https://copadocon.com/watch/dfe06ded-d293-4cd4-a5bc-0e3892f3882f https://copadocon.com/og/watch/dfe06ded-d293-4cd4-a5bc-0e3892f3882f.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Agentforce Meets DevOps: Deploying and Governing AI Agents in Production Ashvin Bhatt and Ritika Verma of PwC India discuss the evolution of DevOps frameworks required to govern and deploy Agentforce AI agents in production. They explain why traditional deterministic testing fails to account for non-deterministic AI behaviors and advocate for a governance model centered on prompt versioning, behavior-based evaluation, and security guardrails for data grounding. The speakers detail progressive deployment strategies, including shadow mode and canary releases, to mitigate operational risks like hallucination or incorrect decision-making. The session emphasizes the shift toward continuous observability and monitoring of digital agents to ensure repeatability and production safety. https://copadocon.com/embed/dfe06ded-d293-4cd4-a5bc-0e3892f3882f 2340 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/b7921020-126d-47e3-854a-aaca65e70bf2 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/b7921020-126d-47e3-854a-aaca65e70bf2.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Agentia Advanced Rohit Boggarapu and Vertika Goyal introduce Agentia Advanced, a unified Salesforce delivery platform designed specifically for mid-market teams of 5 to 40 users. The speakers detail how the solution integrates Pipeline, Testing, and the AI Context Hub into a single sign-on experience to replace manual change sets and fragmented tools. Goyal demonstrates a workflow where context-aware AI agents assist in user story planning, Apex code generation, and automated regression testing. The session highlights specific features including intelligent dependency detection, proactive conflict resolution, and self-healing test scripts grounded in real metadata. Attendees learn how lean teams can achieve enterprise-level delivery speed and governance through automated quality gates and orchestrated releases without the overhead of complex DevOps frameworks. https://copadocon.com/embed/b7921020-126d-47e3-854a-aaca65e70bf2 2040 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/489db590-9f22-430a-aada-c0bb26f51d85 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/489db590-9f22-430a-aada-c0bb26f51d85.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Agentia Pro: Automating Data 360 Deployment End to End Steve Simpson explains how Agentia Pro automates Data 360 (Data Cloud) deployments by integrating them into established Salesforce metadata pipelines. He details the transition from manual, package-based movements to using the Metadata API and enterprise-grade DevOps data kits to version and promote configurations from development to production. Simpson demonstrates a live use case involving flight telemetry data to show how teams can blend core Salesforce data with Data 360 objects while managing complex dependencies and "rehydration" steps. Key takeaways include strategies for handling circular relationships between core and Data 360, managing naming conventions in source control, and utilizing automated triggers to replace manual data kit deployment. https://copadocon.com/embed/489db590-9f22-430a-aada-c0bb26f51d85 2520 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/50e6d20e-c52e-467a-904e-e0489eeef562 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/50e6d20e-c52e-467a-904e-e0489eeef562.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Agentia x Agentforce: No Clicks. Just Shipments. Amrita Jaiswal and Logesh M demonstrate how to manage the Agentforce Development Lifecycle (ADLC) using Copado to automate manual deployments and eliminate weekends spent fixing releases. The speakers detail the re-architected Salesforce platform, the Atlas reasoning engine, and the specific metadata required for deployments, such as AI authorizing bundles, GenAiPlannerBundles, and GenAI functions. They demonstrate the Agentia tool, which uses dependency analysis to automatically identify related metadata components during the commit process. The session concludes with a playbook for handling deployment limitations, including specific strategies for Data Cloud dependencies and post-deployment permission set scripts to accelerate delivery cycles from days to hours. https://copadocon.com/embed/50e6d20e-c52e-467a-904e-e0489eeef562 1800 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/a54442b4-a603-4d90-ae1c-4dab157e39c2 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/a54442b4-a603-4d90-ae1c-4dab157e39c2.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Architect Maintainable Data Templates with Copado Data Deploy Kumarswami Mathapati and Nitin Tile explain how to architect scalable data deployment strategies using Copado Data Deploy to manage complex Salesforce configuration data. The speakers detail the "brittle template problem" and demonstrate how to utilize reusable Data Templates, external IDs, and field-level controlling to automate relational data migrations for CPQ and Billing objects. They outline essential architecture concepts including single responsibility for templates, version control through JSON metadata artifacts, and environment synchronization best practices to minimize manual spreadsheet effort while ensuring deployment reliability across enterprise pipelines. https://copadocon.com/embed/a54442b4-a603-4d90-ae1c-4dab157e39c2 2700 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/73542982-9ca7-41be-8e8b-dad0fc54ec06 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/73542982-9ca7-41be-8e8b-dad0fc54ec06.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Building Excellence: How Strategic Partnerships Are Scaling Salesforce DevOps Richa Gupta of RaptBot and Christie Marsh of Copado discuss the launch of a new Copado Center of Excellence (COE) in India designed to provide scenario-based training for the Salesforce ecosystem. Gupta details how the COE serves as a one-stop solution for mastering Copado implementation, robotic testing, and the strategic use of quality gates based on specific risk levels. The conversation covers the deployment of AI tools like Agentia and Context Hub, the necessity of maintaining agile training materials to keep pace with platform updates, and Gupta’s professional transition from a .NET developer to a DevOps leader and mentor for women in technology. https://copadocon.com/embed/73542982-9ca7-41be-8e8b-dad0fc54ec06 360 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/27e55e56-66dd-4c84-bf9a-158ba54cfbc7 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/27e55e56-66dd-4c84-bf9a-158ba54cfbc7.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Building Release Confidence Richa Gupta and Shailesh Parnami of RaptBot Technologies outline a framework for establishing release readiness beyond simple deployment success. The session features a detailed demo of a Salesforce user story lifecycle, demonstrating how to implement specific Copado Quality Gates at stages including requirement definition, technical design, development, and UAT. Gupta illustrates the use of PMD for code quality, Apex test coverage requirements, and Copado Robotic Testing (CRT) for business logic validation. The presentation concludes with a blueprint for a consolidated governance report that tracks business, technical, and functional readiness to ensure safe, risk-aware releases. https://copadocon.com/embed/27e55e56-66dd-4c84-bf9a-158ba54cfbc7 1500 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/2dfe977b-cbae-4a2f-85b2-2621e33fa5f6 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/2dfe977b-cbae-4a2f-85b2-2621e33fa5f6.