BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260410T030604Z UID:D64E2D2F-2172-4FED-968A-EED99B91F9E2 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260409T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260409T200000 DESCRIPTION:The technology industry is rapidly crossing a critical threshol d. We are moving beyond AI as a passive Copilot (a tool that simply advise s engineers) and entering the era of AI as an active Agent. These new agen ts are capable of autonomously diagnosing issues and executing changes dir ectly within global production environments.\nHowever\, granting AI write- access to mission-critical infrastructure introduces a new class of system ic business risk. Without the right safeguards\, autonomous systems can ma ke unpredictable decisions or be manipulated\, leading to cascading operat ional failures. The transition to autonomy requires technology leaders to fundamentally rethink their Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and securit y strategies.\nIn this session\, the speakers bridge the gap between strat egic leadership and architectural rigor. Attendees will receive a comprehe nsive blueprint for safely managing the transition to AI-operated infrastr ucture\, ensuring their systems remain highly intelligent and fundamentall y incorruptible.\nThe Dual-Track Roadmap\nThis session provides a comprehe nsive framework to navigate the era of Agentic SRE\, divided into two dist inct tracks:\nTrack 1: The Management Imperative (Strategy)\nQuantifying t he ROI of Autonomy: Learn how to balance the efficiency gains of autonomou s systems against operational costs and underlying model risks.\nDefining Agentic Oversight: Establish the critical cultural and operational boundar ies between decisions that require human approval and tasks that can be sa fely fully automated.\nTrack 2: The Security Blueprint (Architecture)\nPio neering the IARA Framework: A high-level overview of the Incorruptible Aut onomy Reference Architecture\, a 7-pillar security model for safely deploy ing AI agents.\nArchitecting Trust: Discover how to grant AI systems tempo rary\, just-in-time permissions to prevent unauthorized access and severel y limit the blast radius of any potential errors.\n\nSpeaker(s): Ankush Sh arma\, Kunal Kannav\n\nRoom: 108\, Bldg: Alameda Hall\, Santa Clara Univer sity\, Santa Clara\, California\, United States\, Virtual: https://events. vtools.ieee.org/m/547313 LOCATION:Room: 108\, Bldg: Alameda Hall\, Santa Clara University\, Santa Cl ara\, California\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org /m/547313 ORGANIZER:edcheng@ieee.org SEQUENCE:81 SUMMARY:AI & The Future of Platform Engineering URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/547313 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The technology industry is rapidly crossin g a critical threshold. We are moving beyond AI as a passive Copilot (a to ol that simply advises engineers) and entering the era of AI as an active Agent. These new agents are capable of autonomously diagnosing issues and executing changes directly within global production environments.<br>Howev er\, granting AI write-access to mission-critical infrastructure introduce s a new class of systemic business risk. Without the right safeguards\, au tonomous systems can make unpredictable decisions or be manipulated\, lead ing to cascading operational failures. The transition to autonomy requires technology leaders to fundamentally rethink their Site Reliability Engine ering (SRE) and security strategies.<br>In this session\, the speakers bri dge the gap between strategic leadership and architectural rigor. Attendee s will receive a comprehensive blueprint for safely managing the transitio n to AI-operated infrastructure\, ensuring their systems remain highly int elligent and fundamentally incorruptible.<br>The Dual-Track Roadmap<br>Thi s session provides a comprehensive framework to navigate the era of Agenti c SRE\, divided into two distinct tracks:<br>Track 1: The Management Imper ative (Strategy)<br>Quantifying the ROI of Autonomy: Learn how to balance the efficiency gains of autonomous systems against operational costs and u nderlying model risks.<br>Defining Agentic Oversight: Establish the critic al cultural and operational boundaries between decisions that require huma n approval and tasks that can be safely fully automated.<br>Track 2: The S ecurity Blueprint (Architecture)<br>Pioneering the IARA Framework: A high- level overview of the Incorruptible Autonomy Reference Architecture\, a 7- pillar security model for safely deploying AI agents.<br>Architecting Trus t: Discover how to grant AI systems temporary\, just-in-time permissions t o prevent unauthorized access and severely limit the blast radius of any p otential errors.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR