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Rewriting the Rules: Building for the Agent Era

An evening with Vercel Chief Product Officer, Tom Occhino

Where:

The Lookout

8 Bishopsgate, London

When:

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The shape of software is changing. UIs used to be the trunk from which every action branched — now they're becoming leaf nodes. The new trunk? Agents. Headless, autonomous software invoked from anywhere: chat, mobile, voice, Slack.

Every company will need them. And because every company runs its own systems of record, off-the-shelf won't cut it.

We're bringing together product and engineering leaders for an intimate evening of conversation and 360° panoramic views of London's skyline. On the agenda: exploring what it takes to move agents from prototype to production, and the infrastructure needed to build, run, and manage them at scale.

Agenda:

  • 16:00 - 16:30 Arrivals and drinks reception with skyscraper views over London

  • 16:30 - 16:45 Opening remarks

  • 16:45 - 17:15 Keynote: Rewriting the Rules: Building for the Agent Era

  • 17:15 - 17:45 Fireside chat with leading brands

  • 17:45 - 18:00 Q&A

  • 18:00 - 20:00 Networking, canapés and drinks reception

Speakers

  • Tom Occhino

    Chief Product Officer, Vercel

    Tom Occhino co-created React and led engineering at Meta before joining Vercel as CPO. His work has shaped how millions of developers build for the web.

    Tom Occhino

  • Alex Holt

    Forward Deployed Engineering Lead, ElevenLabs

    Alex leads Forward Deployed Engineering at ElevenLabs after joining the company as one of their first engineers. The ElevenLabs FDE team's goal is to push the boundaries of what is capable with the ElevenAgents platform and deploy impactful AI agents using voice, and other modalities, across their Enterprise customers. Before ElevenLabs, Alex led International Healthcare at Palantir, including their work with the UK's NHS during COVID, as a Forward Deployed Software Engineer.

    Alex Holt

  • Stuart Brown

    Head of Software Engineering, Marks and Spencer

    Stuart is the Head of Software Engineering for the Developer Platform at Marks and Spencer. His work drives how engineering teams across M&S build and ship software for the web, mobile, and cloud.

    Stuart Brown

  • Jim Drury

    Head of Frontend Technologies, Virgin Media O2

    Jim Drury