About
AI is transforming the way organizations build, deploy, and manage software, and platform engineering is at the center of this evolution. According to a recent Google Cloud survey, 86% of respondents believe platform engineering is critical to AI success. But what does it take to build an AI-driven platform that is scalable, secure, and efficient? This webinar will explore how leaders can integrate AI into their Internal Developer Platforms, ensuring compliance, managing risks, and fostering a culture of innovation while maintaining operational agility.

We’re bringing together a panel of industry experts to discuss real-world strategies for adopting AI in platform engineering. This interactive roundtable will provide valuable insights, practical guidance, and opportunities to engage with peers who are navigating similar challenges.

What You’ll Learn:
How AI is reshaping platform engineering and what it means for your organization
Best practices for integrating AI into Internal Developer Platforms while ensuring security and compliance
Strategies for balancing agility with governance in AI-driven development environments
Building a culture that supports AI adoption and platform engineering excellence

Who Should Attend:
This webinar is designed for platform engineers, DevOps leaders, software architects, and IT decision-makers who are looking to leverage AI to enhance their developer platforms and drive operational efficiency.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain expert insights and actionable strategies. Register now to secure your spot!
Presenters
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Cansu Kavili-Oernek
Principal Consultant - AI Customer Innovation and Adoption - Red Hat
Cansu Kavili-Örnek is a senior architect at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs and a passionate techie who believes in the innovative power of Open Source. She works in close collaboration with companies to form, enable, and accelerate product teams by helping them adopt DevOps culture and practices.
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Alan Shimel
Founder & CEO - Techstrong Group
Alan is founder, CEO & editor-in-chief of Techstrong Group, the company behind DevOps.com, Container Journal, Security Boulevard and Digital Anarchist, as well as co-founder of the DevOps Institute. As such, he is attuned to the world of technology, particularly cloud, DevOps, security and open source. With almost 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, Alan has been instrumental in the success of several organizations. He is an often-cited personality in the security and technology community and is a sought-after speaker at industry and government conferences and events. In addition to his writing, his DevOps Chats podcast, DevOps TV and Digital Anarchist audio and videos are widely followed. Alan attributes his success to a combination of a strong business background and a deep knowledge of technology. His legal background, long experience in the field and New York street smarts combine to form a unique personality. He is a graduate of St. John's University with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics, and holds a JD degree from NY Law School.
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Luca Galante
VP, Product & Growth - Humanitec
Luca is the Core Contributor to PlatformEngineering.org, the world’s largest platform engineering community with over 200k members. He routinely speaks to dozens of engineering teams every month, and summarizes his learnings and takeaways from hundreds of setups into crisp, insightful content for everyone in the industry, from beginner-Ops to cloud experts. He is the host of PlatformCon, the world’s largest platform engineering event, and writes to over 100,000 engineers every Friday in his newsletter, Platform Weekly.
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Faisal Afzal
Principal Technical Consultant - AHEAD
Faisal Afzal is a Principal Technical Consultant at AHEAD, where he leads Platform Engineering initiatives and serves as a trusted advisor to enterprise clients navigating complex cloud-native transformations. With expertise in cloud migrations and modernization leveraging Containers, Infrastructure as Code and cloud platforms like AWS, Faisal brings a unique blend of strategic thinking and hands-on technical execution.

A former Senior Resident Architect at HashiCorp and a current Platform Engineering and CNCF Ambassador, Faisal is passionate about scaling modern infrastructure practices and focuses on the Platform Engineering practice, Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), and Service Mesh technologies. In addition to setting up GenAI and Platform Engineering practices, he has played a key role in helping organizations modernize legacy systems, build secure hybrid cloud environments, and adopt platform engineering as a discipline.

Outside of his client work, Faisal actively builds community—organizing CNCF Los Angeles chapter events, mentoring technologists, and hosting and leading webinars and podcasts with industry leaders.
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