GraphQLConf 2024 Schedule

September 10-12, 2024San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Important Notes

All session times are in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC -7).
Timing of sessions and room locations are subject to change.

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Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4

Monday, September 9

02:00p.m. PDT

Registration & Badge Pick-up

Tuesday, September 10

08:00a.m. PDT

Registration & Badge Pick-up

09:00a.m. PDT

Keynote Session

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Lee ByronMetropolitan Ballroom

09:15a.m. PDT

Keynote Session

Keynote: You're Our Universe: GraphQL Community Update 2024

Benjie GillamMetropolitan Ballroom

09:30a.m. PDT

Keynote Session

Sponsored Keynote: Uri Goldshtein, The Guild

Uri GoldshteinMetropolitan Ballroom

09:40a.m. PDT

Keynote Session

Keynote: The State of Distributed GraphQL

Michael StaibMetropolitan Ballroom

09:55a.m. PDT

Keynote Session

Keynote: TSC Panel

Michael Staib, Lee Byron, Kewei Qu, Rob Richard, Sasha SolomonMetropolitan Ballroom

10:25a.m. PDT

Keynote Session

Keynote: Closing Remarks

Lee ByronMetropolitan Ballroom

10:30a.m. PDT

Breaks & Special Event

Sponsor Showcase

11:00a.m. PDT

GraphQL in Production

Converging Paramount EPG Architectures with the Help of GraphQL: Journey, Challenges and Solutions

Giacomo Simmi, Satish ChitnisMetropolitan A

Sponsored Session: From Prototype to Production: Efficiently Building Custom GraphQL APIs

Kevin BrownMetropolitan B-C

Schema-Driven Testing with Mock Service Worker

Alessia BellisarioSkyline A - Level 21

200 Is Not OK: Strategies for Tracing Partial Responses with GraphQL Observability

Aditi Rajawat, Rama PalaniappanSkyline B-C - Level 21

11:40a.m. PDT

GraphQL in Production

Incrementally Adopting GraphQL and Relay at Pinterest

Mauricio MontalvoMetropolitan A

Federation and Composite Schema

6 Years of Distributed GraphQL in Production

Andreas MarekMetropolitan B-C

The Power of Strongly Coupled GraphQL Queries for Internal APIs

Mary BriskinSkyline A - Level 21

GraphQL at the Edge with WebAssembly

Ramnivas LaddadSkyline B-C - Level 21

12:10p.m. PDT

Breaks & Special Event

Level 3 Lobby + Restaurant

01:30p.m. PDT

GraphQL in Production

Building a Serverless GraphQL Subscription Gateway for Event-Driven Architectures

Christian Stangier, Kenneth WußmannMetropolitan A

Federation and Composite Schema

Unlocking Blockchain Data with GraphQL

Saihajpreet SinghMetropolitan B-C

GraphQL in the Era of React Server Components

Roy DerksSkyline A - Level 21

How to Not Break Your GraphQL Clients

Pascal SennSkyline B-C - Level 21

01:50p.m. PDT

GraphQL in Production

Ahead-of-Time (AOT) Techniques Help You Write GraphQL Libraries!

Mike SolomonMetropolitan B-C

02:10p.m. PDT

GraphQL in Production

GraphQL Pagination at Meta

Sabrina WassermanMetropolitan A

Federation and Composite Schema

Spec Agnostic Executor for Federated GraphQL

Denis BadurinaMetropolitan B-C

Sponsored Session: Championing the GraphQL Client in a Modern Platform

Jeff AuriemmaSkyline A - Level 21

In Memory of Travails

Gabriel SchulhofSkyline B-C - Level 21

02:50p.m. PDT

GraphQL in Production

A Wild GraphQL Rollercoaster Ride – an Honest Federated GraphQL Adoption Story in an Enterprise

Lars de Bruijn, An NgoMetropolitan A

Developer Experience

GraphQL Is for Client Developers, Not Client Applications

Michael BleighMetropolitan B-C

Improve Application Performance and User Engagement with Advanced GraphQL Features

