QCon AI New York 2025

Session

Panel: Scaling AI in Engineering - Driving Alignment, Adoption and Impact

December 16–17, 2025 · The New York Academy of Medicine

Tuesday Dec 16 / 02:30PM EST · Hosack Hall, 1st Flr

Speakers

Peter Bell

Founder & CTO of Gather.dev, Host of the O'Reilly CTO Hour and the CNCF Executive Summits at KubeCon

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Daniel Doubrovkine

Ex-CTO, People Leader and Engineering Practitioner in OSS and AI

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Rachana Kumar

Global CTO, Board Member for the Liberty Science Center, Tech Advisory Council Member at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Previously VP of Engineering and Managing Director of @Etsy Mexico

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Tom Janofsky

CTO Scaling SaaS & Marketplace Platforms, Building High-Impact Engineering Orgs

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Rob Duffy

Chief Technology Officer @HealthEdge, Ex Amazon, Salesforce, Expedia

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Gautam Guliani

Content AI @Cengage Learning

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Abstract

AI is already reshaping software development—but most companies are stuck in pilot mode, unsure how to move from experiments to meaningful transformation. This panel will share practical experiences in adopting and scaling AI across the software development lifecycle.

We'll be sharing practical experiences around:

  • Building consensus: Creating a framework with legal, security, compliance and audit to allow for fast, safe experimentation with new tools and techniques
  • Setting the right tone: Creating a culture that supports successful experimentation and adoption
  • Managing experimentation: Identifying, prioritizing and managing AI experiments
  • Scaling successful pilots: Driving effective knowledge sharing and adoption across the org

If you're involved with driving AI experimentation and adoption within your company, it's your chance to learn from others experiments so you can accelerate your impact.