World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 9, 2026 • Session details

Contract Testing with MCP: Building Self-Describing, Self-Testing APIs

Stop discovering breaking API changes during production incidents. Learn how the Model Context Protocol creates self-testing APIs that instantly block incompatible pull requests before they merge.

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2:36 min

Core concepts and advantages of the Model Context Protocol

Rishabh Budhiraja

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2:20 min

Discovering risk models and implementing contract testing tools

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4:02 min

Contract testing summary and audience Q&A session

Vincent Hennig +1 · World Congress 2023

1:11 min

Treating AI tools as standard governed enterprise capabilities

Stefan Mesquita

Stefan Mesquita · World Congress 2026 Europe

2:21 min

Integrating Model Context Protocol for non-technical users

Jordan Tigani

Jordan Tigani · World Congress 2026 Europe

2:58 min

Origin and purpose of the Model Context Protocol

David Soria Parra

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