathan Pasky.

Tuesday September 11, 2018 8:55am - 9:10am PDT
Main Stage
  EVENT

9:00am PDT

OPEN TALK: Reactive Cloud-Native Networking
The vast majority of enterprises are moving to the cloud, but few are prepared for networking implications of cloud-native architectures. For developers, handling service discovery, fault tolerance, load balancing, caching and coordination over the network and across many services is the stuff of nightmares. For businesses, getting this wrong can be the cause of astronomical cloud costs and high-profile outages.

RSocket is an open-source network protocol developed in collaboration with Netflix, Facebook, Pivotal and others that was designed to handle the challenges of communication between complex networks of services both within the datacenter and over the internet – extending to mobile devices and browsers. In addition to ultra-low latency RPC and flexibility in the underlying transport layer, RSocket provides session resumption, application flow control and predictive load balancing to protect both client and server resources from being overwhelmed.

In this session, Ryland will discuss how Netifi is leveraging RSocket to simplify the way enterprises build and operate cloud-native applications, dramatically reducing operational overhead and speeding development velocity by allowing developers to focus on their product instead of their network infrastructure.
Speakers
avatar for Ryland Degnan

Ryland Degnan

CTO, Netifi
Ryland Degnan is a co-founder and CTO of Netifi, where he is working to lay the groundwork for the next generation of cloud-native applications. Prior to Netifi, he was a member of the Netflix Edge Platform team that created RSocket, Hystrix and RxJava. He has over 12 years of experience... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 9:00am - 9:25am PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

9:00am PDT

OPEN TALK: Combine API and IAM into a Simplified and Secure Architecture
Cloud and SaaS based architectures are a necessary aspect modernizing today's world of interconnected technologies. APIs have become the primary connectors of the IT landscape.  With this transition to API communications, Identity and Access Management capabilities of authentication and authorization are moving to the API.  

However, modern API Management tools that typically exist providing API capability in these modern architectures are limited in their ability to integrate with IAM providers. In our presentation we will explore how to combine API and IAM capabilities into one simplified architecture to:
  • Extend IAM beyond just HTTP and REST based schemes
  • Connecting these API and IAM combined capabilities to legacy systems
  • Create repeatable and scalable integrations with minimal coding and minimal disruption
  • Reduce dependency on insecure and non-repeatable developer-centric adapter coding
  • User-based monitoring and tracking of all API communications
Speakers
avatar for Greg DiFruscio

Greg DiFruscio

Director of Field Operations, Forum Systems
For nearly 15 years Greg has led the Forum Systems support team. Providing both pre-sales and post-sales supporting roles, Greg has been integral to the success of hundreds of secure API and IAM deployments worldwide. Greg’s experience ranges from Cloud, Mobile, and B2B technologies... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Workshop Room 1
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

9:00am PDT

PRO TALK: The 4 Million Dollar API
We’ve all been involved with a project that wouldn't get out the door. It’s important to learn from our mistakes – especially the not-so-obvious ones that tend to get repeated. SmartBear’s Shannon Wallace discusses the traps to avoid – like moving to third party tools when in-house software will suffice – when building APIs so that products can be released in record time with the high quality that is expected by the company and customers. She references an API that took over three years to develop without seeing the light of day. With six developers working on the API for over three years, the API has now cost over 4 million dollars to build. Shannon provides helpful tips associated with each roadblock encountered while building this API.
Speakers
avatar for Shannon Wallace

Shannon Wallace

API Product Manager, SmartBear Software
Shannon Wallace is an API Product Manager at SmartBear, leading a talented group of engineers who build API tools. She currently manages the leading API testing tool, Swagger Inspector, and SwaggerHub, the API design and documentation platform for teams. Previously, she served Constant... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: API Design & Technology

9:00am PDT

CANCELLED: APIs as Products | How Good Are My APIs?
Around four years ago, we began the journey at PayPal to transform all of PayPal’s core capabilities into a platform of discoverable, well-encapsulated, reusable API-driven products. We have used a customer-oriented approach to go from a very monolithic and siloed architecture to a much more loosely coupled set of over 150 services with well designed, modern APIs. We framed this transformational exercise as an organizational change initiative, with the goal of bringing a fundamental shift in how we design and build APIs. We made it a priority to identify and serve all key “customer” constituencies – developers who design and build APIs, developers who create innovative applications using these APIs, as well as the executives who support these efforts. This mindset influenced the strategy, the processes and the tools that we put together, our communication with the stakeholders, and the definition and measurement of success. An unflinching focus on developer experience and satisfaction has been key to our success, and it continues to shape how we manage this transformational program today. While every company has its own unique culture and challenges, many of the very valuable and insightful lessons that we have learned, and the approaches that we have utilized, are applicable to other companies that are trying to chart the same course.
Speakers
avatar for Nikhil Kolekar

Nikhil Kolekar

Leader - Platform Product Management, PayPal
Nikhil Kolekar is a founding member of PayPal’s API Platform team and is passionate about the disruptive innovation that digital transformation initiatives are bringing to the contemporary world. He and his team are working hard to make seamless inter-networked commerce a reali... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: Business of APIs: API Strategy

9:00am PDT

PRO TALK: The Service-Mesh Landscape
Service-mesh technology promises to deliver a lot of value to a cloud-native application, but it doesn't come without some hype. In this talk, we'll look at what is a "service mesh", how it compares to similar technology (Netflix OSS, API Management, ESBs, etc) and what options for service mesh exist today.
Speakers
avatar for Christian Posta

Christian Posta

Chief Architect cloud-native applications, Red Hat
Christian Posta (@christianposta) is a Chief Architect of cloud applications at Red Hat and well known in the community for being an author (Introducing Istio Service Mesh, O’Reilly 2018, Microservices for Java Developers, O’Reilly 2016), frequent blogger, speaker, open-source... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO: The Microservices Conference: Service Mesh Containers Kubernetes

9:00am PDT

API World Expo Hall Open
Tuesday September 11, 2018 9:00am - 6:00pm PDT
EXPO HALL 3

9:00am PDT

API World Expo Hall Open
Tuesday September 11, 2018 9:00am - 6:00pm PDT
EXPO HALL 3

9:10am PDT

eBay KEYNOTE: "Why Investing in API Development Matters"
Since joining eBay in 2014, Gail Frederick, VP Developer of Ecosystem and Services, has continually aimed to disrupt commerce with fresh ideas to create a more powerful buying and selling experience on the global marketplace. The revamping of eBay’s API platform has proved essential to this growth. eBay believes in an API-first mentality as it strives to become the world’s most powerful selling platform. Innovative APIs are no longer a “nice-to-have,” but rather an essential part of growing a successful business. In Q1 2017, external developers used eBay’s public sell APIs to drive more than $4.2 B GMV globally.
Speakers
avatar for Gail Frederick

Gail Frederick

VP, Developer Ecosystem, eBay
Gail Frederick is VP Developer of Ecosystem at eBay. She has also recently been named the General Manager of the eBay Portland office. Through the eBay Developers Program and eBay public APIs, Gail and her team make it easier for third-party developers to write code that integrates... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 9:10am - 9:35am PDT
Main Stage
  KEYNOTE

9:25am PDT

OPEN TALK: Multi-Cloud API Management Built with Microservices & Kubernetes
Every API Strategy is, by definition, a multi-cloud strategy.  Whether you are integrating API proxies, Apps on 3rd Party clouds, or databases spread across geos, you need to be ready to play across public and private clouds.  To be successful in this dynamic world, your API management solution needs to be able to scale microservices independently from zero to millions of API calls per hour, with automatic orchestration tools like Kubernetes.  In this session, we will examine the best practices for creating a flexible and secure multi-cloud API strategy and look at how API Connect’s new microservice-based API Management solution can help any strategy future-proof itself.  
Speakers
avatar for Alan Glickenhouse

Alan Glickenhouse

Digital Transformation and API Business Strategist, IBM
Alan Glickenhouse is the API Business Strategist on the API Connect offering management team. On the API Connect team Alan assists clients with their business strategy for APIs, understanding their business direction, existing environment (both business and technical) and helps businesses... Read More →
avatar for Rob Thelen

Rob Thelen

API Offering Manager, IBM
Robert Thelen is a Product Manager for IBM’s API Management and Gateway solutions, with a focus on it’s cloud strategy. Since joining IBM, Rob has focused on the intersection of API Management and the cloud, including launching a cloud native API management solution on IBM Cloud... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 9:25am - 9:50am PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

9:35am PDT

FEATURED TALK: Data APIs Don’t Discriminate
The exploding API economy, combined with an advanced analytics market projected to reach $30 billion by 2019, is forcing IT to expose more and more data through APIs. Business analysts, data engineers, and data scientists are still not happy because their needs never really made it into the existing API strategies. This is because most APIs are designed for application integration, but not for the data workers who are looking for APIs that facilitate direct data access to run complex analytics. Data APIs are specifically designed to provide that frictionless data access experience to support analytics across standard interoperable interfaces such as OData (REST) or ODBC/JDBC (SQL). Consider expanding your API strategy to service the developers with open analytics in this $30 billion market.
Speakers
avatar for Nishanth Kadiyala

Nishanth Kadiyala

Product Evangelist, Progress DataDirect
As a Product Evangelist at Progress DataDirect, Nishanth Kadiyala works with data developers, enterprises, BI vendors and data management vendors on Data APIs to support analytics against a wide variety of data sources. He primarily focuses on data connectivity based on industry standards... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 9:35am - 9:50am PDT
Main Stage
  FEATURED TALK

10:00am PDT

OPEN TALK: Hackathon Kick-Off Talks
Tuesday September 11, 2018 10:00am - 10:20am PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: Hackathon Workshop

10:00am PDT

OPEN TALK: Tracking Hackers - Cybersecurity for APIs
What do oBike, a bicycle rental company, Instagram, and the IRS have in common? Answer -- hackers used APIs to access their customers sensitive information forcing these organizations to announce breaches. Although these API attacks were exposed, most API-based attacks go undetected these days – particularly attacks that used compromised credentials. API cyberattack examples and the techniques used by hackers to breach APIs will be discussed. It will also review how AI-based security solutions can effectively stop these attacks and provide deep visibility into your API sessions for forensic and compliance reporting. Topics covered include: - API cyberattack trends - Review of recent API attacks - Today's API security gaps - API Deception and API Honeypots - Leveraging AI for attack detection - Building reports with detailed traffic insight for any API - Best practices for securing APIs
Speakers
avatar for Bernard Harguindeguy

Bernard Harguindeguy

SVP, INTELLIGENCE, Ping Identity
Bernard joined Ping by way of the Elastic Beam acquisition, where he was the founder and CEO. Elastic Beam built the first hybrid cloud solution that used advanced AI techniques to deliver deep visibility into API activity and stop cyberattacks. Most recently he was Chairman, President... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
Main Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

10:00am PDT

OPEN TALK: Autonomous Optimization: A Survey of Applications Across the Customer Funnel and Software Stack
In this talk we review a wide range of applications of Autonomous Optimization, a new paradigm that offers a more versatile and effective alternative to traditional hypothesis testing-based methods. We cover use cases across the customer funnel, from acquisition to engagement/retention to monetization, with integrations across the software stack, from websites to mobile apps to server-side systems and services.
Speakers
avatar for Olcan Sercinoglu

Olcan Sercinoglu

CEO & Founder, Scaled Inference
Olcan is the Founder & CEO at Scaled Inference. Before founding Scaled Inference, Olcan was an engineer in Google Brain, where he worked on efficient inference methods for general-purpose statistical models and task-specific adaptations that can utilize deep learning. Early on at... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Workshop Room 1
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

10:00am PDT

PRO TALK: The Product Journey of an API Product
The Product Journey of an API Product Most of the product managers get lost to understand what role do they play while building an API based product. In this presentation, I would like to cover the following a. Role of Product Manager vs Engineering Team vs Architect c. How API Product Management is different from Experience Product Management d. API Product Maturity Lifecycle e. Product Positioning and GTM Strategy for API Product f. Best Practices for Building an API Product I would like to use one of the real-life case studies of my journey of building and marketing an API Product at PayPal and share some of the best practices we defined and discovered in the journey to share with other product leaders in this space.
Speakers
avatar for Savitha Ajitraj

Savitha Ajitraj

Senior Product Manager, PayPal
Savitha has close to a decade of experience in Product Management with primary focus on the online marketplaces, customer service and eCommerce. She has built several products/platforms in different types of ecosystems ranging from Enterprise F500s to fledgling Startups for both global... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: API Design & Technology

