THE DURABLE EXECUTION CONFERENCE FOR AI, BY TEMPORAL

MAY 5-7, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

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SPEAKER DISPLAY

Johann Schleier-Smith

Johann Schleier-Smith

TITLE:Sr. Staff Software Engineer

COMPANY:Temporal

STATUS UPDATE

Johann Schleier-Smith is Technical Lead for AI at Temporal Technologies. He previously founded Crystal DBA, which developed agents to manage cloud infrastructure and was acquired by Temporal. He also co-founded if(we), a collection of social networks with over 300 million members that was acquired by The Meet Group (NASDAQ:MEET). Johann holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and an A.B. in Physics and Mathematics from Harvard University.

TALK

Announcing New AI Capabilities

ABSTRACT

We’re introducing new capabilities designed to make building durable AI and Agentic applications simpler and more reliable in production. In this session, we’ll expand on key announcements from the keynote and walk through what we’ve shipped, how it works, and where it fits in real-world systems. See how teams can build long-running, stateful AI workflows that don’t lose progress, even when things fail.