Agents After Hour: Inside AAIF
In town for AGNTCon+MCPCon Europe? Come a day early.
In collaboration with JetBrains
The night before the conference opens, the AAIF Community Amsterdam and JetBrains are hosting an evening at the JetBrains Amsterdam office focused on the what and why of the Agentic AI Foundation: the projects, the working groups, and how to get involved.
The agentic AI conversation is moving fast, and most of it is happening in the open. This is a chance to meet the people doing the work, including maintainers, working group participants, and folks from member companies, and to find your own way in. That might mean contributing to a project, joining a working group, or just understanding the landscape before two days of conference talks.
What to expect
The AAIF Origin Story
What is next for the AAIF
A panel: why member companies participate — what they're contributing, what they're getting back, and what participation looks like
Time to talk with engineers active in AAIF working groups
Drinks, food, and good company
Who should come
Developers, engineers, and technical leaders who are building with agents or want to, and anyone curious about how open standards for agentic AI get made. No AAIF membership or prior involvement needed. All experience levels welcome.
Schedule
16:00 — Doors open, drinks and networking
17:00 — Welcome and program begins
18:15 — Talk by Manik Surtani, CTO @ AAIF, on:
AAIF origin story, current status and future vision
19:00 — Panel on the organization of the AAIF, its projects, working groups, and how you can contribute, with:
Manik Surtani
CTO @ AAIFKatherine Druckman
OpenSSF Ambassador, AAIF Contributor and Head of Community & Partnership Engagement @ JetBrainsMiguel Luna
Staff Product Manager AI Agent Data & Infrastructure @ JetBrainsAlessandro Vozza
AI Architect @ Volt Datacenters
19:45 — Wrap and open networking
Location: JetBrains N.V. (Main Building), Gelrestraat 16, 1079 MZ Amsterdam