10:00am PDT

PRO TALK: API Security: When OAuth Is Not Enough
Given the popularity of APIs and microservice based application development, it is no surprise that API security is also a topic of great interest. OAuth is the most common API security standard in use, but it is not a one-size-fits-all proposition. This session will illustrate where OAuth limitations can be addressed by adding in the complementary functionality of the attribute-based access control (ABAC) standard. ABAC, OAuth and OpenID Connect standards can work together in meeting the broadest range of security requirements when sensitive or regulated data is accessed via APIs, providing a more comprehensive security formula than when using OAuth alone. Jonas and Gerry will explore the details of how these standards integrate, describe benefits of the approach, and will provide a live demonstration.
Speakers
avatar for Gerry Gebel

Gerry Gebel

Vice President Business Development, Axiomatics
Gerry Gebel, VP of Business Development, linkedin.com/in/gerry-gebel-626332: Gerry is the VP of Business Development at Axiomatics, and in this role he supports our sales, marketing, customer support and product teams by managing strategic partnerships and alliances Prior to joining... Read More →
avatar for Jonas Iggbom

Jonas Iggbom

VP sales engineering, Axiomatics
Jonas Iggbom, the VP of Sales Engineering in North America for Axiomatics, has over 18 years of experience in product management and technical sales in endpoint security and access control. His expertise lies in encryption technologies, keys, certificates, and SSH, as well as access... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: Business of APIs: API Strategy

10:00am PDT

PRO TALK: Don’t Forget the Data When Embarking on Your Journey to Service Meshes
You are preparing to embark on a journey to service meshes. You have a full pack: Docker containers, Kubernetes orchestration, Istio/Envoy service mesh, and other essentials. You’re all set! Or are you? It’s no secret that sophisticated enterprises are using data to deliver new value and gain competitive advantage. As a result, applications and microservices produce, consume, and share massive amounts of data. Further, one of the common characteristics of a microservices architecture is the decentralization of data management, so data is distributed over a vast surface area. And of course all of this data needs to be controlled and protected for compliance with data security and privacy regulations such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and GDPR. What does this confluence of data-related trends mean for your journey to service meshes? An enterprise-class service mesh must account for data. For example, what data stores exist in the mesh? Where is the data located? What types of sensitive data are in the mesh? How is the data secured? Who is accessing the data? Before you start your journey to service meshes, learn how you should include a data-centric approach in your essentials from the beginning.
Speakers
avatar for Shriram Rajagopalan

Shriram Rajagopalan

Unprincipled Engineer, Tetrate
Shriram Rajagopalan is one of the founding engineers behind the Istio service mesh project, and an early contributor to Envoy. He currently maintains the networking subsystem within Istio. Prior to working on Istio/Envoy, he worked on the Xen hypervisor, the Linux kernel, network... Read More →

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Tuesday September 11, 2018 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO: The Microservices Conference: Service Mesh Containers Kubernetes

10:25am PDT

OPEN TALK: Opening The Doors to Automotive Commerce
CDK Global has recently (March 22, 2018) launched the Fortellis Automotive Commerce Exchange platform (fortellis.io) that invites global developers to consume and publish APIs in order to drive technology forward and create great experiences for automotive dealerships, car brands, and consumers. Rajiv Amar is the architect behind Fortellis and will speak about how it was built from the ground up, what problems it solves, and how it has evolved rapidly in an industry desperate for integration of innovative technologies. He will present exciting use cases that have emerged by taking down barriers to entry into the exciting world of automotive commerce. Members of Rajiv's team could also be available for hands-on demonstrations, break-out sessions for those interested in learning more about the latest innovations in this industry, and case study reviews of progress made through the Fortellis platform. Equifax has been the first to publish their APIs on the Fortellis platform, and SiruisXM was one of the first major brands to state their commitment to innovating on the platform, opening the door to connected car technology being available in new and different ways through CDK Global's dealership software. We expect that API world attendees will be excited to hear about developments on the Fortellis platform since its March launch.
Speakers
avatar for Rajiv Amar

Rajiv Amar

EVP & Chief Technology Officer, CDK Global
Rajiv Amar is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for CDK Global, a leading global provider of integrated information technology and digital marketing solutions to the automotive retail and adjacent industries. Rajiv leads the development of engineering platforms... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 10:25am - 10:50am PDT
Main Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

10:30am PDT

OPEN TALK: An Event-Driven Stack for the Enterprise (Hackathon Workshop)
In today's world everyone is building apps, most times those apps are event-driven and react to what happens around them. How do you take those apps to, let's say, a Kubernetes cluster, or let them communicate between cloud and on-premises, and how can developers and non-developers work together using the same tools?
Speakers
avatar for Leon Stigter

Leon Stigter

Developer Advocate, TIBCO Software Inc
Leon Stigter is a developer advocate at TIBCO Software, where he creates tools and technologies to help drive the (r)evolution of digital business. He is passionate about helping developers unlock the value of technology and about shaping the developer experience and ecosystem around... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 10:30am - 11:10am PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: Hackathon Workshop

11:00am PDT

August KEYNOTE: "Knowing the Client: Building Different APIs for Different Purposes"
Of course, all IoThings need APIs – otherwise, they'd just be Things. One of the major benefits of IoT is that the interface and device are separated – you don’t need to build a physical keyboard interface into the device to control the Thing. Now, you can use mobile and Web technology to control and monitor devices so how well you designing and developing your mobile application APIs becomes even more important. Attendees will learn: * The importance of segmenting your architecture * When to build a “generic” interface that considers the broad set of customers that might access the app or device vs a narrowly-focused API that serves a device-specific function * How to integrate segmented APIs into a coherent system * How to implement logging in order to understand the function and performance of segmented architectures * Some of the pitfalls of device-specific APIs and how to avoid them
Speakers
avatar for Christopher Dow

Christopher Dow

Chief Technology Officer, August Home, Inc.
Christopher Dow is the CTO for August, where he is responsible for technology strategy. Christopher joined August in February 2013 as the first engineer, building and managing the software team before becoming CTO in July 2017.Prior to August, Christopher Dow was senior vice president... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 11:00am - 11:30am PDT
Main Stage
  KEYNOTE

11:00am PDT

OPEN TALK: 5 Proven Hacks to Accelerate your API Lifecycle
A robust API lifecycle is critical, but are you shocked by how long it can take to get through all essential stages? So were we.  That’s why we’re going to show you 5 proven hacks -- including live demos -- that will safely and securely get your APIs into production faster; much faster.  Topics include: auto-creating APIs for connectivity to existing applications or data sources, accelerating development with an API Proxy, the simple but powerful 3-30-3 rule for enhancing APIs, unlocking the power of OData APIs, and how the pro’s safely perform rapid trial and error.  Come and see 5 hacks in 50 minutes and get days or weeks of your life back!
Speakers
avatar for Paul Lathrop

Paul Lathrop

Integration Solutions Architect, Jitterbit
Paul is the Integration Solutions Architect and Lead Solutions Engineer for all Jitterbit Channel Partners. He specializes in projects that include Workday, NetSuite,  ServiceNow,  Salesforce.com, Magento, Microsoft CRM  and many other SOAP or REST based endpoints.
avatar for Matthew Lonergan

Matthew Lonergan

Technical Architect, Jitterbit
Matthew is a Technical Architect specializing in mobility, data integration and collaboration technologies. During his 25 year career, Matthew has held positions with companies including Citrix, Microsoft, Reuters and Stanford University. Before entering the private sector, Matthew... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Workshop Room 1
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

11:00am PDT

PRO TALK:If You Document It, They Will Come
Your documentation is frequently the first impression a developer has of your API and your service. If your API documentation is sparse, inaccurate, and inconsistent, chances are that your API is too. Even with the most well-designed API, it still takes good API documentation to drive developer adoption. If you leave your developers guessing, they just might go somewhere else. In this talk, we'll take a look at some ways to bump up your documentation game.
Speakers
avatar for Joyce Lin

Joyce Lin

Developer Evangelist, Postman
Joyce is a Developer Evangelist with Postman. Postman is used by 5 million developers and more than 100,000 companies to access 130 million APIs every month. She frequently works with both API builders and API consumers, and has strong opinions about do's and don't when it comes to... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: API Design & Technology

11:00am PDT

PRO TALK: Do I Have the Right API Strategy to Make My Business Successful?
Often we engage customers who are interested in digital transformation. They are implementing APIM platforms and tech stacks and building RESTish services with JSON payloads. Their strategy is to bring this new tech to the organization. But that strategy doesn’t work. Come to this session to learn why not and what you should be considering to build a successful API Program for your company.
Speakers
avatar for Lou Powell

Lou Powell

Principal, Vanick Digital
Lou Powell is a Founding Partner in Vanick Digital, an award-winning consultancy and software development group specializing in api-driven digital transformation. Prior to Vanick, Lou has held digital leadership and architecture roles within both the Fortune 500 and one of the web’s... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: Business of APIs: API Strategy

11:00am PDT

PRO TALK: Istio: Weaving, Securing, and Observing your Microservices
With the rapid adoption of microservices, Istio has become the de facto framework to load-balance, route, secure, and monitor the traffic that flows between microservices. This is accomplished in part through Istio’s service mesh, which provides a common networking, security, policy, and telemetry substrate for services. We will explain how the service mesh can help with the transition to microservices, empower operations teams, enable the adoption of security best practices. You’ll learn the history Istio and the service mesh concept and discover how you can easily leverage Istio for A/B testing, policy enforcement, secure communication, and observing your microservices deployment. Along the way, we will cover Istio’s ecosystem, the state of the project, where it’s headed, and how you can get involved.
Speakers
avatar for Daniel Berg

Daniel Berg

Distinguished Engineer and IBM Kubernetes Service Architect, IBM
Daniel Berg is a distinguished engineer within the IBM Cloud unit at IBM, where he is responsible for the technical strategy and implementation of the containers and microservices platform available in IBM Cloud. Daniel has deep knowledge of container technologies such as Docker and... Read More →
avatar for Louis Ryan

Louis Ryan

Principle Engineer, Google
Louis Ryan is a Principal Engineer at Google working on APIs and microservices. Prior to working on Istio he co-authored the GRPC spec and ran the infrastructure that supports Googles consumer facing APIs.

Tuesday September 11, 2018 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO: The Microservices Conference: Service Mesh Containers Kubernetes

11:15am PDT

OPEN TALK: Hacking your first AWS Serverless Project
In this session we’ll walk through creating your first AWS Serverless project, discussing the AWS services, how they work together, and how to build with best practices in mind. We’ll cover how to start locally in your own development environment, test your AWS Lambda functions, and then deploy up to the cloud. From there we’ll talk about how to understand what’s happening with your applications and how you can troubleshoot any issues that might come up.
Speakers
avatar for Chris Munns

Chris Munns

Senior Developer Advocate for Serverless Applications, Amazon Web Services
Chris Munns is a Senior Developer Advocate for Serverless Applications at Amazon Web Services based in New York City. Chris works with AWS's developer customers to understand how serverless technologies can drastically change the way they think about building and running applications... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 11:15am - 11:55am PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

11:30am PDT

OPEN TALK: Managing Chaos: API Management On the Modern Architectural Stack
Everything was easier when we knew where our code would be run. With the advent of microservices, functions as a service and other massively distributed architectures, however, the traditional role of API Management - scalability, security, support - is changing. TIBCO's Rob Zazueta will explain what these changes look like and how to adapt to them to continue supporting your current architectures while you begin adopting the brave, new world of massive distribution.
Speakers
avatar for Rob Zazueta

Rob Zazueta

Global Director, Digital Platform Strategy, TIBCO
Rob Zazueta is Director of Digital Strategy, providing thought leadership and concrete advice for TIBCO’s customers as they embark on their journey toward the digital transformation of their business. Rob’s career has spanned across business development with an emphasis on technical... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 11:30am - 11:50am PDT
Main Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

12:00pm PDT

OPEN TALK: Turn the Web Upside Down! (Hackathon Workshop)
Data flow in web applications is typically unidirectional, with browsers acting as data consumers and web servers acting as producers. But what if there were no restrictions about producing or consuming data or where your application had to reside, whether in a browser, on a mobile phone or in the cloud? What if it were as easy for a browser to communicate with another browser as it were for it to communicate with a web server?

