Programme topic
Identity & authority
Whose authority does an agent act with, and where does it stop? Connect authentication, delegated permissions, fine-grained authorisation and audit trails with enforceable controls over tools, data and production changes.
8 published talks
Talks about identity & authority
Identity for the AI Era: Securing Customers, Employees, and AI Agents
Sean SpiresSenior Solutions Engineer, Auth0
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…
Beyond System Prompts: Securing AI Agents with Fine-Grained Authorization
Daizen IkeharaPrincipal Developer Advocate, Auth0
To make an AI agent useful, we often give it broad access to APIs and data. As systems move from simple retrieval to autonomous action, system-prompt…
MCP Isn't Enough: Why Agents Needed an Event Loop, Not Just an API
Saul CaganoffManaging Director, Engineering, Deloitte Australia
Many apps are adding MCP interfaces so agents can query their systems of record. It works, until the workflows we actually care about turn out to be…
From REST to Agentic: Trusted APIs in the age of AI
Leigh WhitingPrincipal Engineer, Atlassian
Enterprise platforms don't get to start from scratch. When AI agents need to act on behalf of users, they inherit the API surfaces those users already…
Query before mutation: guardrail patterns for agents that touch production infrastructure
Jeffrey AvenMaintainer, StackQL Studios
Giving an AI agent permission to change production infrastructure removes the human pause that made plan-and-apply safe. In this talk, Jeffrey Aven…
One harness for every coding agent: swap models and runtimes without rewriting
Ananya RoyAI Architect, Databricks
You want your team using the best coding agent for each job : Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or one you built yourself , without rewiring your setup…
Running AI Coding Agents at Scale: Adopting New Models, Controlling Cost, and Governing What Agents Do
Anthony IvanStaff AI Forward Deployed Engineer, Databricks
Running coding agents across a company comes down to three questions: which models to offer, how to control cost, and what agents should be allowed to…
How to Count to One Hundred
Hugo O'ConnorR&D Engineer, Anuna Research
Agents don't work well together in chat rooms: put a few in a channel and they talk past each other. Natural language and unrestricted JSON feed an…