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WG Day:

Fremont, California
Session Format
Talk Category
Audience

Tuesday, May 19

08:00 – 17:45
Registration + Badge Pick-upFRE 117 Lobby
09:00 – 09:25
Keynote SessionsKeynote Sessions To Be AnnouncedMission Peak
09:25 – 09:45
Keynote SessionsThe Creator's Curse: Why Meta Is Re-inventing GraphQL Elena Bukareva, Braxton BraggMission Peak
09:45 – 09:55
Keynote SessionsCreating a Golden Path for GraphQL Benjie GillamMission Peak
09:55 – 10:15
Keynote SessionsKeynote Sessions To Be AnnouncedMission Peak
10:15
Breaks + Networking + Special EventsBreakMission Peak Foyer20 min
Solutions ShowcaseMission Peak Foyer10:15 – 16:30
10:35 – 11:00
AI and LLMsBig Graphs, Tiny Contexts: Dev Tools for Agents Stephen Spalding, Kavitha SrinivasanDumbarton
Federation + Distributed SystemsSafely Merging Subgraphs in a Distributed World Clarice Abreu, Rodrigo JesusHumor
11:10 – 11:35
ServersReact Server Components Vs. GraphQL Jordan EldredgeDumbarton
TrendsService-to-service GraphQL: The New Sweet Spot! Mark LarahMission Peak
11:45
PerformanceShopify's Breadth-First Bet: Rethinking GraphQL Execution Greg MacWilliamDumbarton25 min
Production InsightsThe Internal Lens: GraphQL Gateways From a Different Axis Angel SvirkovHumor25 min
Production InsightsThe 40,000-field Query: Optimizations for Gigantic High-QPS Operations Gary ZengMission Peak10 min
12:00 – 12:10
AI and LLMsGraphQL: The Internal Agentic API Christopher ChedeauMission Peak
12:10 – 13:25
Breaks + Networking + Special EventsLunchCafeteria
13:25 – 13:50
AI and LLMsThe State of GraphQL Agent Skills Dale SeoHumor
14:00
Tooling + DX + Testing + DocumentationTeach Yourself GraphQL in 2026: An Anti-blueprint Jeff AuriemmaDumbarton25 min
ClientsSchema Composition Without Federation Matt MahoneyHumor10 min
GraphQL SpecificationLower Latency With Streaming GraphQL Rob RichardMission Peak25 min
14:35
Schema Design + Evolution + GovernanceThe @deprecated Journey: Five Stops From Schema Hint To Gateway Power Nasser AbouelazmDumbarton10 min
AI and LLMsBringing GraphQL Natively To Relational Databases With AI Shashank GugnaniHumor25 min
Federation + Distributed SystemsScaling Real-Time: Building Federated Subscriptions in Rust Denis BadurinaMission Peak25 min
14:50 – 15:00
Schema Design + Evolution + GovernanceBreaking up With Inputs (Without Breaking Your Users) Laurin QuastDumbarton
15:10 – 15:35
AI and LLMsConnecting LLMs To GraphQL With Schema-Aware Embeddings Thore KoritziusDumbarton
SecurityThe Invisible Fortress: Embedding Zero-Trust Governance in the Supergraph Sulbigar Shanawaz, Gaurav SinghHumor
15:35 – 15:55
Breaks + Networking + Special EventsBreakMission Peak Foyer
15:55 – 16:20
ClientsChanging the Game for Trusted Documents — What If Your Whole Platform Natively Supported It? Adam BenkhassenDumbarton
AI and LLMsSimplifying MCP Tool Sprawl With GraphQL Roy DerksHumor
Tooling + DX + Testing + DocumentationThe Easy Way and the Hard Way: Blue-green GraphQL Deployments Zack WarnimontMission Peak
16:30 – 16:55
Tooling + DX + Testing + DocumentationCaching Deep Dive: The Ultimate Way To Speed up Your GraphQL API Tuval SimhaDumbarton
Schema Design + Evolution + GovernanceInverse Conway Maneuver, with GraphQL Sam DengHumor
Federation + Distributed SystemsShifting Instagram Development Towards Monolith Server Via Federated Schema Xiao Han, Chi Chan, Anirudh Padmarao, Lisa WatkinsMission Peak
17:05 – 17:30
Observability + Telemetry + TracingUnderstanding Your Graph, One Hash at a Time Jens NeuseDumbarton
Production InsightsScaling GraphQL on AWS: Production Architecture for High-Volume Data Systems Aishwarya TirumalaHumor
OtherIncrementally Adopting GraphQL. The Holy Grail? Robert BalickiMission Peak

