Speaker
Abstract
As engineering teams explore building AI agents, one challenge becomes clear: agents don’t live in isolation, and trust in agentic systems is often lacking. Agents must interact with APIs, orchestrate tasks, manage long-running processes, bring humans into the loop, and operate reliably at scale. Without the right foundation, teams risk building brittle, one-off solutions that fail to meet enterprise requirements.
This session will unpack why workflow engines are the critical backbone for agentic
architectures. We’ll explore:
● How workflows provide structure and governance for autonomous agents
● Building trust in autonomous systems through transparency, auditability, and
observability
● Why reliability and fault tolerance are essential when agents interact with real-world
systems
● How leading teams are using workflow orchestration to evolve from prototype agents toproduction-ready AI systems
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