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WG Day:

Menlo Park, California
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Meet the speaker

Michael Watson

Platform Engineering - AI/MCP, Self
returning speaker

Michael Watson was Head of Developer Relations at Apollo GraphQL, where he's spent ~8 years helping enterprises adopt GraphQL at scale. He founded the MCP Server Builder Series, a 3,000+ developer community with events in SF, NYC, London, and Amsterdam. Michael has delivered keynotes on agentic MCP workflows and worked with engineering teams at Netflix, Walmart, Wayfair, and more.


2026 Sessions

AI and LLM

GraphQL Embeddings: AI-Powered Dynamic Operations From Schema To IDE

May 7
12:00
Transbay Tube

Sessions from previous editions

API PlatformAny
2024

Dynamic (but Safe) Operations: Using AI to Generate Trusted Operations from Text Prompts

September 11
13:40
Skyline B-C - Level 21
Defies Categorization
2024

Workshop: Demand-Driven Schema Design

September 12
09:00
Metropolitan A
Developer ExperienceBackend
2025

Sponsored Session: Schema Design Patterns: Leveraging Existing REST APIs for Rapid GraphQL Adoption

September 8
10:45
Grote Zaal - 2nd Floor
GraphQL in ProductionAI / LLMs
2025
September 8
11:25
Grote Zaal - 2nd Floor
Workshop
2025

Workshop: Apollo Router & MCP: A Modern Agentic Development Approach

September 9
09:00
Grote Zaal - 2nd Floor

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