October 21st | Meet-Up: 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Stay for Rooftop Drinks + Networking | 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Join us for an afternoon of technical deep dives, real-world lessons, and open discussion with the interop.io developer community.
The io.Intelligence team will cover topics such as building and testing AI-powered workflows, token efficiency, and evolving standards like MCP. But not everything is about AI. We’ll also dig into the fundamentals that still matter: understanding user behavior and performance issues through observability, writing and running tests in your own environment, and building reliable applications in the age of slop code.
In the breakout sessions, we’ll tackle these problems, compare approaches, and share what worked, what didn’t, and what we learned from practice.
We’ll wrap up the day with a look at what’s next on the interop.io roadmap, followed by drinks and networking.
Have specific challenges or topics you’d like us to cover? Post them on community.interop.io to help shape the agenda.
October 21st
1:00 PM – 5:30 PM, EST | Sessions
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM, EST | Happy Hour
Midtown Manhattan, near Grand Central Station.
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Agenda
| 01:00 – 01:30 | Registration |
| 01:30 – 01:40 | Welcome Address Leslie Spiro, CEO, interop.io |
| 01:40 – 02:10 | The 2026 interop.io Dev Experience Update Kalin Kostov, Engineering Lead, io.Intelligence Developer experience is a core tenet of our roadmap. Kalin walks through the work we’ve done this year to make building on interop.io easier, from the io.Connect Desktop seed project to dev skills for your IDE, and what’s coming next. He’ll also share notes from the field on how our own engineers are using AI, and how we think about speed and quality in the code we write. |
| 02:10 – 02:25 | Introduction of Breakout Session Topics Pick which session resonates with you. These hands-on breakouts will leave you with practical steps. |
| 02:30 – 03:15 | Breakout Sessions | Round 1 Creating an Observability Plan: Moving Beyond Health Checks and Log Files Learn how to track and analyze any platform data and adapt dashboard templates to your needs with io.Insights. From Build to Test: Creating Reliable io.Connect Apps Walk through the testing architecture for io.Connect Desktop, with practical examples of writing automated tests and integrating them into your CI/CD pipeline. Notes from the Field: Lessons from AI Implementations Ivan (our very own version of a Forward Deployed Engineer) shares what actually happens when you move beyond demoware and tackle real client AI engagements. He’ll share patterns that show up in every implementation, the things that surprise people, and the $1,000 bill he ran up in two hours. Practical lessons from the work, not the demo. |
| 03:15 – 03:45 | Networking Break |
| 03:45 – 04:30 | Breakout Sessions | Round 2 Repeat of Round 1 tracks – so you don’t miss out! |
| 04:30 – 04:40 | Coffee Break |
| 04:40 – 05:15 | Roadmap & What’s New Yordan Yordanov, Senior Product Manager, interop.io Where io.Connect, io.Intelligence and our entire product suite are headed, and the areas receiving our highest priority and focus + the ways in which we are prepared to engage with you – from VOC campaigns, to release webinars, to dedicated roadmap sessions for your teams. |
| 05:15 – 05:30 | Closing Commentary Leslie Spiro, CEO, interop.io |
| 05:30 – 07:30 | Happy Hour Reception & Networking |
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