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Community Is Really What Makes Copado, Copado Josh Millward and a community member discuss the growth and impact of the Copado community in India, noting that the region now includes over 100,000 members. The conversation centers on the momentum of CopadoCon, highlighting that the event in India marks the third such gathering within a nine-month period. Millward credits the community, specifically champions and volunteers like Sesha, for organizing the sessions and hackathons that sustain the platform. The speakers describe the high energy of the event and the importance of Indian community members to the global success of the organization. https://copadocon.com/embed/2dfe977b-cbae-4a2f-85b2-2621e33fa5f6 60 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/dc14c725-4316-4dbe-8e54-ebdc8ad8bcc5 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/dc14c725-4316-4dbe-8e54-ebdc8ad8bcc5.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Community Is the Core of Every Great Platform Shailesh Parnami of RaptBot Technologies joins Josh Millward to discuss why community engagement is the essential driver for platform maturity and ecosystem growth. Parnami explains that while companies create platforms, the community provides a necessary lens to ensure tools meet the specific needs of developers, QA engineers, and program managers. The conversation highlights takeaways from the CopadoCon 2026 keynote, specifically how leadership visions for growth and strategic direction reach the entire organization through community interactions. Parnami concludes that this depth of engagement allows practitioners to better understand the platform's utility at every layer of operation. https://copadocon.com/embed/dc14c725-4316-4dbe-8e54-ebdc8ad8bcc5 120 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/564b71a6-5b1a-4578-8198-208d00453bfd https://copadocon.com/og/watch/564b71a6-5b1a-4578-8198-208d00453bfd.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Connected Intelligence: MCP-Powered DevOps with AI Context Hub Ankita Sharma introduces the Agentia Context Hub (formerly Copado AI Platform), detailing how it unifies fragmented project knowledge using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to ground AI agents in specific Salesforce org metadata, business logic, and CI/CD data. She explains the platform's four-layer architecture—consisting of out-of-the-box knowledge, custom workspace documents, shared prompt libraries, and live system integrations—to ensure AI outputs are production-ready. Sharma demonstrates how these purpose-built DevOps agents automate tasks like generating org-aware test classes, creating developer-ready user stories, and performing natural language PR reviews via GitHub and Jira integrations. https://copadocon.com/embed/564b71a6-5b1a-4578-8198-208d00453bfd 2160 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/ac632991-bfef-4d76-b005-4d9aa017a740 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/ac632991-bfef-4d76-b005-4d9aa017a740.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Copado Agent Finds the Issue Faster Than Me Josh Millward hosts Prasad, a DevOps and SRE engineer, to discuss the practical impact of agentic AI within the Copado platform. Prasad outlines the evolution of the software development life cycle from waterfall to DevOps, noting that agentic AI represents the next major shift in reducing engineering silos. He explains that Copado’s AI agents provide value by identifying the root causes of production issues faster than manual investigation, which is particularly critical for SREs during early morning outages. The session highlights how integrating an agentic intelligence layer into the CI/CD toolchain improves developer wellbeing and allows teams to build more sustainably by automating troubleshooting. https://copadocon.com/embed/ac632991-bfef-4d76-b005-4d9aa017a740 240 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/5c81995f-7c0a-461e-a725-17ae248c49f0 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/5c81995f-7c0a-461e-a725-17ae248c49f0.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Copado Champions Panel Moderator Shubham and Copado Champions Swati Agarwal, Dinesh Yenda, Piyali Sanyal, and Deepak Sharma discuss real-world Salesforce DevOps implementation and the growth of the practitioner community. The panel details strategies for building enterprise trust through native Salesforce integration, shifting quality engineering left using automated gates, and utilizing AI-driven pull request summaries to reduce manual reviewer bottlenecks. The speakers share how they prioritize CI/CD features to achieve immediate ROI, specifically citing Apex test coverage enforcement and PMD integration as essential for stabilizing complex release pipelines. The session concludes with a discussion on the evolving role of Copado Champions in mentoring new practitioners and shaping industry standards for quality and governance. https://copadocon.com/embed/5c81995f-7c0a-461e-a725-17ae248c49f0 1860 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/47f69389-65e7-4955-a839-3cdcb069ee3c https://copadocon.com/og/watch/47f69389-65e7-4955-a839-3cdcb069ee3c.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Copado Developer Experience Federico Larsen and Naman Kumar Vijay present the new Copado developer experience designed to eliminate context-switching by integrating delivery lifecycle management directly into AI-native IDEs like Cursor and VS Code. Through a live demonstration, they showcase the revamped Copado developer extension and CLI, which allow developers to pull user story definitions, execute commits, and trigger promotions without leaving their editor. The session highlights specific capabilities including automated dependency identification via the Salesforce API, real-time job log access for debugging, and the use of agentic markdown files to give AI agents full context of a project’s metadata and requirements. https://copadocon.com/embed/47f69389-65e7-4955-a839-3cdcb069ee3c 2580 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/d8bfc306-05fd-4447-8e7c-73ad59c50038 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/d8bfc306-05fd-4447-8e7c-73ad59c50038.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Copado Has Been Booming Year by Year! Josh Millward interviews Vishnu, a Salesforce DevOps professional and community volunteer from Hyderabad, at CopadoCon 2026 in Bengaluru. Vishnu discusses how Copado has evolved since its founding, noting that the platform significantly accelerates Salesforce workflows compared to traditional change sets. The conversation focuses on the impact of agentic AI, specifically the Agent 360 keynote and its implications for 2026 and 2027. Vishnu highlights his interest in an upcoming session on Data 360 with Steve, citing the challenges of data deployments. The session concludes with the revelation that the Copado community in India has grown to over 100,000 members. https://copadocon.com/embed/d8bfc306-05fd-4447-8e7c-73ad59c50038 120 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/e175ae69-8177-42ca-9e74-39f6b5e54d5f https://copadocon.com/og/watch/e175ae69-8177-42ca-9e74-39f6b5e54d5f.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Copado Makes One Work Less and Deploy Easily Senior Community Manager Josh Millward interviews a DevOps engineer from Hyderabad at CopadoCon 2026 to discuss the platform’s impact on deployment efficiency. The engineer explains how Copado and its AI agents help minimize manual effort for DevOps professionals by simplifying integration and delivery processes. The conversation highlights the engineer's goal to adopt the platform within his organization to compress CI/CD cycles and his interest in joining the local user community. The session concludes with a discussion regarding Copado's founding history in Madrid, Spain, by two release engineers. https://copadocon.com/embed/e175ae69-8177-42ca-9e74-39f6b5e54d5f 180 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/988b482f-a6c6-48c7-8287-61cd974325ca https://copadocon.com/og/watch/988b482f-a6c6-48c7-8287-61cd974325ca.