# Sean Spires — AI Engineer Sydney 2026

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## Identity for the AI Era: Securing Customers, Employees, and AI Agents

- When: 2026-12-07 16:10 (Australia/Sydney)
- Track: Industry

As AI agents take on more autonomous roles, the identity and access patterns built for humans and APIs no longer hold. This session draws on Auth0’s real-world experience securing agentic workflows where misconfigured permissions can have serious consequences.

We’ll Cover
- How Auth0 handles agent authentication and authorisation in real-world agentic workflows
- How to maintain full audit trails and enforce least-privilege access for autonomous systems
- Why standards-based identity makes it easier to ship AI features without security trade-offs

## Sean Spires

Senior Solutions Engineer, Auth0

Sean Spires is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Auth0, helping customers unlock the full power of the platform and map their identity needs to real-world solutions. Passionate about the fast-moving world of AI, Sean focuses on the new identity and security challenges that emerge as intelligent agents and AI-driven applications reshape how we build and trust software.

## Conference

- [Conference overview](https://webdirections.org/ai-engineer/index.md)
- [Agent guide](https://webdirections.org/ai-engineer/for-agents/)
- [llms.txt](https://webdirections.org/ai-engineer/llms.txt)