Future of MCP: A fireside chat

MCP Community Connect - San Francisco

Sep 14, 2026 · 20:00–20:20 · America/Los_Angeles

After a full day of MCP talks, demos, and discussions, join us for a closing conversation with Tobin South from Anthropic and Harald Kirschner from VS Code. We'll explore what MCP adoption looks like today, lessons emerging from the rapidly growing ecosystem, challenges around interoperability and security, and where the protocol may be headed next. Bring your questions as we reflect on the day's themes and dive into the opportunities and realities of building the connected agent ecosystem. Published local schedule: 20:00–20:20. Timezone requires verification.

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Room: Main stage

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• Harald Kirschner

  Affiliation at this event: Microsoft

• Tobin South

  Affiliation at this event: Anthropic

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