Name: Keynote: OpenSearch in the Agentic Era - Carl Meadows, Director of Product for Amazon OpenSearch Services and the OpenSearch Project, Amazon Web Services
Start: 2026-04-16T09:05:00+0200
End: 2026-04-16T09:30:00+0200

16-17 April 2026 | Prague, Czechia
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Keynote: OpenSearch in the Agentic Era - Carl Meadows, Director of Product for Amazon OpenSearch Services and the OpenSearch Project, Amazon Web Services

Thursday April 16, 2026 09:05 - 09:30 CEST

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Join Carl Meadows, Chair of the OpenSearch Software Foundation Governing Board and OpenSearch Product Lead for Amazon Web Services, as he explores how OpenSearch is leading the transformation to agentic AI.

Discover how OpenSearch's vector database foundation and open-source community uniquely position the project for the agentic era. Carl will reveal how AI agents are democratizing search development—enabling developers to build production-ready applications in minutes without specialized expertise—and transforming observability for AI-powered systems.

With a growing base of contributors and accelerating momentum in 2026, the OpenSearch community continues to drive innovation. Carl will welcome new OpenSearch Software Foundation members, unveil new agentic tools, and share his vision for how OpenSearch is empowering builders to accelerate development, unlock new capabilities, and deliver the next generation of AI-powered search and observability solutions.

Speakers

Carl Meadows

Director of Product, Amazon Web Services

Carl Meadows is Director of Product at AWS for Amazon OpenSearch Service and is the board chair for the OpenSearch Software Foundation at the Linux Foundation.

Carl has over twenty-five years in product management developing enterprise software and cloud services. Prior to joining AWS, Carl held product management leadership roles at Engine Yard, SunGard Availability Services, SoftLayer/IBM and Symantec. He holds a BA from Berklee Colleg... Read More →

Thursday April 16, 2026 09:05 - 09:30 CEST
Bohemia 2

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OpenSearchCon Europe 2026

Carl Meadows

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