AI Dev 25 | Kate Blair & Ismael Faro: The future of agent interoperability

AI agents are being developed at an unprecedented pace—but today’s landscape is fragmented, with incompatible frameworks and tools limiting collaboration and reuse. In this session, Kate Blair (Director of Incubation) and Ismael Faro (VP Quantum+AI, Distinguished Engineer) from IBM Research share their vision for a more connected ecosystem: one where agents can interoperate seamlessly across different platforms using open protocols. They introduce an approach that enables developers to discover, integrate, and swap agents—regardless of their implementation—and showcase it with live demos powered by the open-source BeeAI platform. This talk is a compelling look at what’s possible when we break down the silos in AI development.