## AGENDA
## Agenda
Tuesday
_SEP 29, 2026_
_FOR TRAINING DAY ATTENDEES ONLY_
**// Late Morning**
*Registration + certification training kicks off.*
Limited seats. If you're here, you earned it.
**// Midday**
*Lunch*
Fuel up. The afternoon is dense.
**// Afternoon**
*Certification training continues*
Build, test, break things intentionally.
**// Evening**
*At leisure*
LA is at your fingertips. Go have some fun!
Wednesday
_SEP 30, 2026_
**// Morning**
*Registration + breakfast*
Coffee. Introductions. The first "wait, you work on that too?" moment of the week.
*Opening keynotes*
The state of the platform, where it's going, and new launches announced live. Not in a press release —here, first.
**// Late Morning**
*Customer stories from production*
What's working. What broke. What they fixed — and what they'd do differently. No marketing. Just the real story.
**// Midday**
*Lunch + sponsor showcase*
Eat something. The sponsors have things worth seeing — not just swag.
**// Afternoon**
*Breakouts, panels + hands-on workshops*
Get into the sessions that actually apply to your stack. Ask the uncomfortable questions.
*1:1 meetings + hallway time*
The unscheduled part of the schedule. This is where the napkin sketches happen.
**// Evening**
*Evening reception*
This is where the good conversations start. Plan to stay longer than you think.
Thursday
_OCT 1, 2026_
**// Morning**
*Breakfast + customer keynotes*
More production stories from the people building at scale.
**// Late Morning**
*Special guest keynote*
You've seen the name. Trust us — clear your calendar and be in your seat for this one.
**// Midday**
*Networking lunch + sponsor programming*
Last chance to grab the conversation you've been putting off all week.
**// Afternoon**
*Breakouts + workshops*
Go deep on the thing you actually came here to solve. Leave with something you can ship.
## Across both days
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Product launches you’ll hear about first
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Technical sessions built for builders
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Real enterprise stories (no fluff)
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Hands-on learning
- *
Conversations with people solving what you’re solving
## TRACKS
## Tracks
This track covers the policies, controls, and infrastructure needed to deploy AI responsibly at enterprise scale — from LLM access governance and prompt security, to the trust, permissions, and audit trails production agentic systems demand.
*For Chief AI Officers, CTOs, CDOs, and AI platform leaders*
Your API platform is either an accelerator or a bottleneck for AI adoption. There's no middle ground. This track is for teams that have migrated — or are considering it — off legacy gateways like Apigee, MuleSoft, and IBM, modernizing their API infrastructure and building the foundation that AI-powered products actually require.
*For API and platform engineering leaders*
The next generation of AI agents doesn't wait to be asked — it reacts. This track explores how event-driven architecture unlocks more capable, more responsive agentic systems — from real-time data feeds to event-native patterns for orchestrating multi-agent workflows. If your team is running Kafka, you're closer to autonomous AI than you think.
*For streaming platform leads and data engineering teams*
AI creates new revenue opportunities and new budget sinkholes — and most teams are discovering the sinkholes first. Token maxxing, AI margin erosion, and context sprawl are showing up on invoices nobody budgeted for. This track covers how to monetize agents and APIs, and how to govern token consumption before costs spiral.
*For CFOs, FinOps teams, product managers, and CTOs*
Agents don't fail at reasoning. They fail at connecting. The hard part of multi-agent systems isn't the model, the framework, or the prompt — it's the connectivity layer between agents and the enterprise context they need. This track covers how to build that layer: grounding agents in real data, enforcing identity across tool calls, and implementing MCP for enterprise interoperability.
*For principal AI engineers and platform architects*
Stop watching. Start building. Agent Stack Labs is five hands-on labs covering the agentic stack — AI gateways, agent orchestration, context retrieval, and agentic developer platforms — using Kong and the Kong ecosystem. Bring your laptop.
*For developers, platform engineers, AI engineers, and solution architects*
One day early, one full day of instructor-led exam prep. Choose from Kong Gateway or Kong Konnect operations training and walk away with a complimentary exam coupon.
*Limited to 100 seats. Secure yours when you register.*
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*Full session details dropping closer to the event. *
## IN PERSON
## Agenda
Tuesday
_SEP 29, 2026_
_FOR TRAINING DAY ATTENDEES ONLY_
**// Late Morning**
*Registration + certification training kicks off.*
Limited seats. If you're here, you earned it.
**// Midday**
*Lunch*
Fuel up. The afternoon is dense.
**// Afternoon**
*Certification training continues*
Build, test, break things intentionally.
**// Evening**
*At leisure*
LA is at your fingertips. Go have some fun!
Wednesday
_SEP 30, 2026_
**// Morning**
*Registration + breakfast*
Coffee. Introductions. The first "wait, you work on that too?" moment of the week.
*Opening keynotes*
The state of the platform, where it's going, and new launches announced live. Not in a press release —here, first.
**// Late Morning**
*Customer stories from production*
What's working. What broke. What they fixed — and what they'd do differently. No marketing. Just the real story.
**// Midday**
*Lunch + sponsor showcase*
Eat something. The sponsors have things worth seeing — not just swag.
**// Afternoon**
*Breakouts, panels + hands-on workshops*
Get into the sessions that actually apply to your stack. Ask the uncomfortable questions.
*1:1 meetings + hallway time*
The unscheduled part of the schedule. This is where the napkin sketches happen.
**// Evening**
*Evening reception*
This is where the good conversations start. Plan to stay longer than you think.
Thursday
_OCT 1, 2026_
**// Morning**
*Breakfast + customer keynotes*
More production stories from the people building at scale.
**// Late Morning**
*Special guest keynote*
You've seen the name. Trust us — clear your calendar and be in your seat for this one.
**// Midday**
*Networking lunch + sponsor programming*
Last chance to grab the conversation you've been putting off all week.
**// Afternoon**
*Breakouts + workshops*
Go deep on the thing you actually came here to solve. Leave with something you can ship.
## Across both days
- *
Product launches you’ll hear about first
- *
Technical sessions built for builders
- *
Real enterprise stories (no fluff)
- *
Hands-on learning
- *
Conversations with people solving what you’re solving
## VIRTUAL
## Virtual Experience
## Not in LA? Join us anyway.
You’ll get:
- *
Livestreamed Keynotes
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Select on-demand sessions after the eventSelect on-demand sessions after the event
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Sponsor resources
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Chat with attendees and sponsors
## You won’t get:
Workshops • Hallway conversations • Swag and napkin sketches
## Premium. Immersive. Limited.
Secure your spot today before prices increase on August 16.
IN-PERSON
Full Experience
- Keynotes and product launches
- Hands-on workshops
- Deep technical sessions
- Full virtual access included
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IN-PERSON
Full Experience + Certification Training
- Pre-event certification training sessions
- Keynotes and product launches
- Hands-on workshops
- Deep technical sessions built for builders
- Full virtual access included
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