Netifi is part of an open source initiative that includes pioneers in microservices — Netflix, Facebook and Pivotal Software — to develop the RSocket application protocol. RSocket is bi-directional with no restrictions about producing or consuming data or where applications must reside. This allows a developer the full range of possibilities no matter where the application is deployed. A browser can both fetch data and act as a server, serving requests from peers. A node server can pull live telemetry data from clients while at the same time serving their requests.
Netifi Proteus is a next-generation platform based on RSocket technology, providing API management, routing, service discovery and predictive load balancing while being able to run over standard transports (like TCP, HTTP/2 and WebSocket). This results in applications that are easier to scale, less failure-prone and easier to operate.

Attend our workshop for a demo of what is possible with the Netifi Proteus platform. Also, visit the Netifi booth (#105) at any time to get your own introduction to the Netifi platform, and receive login credentials for a hosted Proteus broker your team may use during the challenge. Then build your own application, either by extending the provided demo application or coming up with your own idea.
Speakers
avatar for Ryland Degnan

Ryland Degnan

CTO, Netifi
Ryland Degnan is a co-founder and CTO of Netifi, where he is working to lay the groundwork for the next generation of cloud-native applications. Prior to Netifi, he was a member of the Netflix Edge Platform team that created RSocket, Hystrix and RxJava. He has over 12 years of experience... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 12:00pm - 12:40pm PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: Hackathon Workshop

12:00pm PDT

API World Town Hall Luncheon: Understanding the API Landscape (Invite Only)
Invite-only.

Join us for the annual  API World 2018 Town Hall Luncheon!
Leaders across the API economy will meet to discuss the explosion of growth in the industry and how best to continue to expand the integration of software and technology.

Understanding the API Landscape
As APIs have matured across all industries, we've also seen maturation of the tools that support them. From API Management and Monitoring to API Microservices Back-end and API Ops, what are the technologies having the greatest impact on successful API programs? Which tools will continue to improve that we should watch? What tools are missing now that will help push the whole industry forward once created?
Moderators
avatar for Rob Zazueta

Rob Zazueta

Global Director, Digital Platform Strategy, TIBCO
Rob Zazueta is Director of Digital Strategy, providing thought leadership and concrete advice for TIBCO’s customers as they embark on their journey toward the digital transformation of their business. Rob’s career has spanned across business development with an emphasis on technical... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Iddo Gino

Iddo Gino

CEO, RapidAPI
Iddo Gino is the Founder and CEO of RapidAPI. Part of Forbes 30 Under 30 list, he's a 2017 Thiel Fellow. Previously, he was a Co-organizer of Hacking Gen Y.Iddo has been programming since he was a kid and continues to contribute to open-source projects. Originally from Haifa, Israel... Read More →
avatar for Simon Peel

Simon Peel

Chief Marketing Officer/Chief Strategy Officer, Jitterbit, Inc
Simon is the chief strategy officer and chief marketing officer at Jitterbit. A self-confessed growth-hacker, Simon has dedicated his career to taking startup companies from their early stages to successful exits by building world-class deal-generation engines. He most recently led... Read More →
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Mike Stowe

Developer Relations, RingCentral
Author of Undisturbed REST, Michael Stowe has spoken at conferences around the world. An active advocate for creating better architectures and interfaces, his work has also been featured on ProgrammableWeb, DZone, and InfoQ. You can view his past talks and slides at http://www.mikestowe.com/slides... Read More →
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Shannon Wallace

API Product Manager, SmartBear Software
Shannon Wallace is an API Product Manager at SmartBear, leading a talented group of engineers who build API tools. She currently manages the leading API testing tool, Swagger Inspector, and SwaggerHub, the API design and documentation platform for teams. Previously, she served Constant... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 2
  EVENT

12:00pm PDT

OPEN TALK: Connect Everything: Real-Time Communication in an IoT World
By 2020 there will be 20 billion Internet-connected devices. Traditional architectures won't stretch to allow them all to communicate, interact, and operate in real-time at scale. In this talk we will examine the challenges of connecting large audiences to real-time apps; explore pub/sub and long polling as foundational solutions; and propose a comprehensive solution that empowers developers to connect, deliver, and control streams of data reliably, securely, and scalably to create extraordinary and innovative products.
Speakers
avatar for Simon Jones

Simon Jones

CMO, PubNub
Simon is a Silicon Valley veteran, with two decades' experience in building, marketing, and selling innovative B2B products. Most recently, Simon was Evangelist and Head of Marketing for Cedexis, an intelligent Interenet traffic management company, which was acquired by Citrix in... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: Business of APIs: API Strategy

12:50pm PDT

OPEN TALK: Staying Connected: Building Solutions with Zoho APIs
We present the Zoho Marketplace as a means for customers to get more value from Zoho products and services, through extensions to existing products. We also present the opportunity and value for developers in building and deploying these extensions using Zoho REST API's
Speakers
avatar for Pradeep Arokia Raj

Pradeep Arokia Raj

Technical architect, Zoho Corporation
Pradeep heads the engineering team for Zoho Marketplace and plays a vital role in empowering the developer ecosystem. Prior to his role in Zoho Marketplace, he worked as a lead engineer in building Zoho's cloud based document storage management software.

Tuesday September 11, 2018 12:50pm - 1:15pm PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

1:00pm PDT

OPEN TALK: Mobility is Changing. Are You Ready for It?
Louis Debatte sits at the intersection between product and business. From connected cars to Uber to autonomous driving, learn from an expert about how the mobility landscape is changing, and the ways in which TomTom innovation is leading the way.
Speakers
avatar for Louis Debatte-Monroy

Louis Debatte-Monroy

Head of Product Marketing, TomTom
Louis Debatte is Senior Product Marketing Manager at TomTom Maps. He started his career in financial technology before moving to South Africa and joining TomTom Maps. After a few years mapping the African continent, Louis is now based at the TomTom headquarters in Amsterdam where... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 1:00pm - 1:20pm PDT
Main Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

1:00pm PDT

OPEN TALK: Building API-Driven Microservices
APIs are changing the way that developers build their applications, from simple websites and mobile apps to Internet of Things applications. At the same time, many developers are moving away from traditional monolithic application architectures to creating smaller microservices, each with its own API. Building microservices has benefits like increased speed to market, reduced potential for errors when deploying updates, and greater flexibility in application design. In this session, we’ll talk about how you can get started building API-based microservices by using Amazon API Gateway. We’ll cover API Gateway’s core features, including how it can help you create standardized APIs and its authentication and authorization features. By the end, you’ll have a foundation for how you can build public or private APIs for backends running on server-based or container-based applications and serverless applications.
Speakers
avatar for Chris Munns

Chris Munns

Senior Developer Advocate for Serverless Applications, Amazon Web Services
Chris Munns is a Senior Developer Advocate for Serverless Applications at Amazon Web Services based in New York City. Chris works with AWS's developer customers to understand how serverless technologies can drastically change the way they think about building and running applications... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 1
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

1:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: 5 Secrets About Moving to a (Micro) Services Architecture That I Wish I Knew 10 Years Ago
The concept of microservices, or even just services as they’re more so being referred to today, has matured from buzzword into a popular architecture and software development approach across a diverse range of industries. So, if we’re on board with an approach of building lego blocks vs. getting entangled in the spaghetti monster, what’s next? Hear from Eventbrite’s Galen Krumel, VP of Engineering, about five key benefits of moving from a more traditional Silicon Valley dev approach to a Platform-centric approach has been a game-changer for the company, for the 100+ API partners that plug into the platform, and for the 50M+ consumers that purchased a ticket on Eventbrite last year.
Speakers
avatar for Galen Krumel

Galen Krumel

Vice President of Engineering, Eventbrite
Galen Krumel is Vice President of Engineering at Eventbrite, supporting a team of software engineers that are building the world’s largest ticketing and event technology platform. Under his leadership, his team is responsible for a number of key engineering responsibilities from... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: API Design & Technology

1:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Ten Steps to Build a Strong Token Based API Security
Many developers are well versed with domain based application development. However when it comes to security, there are very few who can ascertain to the credibility of their API and Identity assertion systems. This talk targets the uncertainty around the functioning and utility of tokens in an API security landscape. It addresses the basic needs of a token infrastructure and what would it take to build one. This talk aims to help developers embrace security and identity as part of their tool chain and remove the skepticism around building their own API security. The developers should be able to use this discussion as a launchpad for building their own API authentication systems. This is a unique talk as many companies closely guard the secret of how their token infrastructure functions.,Being the lead architect for eBay Identity and having hand crafted the infrastructure which powers eBay's entire API stack authentication, Senthilkumar is driving the vision for Identity architecture for the next generation of services and uniquely poised to help developers with the talk to understand the nuances of API security and token infrastructure. He will be providing references to OAuth RFC specifications, OWASP threats and how it is addressed etc.
Speakers
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Senthilkumar Gopal

Identity Architect, eBay Inc
Being the lead architect for eBay Identity and having hand crafted the infrastructure which powers eBay’s entire API stack authentication, Senthilkumar is driving the vision for Identity architecture for the next generation of services and uniquely poised to help developers with... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: Business of APIs: API Strategy

1:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: PANEL: What is a Service Mesh and Why Does it Matter?"

  • What is your definition of a service mesh?
  • What problem does a service mesh solve? Why did the concept come about?
  • What would you say is the number one pain point a service mesh helps with?
  • What distinguishes the service mesh approach from other middleware mediators?
  • Specifically, what is the difference between a service mesh and an ESB?
  • Service mesh and an API Gateway/API Management?
  • For companies looking to move to a service mesh, what is the right transition path? How would it vary depending on what they’re using today?
  • Any situations where you wouldn’t recommend using a service mesh?
  • What is the hardest part about implementing a service mesh? What about maintaining it?
Moderators
avatar for Matt McLarty

Matt McLarty

VP, API Academy, CA Technologies
Matt works with organizations around the world, helping them to improve the speed and scale of their software delivery through the use of APIs and microservices. He leads the API Academy for CA Technologies, and is the co-author of the O'Reilly books Microservice Architecture and... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Daniel Berg

Daniel Berg

Distinguished Engineer and IBM Kubernetes Service Architect, IBM
Daniel Berg is a distinguished engineer within the IBM Cloud unit at IBM, where he is responsible for the technical strategy and implementation of the containers and microservices platform available in IBM Cloud. Daniel has deep knowledge of container technologies such as Docker and... Read More →
avatar for Idit Levine

Idit Levine

CEO & Founder, Solo.io
Idit Levine is the founder and CEO of Solo.io. She founded Solo.io with the idea to create tools that help organizations meaningfully adopt cloud-native technologies alongside their existing IT investments. Idit has a long history in cloud, infrastructure and open source in both startup... Read More →
avatar for Christian Posta

Christian Posta

Chief Architect cloud-native applications, Red Hat
Christian Posta (@christianposta) is a Chief Architect of cloud applications at Red Hat and well known in the community for being an author (Introducing Istio Service Mesh, O’Reilly 2018, Microservices for Java Developers, O’Reilly 2016), frequent blogger, speaker, open-source... Read More →
avatar for Louis Ryan

Louis Ryan

Principle Engineer, Google
Louis Ryan is a Principal Engineer at Google working on APIs and microservices. Prior to working on Istio he co-authored the GRPC spec and ran the infrastructure that supports Googles consumer facing APIs.

Tuesday September 11, 2018 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO: The Microservices Conference: Service Mesh Containers Kubernetes

1:20pm PDT

OPEN TALK: Hybrid Data Connectivity via REST API for Cloud/On-Premise Data Sources (Hackathon Workshop)
As APIs continue to explode, each organization exposes its own unique REST/SOAP/Bulk APIs for consuming their data. And some of them also come up with their own unique query language such as ROQL (Oracle Service Cloud), SOQL (Salesforce), etc. This makes it difficult for an enterprise and its development team to be able to learn and code against all these different APIs.

This is where OData is very useful. OData advocates a standard way of implementing REST APIs that allows for SQL-like querying capabilities using these RESTful APIs. OData is essentially SQL for the web built on top of standard protocols – HTTP, JSON & ATOM – while leveraging the REST architecture style.

