Presenters Dhivya Dhayakar Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 🌐 The Agentic Era: Moving Beyond Standalone Chatbots to Unified Ecosystems As we navigate 2026, the era of the isolated, static chatbot has officially ended. We are stepping into a future defined by unified AI ecosystems—a world where AI agents act not as siloed tools, but as interconnected nodes in a fluid, collaborative network. Dhivya Dhayakar recently shared a roadmap for mastering this transition, emphasizing a critical balance: how do we harness autonomous action while maintaining robust human accountability? ...

Presenters Leo Visser Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 Welcome to an exhilarating deep dive into the world of cloud automations, where we transform complex tasks into seamless, secure workflows! I’m Leo Visser, and I’m passionate about tinkering with technology, especially in AI, automation, and cloud. As an Azure MVP for PowerShell and an organizer for the Dutch PowerShell user community, I love sharing insights that make your tech journey smoother. Today, we’re tackling a crucial topic: securing your cloud automations. Let’s explore why we automate in the cloud and how we can make these automations robust and secure. ...

Presenters Sonali Priya Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 Beyond the Basic Three: Building Design Systems That Conquer Enterprise Analytics 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! Ever felt like your design system, the supposed bedrock of consistency and efficiency, is actually crumbling under the weight of complex enterprise analytics? You’re not alone. Sonali Priya, Creative Director at LB Networks, has walked this challenging path and has emerged with a powerful solution: a seven-layer model designed to tackle the unique demands of building and scaling these intricate systems. ...

Presenters Bhavika Reddy Jalli Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 🌐 From 5G to 6G: Architecting a Fair and Green Future with Agentic AI As we stand on the precipice of the 6G revolution, the telecommunications landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. We are moving away from the era where human engineers manually managed spectrum allocation and fault detection, entering a world governed by autonomous agentic AI. In her compelling session at Con42 Cloud Native 2024, Bhavika Reddy Jalli explores the critical intersection of cloud-native orchestration and responsible AI. She argues that as we hand the reins to algorithms, we must ensure these systems do not just optimize for performance, but for equity and sustainability. ...

Presenters Uudit Misra Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 Hello everyone! I’m Uudit Misra, and I was thrilled to speak at Con 42 Cloud Native 2026. My daily life at Salesforce’s Kubernetes platform team involves living and breathing Kubernetes and cloud-native tech, so today’s topic, “Beyond Dashboards: Deep Dive Network Observability with eBPF,” comes straight from the trenches. Before joining Salesforce, I developed distributed and scalable applications in cloud networking at Microsoft. I know firsthand how incredibly hard it is to debug high-stakes on-call issues. Ever been on call, pulled up your dashboards, seen everything green, yet your users are having a terrible time? That frustrating gap – where your dashboards lie and something is clearly broken – is exactly what we’re tackling. By the end, you’ll understand why this happens at the network layer and what you can do about it. Let’s dive in! ...