Friday
Room 1
15:00 - 16:00
(UTC+10)
Talk (60 min)
Building Responsible Autonomous AI Agents: Principles, Patterns, and Practices
Autonomous AI agents are quickly becoming the next frontier in software development, moving beyond copilots to systems that can sense, reason, and act independently. But with this evolution comes a new set of challenges: agents that operate without clear boundaries, make opaque decisions, or act without human oversight can introduce serious risks to safety, fairness, and accountability.
In this session, we’ll explore how developers can apply the principles of Responsible AI to build autonomous agents that are not only powerful but also trustworthy. We’ll walk through technical implementation strategies using publicly available Microsoft and Azure tools, including orchestration frameworks, fairness assessment toolkits, and governance patterns that enforce safe behaviour.
Through hands-on demos, we’ll showcase practical examples of how to audit agent behaviour, enforce action boundaries, and build systems that align with ethical and regulatory standards. You’ll see how to use tools to embed responsibility into every layer of your agentic architecture.
This talk will equip you with practical techniques to build autonomous AI agents responsibly using open-source tools, design patterns, and governance frameworks that ensure safety, transparency, and accountability from day one.
Will Velida
Will is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, working in the Industry Solutions Engineering team.
Will has extensive experience in software development, building solutions in the financial, health and agricultural industries. Will has also previously been a Microsoft MVP for Kubernetes and Open Source before joining Microsoft.
Will regularly speaks at conferences, user groups and developer events around the world, such as Microsoft Ignite, NDC Conferences, and Techorama. When he is away from his keyboard, you'll find him hiking around the countryside.