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Copado Saves So Much Developer Time Josh Millward and Salesforce Technical Lead Prashant discuss how Copado and Agentia reduce developer time spent on grooming sessions, component analysis, and task analysis. Prashant details how the platform facilitates requirement analysis, automated test case generation, and impact analysis for interdependent components to identify risks before deployment. He highlights the importance of managing method-level conflicts when multiple developers modify the same component. Looking forward, Prashant advocates for expanding Agentia to support architects in designing data models and validating business logic within user stories to ensure technical accuracy before development begins. https://copadocon.com/embed/988b482f-a6c6-48c7-8287-61cd974325ca 180 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/1141b09c-508f-4ceb-bc95-37fb4bda80eb https://copadocon.com/og/watch/1141b09c-508f-4ceb-bc95-37fb4bda80eb.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Copado Thinks About the Future, Not Just the Present Shayoni, Global Partnerships Analyst at Coforge, discusses the integration of Copado CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools within her organization’s internal developer teams and customer projects. She emphasizes that optimizing the developer experience is the primary variable for improving downstream customer outcomes and increasing delivery speed. The conversation highlights the Agentia platform and agentic AI as the most significant advancements presented at CopadoCon 2026. Shayoni describes Copado as a forward-looking company focused on creating a seamless journey for builders and testers through the practical application of AI capabilities. https://copadocon.com/embed/1141b09c-508f-4ceb-bc95-37fb4bda80eb 120 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/6f2fa2cf-777a-452d-beb3-550b08068143 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/6f2fa2cf-777a-452d-beb3-550b08068143.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Copado's Branching Strategy Changed Everything! Josh Millward and engineer Sarvanan discuss the evolution of Copado’s release management tools during CopadoCon 2026 in Bengaluru. Sarvanan details how the platform's automatic branching strategy and point-and-click interface facilitate faster XML-based conflict resolution compared to manual methods. He describes a real-world transition from Metadata Format to Source Format Pipelines, highlighting a Git depth issue encountered during a 200-plus user story promotion that was resolved by the Copado team. The session concludes with Sarvanan’s goal to learn how new agentic software like Agentia will enhance productivity in his future Salesforce projects. https://copadocon.com/embed/6f2fa2cf-777a-452d-beb3-550b08068143 300 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/4a967f40-cb3b-4d7d-adca-813fa44654fb https://copadocon.com/og/watch/4a967f40-cb3b-4d7d-adca-813fa44654fb.jpg?v=2026-09-01b CopadoCon 2026 Hackathon Finalist Demo — Team Arkhive Akshara Thakur and Archana Sriwas from Coforge demonstrate copado-hx, a command-line tool designed to eliminate context-switching between IDEs, browser tabs, and Slack. Built for the CopadoCon 2026 hackathon, the solution utilizes 16 commands to manage the Salesforce DevOps lifecycle, including authentication health checks, user story status visibility, and automated deployment approvals directly from the terminal. The presenters highlight the integration of Model Context Protocol (MCP) and natural-language instructions in Cursor to orchestrate AI agents that autonomously execute commit and promotion workflows. The session concludes with a technical Q&A regarding error handling for environment variables and the team’s development timeline. https://copadocon.com/embed/4a967f40-cb3b-4d7d-adca-813fa44654fb 1080 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/3868d2d0-140e-4f21-adb3-23b827981182 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/3868d2d0-140e-4f21-adb3-23b827981182.jpg?v=2026-09-01b CopadoCon 2026 Hackathon Finalist Demo — Team Headless Nomads Kartheek Dasari and Ravalika Bommera demonstrate Copado HX, a unified command-line interface designed to manage the entire Salesforce DevOps lifecycle from a terminal without browser context-switching. The speakers showcase how the tool integrates 20 commands to handle user story commits, promotion validations via the Actions API, and automated testing through Copado Robotic Testing. The demo highlights the use of an MCP server to connect AI agents for autonomous code generation and test flow creation, alongside a self-healing diagnostic feature that uses AI to analyze build failures and suggest corrections. The presenters explain their implementation of local token storage for secure authentication across Salesforce, Actions, and AI Context Hub surfaces. https://copadocon.com/embed/3868d2d0-140e-4f21-adb3-23b827981182 540 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/1e23b112-6a09-4078-a9be-06d2c569a7aa https://copadocon.com/og/watch/1e23b112-6a09-4078-a9be-06d2c569a7aa.jpg?v=2026-09-01b CopadoCon 2026 Hackathon Winners Demo — Team Copado Pilot Aruna Santosh, Shruthi Javare Gowda, Kaveri Chappidi, and Vivek V Palankar from PwC demonstrate Copado Pilot, an AI-powered headless DevOps solution integrated directly into VS Code. The team details how the tool addresses developer context switching by providing a unified command center for CI/CD, robotic testing, and release management without leaving the IDE. The session highlights specific features including a real-time developer dashboard, AI-driven pipeline coverage analysis to catch excluded metadata, and natural language orchestration for triggering deployments. The speakers also explain their use of Copado REST APIs and Git branch comparison to proactively identify risks in back-promotion and environment synchronization. https://copadocon.com/embed/1e23b112-6a09-4078-a9be-06d2c569a7aa 720 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/a91f150d-e756-4f61-bd6d-f71ba95920d1 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/a91f150d-e756-4f61-bd6d-f71ba95920d1.jpg?v=2026-09-01b CopadoCon 2026 Teaser Copado introduces the opening of a DevOps conference in 2026, which the organization describes as a gathering for industry innovators. An unnamed speaker delivers the first session of the day at an event identified as the largest DevOps conference held in Bangalore. The presentation focuses on the current state of DevOps innovation and serves as the inaugural session for the multi-day program. No specific technical tools, product demonstrations, or individual speaker names are provided in the introductory remarks of this session teaser. https://copadocon.com/embed/a91f150d-e756-4f61-bd6d-f71ba95920d1 120 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no https://copadocon.com/watch/6178e4b8-fc92-486e-bf2b-f43e8b38d6c7 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/6178e4b8-fc92-486e-bf2b-f43e8b38d6c7.jpg?v=2026-09-01b CopadoCon 2026 Trailer The CopadoCon 2026 trailer features commentary from multiple speakers regarding the organization's focus on AI and its significant presence in India. The speakers explain that while CICD was the center of Copado two years ago, AI is now the primary focus of the company's technology. The session highlights the impact of the Indian community, noting that over 100,000 members use Copado in that region alone. The presentation emphasizes the necessity of continuous learning and credits the innovation and energy of the local community for the platform's growth and the success of the event. https://copadocon.com/embed/6178e4b8-fc92-486e-bf2b-f43e8b38d6c7 180 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no https://copadocon.com/watch/b4263926-3e22-452c-9702-63b75ce171bb https://copadocon.com/og/watch/b4263926-3e22-452c-9702-63b75ce171bb.jpg?v=2026-09-01b CopadoCon After Party Glimpse This highlight video features visual coverage of the CopadoCon after party hosted by Copado. The footage showcases the social events, networking environment, and live entertainment provided for conference attendees following the technical sessions. No speakers are featured in this recording, which serves as a brief visual recap of the community gathering and evening festivities organized for the event participants. https://copadocon.com/embed/b4263926-3e22-452c-9702-63b75ce171bb 60 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no https://copadocon.com/watch/ffdbcf92-5d04-43d1-843b-c84d4086cbc5 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/ffdbcf92-5d04-43d1-843b-c84d4086cbc5.