Orchestrating Intelligent Agent Ecosystems: Building a Real-time Streaming Backbone with Confluent and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform
Sean Falconer, ConfluentMerlin Yamssi, Google Cloud
Wed, Nov 4, 1:00–1:45 PMRoom 2012
AI agents require more than static data; they need real-time context, low-latency decisioning, and seamless coordination to execute complex workflows. This advanced session explores how Confluent and Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform unite to build a robust, event-driven backbone for intelligent agentic ecosystems. Discover how Apache Kafka and Apache Flink serve as the real-time central nervous system, powering context retrieval, inline model inference, and inter-agent communication via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). We will deep-dive into cutting-edge reference architectures integrating Gemini models with Confluent Cloud, showing how agent interactions are cleanly decoupled via an Agent-to-Agent (A2A) proxy utilizing a message-based architecture for the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol. Learn how to eliminate data freshness bottlenecks, implement real-time semantic context engines, and scale multi-agent orchestration across enterprise environments with live architectural patterns and real-world deployment strategies.
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Speakers
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Sean Falconer
Head of AI, Confluent
Dr. Sean Falconer is Confluent’s Head of AI, driving AI product direction, strategy and thought leadership. Sean has built and launched products that have impacted millions. As the founder of Proven.com, he led engineering, product development, and go-to-market strategies, successfully guiding the company to acquisition. At Google, Sean worked on enhancing developer experience and advancing conversational AI technologies.
He holds a Postdoc in Bioinformatics at Stanford University, where he collaborated with the World Health Organization to modernize the International Classification of Diseases.
An engaging speaker and podcast host, Sean regularly connects with global audiences on engineering and AI trends. He has published extensively on topics ranging from AI to quantum computing, reflecting his diverse expertise and contributions to the field.
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Merlin Yamssi
Partner Technical Architect AI Lead, Google Cloud
Merlin is a member of the Global Partner Ecosystems team at Google Cloud, driving enterprise digital transformation through strategic co-innovation with global ISV and GSI partners building and integrating on Google Cloud. He specializes in scaling cutting-edge Google Cloud technologies across Generative AI, machine learning, smart analytics, big data, distributed cloud, edge computing, and IoT. Merlin also collaborates closely with Google Cloud Product Management to help shape the future direction of enterprise AI and analytics offerings across cloud, edge, and device ecosystems.