In this workshop for the Progress hackathon challenge, you will be learning what OData is, how you use it and how you generate OData using Progress DataDirect Hybrid Data Pipeline for any data source for your hackathon project.
Speakers
avatar for Saikrishna Bobba

Saikrishna Bobba

Developer Relations, Progress
Saikrishna is from the Developer Relations team at Progress, who is passionate about data connectivity and integration, standards based data access in the API space and helping developers in this area. He has authored over 90+ articles and videos related to OData API, data connectivity... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 1:20pm - 2:00pm PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: Hackathon Workshop

1:30pm PDT

OPEN TALK: The Current State of Location Services
What progress has been made in the pursuit of an autonomous world? How have recent changes to Google Maps price plans impacted the industry? Why is this the optimal time for developers to embrace location services? Discover why the question of ‘where’ is more relevant than ever before.
Speakers
avatar for Michael Palermo

Michael Palermo

Developer Relations, HERE Technologies
Michael is an international speaker/trainer and has been evangelizing innovative technologies for nearly two decades. Michael’s current passion is empowering developers to understand and integrate location services. Michael is a published author of technical books as well as online... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 1:30pm - 1:50pm PDT
Main Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

2:00pm PDT

OPEN TALK: Building and Scaling the GitHub Platform
For 10 years, GitHub has been a central place for developers to build and collaborate on software. As software development becomes more efficient and sophisticated, so too does GitHub’s platform. To match the demands of the developer community, GitHub reinvisioned its platform to give developers a more streamlined and powerful experience. In this talk, Director of Ecosystem Engineering, Kyle Daigle, will break down how his team rebuilt the GitHub platform to become more powerful and open than it was before. He’ll also highlight how developers can leverage GitHub’s GraphQL and Checks API’s to automate and customize their workflows, and how GitHub Apps, Marketplace and other platform tools can help developers collaborate more effectively.
Speakers
avatar for Kyle Daigle

Kyle Daigle

Director of Ecosystem Engineering, GitHub
Kyle Daigle is the Director of Ecosystem Engineering at GitHub and helps build and improve its platform. Before GitHub, he built and integrated APIs for banks, credit unions, realtors, and small businesses. Kyle is passionate about using APIs to enable teams to collaborate more e... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT
Main Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

2:00pm PDT

OPEN TALK: APIs 101: A Crash Course in API Strategy
Whether launching a new API program or looking to revisit and refresh your existing program, TIBCO's Rob Zazueta will arm you with valuable insights into go to market strategy, developer experience, and just about every other aspect of launching and running a successful API strategy, whether you're targeting third-party developers, strategic partners, or your own engineering staff.
Speakers
avatar for Rob Zazueta

Rob Zazueta

Global Director, Digital Platform Strategy, TIBCO
Rob Zazueta is Director of Digital Strategy, providing thought leadership and concrete advice for TIBCO’s customers as they embark on their journey toward the digital transformation of their business. Rob’s career has spanned across business development with an emphasis on technical... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 1
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

2:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Scaling an API Ecosystem to Deliver Millions of Assets to Enterprises Globally
Migrating a high traffic, customer facing production application and infrastructure to the cloud is no small task. With some of the world’s leading businesses depending on your technology and content, the stakes are high and the requirements are many. Shutterstock recently embarked on a technology transformation which led to organizational, cultural and technical changes in a mission to grow beyond an e-commerce site to serving many global enterprises through a creative platform. Shutterstock empowers business around the world with high-quality images, video, music and design tools through its API partners such as Amazon, Facebook, Google and IBM. In this talk, Peter Silvio, Vice President of Engineering and Architecture, will share best practices in transitioning to a globally distributed cloud infrastructure to better manage, measure, and manipulate your API. He will outline the decisions made and challenges faced in relation to talent, process and technology. Main audience takeaways: 1. Understanding the decision tree for implementing an API ecosystem. 2. How to best invest in resiliency and monitoring of your API. 3. How to educate technical and non-technical stakeholders about scaling a API Ecosystem.
Speakers
avatar for Peter Silvio

Peter Silvio

VP Engineering and Architecture, Shutterstock
Peter Silvio is a Vice President of Engineering for Platform Solutions at Shutterstock. A passionate technology leader with over 20 years of experience, he has spent the past decade architecting and building distributed service platforms and designing data architecture not just for... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: API Design & Technology

2:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Business of APIs: API Monetization
APIs are one of the primary enablers of a massive transformation in business models. Today's most popular consumer services (e.g., e-commerce, ridesharing, streaming media) would not be possible without APIs. Businesses also rely on APIs for critical capabilities (e.g., communications, payments, logistics) and interfacing with governments (e.g., tax authorities). Almost every company is becoming a technology company, and tomorrow's software developer will not write a single line of code without checking first to see whether they can access the capability they need through an API. Technology companies will unbundle software into discrete services (e.g., stripe payments, Twilio messaging, yaas.io commerce) and companies in other industries will race to make their products configurable (e.g., appliances, vehicles) and capabilities consumable (e.g., production, transportation) via API. Anything that can be exchanged via API will be, and APIs will become the highest volume channel for delivering many of the world's most consumed services (+$200B of purchases will be made via API by 2020). The impact on the economy will be massive (+$5T of economic activity will be API enabled by 2020). This session will provide business and technology leaders with best practices and leading examples, so they can define a winning API monetization strategy and take advantage of this opportunity.
Speakers
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David Pluto

VP Strategy, SAP
David Pluto is a Vice President in SAP’s Corporate Strategy group where he leads a team focused on driving SAP’s Cloud Applications & Ecosystem strategy. David defined SAP’s API strategy and serves as an advisor to SAP.iO, a strategic investment fund which invests in early-stage... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: Business of APIs: API Strategy

2:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Glooing and Sqooping your Monolith-Microservice-Serverless Environment
Transitions from monolith to microservices are hard. While the number of blogs and books suggesting strategies to address this problem have grown exponentially, the essential tooling has improved slowly, with limited accessibility to developers.

To change this situation we at Solo.io developed Gloo, a platform to hybridize (or "glue") monolith-microservice-serverless environments and Sqoop, a codless graphQL server. 

Gloo enables multi-architecture and multi-cloud applications, by providing a suite of features to allow “glueing” components from any cloud (AWS, Azure, Google) and any backend (Kubernetes, Serverless, Consul, traditional VM) into a single user-facing API. 

Sqoop aggregates data from multiple backend sources into a single GraphQL API (with zero code written by the user).

Both projects are built on top of the Envoy proxy, and integrates out-of-the-box with other open-source projects including NATS, OpenTracing and more.

In this session, we will learn about Gloo, Sqoop and other open-source projects from Solo.io, and discover how its extensible architecture offers solutions to a broad range of use cases. Warning: lots of live demos will be shown.
Speakers
avatar for Idit Levine

Idit Levine

CEO & Founder, Solo.io
Idit Levine is the founder and CEO of Solo.io. She founded Solo.io with the idea to create tools that help organizations meaningfully adopt cloud-native technologies alongside their existing IT investments. Idit has a long history in cloud, infrastructure and open source in both startup... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO: The Microservices Conference: Service Mesh Containers Kubernetes

2:05pm PDT

OPEN TALK: Simplify Complex Data Communications with DDS
Networked software applications can be the most challenging code to design and implement.  Data communications need to be: - Robust: they cannot fail, even when a link drops or component resets - Flexible: system components may move, new components added - Secure: data communications must be protected against attack. This presentation will describe the Data Distribution Service (DDS) standardized technology and how it makes developing these robust, flexible, and secure software applications easy.
Speakers
avatar for Nina Tucker

Nina Tucker

VP Technology, Twin Oaks Computing
Nina is the co-founder of Twin Oaks Computing, and has the current responsibility for creating and managing customer and partner relationships for Twin Oaks Computing. Her responsibility is to assure ongoing beneficial relationships with potential and existing customers and partners... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 2:05pm - 2:30pm PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

2:25pm PDT

OPEN TALK: Back to the Future: Why the Web is Still the Next Big Thing
Thirty years ago the web was the next big thing, but the vision for a great user experience was ahead of its time. Now the web feels tired, even somewhat cumbersome. By addressing these problems head-on, users are having a better experience on the open web but there is still more work to be done. In a tech climate that’s looking towards AI and all things mobile join Aanchal Bahadur, from the Global Web Product Partnerships team at Google, to discover why the web remains the gateway to the world economy.
Speakers
avatar for Aanchal Bahadur

Aanchal Bahadur

Strategic Partners Development, Google
Aanchal Bahadur been at Google for eight years - learning and contributing to the core of Google's scale in AdWords Operations and helping talented online content creators gain a wider audience on YouTube, on the Creator and Artist Development Partnerships team, in India. For the... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 2:25pm - 2:50pm PDT
Main Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

2:40pm PDT

OPEN TALK: Improving the Demand Side of AI market
Training AI in-house is often infeasible as it requires a critical mass of talent and data, and has high R&D risks. For Cognitive AI, like machine translation and speech recognition, hundreds of pre-trained and adaptive models are already available on the market via APIs from many vendors. Their performance varies case by case and change often. Their prices are 100x-200x times different, hence a wrong choice may be a complete miss.

In this talk, we argue that the only way to go is to evaluate and continuously optimize AI vendor portfolio and introduce our vendor-agnostic demand-side API platform for AI.

Speakers
avatar for Konstantin Savenkov

Konstantin Savenkov

CEO & co-founder, Intento, Inc.
After getting a Ph.D. in 2008, Konstantin Savenkov led research and development efforts for online content services, then worked as CTO at Zvooq and as a chief operating officer at Bookmate. In 2016, he contributed his experience in artificial intelligence, tech, and operations to... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 2:40pm - 3:10pm PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

3:00pm PDT

OPEN TALK: The Future of Test Automation: Next-Generation Technologies to Use Today
In the recent report The Forrester Wave: Omnichannel Functional Test Automation Tools, Q3 2018, industry analysts indicated that test automation is still largely unpenetrated, with only 29 percent of surveyed organizations reaching high levels of automation. In a world with self-driving cars and smart homes, technology is rapidly evolving, but the adoption of test automation is moving at a snail’s pace. What can we do to make this better?

You can increase the implementation of test automation, from design to execution, with the assistance of AI and machine learning. Join this web seminar to learn how these technologies can be applied toward test automation in a practical way. We will go beyond the basics and discuss key, innovative technologies, including how customers are using them to solve real problems, then explore where the future of test automation is going.
Attendees will learn how to:
  • Simplify the process of building comprehensive API test scenarios using artificial intelligence
  • Train your virtual services to “think” by leveraging machine learning
  • Understand the correlation between code changes and coverage gaps by aggregating data and using smart analytics
 
Speakers
avatar for Chris Colosimo

Chris Colosimo

Product Manager, Parasoft
avatar for Nathan Jakubiak

Nathan Jakubiak

Director of Development, Parasoft

Tuesday September 11, 2018 3:00pm - 3:25pm PDT
Main Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

3:00pm PDT

OPEN TALK : Why your App Needs Real-Time Communications
Communication is an important human interaction. However, when you are not physically present with the other party, it can be difficult to stay connected. To bridge this gap between users, a widespread of popular apps are adding some form of Real-Time Communications (RTC). In fact, there are over 1.5 billion minutes of audio/video logged weekly from just Chrome Web users. That does not include mobile applications and other desktop/mobile browsers. From Social to Healthcare to E-Commerce, more app developers are looking to add further engagement and increase interactions with their user base. RTC not only helps users communicate with one another but also enables apps to monetize by adding premium features.  Let’s explore why you should consider adding real-time communications in your application today.
Speakers
avatar for Sid Sharma

Sid Sharma

Director of Developer Relations, Agora.io
Sid Sharma is leading the developer evangelism efforts at Agora.io. He has experience in both API and platform evangelism with heavy exposure in the CPaaS and real-time communications space. Sid started out as the first full-time Developer Advocate at Nexmo where he helped shape the... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 1
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

3:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Creating an API Economy Business Strategy
As the IBM API Business Strategist, one of the most frequent requests I receive is to help a business create an API Economy Business Strategy. To assist, I've pulled together a set of topics that need to be decided for each business. This includes: Establishing and prioritizing goals, Creating methods and procedures, Understanding organizational impact, Establishing appropriate governance, Understanding technical impact, Communication, and Evaluating what is working and what is not / Vitality. This session introduces each of these topics to assist the attendee in developing their own API Economy business strategy.
Speakers
avatar for Alan Glickenhouse

Alan Glickenhouse

Digital Transformation and API Business Strategist, IBM
Alan Glickenhouse is the API Business Strategist on the API Connect offering management team. On the API Connect team Alan assists clients with their business strategy for APIs, understanding their business direction, existing environment (both business and technical) and helps businesses... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: Business of APIs: API Strategy

3:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Building Reactive Systems in the Cloud
Building Distributed Systems in the cloud is challenging, overcome those challenges using Reactive Systems utilizing Akka, CQRS, Event Sourcing and containers. Learn how "Reactive Microservices" helped the likes of Linkedin, CapitalOne and Verizon save millions of dollars on App infrastructure and accelerated time to market and performance in the process.
Speakers
avatar for Mark Makary

Mark Makary

CTO, Logic Keepers
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-makary-12677/ API World 2017 Microservices guest speaker https://apiworld2017.sched.com/speaker/mark1041 Former open source committer at RedHat/JBoss QuickstartsThought leadership & Blogger https://LogicKeepers.blog Co-authored the Microservices Research... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO: The Microservices Conference: Service Mesh Containers Kubernetes

3:15pm PDT

OPEN TALK: The Nuts and Bolts of Location Aware Applications
JS, PhD, Product Marketing Manager at TomTom, offers a deep dive into the use of TomTom Maps APIs for developers looking to leverage the power of location insights. Learn about APIs for map display, search, routing, traffic and map SDKs.
Speakers
avatar for J Sarigul

J Sarigul

PMM, TomTom
JS, PhD is a Product Marketing Manager at TomTom Maps, a division of entrepreneurial technology company TomTom. Focused on evangelizing TomTom’s Maps APIs and SDKs, she works with developers to integrate TomTom’s software into their solutions, putting developers on the map for... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 3:15pm - 4:05pm PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

3:30pm PDT

OPEN TALK: The Future of API Management is Serverless
Gone are the days of needing to manage servers for running your API based applications, of needing to think about capacity management and the gamble of provisioning too much or too little infrastructure. By leveraging serverless API management services, you can easily build and deploy traditional REST and GraphQL based APIs without the need for provisioning or managing any servers or infrastructure. I’ll share how AWS customers are running secure APIs with high availability and automated scaling, all while significantly reducing their operational overhead, and how you can do the same.
Speakers
avatar for Chris Munns

Chris Munns

Senior Developer Advocate for Serverless Applications, Amazon Web Services
Chris Munns is a Senior Developer Advocate for Serverless Applications at Amazon Web Services based in New York City. Chris works with AWS's developer customers to understand how serverless technologies can drastically change the way they think about building and running applications... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 3:30pm - 3:50pm PDT
Main Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

4:00pm PDT

KEYNOTE: Making Great APIs
You’ve designed, tested, documented … and now you have a great API. Now what? In this talk, Abhinav will review his perspective on the best ways to take that great API, get it into the hands of developers, and become part of the API eco-system. Many of these tips start with the API itself: is the design developer-friendly? Is the API documentation useful, accurate, and kept up-to-date? Some are related to ongoing communication and updates: how often is the API updated, and how are changes communicated? Some are marketing-focused - where to be included: lists, marketplaces, exchanges? While focused on promoting a public API, many of the tips in this talk apply to private and internal APIs, which comprise the majority of APIs used today.
Speakers
avatar for Abhinav Asthana

Abhinav Asthana

VP/Marketing, Postman, Inc.
Abhinav is an experienced developer and entrepreneur. He wrote the first free Postman app in 2012, when he first began working with APIs, because he realized that *hated* cURL. He envisioned a simple client for HTTP requests, to help him get beyond simple GET and POST requests and... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 4:00pm - 4:25pm PDT
Main Stage
  KEYNOTE

4:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Efficiently Processing Large Data Transfers Through APIs
API layers for complex products might need to query other micro-services behind the scenes to access the data required. This is easy for simple queries, but what if the request is to download a 1 GB large file, or to upload 1 GB of content to an internal service? In this talk, we will explore how an API layer can fulfill its responsibilities like authentication and rate-limiting while not impacting the performance of data transfers to or from internal services. We will demonstrate how open source tools like nginx can be used in conjunction with the API server to meet scaling requirements easily.
Speakers
avatar for Vinod Chandru

Vinod Chandru

CTO, Kloudless
Vinod Chandru is CTO and Co-Founder at Kloudless, where he builds product and enables customers to accelerate their application integrations. Kloudless provides unified APIs to code once and integrate many business applications with a single implementation.

Tuesday September 11, 2018 4:00pm - 4:30pm PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: API Design & Technology

4:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Lessons in Transforming the Enterprise to an API Platform
Are your digital transformation efforts taking your business in the right direction? The talk focuses on lessons learned from working with various organizations in hospitality, loan origination, and fintech to develop and deploy their API platform. These enterprises implemented an API first design, federated governance, and API management layers as part of their overall platform strategy. We will explore what worked, what didn't work, and tips to ease your transformation initiatives.
Speakers
avatar for James Higginbotham

James Higginbotham

API Architect, LaunchAny
James Higginbotham is an API and microservice architecture consultant with over 20 years of experience in developing and deploying apps and APIs. He provides API strategy, design and microservice architecture guidance to enterprise IT and organizations undergoing digital transfor... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 4:00pm - 4:30pm PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: Business of APIs: API Strategy

4:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Building Fintech with Microservices and k8s
Capital One has been one of the rare large financial institutions that has been at the forefront of eagerly updating its core systems with cloud-native architecture and committing to developing most new applications using microservice architecture and containers. Having been on this journey for several years now, we can report that it is not for the faint of heart - it is full of dangerous operational time-sinks and genuinely challenging design implications. In this talk we'll share our take-aways covering wide range of important aspects: from team organization to infrastructure to design process, what we have learned and what still remains non-trivial. Spoiler alert - it was largely worth it.
Speakers
avatar for Irakli Nadareishvili

Irakli Nadareishvili

Sr. Director, Technology, Capital One
Irakli Nadareishvili is currently leading microservices transformation efforts as the Senior Director of the Tech Fellows Group at Capital One. Irakli is a co-author of Microservice Architecture (O'Reilly 2016), and was formerly co-founder and CTO of ReferWell, a NY-based health technology... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 4:00pm - 4:30pm PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO: The Microservices Conference: Service Mesh Containers Kubernetes

4:00pm PDT

OPEN TALK: The API User Experience
Why aren’t people using your API?  Why aren’t people using your product?  Let’s determine how to define why and discuss a successful implementation and usage process.
Speakers
avatar for Michael Irigoyen

Michael Irigoyen

Sr. Software Engineer 1, Accusoft
Michael Irigoyen is a Sr. Software Engineer with Accusoft, working on a wide variety of projects from SaaS offerings to on-premise Dockerized products. His specialities includes a focus on user-centric design, whether it be a user interface or an API. During his time at Accusoft... Read More →

Tuesday September 11, 2018 4:00pm - 4:40pm PDT
Workshop Room 1
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

4:05pm PDT

OPEN TALK: Confessions of a Professional API Wrangler
If software is eating the world, APIs are the #1 enablers. The use of APIs for integration/ automation has skyrocketed with the number of apps used in support of business functions. At Workato, as the leading API automation platform, we work with 1000s of APIs ranging from joyful, to downright painful. As consumers of APIs, we have a different perspective and in this session we share some of the lessons learnt in the hope that it is useful for API developers, and on a more selfish note, a cathartic experience for us.
Speakers
avatar for Dimitris Kogias

Dimitris Kogias

Chief Architect and Co-Founder, Workato
Dimitris Kogias is chief architect and co-founder of Workato, the leading Enterprise API automation platform with over 3500 customers. Prior to Workato, he was an early member of the AWS team at Amazon.
avatar for Harish Shetty

Harish Shetty

Head of Engineering and Co-Founder, Workato
Harish Shetty is the head of engineering and co-founder of Workato, the leading Enterprise API automation platform with over 3500 customers. Prior to Workato, he led engineering at iProfile and was Engineering director and and lead architect at TIBCO. 

Tuesday September 11, 2018 4:05pm - 4:30pm PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

4:30pm PDT

API World 2018 Expo Block Party
Join us for the API World 2018 Expo Block Party!

The Expo Block Party gives registrants the chance to visit participating API World exhibitors, while enjoying free drinks & food.

Additionally, participants are encouraged to play our Expo Game, where visiting exhibitors during the show will allow you to win great prizes!
Tuesday September 11, 2018 4:30pm - 6:00pm PDT
EXPO HALL 3
  EVENT

6:00pm PDT

API World After-Party
Join us for the API World After-Party at the Affinity Restaurant & Bar located in the San Jose Hilton.
Open to all API World Pass Holders. Cash Bar. 
Tuesday September 11, 2018 6:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
Affinity Restaurant & Bar San Jose Hilton
  EVENT
 
Wednesday, September 12
 

8:00am PDT

Registration Open
Wednesday September 12, 2018 8:00am - 4:00pm PDT
Lobby Outside Hall 3

8:30am PDT

API World Hackathon
Wednesday September 12, 2018 8:30am - 4:00pm PDT
EXPO HALL 3

9:00am PDT

OPEN TALK: One API for 3.9 Billion Mailboxes
There are 3.9 billion email inboxes, calendars, and address books. Between them are trillions of connections, and enough data to run the businesses and lives of nearly everyone on the planet.

At Nylas, we see application developers with thousands of ideas to improve email, and thousands more to improve existing apps with this data. However, email is fraught with 45 years of feature creep, protocol complexities, proprietary implementations, and security concerns we are continuously reminded of. It is a great challenge to make that data securely, easily, and universally available.

In this session we demonstrate how we can unify a vast suite of competing and proprietary mailbox protocols and access them securely through a modern API. This API not only makes mailboxes and order of magnitude easier to access, it also allows for modern security measures, and extended capabilities.

We believe applications are more powerful, contextual, and insightful when they use APIs to integrate email, contact, and calendar data. We believe in the power of APIs to connect the great information centers of the world and strive to see the world’s largest communication base be part of that information flow.
Speakers
avatar for Evan Morikawa

Evan Morikawa

Engineer, Nylas
Evan Morikawa is a senior engineer at Nylas building email, contact, and calendar APIs. He’s currently in NYC starting an East Coast Nylas office. Before Nylas, Evan was founder & CTO at Proximate, an events & social network analysis company, and was a Techstars dev in residence... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 9:00am - 9:25am PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

9:00am PDT

OPEN TALK: REST & JavaScript APIs for Location & Mapping: A Workshop
What if you could build an App or API that connected your users to the context of where they are? That's the promise of geospatial aware applications that make the end-user experience of any application better. In this session, developers will get some hands-on training with the HERE Freemium Plan to use services such as geocoding, routing, and positioning to build location-aware features.
Speakers
avatar for Nic Raboy

Nic Raboy

Developer Evangelist, HERE Technologies
Nic Raboy is an advocate of modern web and mobile development technologies. He has experience in Java, JavaScript, Golang and a variety of frameworks such as Angular, NativeScript, and Apache Cordova. Nic writes about his development experiences related to making web and mobile development... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Workshop Room 1
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

9:00am PDT

PRO TALK: How to Move Mt. Fuji with Blockchain!
Blockchain has many innovative uses. How would you use Blockchain to move Mt. Fuji? In this session, you will learn how Blockchain can be used for industries that find it hard to implement Blockchain. We will go through some examples of Blockchain case studies and its impact on industry. It is a session in easy to understand words with less jargon and more information on Blockchain and crypto currencies.
Speakers
avatar for Gautam Gupta

Gautam Gupta

Group Manager, Intuit
I am an experienced Architect in fintech industry. As an experienced, highly capable technology leader, I specialize in building motivated engineering teams and creating highly scalable fintech platforms and big data solutions. I’m responsible for Lending Club's ICM Engineering... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: Blockchain APIs

9:00am PDT

PRO TALK: Economics of API Management
This session will examine the financial justification of an API Strategy. In particular it will show how following an API strategy will transform you into a multi-sided economic model and move your business into the world of platform economics. The presentation will share data that shows that companies who engage in platform economics command superior valuations over more traditional businesses thus forming the foundation for justification of following an API strategy.
Speakers
avatar for Paul Nerger

Paul Nerger

SVP, Products, developerprogram.com
Paul Nerger is a long time veteran of the computer industry.  He is currently the Senior Vice President of Products at DeveloperProgram.com (DP.com), the leaders in Software-as-a-Service to power developer and partner ecosystems.  Prior to DP.com, Mr Nerger was the co-founder of several startup companies in England, Ireland, and the United States.  Mr Nerger has held software engineering, product management, sales, ma... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: Business of APIs: API Management

