Prodyumna Pal is an Electronics & Communication Engineer affiliated with Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, Ministry of Railways, Vadodara; working at the intersection of Edge AI, autonomous systems, UAVs, embedded systems, and web-based control. He has worked on autonomous aerial robotics at IIT Hyderabad, where he developed a Jetson- and PX4-based system for aerial manipulation of dynamic objects, including custom ground-control software, AI-based Train Control Systems with Remote Monitoring under patent process, and works on Modern flight and avionics systems in Association with AIRBUS. His projects span onboard AI, computer vision, LTE-enabled robotics, telemetry, flight controllers, and distributed control systems. He has also worked with Indian Railways at Banaras Loco Works, gaining exposure to electric locomotive systems, Vehicle Control Units, and KAVACH. Alongside engineering and research, Prodyumna leads UAV projects at the SAEINDIA Collegiate Club of GSV and contributes to IEEE’s Asia-Pacific entrepreneurship ecosystem. His work has been presented and published in IEEE aerospace and defence research forums.

Prodyumna Pal is an Electronics & Communication Engineer affiliated with Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, Ministry of Railways, Vadodara; working at the intersection of Edge AI, autonomous systems, UAVs, embedded systems, and web-based control. He has wo... Show more

I’m a platform architect with over 20 years of IT experience, specializing in Kubernetes platforms, cloud-native infrastructure, and platform architecture. I’ve worked across the automotive, public transport, and technology sectors, designing and operating platforms built on Kubernetes and open-source technologies. At Etraveli Group, I focus on evolving Kubernetes infrastructure toward declarative, GitOps-driven operations, making platforms more transparent, maintainable, and sustainable.

I’m a platform architect with over 20 years of IT experience, specializing in Kubernetes platforms, cloud-native infrastructure, and platform architecture. I’ve worked across the automotive, public transport, and technology sectors, designing and ope... Show more

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Idea Bireke est étudiant en Sciences Informatiques à l'Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB) et passionné par le développement d'applications web et mobiles, le cloud computing et l'intelligence artificielle.

Développeur orienté vers la création de solutions à impact, il travaille sur **AMR MUGOTE ET SES FRÈRES**, une plateforme numérique de réservation de transport maritime visant à moderniser les traversées sur le lac Kivu grâce aux technologies web et mobiles.

Il s'intéresse particulièrement aux technologies modernes telles que React, Node.js, Flutter, Firebase et l'intelligence artificielle générative. À travers ses projets et ses interventions, il souhaite promouvoir l'innovation technologique et montrer comment les outils numériques peuvent répondre aux défis locaux tout en créant de nouvelles opportunités pour les communautés.

Lors de cette session, il partagera son expérience, l'architecture de son projet et les bonnes pratiques pour développer des applications web modernes intégrant le cloud et l'intelligence artificielle.

Idea Bireke est étudiant en Sciences Informatiques à l'Université Catholique de Bukavu (UCB) et passionné par le développement d'applications web et mobiles, le cloud computing et l'intelligence artificielle. Développeur orienté vers la créati... Show more

Scott Evans is a Director of Sales, Global Black Belt at Microsoft, where he leads AI Business Process strategy for Manufacturing and Mobility enterprise customers across the Americas. Scott helps organizations develop agentic use cases from pilot to production and builds the business cases that fund it.

Scott Evans is a Director of Sales, Global Black Belt at Microsoft, where he leads AI Business Process strategy for Manufacturing and Mobility enterprise customers across the Americas. Scott helps organizations develop agentic use cases from pilot to... Show more

Manqoba Ahmad Mahaye is a 22-year-old South African entrepreneur, technology strategist, and ecosystem facilitator based in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Born on November 06, 2003, he has rapidly established himself as a forward-thinking operator working at the intersection of public academic infrastructure and private commercial industry.