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Demystifying Agentia Testing Gaurav Kheterpal introduces Agentia Testing, Copado's next-generation agentic QA platform evolved from Copado Robotic Testing (CRT). He demonstrates how the platform uses AI to address the limitations of manual testing by separating test logic from data and automating script maintenance. The session features live demonstrations of three core capabilities: Data Tables for scalable data-driven testing, Org Intelligence for metadata-aware exploration, and the new Test Builder tool, which converts natural language requirements and manual screen explorations into automated Robot Framework test scripts. Kheterpal illustrates how these tools enable self-healing tests and rapid test generation to match the accelerated development cycles of the agentic era. https://copadocon.com/embed/ffdbcf92-5d04-43d1-843b-c84d4086cbc5 2460 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/5132a020-8929-472d-b5c6-500dab1ccd01 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/5132a020-8929-472d-b5c6-500dab1ccd01.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Enterprise DevSecOps Best Practice with AI Sonal Gupta from TransUnion presents a framework for integrating security into the Salesforce delivery lifecycle using AI-powered automation and the Copado platform. She discusses transitioning from traditional manual security reviews to a "shift left" mindset, where automated quality gates and AI agents assist with static analysis and vulnerability scanning from the moment of code commit. The session outlines the specific roles of Copado AI agents—Plan, Build, Test, Release, and Operate—in maintaining governance across complex multi-org environments. Gupta shares real-world outcomes, including a global bank reducing security scan times from weeks to hours and a healthcare client increasing release frequency through automated regression testing. Attendees learn to balance deployment speed with audit-ready compliance using Governance as Code and proactive remediation strategies. https://copadocon.com/embed/5132a020-8929-472d-b5c6-500dab1ccd01 1980 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/b6738b37-f7eb-469d-b456-ba10e8e96cd8 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/b6738b37-f7eb-469d-b456-ba10e8e96cd8.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Escaping the Pilot Trap: Governance, Upskilling, and the Real Cost of AI Stagnation Snehal Gosula and Christie Marsh discuss the pilot trap, a cycle where organizations launch AI experiments but fail to move them into production due to strategic paralysis and concerns over ROI. Gosula explains how rapid vendor releases cause teams to stall existing projects in anticipation of new capabilities, particularly in complex ecosystems like Salesforce and nCino. He argues that while AI can amplify individual builder speed, human judgment remains essential for integrated architectures. The conversation emphasizes that avoiding stagnation requires rigorous governance and a commitment to one hour of deliberate daily upskilling to stay competitive. https://copadocon.com/embed/b6738b37-f7eb-469d-b456-ba10e8e96cd8 600 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/1c6b938d-2fbf-4745-b973-7abb3d032822 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/1c6b938d-2fbf-4745-b973-7abb3d032822.jpg?v=2026-09-01b First Time Using Copado and I'm Already Loving It! Josh Millward interviews Accenture Senior Software Developer Shakori at CopadoCon 2026 to discuss her initial experience as a new user of the platform. Shakori describes the tool as fast and user-friendly for Salesforce development, noting that she transitioned to using it after joining her current company. She explains her current process for deepening her technical knowledge through Copado learning modules and YouTube videos while attending the event to further explore the ecosystem. https://copadocon.com/embed/1c6b938d-2fbf-4745-b973-7abb3d032822 60 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/11a9dfa2-eedf-4758-8879-d56d14155cf4 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/11a9dfa2-eedf-4758-8879-d56d14155cf4.jpg?v=2026-09-01b From 144 Days to 4: The Power of CRT Automation Deepak Sharma explains how Carrier transformed its global regression testing by automating 350 test cases across 12 countries. He details how the team utilized Agentia Testing (formerly Copado Robotic Testing) to address bottlenecks in sequential manual execution, which previously required 144 days to complete. The session covers the use of low-code capabilities and AI-powered test agents to upskill a non-technical QA team, alongside the implementation of 12x parallel execution to run 4,800 test cases simultaneously. Sharma demonstrates how this strategy unified web and mobile automation into a single cycle, ultimately reducing total testing time by 97.8% and increasing test coverage by 25%. https://copadocon.com/embed/11a9dfa2-eedf-4758-8879-d56d14155cf4 1620 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/58f4d638-bfa8-4610-9139-9a4cb3680bdd https://copadocon.com/og/watch/58f4d638-bfa8-4610-9139-9a4cb3680bdd.jpg?v=2026-09-01b From Developer Dependency to Business Empowerment Prabhakar Sharma and Christie Marsh discuss how RaptBot Technologies utilizes Copado to shift Salesforce delivery power toward business users, reducing reliance on developers for every change. Sharma details how AI agents grounded in metadata and schema through Context Hub interpret complex enterprise architectures to provide accurate outcomes rather than generic knowledge. The conversation highlights the role of robotic testing in catching flow conflicts and bugs in lower environments, which prevents production errors and emergency fixes. Sharma emphasizes that while AI amplifies delivery speed, human direction remains non-negotiable for scaling innovation responsibly and maintaining governance across large enterprise orgs. https://copadocon.com/embed/58f4d638-bfa8-4610-9139-9a4cb3680bdd 300 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/d32827de-6ab9-493b-936f-ace6b7f488a2 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/d32827de-6ab9-493b-936f-ace6b7f488a2.jpg?v=2026-09-01b From DevOps to AgentOps: Governing the Future of Salesforce Delivery Federico Larsen (Copado) and Niranjan Gattupalli (CloudFulcrum) discuss the transition from traditional DevOps to AgentOps, highlighting how AI agents now assist in planning, building, testing, and monitoring Salesforce delivery. They emphasize that while AI can generate massive amounts of code and documentation, human-in-the-loop governance is