9:00am PDT

PRO TALK: APIs that Power Today's Fintech Startups
Cover breadth of APIs which are key building blocks of today's FinTech world
Speakers
avatar for Deepak Shah

Deepak Shah

Director of Engineering, Yodlee Inc
True Polygot leader! - carrying responsibilities of Architecture, Engineering, Delivery, Team Success, navigate and work-across functional teams (Sales, Engineering, QA, Dev-Ops, Security, marketing) to achieve organizational goals, Developer Relations, Evangelism, Customer SuccessAll... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO:Emerging APIs

9:00am PDT

API World Expo Hall Open
Wednesday September 12, 2018 9:00am - 4:00pm PDT
EXPO HALL 3

9:25am PDT

KEYNOTE: Democratizing APIs: Why APIs Aren't Just for Programmers
Nearly all APIs are designed solely with developers in mind, but are you losing valuable opportunities to connect with your end users? Your product's value isn't in your API; it's defined by how your users consume it. In this talk, Wade Foster will share examples of APIs for the 99%, valuable lessons learned in helping non-coders consume APIs, and why an API-first world is in our future.
Speakers
avatar for Wade Foster

Wade Foster

CEO and Co-Founder, Zapier
Wade Foster is the CEO and co-founder of Zapier, a workflow automation tool used by over two million people to connect the work apps they use every day. Prior to Zapier, Wade worked as a customer development lead for The Idea Works, Inc. in Missouri. He is an alumni of Y Combinator... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 9:25am - 9:50am PDT
Main Stage
  KEYNOTE

9:25am PDT

OPEN TALK: API Security: Beyond SSL and Tokens
In this session, Isabelle exposes through a demo a few common API vulnerabilities which are usually overlooked when designing APIs and exposing them to consumers. API Security is much more than SSL and tokens. Confidentiality, Integrity, Auditing are all critical aspects that you need to evaluate depending on the risk involved exposing your APIs!
Speakers
avatar for Isabelle Mauny

Isabelle Mauny

Field CTO, 42Crunch
Isabelle Mauny, co-founder and Field CTO of 42Crunch, is a technologist at heart. She worked at IBM, WSO2 and Vordel across a variety of roles, helping large enterprises design and implement integration solutions. At 42Crunch, Isabelle manages customer POCs , partners integrations... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 9:25am - 9:55am PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

10:00am PDT

OPEN TALK: 7 Global Movements That Are Evolving The Story of APIs
APIs are a global phenomenon, the lingua franca for international business. Now, with bold EU regulations and new entrants, the API industry continues to evolve in exciting directions. In this talk, I’ll outline seven major API economy shifts and describe what repercussions these have on how APIs are perceived, marketed, and elevated into business critical platform decisions. I’ll tackle major growth indicators, using public API data, and examining niche sectors, IPOs, and acquisitions in the API space as evidence. I’ll describe ground-breaking regulation affecting the global API game, such as GDPR and PSD2, outlining the incumbents these initiatives affect. I’ll also describe more subtle undercurrents such as the politics of important API legal issues as well as strides toward achieving open standards around API design. By the end, the viewer will have an introductory footing on the current and future global API landscape.
Speakers
avatar for Bill Doerrfeld

Bill Doerrfeld

Editor in Chief, Nordic APIs
Bill Conrad Doerrfeld is an API specialist, focusing on API economy research and marketing strategy for developer programs. He is the Editor in Chief for Nordic APIs, a high impact blog and knowledge center for API providers. He was also formerly a Directory Manager & Associate Editor... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
Main Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

10:00am PDT

OPEN TALK: Where API Management Meets the Service Mesh
Enterprises adopt API Management tools to safely interact with external entities while getting API consistency in critical areas:
* security
* protocols/data formats
* auditing/reporting
* DevOps automation
* developer experience

Internally, they’re deploying coordinated microservices to implement their externally facing API’s.  To help manage these armies of moving parts, companies increasingly leverage open source service meshes like Istio and Linkerd that give them:
* resilience
* dynamic deployment patterns
* telemetry

Come to this session to learn how API Management (external focus) interacts with the service mesh (internal focus) to ensure end-to-end consistency, compliance, and reliability.
Speakers
avatar for Rod Cope

Rod Cope

CTO, Rogue Wave Software
Rod Cope is the CTO of Rogue Wave Software, which he joined through the acquisition of OpenLogic. He was the CTO and Founder of OpenLogic where he helped enterprises adopt and manage open source software. Previously in his 25+ year software career, he worked at IBM, IBM Global Services... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 10:00am - 10:25am PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

10:00am PDT

OPEN TALK: Building Serverless APIs with Flogo and Lambda
Serverless is gaining massive momentum when it comes to building apps and APIs are at the epitome of serverless use cases. Developing and deploying such APIs might not be as easy as it seems though. Join Leon Stigter to discover how you can use Project Flogo to create and deploy APIs to serverless platforms like AWS Lambda.
Speakers
avatar for Leon Stigter

Leon Stigter

Developer Advocate, TIBCO Software Inc
Leon Stigter is a developer advocate at TIBCO Software, where he creates tools and technologies to help drive the (r)evolution of digital business. He is passionate about helping developers unlock the value of technology and about shaping the developer experience and ecosystem around... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 10:00am - 10:40am PDT
Workshop Room 1
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

10:00am PDT

CANCELLED - PRO TALK: Building Blocks Using Lamden’s API’s
Making a blockchain from scratch is no simple task. In fact, Bitcoin, Litecoin, ZCash, and Dash all share 90% of the same code for this very reason. We’re looking to show people how easy it is to develop and create new custom blockchains and apps. We want to show the full power of Lamden. For this proposed session, we want to dive into Lamden’s unique smart contract application to develop distributed applications which includes blockchain. This technical session will show developers how to build your own blockchain from the ground up with Lamden’s extensive customizable tools written in Python. What is Lamden? Lamden is focused at being the first end-to-end development suite for blockchain applications. We do not focus specifically on smart contracts on a pre-existing system, but rather creating new and custom blockchains and decentralized systems that are not encompassed within the application space of smart contracts. Those who know a thing or two about smart contracts know that there is a limited subset of what they can do. The tools that Lamden is making supersede that subset and expose a development environment wherein any type of decentralized application can be developed. Lamden is an open source Python-based blockchain network and development suite. Our blockchain was written entirely in Python and will be released, for free, to the community near the end of the year. Lamden's goal is to put easy to use blockchain tools in the hands of developers. We’re looking to showcase our emerging technology for a technical workshop at this year’s APIWorld Conference.
Speakers
avatar for Stuart Farmer

Stuart Farmer

Partnerships, Lamden
With Web application development at an all-time high, unlimited libraries and tutorials, very little innovation has been made in the Blockchain industry. At Lamden, we’re building the first end-to-end development suite for blockchain applications. With the integration of our tools... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: Blockchain APIs

10:00am PDT

PRO TALK: You’ve Succeeded Wildly in Building APIs from Z Assets; What’s Your API Management Plan?
All z Systems customers have a significant new business opportunity to extend their reach to new customers and markets with new applications and services, and to improve the experience of existing customers. This can be achieved by exposing existing z assets (which have been developed over time) as APIs for accessing Systems of Record, while leveraging mobile and cloud capabilities with new Systems of Engagement applications. In this session, we will explore business drivers with new Node.js apps for delivering enhanced customer experience (with mobile and cloud adoption), how to accelerate development and management of SoE app APIs with API management.
Speakers
avatar for Haley Fung

Haley Fung

Offering Manager, IBM
Haley Fung is the IBM Offering Manager for IMS specialize in API, Java and DevOps. She drives product direction in building solutions for enterprise modernziation and integration for IMS. Haley is a frequent presenter at global technical conferences. Her deep technical expertise and... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: Business of APIs: API Management

10:00am PDT

PRO TALK: Dating APIs
Dating apps are on the rise, but the key to every dating app is its APIs.
Speakers
avatar for Tim Zaitsev

Tim Zaitsev

Vice President of Engineering, The League
Tim Zaitsev is the Vice President of Engineering at The League, a dating app that combines data and social graphs from both Facebook and LinkedIn to offer privacy from coworkers, more context about a potential match, and a curated community of ambitious singles who desire an equally... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO:Emerging APIs

10:25am PDT

OPEN TALK: Barcodes Are SO Retro: How NEW Tech is Making Old Technology Even More Useful
Smartphones have put a barcode reader into everyone’s hands, and the right software can turn that smartphone into an enterprise data capture device. In this talk, we’ll do a brief history of time (barcode edition), talk about some of the frustrations encountered with barcodes as a mobile data capture solution, and how those frustrations have been eliminated to open up new possibilities for application developers and business owners to use an old technology in new ways.
Speakers
avatar for John Deal

John Deal

Vice President of Product Strategy, TachyonIQ
John Deal is the Vice President of Product Strategy at Code Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of barcode readers. He has a background in software development and go-to-market planning for hardware and software products in the B2B space.

Wednesday September 12, 2018 10:25am - 10:55am PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

11:00am PDT

OPEN TALK: Trillo - A Full Stack, Low-Code Platform for the API Economy
Success in the API economy is contingent upon applications that can be quickly assembled by integrating new and existing services. To support the agility of businesses, they should be flexible and support accelerated deployment. Strong security is a critical requirement of these applications due to distribution over the internet. Finally, they should be readily accessible from devices of varying form factors.

This session presents a novel platform for building such modern applications with much less code. By following principles of model-driven architecture (MDA) and serverless computing, Trillo accelerates construction and deployment of applications on public and private clouds. A serverless and model-driven application is also flexible for making changes. A serverless and model-driven application is inherently flexible, thereby making it straightforward to adapt to changing requirements. Trillo covers all aspects of application development, such as security (inspired by Beyond Corp), API gateway, data access, microservices, serverless functions and responsive UI design. Trillo's visual environment brings everything together. 
Speakers
avatar for Anil Sharma

Anil Sharma

President & CEO, Trillo Inc.
Anil is CEO and founder of Trillo. Trillo is a full stack, low-code, visual and secure platform for building applications. Trillo is based on model-driven and serverless principles. Prior to Trillo, Anil was co-founder of two more platform and middleware companies. He is passionate... Read More →

Trillo Low Code pptx
Wednesday September 12, 2018 11:00am - 11:25am PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

11:00am PDT

KEYNOTE: Reinvigorating an API Platform
Your free API makes it easy for developers to build great apps, and your enterprise API drives revenue and supports complex business requirements. Yet, supporting both a free AND an enterprise API comes with challenges. This is especially true when working to strike a balance that encourages flexibility and innovation for many types of developers and businesses. In this presentation, Twitter’s Adam Tornes and Cassie Stewart will discuss the evolution of the Twitter API platform and the work underway to unify the APIs and optimize for scale, monetization — and ultimately for innovation.
Speakers
avatar for Cassie Stewart

Cassie Stewart

Product Marketing Manager, Twitter Developer Platform, Twitter
Cassie Stewart - Product Marketing Manager, Twitter Developer Platform Cassie is a Product Marketing Manager at Twitter, where she owns the product marketing strategy for the developer platform and data products. Previously, Cassie was a Senior Product Marketing Manager at SendGrid... Read More →
avatar for Adam Tornes

Adam Tornes

Sr. Product Manager, Twitter Developer Platflorm, Twitter
Adam is Senior Product Manager at Twitter, where he leads many of the product and engineering initiatives related to Twitter's API platform and data business. Prior to joining Twitter, Adam was an early employee and PM at Gnip, where he launched and managed many of the company's core... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 11:00am - 11:30am PDT
Main Stage
  KEYNOTE

11:00am PDT

OPEN TALK:Dynamic Static Sites
Static websites first came about with the dawn of the internet. Being fast, secure, and easy to maintain, it’s no wonder they’re still incredibly relevant. Using 3rd party APIs, you can get the best of both worlds: all the upsides of static sites, plus the feel and function of a dynamic one. In this talk Shy Ruparel, developer evangelist at Contentful, examines the history of static sites, their benefits and how to make them dynamic.
Speakers
avatar for Shy Ruparel

Shy Ruparel

Developer Evangelist, Contentful
Shy Ruparel is a Python developer by heart with a passion for day-long board games, good jokes and the staying power to wish you a great day on Twitter every single day.

