09 October 2025 14:35 - 14:50
Bridging innovation and automation: Building the next generation of AI agents
Jeanne Lee will explore how enterprises can move from AI experimentation to practical, scalable automation through intelligent agents. She'll cover three pillars shaping the agentic AI landscape:
Agent Architecture & Integration – designing modular, extensible AI agents that act as connective tissue across enterprise tools and workflows, transforming isolated systems into powerful automated processes.
Open Source Ecosystem & Extensibility – building transparent, community-driven agent platforms that democratize AI capabilities and enable rapid innovation through collaborative development and the Model Context Protocol.
Real-World Implementation & Impact – demonstrating practical applications from code generation to design automation, showing how agents are already saving engineering teams 8-10+ hours per week and empowering non-technical users with developer superpowers.
Drawing on Block's experience building Goose as an open source agent, Jeanne will highlight what's truly deployable in production environments and challenge the audience to think beyond simple chatbots – toward agents that serve as the fundamental interface for computing and productivity, amplifying human creativity while maintaining transparency and control.