essential to prevent chaos, hallucination, and bias. The session covers the role of Agentia Studio in building structured, deterministic workflows and introduces the AI coach for verifying user story completeness and code quality. Key takeaways include the use of industry-specific DevOps templates for Life Sciences and RLM to ensure auditability, traceability, and trust in automated release management. https://copadocon.com/embed/d32827de-6ab9-493b-936f-ace6b7f488a2 2460 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/124b487c-11d9-4c5a-afbf-df3f6560dd2b https://copadocon.com/og/watch/124b487c-11d9-4c5a-afbf-df3f6560dd2b.jpg?v=2026-09-01b From DevOps to AgentOps: The System Integrator's Playbook for AI-Driven Salesforce Delivery Shayoni Mukherjee of Coforge details the transition from traditional DevOps to an AgentOps model, where AI agents actively participate in the Salesforce delivery lifecycle. She outlines a five-step playbook for system integrators to ground agents in organizational context, maintain human accountability, and implement quality gates to bridge the current gap between rapid AI development and lagging governance. The session presents a maturity framework moving from assisted delivery to autonomous self-healing systems, emphasizing that success requires shifting from selling build hours to managing governed, AI-driven release environments. Mukherjee illustrates the impact of these strategies through performance metrics including reduced downtime and a 20x increase in release frequency. https://copadocon.com/embed/124b487c-11d9-4c5a-afbf-df3f6560dd2b 2040 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/48dde3a6-74cb-48d8-bf1d-f8073bf3c13d https://copadocon.com/og/watch/48dde3a6-74cb-48d8-bf1d-f8073bf3c13d.jpg?v=2026-09-01b From First Commit to Final Release: What's New in Agentia Pro Steve Simpson outlines the latest CI/CD innovations in Agentia Pro, focusing on reducing developer friction through enhanced visualization and automation. He details the reimagined commit experience, which now features automatic dependency detection, selective commits for cherry-picking specific fields, and a visual flow compare tool to resolve XML conflicts. Simpson also showcases how data and metadata are now unified in a single governed pipeline and introduces Environment Sync, a "time machine" capability that allows teams to restore sandboxes to specific points in time. Finally, the session previews a developer-centric CLI and an AI-assisted promotion interface designed to streamline complex releases and troubleshooting for release managers. https://copadocon.com/embed/48dde3a6-74cb-48d8-bf1d-f8073bf3c13d 1320 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/22136aaa-a00f-4cf2-8d89-4aba90ca8fea https://copadocon.com/og/watch/22136aaa-a00f-4cf2-8d89-4aba90ca8fea.jpg?v=2026-09-01b From Reactive to Proactive: How AI is Redefining DevOps at Enterprise Scale Shailesh Parnami of RaptBot Technologies joins Christie Marsh to discuss the transition from reactive break-fix models to proactive, AI-driven DevOps at enterprise scale. Parnami explains how the Agentia platform and Context Hub ground AI agents in organizational metadata to identify class and flow conflicts in lower sandboxes before they reach production. The conversation details a strategic shift toward automated pre-deployment health checks and the use of conversational AI agents to streamline support and delivery governance. Parnami concludes by advising developers to move beyond a task-oriented mindset, instead using quality gates and automation to orchestrate user stories into measurable business outcomes. https://copadocon.com/embed/22136aaa-a00f-4cf2-8d89-4aba90ca8fea 480 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/48eae466-84c2-4953-ac52-15a9eccde114 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/48eae466-84c2-4953-ac52-15a9eccde114.jpg?v=2026-09-01b How Agentia Studio Makes AI Trustworthy at Scale Jill Adams and Ankita Sharma introduce Agentia Studio, a workspace for building and governing autonomous AI agents through declarative workflows. They explain how the platform addresses the "trust gap" in Salesforce delivery by combining creative AI steps with deterministic code, governed approval gates, and grounding in real org metadata via the Context Hub. The session features a live demo of a rapid issue resolution workflow that identifies root causes and deploys fixes in under 16 minutes, followed by an agentic user story transformation from plan to a working Agentforce agent. The speakers conclude by detailing how teams can customize pre-built templates and maintain human-in-the-loop control to safely scale AI automation across the full software development lifecycle. https://copadocon.com/embed/48eae466-84c2-4953-ac52-15a9eccde114 1620 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/bbabd1e5-c22e-45d6-a86f-35bfc552998d https://copadocon.com/og/watch/bbabd1e5-c22e-45d6-a86f-35bfc552998d.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Ideas Are Cheap. Action Is Everything. Federico Larsen and Christie Marsh discuss Copado’s evolution from a 2011 vision to its large-scale presence in India, emphasizing that action and hard work are the primary drivers of value. Larsen explains how AI offers a tenfold productivity boost but notes that autonomous development still requires human accountability and a foundation of planning, testing, and operating to avoid bottlenecks. The conversation details how Agentia and Context Hub address inefficiencies by sharing team learnings and combining deterministic steps with AI-generated code. Larsen advises developers to avoid "passive consumption" by choosing one tool to master for three to six months rather than constantly retooling. He concludes with a commitment to providing quality technology that helps the community remain competitive and delivers measurable business value through hands-on experimentation. https://copadocon.com/embed/bbabd1e5-c22e-45d6-a86f-35bfc552998d 720 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/3aaef702-f2fe-407e-a420-998cdd72c76c https://copadocon.com/og/watch/3aaef702-f2fe-407e-a420-998cdd72c76c.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Keynote: AI Will Not Take Your Job. It Will Make You 200x Better. Ted Elliott addresses the evolving role of developers in the age of artificial intelligence, asserting that AI functions as a tool for transformation rather than job replacement. He highlights real-world efficiency gains, citing a team that achieved a 200x increase in productivity and significant cost reductions using Agentia. Elliott details Copado’s "Humans in Control" philosophy, explaining how developers must shift from writing every line of code to acting as orchestrators and strategic decision-makers who define intent and review automated outcomes. The session emphasizes that while agents perform heavy lifting, human oversight remains essential for maintaining organizational context. https://copadocon.com/embed/3aaef702-f2fe-407e-a420-998cdd72c76c 2700 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/0b37ccfe-17a1-43b8-82b1-8c15f28679a5 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/0b37ccfe-17a1-43b8-82b1-8c15f28679a5.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Keynote: Copado's Commitment to India & the Future of Agentia Christie Marsh highlights Copado’s deepening investment in India’s developer community, detailing a journey from an initial meeting in Mumbai to recent expansions in Bengaluru and Jaipur. She introduces Agentia as a fundamentally new way of working that integrates context-aware AI agents into the Salesforce delivery lifecycle to manage code, business context, governance, and compliance. The session outlines a vision for AI-powered software delivery built on regional talent and leadership, emphasizing a commitment to growth through future visits to Hyderabad and Pune. https://copadocon.com/embed/0b37ccfe-17a1-43b8-82b1-8c15f28679a5 540 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/66c673d1-60e1-4b99-a1b6-d335bc8135a4 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/66c673d1-60e1-4b99-a1b6-d335bc8135a4.