HerTech: Women in Engineering (Women-first, open to all)
This event is women-first. Others are welcome to apply :)
AI is changing more than how code is written.
It is beginning to influence planning, code reviews, testing, incident response, deployment, and the day-to-day decisions that shape modern software delivery.
As engineering teams move from AI-assisted development toward AI-assisted delivery, new questions are emerging around quality, security, enterprise adoption, cost, and the future role of engineers.
Whether you're a software engineer, platform engineer, DevOps practitioner, SRE, security engineer, engineering manager, engineering leader, or AI builder, this meetup is designed for women who want to exchange ideas with peers, learn from real engineering experiences, and better understand how AI is reshaping software delivery across the industry.
Join us for an afternoon of technical talks, a practitioner-led panel discussion, and conversations with women building the future of software engineering.
Agenda
2:30–3:00 PM: Registration
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM: Voice-first MCP: real-time tool calling through a spoken interface by Samyuktha M S, IBM
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM: Handling the 80-20 Failures blocking Agent Deployment by Nikita Agarwal, Failproof AI
3:30 PM–3:45 PM: From Tribal Knowledge to Executable Engineering: Building an AI-Native Software Delivery Model with AGENTS.md and Skills by Anandhi Shanmugasundram, IBM
3:45 PM–4:00 PM: What Should We Build When AI Can Build Almost Anything? by Prathyusha Vemula, Concentrix
4:00–4:15 PM- What Happens When AI Meets Production?, by Kavisha Mathur, Tesco
4:15–5:30 PM: Panel discussion
5:30–5:50 PM: Audience Q&A
5:50–7:00 PM: Networking & refreshments
Panel Discussion
AI-Driven Software Delivery: Beyond Code Generation
The panel will explore how AI is reshaping software engineering—from planning and testing to security, enterprise adoption, and the future of engineering teams.
Key discussion themes include:
AI across the software delivery lifecycle
Quality, security, enterprise readiness, and the economics of AI
How engineering roles and skills are evolving in the AI era
Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon!
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