Kewei QuSkyline A - Level 21

What Could Go Wrong with a GraphQL Query and Can OpenTelemetry Help? - Budha Bhattacharya, Tyk

Budhaditya BhattacharyaSkyline B-C - Level 21

03:05p.m. PDT

Developer Experience

GraphQL and Newcomers: How an API Can Transform Technical and Functional Onboarding

Vincent DesmaresSkyline A - Level 21

03:20p.m. PDT

Breaks & Special Event

03:40p.m. PDT

Defies Categorization

Schema First, Code First, or Both? Adopting Schema First Development with Code First Architecture

Dan AdajianSkyline A - Level 21

Defies Categorization

Sponsored Session: GraphQL's Future is Rooted in Governance

Adam MaloneSkyline B-C - Level 21

04:20p.m. PDT

Lessons from Scaling GraphQL to Half a Billion Requests per Minute

Tushar MathurSkyline A - Level 21

Consuming GraphQL in Type-Safe Languages

Anthony MillerSkyline B-C - Level 21

05:00p.m. PDT

Federation and Composite Schema

GraphQL Federation in the Wild

Stefan AvramSkyline A - Level 21

Build Confidently: How @Catch and Error Handling Pave the Way to Confidence in Field Nullability

Itamar KestenbaumSkyline B-C - Level 21

05:30p.m. PDT

Breaks & Special Event

Wednesday, September 11

08:00a.m. PDT

Registration & Badge Pick-up

09:00a.m. PDT

Keynote Session

Keynote: Welcome Back & Opening Remarks

Sasha SolomonMetropolitan Ballroom

09:05a.m. PDT

Keynote Session

Keynote: Apollo's Journey with GraphQL: Transforming Enterprise APIs for the Future

