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World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 10, 2026 • Session details

Designing for Agents Will Make You Better at Designing for Humans

Dana Lawson

Optimizing your architecture for AI agents directly accelerates workflows for human developers. Discover how embracing Agent Experience (AX) elevates engineers from implementers into platform architects.

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#1 about 3 min

Expanding the software builder persona through conversational AI

Programming through natural language allows non-developers to create working applications using intent rather than code syntax.

#2 about 4 min

Removing human assumptions to improve the agent experience

Removing legacy platform assumptions like explicit version control steps allows agents to deploy directly while implicitly improving the human developer experience.

#3 about 3 min

The convergence of user and developer experience

Designing systems for seamless human-agent collaboration requires rethinking the entire application stack instead of simply bolting on agent-friendly APIs.

#4 about 1 min

Shifting the development lifecycle from specifications to intent

Software creation transforms from executing rigid technical specifications into feeding direct problem descriptions and intentions into agent workflows.

#5 about 1 min

Moving from sequential handoffs to shared creation pipelines

Product development becomes a collaborative ecosystem where agents handle continuous testing and deployment alongside human designers and engineers.

#6 about 3 min

Transitioning to autonomous agent development loops

Delivery pipelines evolve into autonomous feedback loops where coding agents independently diagnose and resolve failing builds using machine-readable logs.

#7 about 5 min

Adapting legacy system architectures for agent autonomy

Fragmented services should shift to intent-level capabilities, event-driven triggers, and explicitly documented cross-service contracts to improve agent reasoning.

#8 about 2 min

Establishing trust and security guardrails for autonomous agents

Granting autonomous execution power requires strictly isolated sandbox environments, default human approval checkpoints, and instant rollback mechanisms.

#9 about 1 min

The organizational shift toward platform engineering

As agents handle routine code generation, engineers will transition into platform architects who design safe, company-wide app creation environments.

#10 about 5 min

Actionable steps for improving the agent experience

Teams can immediately modernize their deployment infrastructure by adopting structured error events, event-driven streams, and standardized system blueprints.

#11 about 6 min

Audience Q&A on agent integration and system safety

Discussion covers the shifting skills required for future developers and practical methods for managing mission-critical human oversight.

Matching moments

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The evolving role of software engineers alongside agents

David Soria Parra David Soria Parra +3 · World Congress 2026 Europe

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Redefining the software architect role for AI pipelines

Ingo Eichhorst Ingo Eichhorst · World Congress 2026 Europe

8:54 min

Preserving engineering fundamentals in agentic development

Chris Heilmann +1 · LIVE

2:34 min

Balancing developer autonomy with the adoption of coding agents

Clemens Wasner Clemens Wasner +4 · World Congress 2026 Europe

2:06 min

Rethinking team structures around AI agent capabilities

Mike Mike · World Congress 2025

3:45 min

Fusing developer experience and platform engineering for agentic SDLC

Julia Kordick Julia Kordick · World Congress 2026 Europe

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