Wednesday September 12, 2018 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Workshop Room 1
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

11:00am PDT

PRO TALK: Blockchain Protocols with Social Impact
Great companies aren't here just to make money. They exist to change the world. Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies are making this possible at a never-before-seen scale. This panel discussion will focus on Blockchain protocols that are opening new avenues for social good, and it will highlight how developers are participating and driving new innovation on the protocols. We will discuss the fundamental protocols that the panelists work on, how those protocols contribute to social good, and the token economics that reward participants/developers and innovations to the protocol.
Speakers
avatar for Nic Meliones

Nic Meliones

Chief Product Officer, BEN
NIC MELIONES / Chief Product Officer, BEN Nic is the Chief Product Officer at BEN. BEN is a secure identity protocol that allows trusted parties to exchange sensitive information. Previously, Nic founded and was CEO of BitWall, a Bitcoin startup, for 4+ years, until it was acquired... Read More →
avatar for Ryan Scott

Ryan Scott

CEO & Founding Partner, Akoin.io
Ryan Scott is the Founder and Chairman of ICO Impact Group. As an advisor and investor in many companies he is focused on blockchain and cryptocurrency funded pro-social startups.    He also most recently became the CEO and co-founder of Akoin, a cryptocurrency and dapp store for... Read More →
avatar for Clarence Wooten

Clarence Wooten

Founder, CEO, STEAMRole.org and RoleCoin.io
I'm a serial internet entrepreneur who has been creating and building Internet startups since 1998. Back then I was co-founder and CEO of ImageCafe.com, an online superstore of prefabricated websites for small businesses. ImageCafe was acquired for $23 million by Network Solutions/Verisign... Read More →
avatar for Heidi Yu

Heidi Yu

Co-Founder, CEO, Boost Insider & BOOSTO.io
Heidi Yu, CEO & Founder of Boostinsider and BOOSTO, Serial entrepreneur. MBA graduate from Seattle University. After exiting e-commerce platform Pocomaru, she founded Boostinsider at the end of 2014, providing in-depth data analytics for 350,000 active social media influencers covering... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: Blockchain APIs

11:00am PDT

PRO TALK: API Integration : State of the Union
There has been massive adoption of Web APIs, and many stats and commentary exist around API exposure and business models - but what about API integration? This session will take a look at the challenges that exist around integration in 2018, looking at data we’ve collected from a large variety of enterprise cloud apps. We’ll look at some of the trends we are seeing among service providers that ease the developer burden and make some recommendations to ensure the APIs we’re building today are fit for purpose tomorrow.
Speakers
avatar for Ross Garrett

Ross Garrett

Chief Product Officer, Cloud Elements
Ross Garrett is the VP of Product & Marketing at Cloud Elements - responsible for market strategy, product positioning and evangelism. He is a well-known speaker at developer events and other industry conferences. Ross has almost 15 years of product and marketing leadership experience... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: Business of APIs: API Management

11:25am PDT

OPEN TALK: Introduction to Adobe’s API Management Solution
If you’re looking for an easily configured, high performing, API Management Platform, then come to this session where we’ll introduce you to the latest solution from Adobe. CF API Management Platform provides full capabilities to manage your APIs from a central robust tool. This session will provide an overview of the platform including demonstration of it’s easy to use interface.
Speakers
avatar for Elishia Dvorak

Elishia Dvorak

Technical Marketing Manager, Adobe
Elishia Dvorak is the Technical Marketing Manager at Adobe supporting both eLearning and ColdFusion product lines. In that role she provides sales & marketing support, technical guidance, education & training for those products and integrated technologies. She has a long history of... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 11:25am - 11:50am PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

11:30am PDT

OPEN TALK: CMS Blue Button 2.0: Creating a Data-driven Ecosystem with Medicare Beneficiaries
The United States Digital Service is a team at The White House, using design and technology to deliver better services to the American people. For the past year, the USDS has been embedded at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) helping build a new API that helps the millions of Americans on Medicare share their data. With the CMS Blue Button API, third party Developers can build integrations to access claims information for a Medicare beneficiary. The Blue Button API contains four years of claims data for 53 million Medicare beneficiaries, and provides access to Medicare Part A, B and D data. This data reveals a variety of information about a beneficiary’s health, including type of Medicare coverage, drug prescriptions, primary care treatment and cost. Beneficiaries also have full control over how their data can be used and by whom, with identity and authorization controlled by MyMedicare.gov.
Speakers
avatar for Kelly Taylor

Kelly Taylor

Product Manager, US Digital Service
I've spent the past year in Washington, D.C. serving a "digital tour of duty" with the U.S. Digital Service. I helped the Center for Medicare & Medicaid with the Blue Button API, an oAuth + FHIR API that enables a Medicare Beneficiary to grant a 3rd party app access to their health... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 11:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Main Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

1:00pm PDT

OPEN TALK: Design Your API for Humans
 Throw away the notion of building something for a computer to consume.  Let’s determine what your users need to successfully and easily implement your interface.
Speakers
avatar for Michael Irigoyen

Michael Irigoyen

Sr. Software Engineer 1, Accusoft
Michael Irigoyen is a Sr. Software Engineer with Accusoft, working on a wide variety of projects from SaaS offerings to on-premise Dockerized products. His specialities includes a focus on user-centric design, whether it be a user interface or an API. During his time at Accusoft... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 1:00pm - 1:10pm PDT
Main Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

1:00pm PDT

OPEN TALK: API Management and Microservices Architectures: Real World Use Cases
In this session we will showcase real-world examples of companies building web-scale implementations using APIs and microservices architectures. We will also discuss best practices and describe capabilities companies need to design and build APIs, adopt cloud-native architectures and ensure the proper level of security and governance for APIs.
Speakers
avatar for Ann Marie Bond

Ann Marie Bond

Senior Manager, Product Management, Software AG
avatar for David Overos

David Overos

Senior Director of Product Marketing, Software AG

Wednesday September 12, 2018 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

1:00pm PDT

OPEN TALK: Connect to Any Existing System With Auto-Created APIs
APIs are everywhere. From the APIs available for 150k+ SaaS Apps, to APIs for blockchain, IoT, artificial intelligence and everything in between. In theory, companies can stitch these APIs together with existing systems to rapidly create exciting new applications.  But where do you start and what tools exist to help you include those systems? Come and see how internal systems can be safely exposed in a few clicks and watch us demonstrate live how APIs can be combined to power new Apps that include Salesforce, SAP, Blockchain, Alexa, and more.
Speakers
avatar for Simon Peel

Simon Peel

Chief Marketing Officer/Chief Strategy Officer, Jitterbit, Inc
Simon is the chief strategy officer and chief marketing officer at Jitterbit. A self-confessed growth-hacker, Simon has dedicated his career to taking startup companies from their early stages to successful exits by building world-class deal-generation engines. He most recently led... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 1
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

1:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: An Introduction to Hedera Hashgraph APIs for High Transactional, Secure, and Fair Application
In this presentation Simi Hunjan, Developer Advocate at Hedera Hashgraph, will present an overview of the apis for three services that run on top of the Hedera public network, cryptocurrency, distributed filed storage, and smart contracts. She will talk about the three tenets that make Hedera Hashgraph the ideal distributed ledger on which to build your dapp - speed, security, and fairness. Simi will also demonstrate how easy it is to build a distributed application that takes advantage of this functionality. In addition, attendees will receive exciting exclusive development updates on Hedera. If you are a Solidity developer already, or proficient in Java, this is the presentation for you! 
Speakers
avatar for Simi Hunjan

Simi Hunjan

Developer Advocate, Hedera Hashgraph

Wednesday September 12, 2018 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: Blockchain APIs

1:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: DevSecOps is your Friend!
In an ever agile world where APIs are designed and implemented at an incredible rate, securing APIs is often a last moment thought. Security vulnerabilities are bugs, and like any other bug must be found as early as possible. In this session, Isabelle explains how developers can take advantage of an automated approach to discover and fix security issues as early as possible and how security teams can put the right tools in place to ensure that their security requirements are met as part of the API lifecycle. We will talk about static/dynamic code analysis, OpenAPI and dynamic security policies.
Speakers
avatar for Isabelle Mauny

Isabelle Mauny

Field CTO, 42Crunch
Isabelle Mauny, co-founder and Field CTO of 42Crunch, is a technologist at heart. She worked at IBM, WSO2 and Vordel across a variety of roles, helping large enterprises design and implement integration solutions. At 42Crunch, Isabelle manages customer POCs , partners integrations... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: Business of APIs: API Management

1:00pm PDT

PRO TALK:The role of bits in the world of cars: How APIs are shaping the ability of automotive companies to compete
It is the world of atoms that has traditionally been the driver for the excitement around cars. A timeless design, an energetic engine, or a comfortable interior. Today, the headlines around cars around driven by bits, not atoms. Car manufacturers and their suppliers are challenged to upgrade their IT infrastructures. New entrants do not carry the baggage of legacy IT systems and technology products from the consumer space set customer expectations the digital abilities of today’s and tomorrow’s cars. As the convergence of bits and atoms drives the roadmap of the automotive giants, digital services are increasingly playing a central role in connecting companies with new or established partners, both from the traditional industry as well as outside of the traditional boundaries of car manufacturers for instance in the home elec- tronics, service delivery, or smart cities space. Partnerships to deliver a novel, electrifying new experience for drivers and riders as cars are becoming a beacon of information and entertainment. These new partnerships will largely be facilitated by digital services. APIs are the means of choice to enable those service—with open questions today around business models, legal constructs, as well as data security and interoperability. This talk is set to answer some of those open questions around APIs in automotive.
Speakers
avatar for Christian Umbach

Christian Umbach

Co-founder & CEO, Xapix
Christian is actively building the API integration and data exchange platform xapix.io with a global team to shape the future world of Bits around us. Based in the US, he is a Masters Fellow in System Design and Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA... Read More →

ConnectedCar FollowUp 180326 (2) pdf
Wednesday September 12, 2018 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO:Emerging APIs

1:10pm PDT

FEATURED TALK: ReSTing Upside Down: Scaling the API Design Experience
There are plenty of examples of "designing” an API, but most fall short on implementation and maintenance.  In order to consistently scale consumer-focused design of APIs across an organization we must first change perspective on development practices.  Defining and designing to the needs of consumers results in a more useful API and brings efficiencies to the organization.  Companies of all sizes will benefit from creating an API design experience that works for them and for their consumers.
Speakers
avatar for Erik Hansen

Erik Hansen

Sr. Principal Engineering Technologist, Dell Technologies
Erik is an advocate for User Centered Design and Developer Experience, helping Dell modernize its engagement with developers. He led the consolidation of API and developer focused documentation across the portfolio of Dell infrastructure products, shepherded standards for consistency... Read More →

API World ReSTing Upside Down pdf
Wednesday September 12, 2018 1:10pm - 1:35pm PDT
Main Stage
  FEATURED TALK

1:25pm PDT

OPEN TALK: Connect Everything, Securely
According to Gartner, “by 2022, API abuses will be the most-frequent attack vector resulting in data breaches for enterprise web applications.” Explosive growth of API usage, the need for multiple API management and integration products, and inadequate security solutions have combined to create downright scary risk scenarios for organizations. How can risk brought upon by digital transformation be limited?  Tim Arvanites, CTO of aapi, will explore the current state of the API and how a hybrid integration platform with adaptive technologies, predictive analytics, and threat intelligence can be used to mitigate risk associated with APIs, while increasing productivity, well into the future.
Speakers
avatar for Timothy Arvanites

Timothy Arvanites

CTO, aapi, Inc.
As CTO of aapi, Timothy Arvanites, uses over 20 years of experience within the information technology field to drive the technical vision and oversight for aapi. His efficacy of developing, architecting and engineering diverse information technology solutions on both the customer... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 1:25pm - 1:50pm PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

2:00pm PDT

FEATURED TALK: Unlocking your Car (and more!) with the Smartcar API
Ever tried building an app for a car? Building apps for vehicles often involves expensive hardware, lengthy technical integrations, and libraries worth of legal documents to wade through. Smartcar provides a simpler solution. Join the CTO of Smartcar.com (http://smartcar.com/) for a live demo, to see how you can build an app that can unlock your car's doors in under fifteen minutes!
Speakers
avatar for Sanketh Katta