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Keynote: From Merge Conflict Chaos to AgentOps Federico Larsen traces the evolution of Copado from a 2011 Jenkins script designed to resolve global merge conflicts on a 30-country Salesforce instance to a $250 million company. He details milestones including bootstrapping to 100 customers, hiring 600 employees during the pandemic, and the strategic outcomes of five acquisitions, highlighting successes like ClickDeploy and Qentinel alongside failures like New Context. Larsen concludes by outlining a shift from DevOps to AgentOps, where the focus moves from automating processes to using agents to build agents. https://copadocon.com/embed/66c673d1-60e1-4b99-a1b6-d335bc8135a4 540 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/051cd246-dab1-4267-8a7f-1339e3ae58b3 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/051cd246-dab1-4267-8a7f-1339e3ae58b3.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Keynote: The Accenture and Copado Story Rajit Joseph and Radhakrishna Shenoy discuss the evolution of the Accenture and Copado partnership, which began during the COVID-19 pandemic to deliver a contact tracing solution for a US state client in two weeks. Joseph highlights new developer experience initiatives focused on IDE integration and the transition from DevOps to AIOps. Shenoy details how Accenture utilizes Copado across 2,300 trained resources to achieve 25% cost savings in the technology delivery lifecycle and accelerated testing, such as building 900 test scripts in six weeks for a health department. The session emphasizes the role of Agentia and DevSecOps in driving quality, speed, and scale for enterprise Salesforce delivery. https://copadocon.com/embed/051cd246-dab1-4267-8a7f-1339e3ae58b3 540 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/2fc17e7b-743b-40b8-8f39-82962cccefd4 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/2fc17e7b-743b-40b8-8f39-82962cccefd4.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Leadership Panel | CopadoCon 2026 Christie Marsh hosts a panel with Sanjay Nivargikar, Saravanan Jothi, Navita Sharma, and Teja Amerineni to discuss the governance requirements of the agentic era. The leaders argue that autonomous AI agents must be treated as code rather than simple configurations, requiring strict version control, isolated testing, and audit trails via Copado. They detail how testing strategies must evolve from proving software works to proving it cannot go wrong, often using AI to test other AI. The panel highlights how integrated guardrails transform DevOps from a cost center into a strategic innovation engine, ensuring that data quality and compliance hub policies prevent the chaotic loss of enterprise trust. https://copadocon.com/embed/2fc17e7b-743b-40b8-8f39-82962cccefd4 1680 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/9643e37c-5a54-4322-98c5-098e390c5360 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/9643e37c-5a54-4322-98c5-098e390c5360.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Modernizing the Pipeline: Thomson Reuters' Journey to Copado Source Format Greeshma V S and Ragavi Srinivasan detail Thomson Reuters' three-month transition from a traditional Copado metadata pipeline to a Salesforce DX-based source format. They explain how the project addressed pain points like large bundled XML files and frequent merge conflicts by moving to a modular file structure. The speakers outline a five-phase migration approach—Assessment, Conversion, Pipeline Configuration, Validation, and Deployment—while highlighting key technical enhancements such as advanced selective commit strategies, integrated Apex test automation, and the use of automated quality gates for governance. The session concludes with recommendations for handling in-progress user stories and managing profile metadata during the repository restructure. https://copadocon.com/embed/9643e37c-5a54-4322-98c5-098e390c5360 1620 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/fdc2f6bc-36cd-4641-8964-150e7287f36a https://copadocon.com/og/watch/fdc2f6bc-36cd-4641-8964-150e7287f36a.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Next-Gen DevOps: Balancing AI with Governance Salesforce architects Abhinav Sharma and Sanket Chatterjee outline a framework for governing AI-generated metadata within Copado CI/CD pipelines to prevent technical debt and security risks. They explain how to move beyond static code analysis toward semantic AI reviews that evaluate intent and logic while maintaining human-in-the-loop accountability for high-risk changes. The speakers detail a tiered governance model featuring preventive grounding, automated quality gates, and specific guardrails for different environment levels. The session concludes with a case study of a North American automobile manufacturer where revamping branching strategies and embedding multi-stage quality gates resolved legacy DevOps bottlenecks. https://copadocon.com/embed/fdc2f6bc-36cd-4641-8964-150e7287f36a 1440 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/a4301f49-4baa-42a0-aedc-9e6caac64ab0 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/a4301f49-4baa-42a0-aedc-9e6caac64ab0.jpg?v=2026-09-01b No More Stress During Production Releases Sandhya and Sindhuja, Salesforce developers and release engineers at TransUnion, discuss managing over 10 Salesforce orgs and six active Copado pipelines across B2B and B2C sectors. They explain how the tool facilitates weekly production deployments and daily commits by enabling user story bundling and integrated source control without requiring external Git tools. The speakers highlight how resolving conflicts within the platform reduces stress during major releases and share their current exploration of Copado Robotic Testing (CRT) to enhance deployment safety. https://copadocon.com/embed/a4301f49-4baa-42a0-aedc-9e6caac64ab0 180 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/b746eb69-ce79-476d-a3fe-386f9c622a33 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/b746eb69-ce79-476d-a3fe-386f9c622a33.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Panel Discussion - Ideas to Impacts: From DevOps to AgentOps Rajit Joseph, Viplav Modi, Vinay Choudapurkar, and Muneer Mohammed discuss transitioning from traditional DevOps to AI-driven AgentOps within large-scale Salesforce environments at Carrier, AGCO, and S&P Global. The panel shares specific outcomes, including AGCO reducing deployment failure rates by 75% and S&P Global utilizing quality gates to manage financial audit requirements. Key takeaways include the use of AI for impact analysis, tech debt remediation, and automated pull request reviews. The speakers emphasize that successful AgentOps adoption requires balancing autonomous speed with strict enterprise governance, human-in-the-loop verification, and secure data guardrails. https://copadocon.com/embed/b746eb69-ce79-476d-a3fe-386f9c622a33 1560 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/9538895e-c235-4f42-b722-a24afc34cd2a https://copadocon.com/og/watch/9538895e-c235-4f42-b722-a24afc34cd2a.