Headless by Design: Building Enterprise Systems That Agents Can Actually Use
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Dirk Gronert
Salesforce
Distinguished Technical Architect
When Should You Use an Agent? Architectural Trade-offs in Agentic Systems
July 9, 2026
14:50
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15:20
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30
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Stage 3 - powered by AWS
What this session covers
Agent-based architectures introduce new execution models that expand what backend systems can do. This session explores the trade-offs between APIs, workflows, and agents through a progressive demo that evolves a real application step by step, highlighting what changes and how to approach these new capabilities in practice.
World Congress 2026 Europe
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