MCP Academy PNW
MCP Academy is a full-day gathering for 200 engineering leaders and developers who want to put AI agents to work. Join the community on October 29, 2025 and learn from peers who are using the Model Context Protocol to get more value from their AI agents.
Final event agenda:
8:00AM: Registration opens
8:00AM to 9:00AM: Breakfast, networking and sponsor interaction
9:00AM to 10:15AM sessions:
Putting MCP in Context: What it is and Why it Matters. Eleftheria Stein-Kousathana, Stacklok
Signal vs. Noise in the MCP Ecosystem. Jon Turow, Madrona
Helpful Tools for Building MCP Servers. Caitie McCaffrey, Microsoft
Towards Autonomy: Building Goal-Driven MCP Servers. Carlisia Campos, GrokkingTech
10:15AM to 10:45AM break (snacks, networking and sponsor time)
10:45AM to 12:00PM sessions:
Safe and Deterministic Browser Automation with WebMCP. Alex Nahas, MCP-B
Overcome MCP Deployment Hurdles with Standardized Solutions. Harish Gaggar, Credit Karma
Ship Your AI code with Control and Visibility. Andre Terron and Brock Lumbard, Statsig
Exploring Observability with MCP. Tiffany Jernigan, Grafana
12:00PM to 1:00PM break (lunch, networking and sponsor time)
1:00PM to 2:15PM sessions:
From Documentation to Conversation: Making API Catalogs AI-Native with MCP. Ross Kukulinski, Kong
Building MCP Ecosystems that Connect to Governed Enterprise Data. Jai Behl and Sunish Sheth, Databricks
Bridge Agents and Infrastructure to Extend Agents into Cloud Environments. Artur Laksberg and Adam Bell, Pulumi
Using a Virtual MCP Server to Solve Very Real Problems. David Dixon, Credit Karma
2:15PM to 2:45PM break (snacks, networking and sponsor time)
2:45PM to 3:45PM sessions:
From Flags to Flow: Developer-First Feature Management with MCP. Ben Woskow, LaunchDarkly
Lessons Learned from Building a Multi-Tenant MCP Gateway with AgentCore Gateway. Nick Aldridge, AWS
Models, Entropy and Tool Calling. Craig McLuckie, Stacklok
An event like this is possible because of our fabulous sponsors. Shout-out to these companies that were quick to support the community and advance knowledge of MCP:
AWS
Kong
LaunchDarkly
Pulumi
Statsig
Questions? Reach out anytime to [email protected]