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Responsible AI in Action: Data Guardrails, PII Protection Saurabh Kumar and Christie Marsh discuss the implementation of responsible AI within the Salesforce ecosystem, focusing on architectural guardrails that protect sensitive information. Kumar explains how Vanshiv Technologies built a custom security layer over Copado AI and Agentia Testing to mask PII during requirements analysis and candidate evaluations. The conversation highlights the role of Context Hub in grounding AI agents in organizational metadata to prevent hallucinations and ensure compliance. Kumar concludes by advising developers to move beyond passive learning and achieve mastery through hands-on configuration of AI tools to solve specific enterprise deployment challenges. https://copadocon.com/embed/9538895e-c235-4f42-b722-a24afc34cd2a 360 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/1689f802-953b-44f4-97f0-4d8030064804 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/1689f802-953b-44f4-97f0-4d8030064804.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Start Small, Think Big: AI, Community, and the Future of Salesforce DevOps Jill Adams and Christie Marsh discuss the integration of AI within the Salesforce DevOps ecosystem, emphasizing a "start small" strategy that begins with automating tedious, high-friction tasks. Adams highlights Context Hub for org discovery, which allows users to surface technical debt by grounding AI recommendations in their specific metadata and architecture. The session introduces Agentia Studio as a declarative environment for governing AI workflows and outlines a vision for a community marketplace where builders can eventually share and monetize their own AI-powered workflows. Marsh and Adams also address the significant growth of female participation in the Indian tech community and the importance of using community feedback to directly shape Copado’s product roadmap and documentation. https://copadocon.com/embed/1689f802-953b-44f4-97f0-4d8030064804 840 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/eec06a8d-a87c-4dec-ba8c-eb2f4e9c2939 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/eec06a8d-a87c-4dec-ba8c-eb2f4e9c2939.jpg?v=2026-09-01b The Best Place to Explore DevOps and AI Josh Millward and tech creator Tanisha discuss the scale and engagement level of CopadoCon 2026 in Bengaluru. Tanisha shares her perspective as an MBA student and AI explorer, highlighting the event as a primary location for learning about the intersection of DevOps and AI through live workshops and sessions. The conversation emphasizes the growth of the regional community to 100,000 members and contrasts the high energy and active communication of the 1,500-person gathering with other tech events. The session concludes with a look at the event's live hackathon and its role in fostering a builder culture. https://copadocon.com/embed/eec06a8d-a87c-4dec-ba8c-eb2f4e9c2939 180 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/943e3248-dfe3-4345-b6a8-5f3f0f16e38f https://copadocon.com/og/watch/943e3248-dfe3-4345-b6a8-5f3f0f16e38f.jpg?v=2026-09-01b The Builder Era Returns: Governance and Why Everyone Is a Beginner Ted Elliott and Christie Marsh discuss the return of a builder-first era driven by AI, which collapses the distance between business ideas and functional execution. Elliott explains how this shift mirrors the early days of the internet and Salesforce by democratizing development through configuration over complex code. He identifies Bengaluru as the operational epicenter of this revolution due to its high concentration of STEM talent and the scale of its technical community. The conversation highlights how Copado’s governance framework—including quality gates, automated testing, and release controls—provides the necessary scaffolding to scale individual builder speed safely at the enterprise level. Elliott concludes by advising professionals to adopt a beginner mindset, stressing that curiosity and a willingness to fail fast are the primary competitive advantages in a landscape where no legacy experts yet exist. https://copadocon.com/embed/943e3248-dfe3-4345-b6a8-5f3f0f16e38f 360 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/5319314d-0994-4742-8164-ee3ff65819e0 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/5319314d-0994-4742-8164-ee3ff65819e0.jpg?v=2026-09-01b The Next Frontier of DevOps: Moving Faster with Purpose and Confidence Sethuraman Ramalingam and Sreeram Balachandran of Cognizant discuss migrating from a legacy deployment process to an AI-powered Salesforce DevOps engine using Copado. They detail how they operationalized six Agentia AI agents—Plan, Build, Test, Release, Operate, and Orchestrate—to manage multi-team shared environments, eliminate manual release notes, and resolve environment drift. The speakers highlight specific outcomes, including a 75% reduction in cycle times and a 90% reduction in manual effort, while using Agentia Testing for automated end-to-end validation. They conclude with a four-week transformation strategy for scaling quality gates and back-syncing environments. https://copadocon.com/embed/5319314d-0994-4742-8164-ee3ff65819e0 2640 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/bbeee672-8716-40db-b66e-aef1dae723fa https://copadocon.com/og/watch/bbeee672-8716-40db-b66e-aef1dae723fa.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Vibe Coding, Headless DevOps, and the Builder Revolution Steve Simpson and Christie Marsh discuss the evolution of software development from manual coding to "vibe coding," a conversational style of engineering using Copado AI and Carlos. Simpson explains how AI-guided development allows builders of all skill levels to configure complex flows and reduces debugging time by analyzing log files in minutes. The session introduces Agentia Headless, which enables developers to operate the Copado engine via IDE and CLI without a user interface. Simpson highlights the CopadoCon hackathon's focus on headless architecture and emphasizes that professionals must ground AI in their specific organizational metadata while maintaining a critical, testing-oriented mindset to ensure quality releases. https://copadocon.com/embed/bbeee672-8716-40db-b66e-aef1dae723fa 780 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/8bc7a444-99fa-4257-9b9f-e819b26a2195 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/8bc7a444-99fa-4257-9b9f-e819b26a2195.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Welcome to the Agentic Era: How AI is Rewriting Enterprise Delivery Praveen Singh and Christie Marsh discuss the shift from manual CI/CD pipelines to an agentic era of enterprise delivery where AI agents autonomously handle logic creation, risk identification, and edge case testing. Singh explains how Vanshiv Technologies uses Agentia to reduce manual effort for developers and release managers, allowing teams to identify potential errors before code reaches development or production environments. The conversation highlights the transition from generic AI assistants to specialized agents grounded in an organization's specific metadata and architecture through Context Hub. Singh emphasizes the importance of governance and observability in scaling these workflows and provides advice on career progression through the Copado community. https://copadocon.com/embed/8bc7a444-99fa-4257-9b9f-e819b26a2195 780 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/5615427e-e88c-4c64-bfb2-778f38532051 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/5615427e-e88c-4c64-bfb2-778f38532051.jpg?v=2026-09-01b With Copado Agents, We Can Do Faster Things Josh Millward interviews Salesforce developer Ravi Prasad at CopadoCon 2026 in Bengaluru to discuss the role of Copado Agents in accelerating deployment timelines. Prasad shares insights from his experience with the California Environmental Protection Agency, detailing how AI agents grounded in Context Hub resolve metadata conflicts during promotions from development to production orgs. The session highlights Prasad's transition from using Azure DevOps to leveraging Copado’s automation for OmniStudio, Apex, and