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API First, Hamburg Edition

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March 21, 2024
Office Wallis GmbH
Office Wallis GmbH Grüner Deich 15 D 20097 Hamburg


🌐 Unlocking Success: A Journey into API-First Strategies

Join us for a captivating event where industry leaders converge to share their experiences and insights on navigating the evolving landscape of API-first business strategies. From digital transformation to fostering a product mindset, this event promises a deep dive into the challenges, successes, and transformative power of embracing APIs at the core of your business.

🗣️ Talk Highlights:

1️⃣ Federated API management: Integration, Governance & Culture (Dr. Bernd Schulze, Nagarro)

2️⃣ Driving Digital Transformation - The Mercedes-Benz API Management journey (Martin Kölbel, Mercedes-Benz AG)

3️⃣ The role of Platform Engineering in API Lifecycle Management (Ervis Duraj, MediaMarktSaturn)

4️⃣ Panel Discussion (Participants: Nagarro, Mercedes-Benz, MediaMarktSaturn, Adidas, Wallis)


Event Agenda

  • 09:30 - 10:00 Registration 

  • 10:00 - 10:15 Welcome

  • 10:20 - 10:50 API Ecosystems (Marvin Vortkamp, Wallis GmbH)

  • 10:55 - 11:25 Federated API management: Integration, Governance & Culture (Dr. Bernd Schulze, Nagarro)

  • 11:30 - 12:00 Driving Digital Transformation - The Mercedes-Benz API Management journey (Martin Kölbel, Mercedes-Benz AG)

  • 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break

  • 13:15 - 13:45 The role of Platform Engineering in API Lifecycle Management (Ervis Duraj, MediaMarktSaturn)

  • 13:50 - 14:20 Demo: Kong Cloud Gateways

  • 14:25 - 15:00 Panel Discussion 

  • 15:05 - 15:15 Closing

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