He is the Founder and Lead Curator of Build & Amplify (B&A) Ltd est 2023, an agile experiential company specializing in high-volume brand activations, event operations, and systemic business logistics. Under his leadership, the company has executed high-impact, large-scale campaigns for major global and corporate brands, including managing a multi-province Google activation project involving 15,000 individual activations and coordinating volunteer logistics for iconic regional events like the Comrades Marathon.

Manqoba possesses three years of professional experience within the high-velocity sales and telecommunications industries, having driven successful commercial campaigns for entities such as Telkom and Frontier. Deeply embedded within the Durban youth and economic development ecosystem, he maintains strong institutional relationships with the Durban University of Technology (DUT), regularly collaborating with student bodies and academic heads to design innovative Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) frameworks that connect student prototypes with real-world commercial markets.

Driven by a passion for structural economic transformation, his current ventures focus on the development of Governance-First Agentic Architecture utilizing heterogeneous AI agents and human oversight to automate business operations, and the deployment of industrial-grade IT and IoT systems to drive digital optimization and carbon footprint reduction across heavy industries. As a cultural researcher, he actively supports the documentation and promotion of progressive South African music genres, bridging grassroots creative talent with sustainable corporate value chains.

Manqoba Ahmad Mahaye is a 22-year-old South African entrepreneur, technology strategist, and ecosystem facilitator based in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Born on November 06, 2003, he has rapidly established himself as a forward-thinking operator working at... Show more

Swosti Panda, SMIEEE, is a Senior Business Systems Analyst & product lead at Google LLC, specializing in the design and deployment of production-grade agentic AI platforms, multi-agent systems, and automated operations infrastructure. With over 14 years of industry experience across Google and Walmart Inc., she has led ground-up architectures in automated root-cause diagnostics, IoT device serialization, and predictive logistics. She is a Senior Member of the IEEE, an active member of ACM and INFORMS (serving as an Observer on the INFORMS Franz Edelman Award Selection Committee), and an invited peer reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management and IEEE Access.

Swosti Panda, SMIEEE, is a Senior Business Systems Analyst & product lead at Google LLC, specializing in the design and deployment of production-grade agentic AI platforms, multi-agent systems, and automated operations infrastructure. With over 14 ye... Show more

Web Developer specializing in building modern applications with React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, and React Query. I am constantly working to improve my frontend architecture skills while exploring new technologies. Lately, I have been deeply focused on implementing AI tools to optimize my day-to-day productivity and streamline my development workflow.

Web Developer specializing in building modern applications with React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, and React Query. I am constantly working to improve my frontend architecture skills while exploring new technologies. Lately, I have been deeply focused on... Show more

Alberto Magno atua no setor aeroespacial a mais de 12 anos, atualmente desenvolve trabalhos junto à equipes de engenharia no setor aeroespacial, pesquisando e testando possíveis vulnerabilidades e avaliando a eficácia de controles de segurança implementados, realizando pentests em aeronaves.

É graduado em Redes de Computadores, pós-graduado em Mecatrônica e Robótica, e participou de diversos cursos de aperfeiçoamento em segurança ofensiva e testes de intrusão (pentest).

Entusiasta de hardware hacking e da cultura "do it yourself".

Alberto Magno atua no setor aeroespacial a mais de 12 anos, atualmente desenvolve trabalhos junto à equipes de engenharia no setor aeroespacial, pesquisando e testando possíveis vulnerabilidades e avaliando a eficácia de controles de segurança implem... Show more

Ingeniero Cloud enfocado en AWS y arquitecturas modernas. Me gusta construir soluciones escalables, automatizar procesos y aprender constantemente nuevas tecnologías. Apasionado por el cloud, la eficiencia y el crecimiento profesional continuo.

Ingeniero Cloud enfocado en AWS y arquitecturas modernas. Me gusta construir soluciones escalables, automatizar procesos y aprender constantemente nuevas tecnologías. Apasionado por el cloud, la eficiencia y el crecimiento profesional continuo. Show more