THE DURABLE EXECUTION CONFERENCE FOR AI, BY TEMPORAL

MAY 5-7, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

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James Gibbons

James Gibbons

TITLE:Software Engineer

COMPANY:Abridge

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James Gibbons is a Software Engineer at Abridge, where he builds scalable, event-driven systems for healthcare applications. Based in San Francisco and a graduate of the University of Southern California, he specializes in distributed systems using technologies like AWS, Kafka, Go, and Kotlin. His work focuses on enabling reliable, real-time data processing in production environments.

TALK

Agentic Ambient Listening at Abridge

ABSTRACT

This talk explores how Abridge uses Temporal to power reliable, agentic workflows for real-time clinical audio processing. It traces the evolution from traditional microservices to durable workflow orchestration, highlighting challenges like observability, reliability, and long-running operations. The session shows how Temporal enables scalable, low-latency systems that support critical healthcare use cases where data loss is not an option.