Matt DeBergalisMetropolitan Ballroom

09:25a.m. PDT

Keynote Session

Sponsored Keynote: GraphQL, BFFs and AI

Anant JhingranMetropolitan Ballroom

09:35a.m. PDT

Keynote Session

Keynote: GraphQL in the House

Andrew DoyleMetropolitan Ballroom

09:55a.m. PDT

Keynote Session

Keynote: GraphQL Clients in 2024

Jeff AuriemmaMetropolitan Ballroom

10:05a.m. PDT

Keynote Session

Keynote: Empathy Driven Development

Sarah SandersMetropolitan Ballroom

10:20a.m. PDT

Keynote Session

Keynote: Closing Remarks

Sasha SolomonMetropolitan Ballroom

10:30a.m. PDT

Breaks & Special Event

Sponsor Showcase

11:00a.m. PDT

GraphQL in Production

Revolutionizing Data Access Using GraphQL in the Oracle Database

Shashank GugnaniMetropolitan A

Developer Experience

GraphQL Field Discovery and Query Generation Using Generative AI

Siva Thiru, Rachit SenguptaMetropolitan B-C

State of @Defer and @Stream

Rob RichardSkyline A - Level 21

Why You Should Use Implementation-First to Build Your GraphQL Schema

Erik WredeSkyline B-C - Level 21

11:40a.m. PDT

GraphQL in Production

The Intersection of GraphQL and Design Systems in Product Development

Alan Quigley, Ruben CagnieMetropolitan A

Developer Experience

GraphQL Docs: Beyond the Schema

Sarah SandersMetropolitan B-C

GraphQL Security

Techniques to Protect Your GraphQL API

Benjie GillamSkyline A - Level 21

Dynamically Serving a GraphQL API with Custom Types at Runtime

Emily LiSkyline B-C - Level 21

12:10p.m. PDT

Breaks & Special Event

Lunch Break - Attendees on Own

Attendees On Own

01:40p.m. PDT

GraphQL in Production

Identity and GraphQL: More Than You Want to Think About IDs - Matt Mahoney, Meta

Matthew MahoneyMetropolitan A

Developer Experience

Schema-Driven UI Components: Revolutionizing Headless ERP with GraphQL

Masanori Uehara, Seiya IzumiMetropolitan B-C

Semantic Nullability: A Path Toward Safe Non-Null Fields

Jordan EldredgeSkyline A - Level 21

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

Michael WatsonSkyline B-C - Level 21

02:20p.m. PDT

The Billion D∅Llar Panel - Nullability in GraphQL

Alex Reilly, Stephen Spalding, Benjie Gillam, Janette Cheng, Jordan EldredgeMetropolitan A

Developer Experience

Schema Scoring: Ensuring Schema Excellence in GraphQL

Christian ErnstMetropolitan B-C

GraphQL in Production

Blueprints of Successful GraphQL Architectures

Pascal SennSkyline A - Level 21

In-House Schema Registry - the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Kamil KisielaSkyline B-C - Level 21

03:00p.m. PDT

GraphQL in Production

UNSET Fields: Differentiating Between Null and Purposeful Omissions in Your Server Response

Janette ChengMetropolitan A

Federation and Composite Schema

Design Principles of Federated GraphQL

Martijn WalravenMetropolitan B-C

What if ... How to Achieve GraphQL Domination

Andreas MarekSkyline A - Level 21

GraphQL as a Data Mesh Access Layer in Global Banking

Kenneth StottSkyline B-C - Level 21

03:10p.m. PDT

GraphQL in Production

Not Your Regular Rate Limiting #GraphQL

Pooja MistryMetropolitan A

03:20p.m. PDT

GraphQL in Production

GraphQL Subscriptions in Production Is Easy, Isn’t It?

Laurin QuastMetropolitan A

03:30p.m. PDT

Breaks & Special Event

03:50p.m. PDT

GraphQL in Production

Evolving GraphQL Schemas

Andrei BocanMetropolitan A

Federation and Composite Schema

Panel: The Composite Schemas Working Group

Kamil Kisiela, Danielle Man, Martijn Walraven, Pascal SennMetropolitan B-C

Comparing API Protocols - One Feature at a Time

Uri GoldshteinSkyline A - Level 21

04:30p.m. PDT

Performing Impossible Feats with Isograph

Robert BalickiMetropolitan A

GraphQL Security

Top 10 GraphQL Security Checks for Every Developer

Ankita GuptaMetropolitan B-C

CANCELLED: Rethinking GraphQL Batching

Michael StaibSkyline A - Level 21

Thursday, September 12

08:00a.m. PDT

Registration & Badge Pick-up

Sponsor Showcase

09:00a.m. PDT

Defies Categorization

Workshop: Demand-Driven Schema Design

Michael WatsonMetropolitan A

Workshop: Scaling and Securing API Development with a GraphQL Platform

Laurin Quast, Kamil KisielaMetropolitan B-C

Defies Categorization

Open GraphQL Foundation Board Meeting

Skyline A - Level 21

Defies Categorization

Workshop: Getting Your Data Ready for AI - With a Unified GraphQL and SQL Endpoint

Anushrut GuptaSkyline B-C - Level 21

10:30a.m. PDT

Breaks & Special Event

11:00a.m. PDT

Unconference Kickoff

Workshop: Efficient Cross-Platform GraphQL and State Management with React Native

Yassin EldeebSkyline B-C - Level 21

11:15a.m. PDT

Unconference Discussions

Unconference: Lightning Talks

Metropolitan B-C

Unconference: TSC Office Hours

Skyline A - Level 21

12:30p.m. PDT

Breaks & Special Event

Lunch Break - Attendees on Own

Attendees On Own

02:00p.m. PDT

Unconference Discussions

Unconference: GraphQL Working Group Topics

Metropolitan B-C

Unconference: Show & Tell

Skyline A - Level 21

Unconference: GraphQL Working Group Topics

Skyline B-C - Level 21