- keynote - Keynotes - Day 2
From 0 to Agent in 20 minutes
Thursday 16th October 2025 • 10:40 AM - 11:00 AMAI agents sound like they are huge programs filled with enormous complexity. But in just 20 minutes I’ll show you how to build a functioning agent live. We’ll take an LLM, kit it out with a bit of memory, add some tools, and watch as it takes on a life of its own.
Together, we’ll demystify the inner workings of all your favourite agents and show you how you can start to build your own.
About Phil Nash
Phil is a developer relations engineer for DataStax and Google Developer Expert living in Melbourne, Australia. He's been working in developer relations for a decade, speaking at conferences since 2012, and writing JavaScript since before jQuery. Away from the keyboard, Phil enjoys travel, live music, and hanging out with his mini sausage dog, Ruby.