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The AI Agent Memory Landscape

Session Track: Graph Memory & Agents

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Session description

As AI agents evolve from stateless chatbots to persistent, context-aware systems, memory has become the critical differentiator between demos and production-ready applications. This talk maps the rapidly emerging ecosystem of agent memory solutions and provides practical guidance on choosing and implementing the right memory architecture for your agents.

We’ll explore the cognitive architecture frameworks (episodic, semantic, procedural memory) that underpin modern agent systems, survey the competitive landscape of memory providers, and examine real-world implementation patterns from leading agent frameworks like LangGraph, CrewAI, and Pydantic AI.

Attendees will leave with a clear mental model of the memory stack and actionable strategies for building agents that truly learn and adapt.

Speaker

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William Lyon

Senior Product Manager, Neo4j

William Lyon is a Senior Product Manager at Neo4j focused on AI innovation where he works to help developers build AI applications with graphs. He is also the author of the book “Fullstack GraphQL Applications” and earned a masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Montana. You can find him online at lyonwj.com