Wednesday, May 20

08:00 – 17:00
Registration + Badge Pick-upFRE 117 Lobby
09:00 – 10:00
All Hands MeetingGraphQL All Hands MeetingMission Peak
10:00
Breaks + Networking + Special EventsBreakMission Peak Foyer15 min
Solutions ShowcaseMission Peak Foyer10:00 – 15:35
10:15
Schema Design + Evolution + GovernanceScreens on Shuffle: How Netflix Scales Server‑Driven, Ever‑Changing Pages Sreekanth RamakrishnanDumbarton25 min
PerformanceWhen GraphQL Gets Expensive: Performance & Cost Patterns in Production Serverless Architectures Harpreet SiddhuHumor25 min
SecurityGraphQLShield: CWE-Aware Defense in Depth for GraphQL APIs in Go Ravi Sastry KadaliMission Peak10 min
10:30 – 10:40
ClientsResolvers Everywhere: Rethinking Client and Server Boundaries in GraphQL Janette ChengMission Peak
10:50 – 11:15
PerformanceAn Alternative To JSON Responses: Argo in WhatsApp Kevin GorhamDumbarton
ClientsModern Apollo Client React Brennen DavisHumor
AI and LLMsGraphQL Meets LLMs & Agents: Building Production AI at Starbucks Scale Sharon GorlaMission Peak
11:25 – 11:50
AI and LLMsSemantic Introspection Pascal SennDumbarton
Production InsightsHow GraphQL Helped Create Scalability and Stability in the Retirement Space. Cameron SechristHumor
ClientsThe Case Against __typename Sabrina WassermanMission Peak
12:00 – 12:25
Tooling + DX + Testing + DocumentationThe Biggest Change To GraphQL Codegen in 10 Years Eddy Nguyen, Igor KusakovDumbarton
Schema Design + Evolution + GovernanceStop Reviewing Schemas: How Intuit Made Developers Faster by Automating Governance Oleks BidiukHumor
AI and LLMsGraphQL Embeddings: AI-Powered Dynamic Operations From Schema To IDE Michael WatsonMission Peak
12:25 – 13:40
Breaks + Networking + Special EventsLunchCafeteria
13:40 – 14:05
ServersGrafast: A Declarative Solution To GraphQL's Execution Woes Benjie GillamDumbarton
Tooling + DX + Testing + DocumentationBrute Force Correctness James BellengerHumor
AI and LLMsA GraphQL-inspired Orchestration Language for the AI Era Martijn WalravenMission Peak
14:15
Tooling + DX + Testing + DocumentationIf AI Can’t See It, It Doesn’t Exist: Making GraphQL Discoverable Catherine DeskurDumbarton10 min
AI and LLMsGoverning the AI-Graph: Observability and Security for LLM-Generated Queries Rajeshwari SahHumor25 min
Federation + Distributed SystemsThe State of GraphQL Federation Michael StaibMission Peak25 min
14:30 – 14:40
Tooling + DX + Testing + DocumentationInside a Modern GraphQL Compiler Alec AivazisDumbarton
14:50 – 15:15
AI and LLMsGraphQL Data Mocking at Scale With LLMs and @generateMock Michael RebelloDumbarton
ClientsBuilding MCP Apps With GraphQL Patterns You Already Know Jerel MillerHumor
Tooling + DX + Testing + DocumentationThe Graph Awakens: Next-Level GraphQL Visualization Ivan GoncharovMission Peak
15:15 – 15:35
Breaks + Networking + Special EventsBreakMission Peak Foyer
15:35 – 16:00
ServersTurning San Francisco Into a GraphQL Server Jean Lucas LimaDumbarton
Tooling + DX + Testing + DocumentationSpeed Without Sacrifice: How Wayfair Transforms DevEx With AI and MCP Rohit Gupta, Bhavana Sree PallempatiHumor
Observability + Telemetry + TracingObservability for a Multi-Tenant GraphQL Gateway at Scale Vickey YehMission Peak
16:10 – 16:35
Observability + Telemetry + TracingBeyond HTTP 200: Observability With GraphQL Dotan SimhaDumbarton
Production Insights@live GraphQL in Practice: Postgres-to-React Realtime Data Sync Tobbe LundbergHumor
AI and LLMsFrom Query to Conversation: GraphQL as an AI Interface Layer Kewei Qu, Hugh Nguyen, Ben Golub, Adam ConradMission Peak
16:45 – 17:15
Keynote SessionsKeynote Sessions To Be AnnouncedMission Peak

Thursday, May 21

09:30 – 16:30
WG DayWG Day [Invite Only; Pre-Registration Required]Meta FRE 117, Fremont

Frequently Asked Questions

You can find much more information on our Resources page.

When will speakers and the agenda be announced?
Stay tuned to our social media channels and website for updates on speakers and the agenda.
Is anything happening on May 21 after the main conference?
Working Group Day is on May 21, 2026. For attendance, schedule, and day-of logistics, see the WG Day page.
Can I sponsor the event?
Yes! We offer various sponsorship packages. See the Sponsors section for more information.
Are there group discounts for teams?
If you have a group of 5 or more people, you can receive a 10% discount on all passes. All pass types must be the same, and all registrations must be processed under one group registration and must be paid with the same credit card.

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If you are unable to attend, you may substitute another attendee in lieu of cancellation. To substitute an attendee, sign back into your registration, click the “Register/Modify”, and select “Transfer Registration” on your confirmation page.
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Where can I find health and safety information for the event?
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What accessibility and onsite resources are available?
We are committed to providing a comfortable and accessible experience for all attendees. Onsite resources include a private nursing room, venue accessibility support, reserved seating, a quiet room, communication and pronoun stickers, all-gender restrooms, first aid assistance, and a process for handling harassment reports. For full details on these resources, please visit this page.
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