LWC development. Prasad also notes upcoming features for Flow automation and emphasizes how the Bengaluru community chapter supports developers in moving beyond manual firefighting to focus on building. https://copadocon.com/embed/5615427e-e88c-4c64-bfb2-778f38532051 240 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/24a247e4-588d-438d-9902-098931a09ed8 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/24a247e4-588d-438d-9902-098931a09ed8.jpg?v=2026-09-01b With Copado, We Can Help So Many People Grow Richa Gupta and Josh Millward discuss the strategic partnership between RaptBot and Copado, focusing on how curated training facilitates organizational growth. Gupta introduces the RaptBot Copado Excellence Center, a specialized destination designed to provide end-to-end training for builders and testers to address common DevOps pain points. The session highlights the integration of Copado AI, quality gates, and Agentia to drive cost reductions for partners and customers. Gupta emphasizes that this collaborative approach enables organizations to implement new tools effectively while scaling their technical capabilities. https://copadocon.com/embed/24a247e4-588d-438d-9902-098931a09ed8 120 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/5f2fb2b5-7dd2-45c3-aef8-a2edc52330af https://copadocon.com/og/watch/5f2fb2b5-7dd2-45c3-aef8-a2edc52330af.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Women in Tech Panel Discussion Jyothsna Bitra, Christie Marsh, Pallavi Agrawal, and Snehal Gosula discuss the personal and professional evolution required to lead in the Salesforce and DevOps ecosystem. Marsh highlights the importance of self-advocacy and transition from behind-the-scenes execution to strategic visibility, while Agrawal shares insights on returning to a technical career after a fifteen-year hiatus. The panel addresses practical ways to overcome internal self-doubt and the "noise" of external negativity, emphasizing how community engagement and intentional mentorship help women navigate technical leadership. The speakers provide takeaways on building confidence through authenticity, owning one's professional worth, and leveraging diverse perspectives to drive innovation within modern enterprise teams. https://copadocon.com/embed/5f2fb2b5-7dd2-45c3-aef8-a2edc52330af 2940 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/c9feb60e-b3eb-45a0-bec2-c412e3a1fb6d https://copadocon.com/og/watch/c9feb60e-b3eb-45a0-bec2-c412e3a1fb6d.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Work That Took Two Months Now Takes Two Days Josh Millward and Salesforce Practice Lead Prem discuss how agentic AI transforms DevOps efficiency within large-scale Salesforce teams. Prem draws on his experience building Copado practices at firms like Capgemini to highlight how Agentia addresses long-standing challenges such as code overrides and merge conflicts that occur when ten or more developers work in parallel. The conversation focuses on how AI-driven quality checks and automated orchestration reduce project timelines from two months to two days. Prem explains that these tools allow practice leads to manage teams with the speed of much larger cohorts while enabling every team member to function as both a builder and a tester. https://copadocon.com/embed/c9feb60e-b3eb-45a0-bec2-c412e3a1fb6d 120 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/ee9db5de-29ab-4cd2-b100-d67cbef97006 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/ee9db5de-29ab-4cd2-b100-d67cbef97006.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Workshop On Agentia Pro: Data 360 Steve Simpson, Chief Architect at Copado, conducts a hands-on workshop demonstrating the end-to-end process of building and deploying Salesforce Data Cloud components using Agentia Pro. Simpson guides attendees through creating custom Data Lake Objects (DLOs) and Data Model Objects (DMOs), configuring field-level mappings, and packaging these assets into dependency-aware Data Kits. The session utilizes a live, multi-sandbox pipeline specifically built for the workshop, allowing participants to commit changes to version control and promote them through a Copado Source Format pipeline. Technical discussions cover the necessity of using Data Kits for reliable deployments, sandbox pipeline design to handle hotfixes, and the complexities of rollback strategies for Data 360 metadata. https://copadocon.com/embed/ee9db5de-29ab-4cd2-b100-d67cbef97006 2760 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/9251184f-13d0-456c-aa73-fcd88a335247 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/9251184f-13d0-456c-aa73-fcd88a335247.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Workshop on Agentia Pro: New Commit Experience Vaibhav Dubey and Dimple Saini introduce Agentia Pro’s redesigned commit workflow, demonstrating how AI-powered smart selection and dependency analysis identify missing metadata components in real time. The instructors perform a live demo of the side-by-side comparison tool to preview XML and flow differences between source and target environments, alongside selective commit functionality for specific Apex methods. Ankita Sharma joins to explain how Org Intelligence grounds the Copado AI platform in a company’s actual configuration to generate org-aware code while maintaining data security through a zero-retention policy. The session highlights how the Orchestrate Agent combines specialized agents to provide risk analysis and impact explanations directly within the DevOps pipeline. https://copadocon.com/embed/9251184f-13d0-456c-aa73-fcd88a335247 5160 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/12a61f54-6a5c-4745-94a6-46c9e6ff19b8 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/12a61f54-6a5c-4745-94a6-46c9e6ff19b8.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Workshop On Agentia Testing Gaurav Kheterpal and Vikas Khandelwal lead a hands-on workshop demonstrating the transition from legacy manual testing to Agentia Testing within a live Salesforce environment. The facilitators showcase how AI-generated Data Tables replace manual CSV management and how Org Intelligence connects directly to a sandbox to detect metadata changes and self-heal broken test scripts. The session features a live browser demonstration of Test Builder, which converts PDF specifications and Jira user stories into executable test scenarios. Attendees learn to configure MFA settings and automate test runs that interactively adjust to picklist value updates without human intervention. https://copadocon.com/embed/12a61f54-6a5c-4745-94a6-46c9e6ff19b8 2640 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado https://copadocon.com/watch/dc15917b-df89-4c86-9427-7120a2da16c6 https://copadocon.com/og/watch/dc15917b-df89-4c86-9427-7120a2da16c6.jpg?v=2026-09-01b Your Agentforce Implementation Will Fail Without DevOps Governance Praveen Singh and Vaibhav Dubey explain why Agentforce implementations require a transition from traditional metadata deployment to a specialized DevOps governance framework to prevent operational failures. They detail how AI systems introduce new risks, such as behavior drift and grounding inconsistencies, which cannot be managed through standard code-based testing alone. The speakers outline a structured release strategy involving version control for AI artifacts like prompt templates and instructions, the implementation of approval gates for non-deterministic behavior, and the use of Copado as a governance backbone. The session concludes with a breakdown of essential monitoring and rollback strategies, emphasizing that AI must be treated as code to ensure auditable, scalable, and trustworthy enterprise deployments. https://copadocon.com/embed/dc15917b-df89-4c86-9427-7120a2da16c6 1980 2026-08-28T11:58:18.619Z yes yes no Copado