The Bank You Deserve: Engineering the Future of Finance
Ever wished your bank truly understood your digital life? This session confronts the stark difference between today's banking and
the seamless, intelligent financial future we crave. Identify the critical capabilities and strategic shifts required to bridge
this gap, from modernizing legacy systems to harnessing AI and fostering true agility. Uncover the hidden obstacles holding back
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Seshika plays a vital role in helping banks worldwide optimize and accelerate their digital initiatives. With her deep understanding of technology and its application in the financial sector, she provides valuable guidance and expertise to financial institutions, working closely with governments, regulatory bodies, and financial institutions across the globe. She frequently speaks at international technology conferences, where she shares her insights and expertise on various topics such as open banking, security and privacy, digital identity, data science, and digital transformation.
Accelerating Digital Health Innovation with WSO2
Healthcare organizations are under growing pressure to modernize—not just to comply with regulations or reduce costs,
but to deliver safer, more personalized, and effective patient care. This session introduces how WSO2’s open-source,
API-centric technologies can accelerate that journey. You'll learn how healthcare teams can leverage WSO2’s ready-made
accelerators—such as FHIR integration tools and prebuilt legacy data transformers—to modernize legacy systems quickly,
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Nirmal Fernando leads the engineering team of the Solutions Business Unit at WSO2, bringing over 13 years of expertise in enterprise software innovation. With deep technical knowledge of the entire WSO2 product suite, he excels in architecting robust solutions and solving complex challenges.<br/><br/>In his current role, Nirmal spearheads research and development efforts for WSO2 solutions, with a strong focus on the banking, financial, and healthcare industries. His work drives the creation of industry-specific accelerators and enhances WSO2’s capabilities in these critical sectors.<br/><br/>A problem-solver at heart, Nirmal has represented WSO2 at numerous conferences, customer engagements, and industry discussions, consistently delivering impactful solutions that empower developers and strengthen WSO2’s presence across key industry verticals.
Towards a Digital Government Blueprint
Digital government transformation is not merely a technology initiative but a fundamental reimagining of how governments serve its
citizens, with technology as an enabler rather than the primary focus. Join us to explore how governments approach modernisation.
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Vertical Solutions Update and the Road Ahead
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Mifan is a senior leader heading the Solution Architecture function, the team that handles customer technical interactions and technical selling at WSO2. Mifan also works on the solutions side of WSO2 products. He works with many large customers to define their strategic roadmap and assist with architecture strategy. Before joining WSO2, Mifan has played multiple technology leadership and advocacy roles, including as co-founder and CTO of a technology startup, and as consultant spatial and technology architect for many government and private initiatives. He was also a founding member and board director of the Sahana Software Foundation, a global foundation that created the Open Source Sahana Disaster Management System. Mifan is a frequent speaker at events globally, dabbles in music, and is a fan of the Arsenal football club.
Success Stories of Modern Integration
This panel discussion centers around the modern integration strategies that our panelists have successfully implemented within
their organizations, enabling their businesses to continuously adapt to ever-changing customer demands, and innovate faster in today's
complex digital landscape.
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Augmenting Integration with Autonomous AI Agents
Integration problems were once narrow and well-defined, but the rise of AI gives us the opportunity to expand their scope to the next level. Large Language Models (LLMs) unlock a new world where we can work with broad, vague, and unstructured contexts. In this talk, we'll explore how autonomous AI agents play a key role in this shift. These agents can integrate disparate systems, reason over complex inputs, and take meaningful actions—fundamentally augmenting how we approach integration in the AI era.
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Shafreen, with over a decade of experience in core Java, software architecture, and agile project management, has excelled in leading the standard library team for Ballerina, a language for cloud native applications. As the lead developer of Ballerina's HTTP transport, he created a robust, scalable library supporting key internet protocols. At WSO2, he contributed to the renowned ESB product, the fastest open source ESB in the world. Shafreen also led a team of 70 engineers as an engineering manager, fostering a culture of excellence. His commitment extends to the open source community as an Apache committer and PMC member, demonstrating his leadership and expertise in technology.
Integration That Gives Your Enterprise Wings
Integration is evolving—from a behind-the-scenes enabler to a strategic accelerator of digital transformation.
In this session, we’ll explore how modern integration platforms are empowering developers through AI-assisted development,
intelligent test automation, and a blend of low-code and pro-code tools.
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Shazni is the lead of solution architecture for integration at WSO2. In this role, he collaborates closely with WSO2 regional solutions architects, customers and partners to formulate integration solutions aimed at facilitating digital transformation. Shazni architects solutions tailored to evolving customer requirements as a trusted advisor to optimize the utilization of the WSO2 platform. With over fourteen years of experience spanning product engineering, professional services delivery, and pre-sales, Shazni is a seasoned technical advocate who contributes to the strategic development of products, aligning them with market demands. His interest areas are, performant integrations and development of cloud-native applications.
How to Migrate from Legacy Integration to WSO2
In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, legacy integration platforms often become bottlenecks to innovation, scalability, and agility.
Organizations relying on aging ESBs and integration stacks face growing challenges - rising maintenance costs, limited cloud-readiness,
and shrinking vendor support. Migrating to a modern integration platform is not just a technical upgrade; it’s a strategic imperative.
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Isuru, an expert in enterprise integration, currently playing the role of Product Manager of WSO2 Integrator product. His journey began as an intern at WSO2 in 2010, progressing to his current role as director of engineering after 12 years of dedication. Throughout his tenure, he has provided technical guidance to integration software teams and spearheaded various customer initiatives like Quick Start programs and Architecture Reviews. Additionally, Isuru actively contributes as a Committer and serves as the vice president of the Apache Synapse open source ESB project.
Devant: The AI IPaaS
Devant by WSO2 is an AI-native Integration Platform-as-a-Service (AI iPaaS) designed for the AI era, empowering developers to use integration as a foundation for building intelligent (GenAI) digital experiences, streamlining workflows, and enhancing data connectivity for smarter decision-making.
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What’s New in WSO2 Integrator
In today’s AI-driven world, integration platforms must not only connect systems,but also power GenAI Apps and intelligent automations.
This presentation will discuss how WSO2 Integrator achieves this vision by offering a unified, AI-native ecosystem.
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Shankar has over two decades of experience in the technology industry, with expertise in telecommunication billing systems, web services, cloud deployments, integration, and security. His tenure at WSO2 has included roles in product development, solution architecture, and head of engineering, where he collaborated with numerous global clients on their digital transformation initiatives. Currently, as the head of WSO2's Integration Business Unit, Shankar is responsible for the strategy and overall management of the Integration business.