Sanketh Katta

CTO, Smartcar
Sanketh Katta is the CTO and co-founder of Smartcar.com. Smartcar is a Mountain View based startup building an API platform for connected cars. Sanketh graduated from UC Berkeley and previously worked on LinkedIn's data science team. Sanketh is passionate about empowering developers... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT
Main Stage
  FEATURED TALK

2:00pm PDT

OPEN TALK: The Compass for API and Microservices Management
Are you going north and south or east and west?   How do you centrally manage, control, and monitor your API and microservices no matter where they reside: either on-premises or hosted on a private cloud.  Come to this session to learn navigation skills to manage end-to-end APIs and Microservices.
Speakers
avatar for Jeremy Westerman

Jeremy Westerman

Director, Product Management, Axway
Jeremy Westerman is a member of the product management team for Axway's API & Microservices Management products. Jeremy has been with Axway since 2012, joining when Axway acquired Vordel. Prior to Axway, Jeremy was with BEA Systems and TIBCO Software in product management and marketing... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

2:00pm PDT

OPEN TALK: A Walkthrough of Adobe’s API Management Platform
Come to this session for a demonstration of the capabilities of the Adobe CF API Management Platform. We’ll show you how easy it is to setup, configure, secure, publish, and consume your APIs through this easy to use platform. You’ll be able to see the full scope of functionality including all the options from authentication and threat protection to setting up SLAs, caching, and many more.
Speakers
avatar for Rakshith Naresh

Rakshith Naresh

Sr. Product Manager, Adobe
Rakshith Naresh is the Product Manager for ColdFusion. While his role as a Product Manager for ColdFusion can be as challenging as it can ever get, he enjoys working for a product that has such a passionate community following. Rakshith is keen to work with the ColdFusion community... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 1
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

2:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Designing Blockchain APIs for Edge Computing
Edge computing and blockchain technologies are two information technology trends sweeping into use in today's IT and IOT computing environment. Their need is driven by the need for speed, reliability and security at the edge in applications in fintech, retail, supply chain, factory automation, smart cities, driverless cars etc. In this talk we will examine these needs and how blockchain can support the edge in a cloud free or intermittent cloud environment while maintaining trust and coordination. We will look at the vendors in this providing APIs allowing developers to build new powerful edge centric applications.
Speakers
avatar for Sesh Raj

Sesh Raj

President, dsapps
Sesh Raj is President of DSAPPS  an IT solutions provider focusing on building next generation ‘Distributed Smart Apps’. Beginning his career with HCL, Control Data and Intel in key business and engineering roles Sesh has vast experience in bringing to market innovative new IT... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: Blockchain APIs

2:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: How to Create and Manage APIs Sustainably for Maximum Integration
Enterprises are increasingly realizing the value of APIs, with a new survey finding that nearly two-thirds of companies are creating APIs for customer, employee and partner use. However, a whopping 90% rely on developers to create these APIs manually, and only 30% use API management tools to manage them. This means that the vast majority of enterprises are missing out on rapid deployment and scalability benefits while eating away at their IT resources. In this talk, Mohammed Attar, VP of Software Development for SendGrid, will cover how enterprises can create and manage APIs sustainably for increased speed, deployment and security, while placing added significance on the importance of API integration to a successful, scalable business strategy and development in today’s increasingly connected technology landscape.
Speakers
avatar for Ashley Roach

Ashley Roach

Principal Product Manager for Developer Experience, SendGrid
Ashley Roach is a Principal Product Manager for Developer Experience at SendGrid.  Previously, he was a Principal Engineer Evangelist for Cisco's developer relations team, DevNet.  He has spoken and led workshops at many Cisco and 3rd-Party conferences.  Prior to DevNet, he was... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: Business of APIs: API Management

2:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Securing API using Google’s BeyondCorp Model
Due to the advent of mobile and cloud technologies, customers and remote workforce are accessing applications across the perimeter of the enterprise. This is stretching the conventional perimeter security with additional attack vectors. Once firewall is breached, the attacker may acquire unlimited access. To deal with the new paradigm, Google implemented a new enterprise security model called BeyondCorp. The central tenets of BeyondCorp are: 1) Entitlements of a service are granted based on the identity of the user and device. 2) Internet and intranet are equally untrusted networks. 3) Access to services must be encrypted. API gateways currently use OAuth2 to validate clients’ entitlement. Using BeyondCorp model, API security is extended to the tuple of user, device and roles. This talk covers how to implement high performance BeyondCorp model in API gateway. It will also discusses required backend components such as; authentication including single sign on (SSO), device inventory, RBAC/ ABAC service, audit and alert services. RBAC and ABAC matrix can be complicated when a large number of APIs, users and devices are considered. This talk provides guidance on how to make it easy for administrators to create this matrix. Finally, it discusses a plan for gradual migration to BeyondCorp
Speakers
avatar for Anil Sharma

Anil Sharma

President & CEO, Trillo Inc.
Anil is CEO and founder of Trillo. Trillo is a full stack, low-code, visual and secure platform for building applications. Trillo is based on model-driven and serverless principles. Prior to Trillo, Anil was co-founder of two more platform and middleware companies. He is passionate... Read More →

API BeyondCorp pptx
Wednesday September 12, 2018 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO:Emerging APIs

2:25pm PDT

OPEN TALK: OAuth 2.0 Threat Landscape
OAuth 2.0 and all the profiles built around it have built the identity layer of the Internet. OAuth 2.0 is at the heart of OpenID Connect, Mobile Connect, UMA and many other popular standards. Understanding the threat landscapes in OAuth 2.0 is essential in building a secured identity infrastructure. This talk will guide you through multiple attacks took place over last couple of years exploiting security vulnerabilities in various OAuth 2.0 implementations, their root causes and how to mitigate any future security exploits by following best practices.
Speakers
avatar for Prabath Siriwardena

Prabath Siriwardena

Engineer, WSO2
Prabath Siriwardena (@prabath) is an identity evangelist, author, blogger and the VP of Identity Management and Security at WSO2, with more than 11 years of industry experience in designing and building critical Identity and Access Management (IAM) infrastructure for global enterprises... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 2:25pm - 2:50pm PDT
Expo Stage
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

2:30pm PDT

OPEN TALK: Hackathon Demos - Top 5
Wednesday September 12, 2018 2:30pm - 3:00pm PDT
Main Stage
  OPEN: Hackathon Workshop

3:00pm PDT

RapidAPI KEYNOTE : "The API Management Market"
The API economy has grown tremendously over the past decade – from a set of futuristic platform to a set of core technologies at the base of modern applications. This talk will provide an overview + updates on the growth of the API economy and API management spaces, as well as the future of the API platforms.
Speakers
avatar for Iddo Gino

Iddo Gino

CEO, RapidAPI
Iddo Gino is the Founder and CEO of RapidAPI. Part of Forbes 30 Under 30 list, he's a 2017 Thiel Fellow. Previously, he was a Co-organizer of Hacking Gen Y.Iddo has been programming since he was a kid and continues to contribute to open-source projects. Originally from Haifa, Israel... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 3:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
Main Stage
  KEYNOTE

3:00pm PDT

OPEN TALK: Advanced OAuth
In this talk, Travis Spencer, CEO of Curity, will present many advanced aspects of OAuth. Basic aspects of the protocol, like code flow, different kinds of tokens, etc. will only be mentioned in passing; instead, more advanced aspects of the standard will be addressed, including:

* Hybrid flow
* Dynamic client registration (inc. user-device binding)
* OAuth metadata and how it's used when validating a JWT
* Assisted token flow
* Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE or "pixie") 
* Mutual TLS and Proof of Possession (PoP)

Time allowing, other such matters will also be discussed. 

Attendees wishing to make this most of this talk are encouraged to view past presentation on more basic aspects of OAuth if they are not yet familiar. Such talks can be found at https://www.youtube.com/user/nordicapis/search?query=oauth. A basic intro can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGmUlyggXVo.
Speakers
avatar for Travis Spencer

Travis Spencer

CEO, Curity
Travis has worked extensively with organizations in various industries in both the US, Europe, and elsewhere who are adopting cloud and mobile computing. His broad market exposure coupled with a background in application development allows him to help organizations with low-level... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 1
  OPEN: OPEN TALK

3:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Building a RESTful API for the Ethereum Blockchain
Reductively speaking, the blockchain is basically a linked list. A linked list is not a great web API. Nor is it very efficient for subset searches or filters. In short, it's not anything like the web APIs that we're used to from the past decade plus. Some tools exist: Infura, Etherscan, Web3, Geth, Parity. None of them are REST. None of them work the way that web developers are used to. What do we do about that? Stick the Ethereum blockchain into a relational database and build a RESTful API on top of it! 

It's called Eefio. It's free, unthrottled, and open source. It is compatible with Geth and Parity as a backend. It is not JSON RPC. It draws upon Twilio and Stripe as inspiration: humane, readable, support for many programming languages and frameworks, great documentation in multiple human languages. This talk will tell the story of building it. The challenges, opportunities, solutions, and work left to do.
Speakers
avatar for Shane Becker

Shane Becker

Founder, Eefio
Shane Becker is the founder of Eefio, a RESTful API for the Ethereum blockchain. He has been using Ruby and Rails since 2006 and making websites since 1995. He has spent time as a product manager, an open source cheerleader, designer, and developer. He has organized many events of... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 3
  PRO: Blockchain APIs

3:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: API-As-A-Product- The Cultural Challenges and implementation
Although API-as-a-Product philosophy is generally understood and has been talked about for last few years; challenges remain in embedding such culture within most organizations. Long accustomed to products being something that are either “visual” or “revenue generating” – it is a cultural change to think of either external or internal APIs as bonafide products in their own right.
This talk aim to share learnings of a multi-year journey of embedding API-as-a-Product philosophy within PayPal with a goal to educate, inspire and provide a path for product managers, technologists to begin their own such journey.
Speakers
avatar for Rahul Dighe

Rahul Dighe

Senior Product Manager, PayPal
Rahul Dighe is a Senior Product Manager at PayPal and manages PayPal’s Checkout APIs that powers PayPal payments the world over. He has over a decade long experience managing and launching products across various verticals (media, marketplaces and payments). His recent experience... Read More →
avatar for Jayadeba Jena

Jayadeba Jena

Head of APIs, PayPal
Jayadeba Jena is the the Head of APIs at PayPal. He leads PayPal 's API Platform across protocol stacks and manages the design of all of PayPal’s API product portfolio. In his current role, he also manages PayPal’s API design standards, API product strategy and mentors several... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 4
  PRO: Business of APIs: API Management

3:00pm PDT

PRO TALK: Only Good Users - Using Data-Intelligence APIs to Enhance Identity and Grow a Stable User Base
By 2020, more than 4 billion individuals will be using the internet. And this means, millions of new online accounts and users to manage, leaving businesses with several pieces of scattered user data to draw out customer information and preferences. Managing these preferences while keeping our fraudsters can be a tall task for any business, big or small. However, leveraging data-intelligence APIs can drastically streamline this process and ensure stable user growth, thanks in large part to a simple bit of data – the phone number. Enhanced with AI and Machine Learning, data-intelligence APIs built around user phone numbers can enable businesses to create an accurate customer profile that evolves with the user by relying on a variety of data attributes such as real-time location, subscriber data and online traffic patterns. In this presentation, Stacy Stubblefield, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of the leading global cloud communications company TeleSign (which works with 20 of the 25 largest internet brands in the world), will show how businesses around the world are adapting to the evolving identity landscape and using valuable customer insights delivered by single APIs to verify users and grow revenues. During this session, Stacy will show how to integrate data-intelligence APIs into user verification and communication workflows, how Machine Learning enhances this data and allows businesses to evolve with their users, and provide case studies of innovative solutions businesses have been able to build on top of phone number data. Armed with this information, attendees can walk away ready to create a smarter and safer online user experiences that ensures only good users are let in and they never want to leave.
Speakers
avatar for Stacy Stubblefield

Stacy Stubblefield

Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, TeleSign
Stacy Stubblefield - Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, TeleSign Stacy Stubblefield is a Co-founder of TeleSign and serves as its Chief Innovation Officer. In her role, she helps drives TeleSign's product strategy and identify developing opportunities for innovation within the... Read More →

Wednesday September 12, 2018 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
Workshop Room 2
  PRO:Emerging APIs

3:30pm PDT

OPEN TALK: Hackathon & Raffle Winners Announced
Wednesday September 12, 2018 3:30pm - 4:00pm PDT
Main Stage
  OPEN: Hackathon Workshop
 
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