Keynote: Orchestrating Document Data Extraction with Dapr Agents - Fabian Steinbach

This talk features Fabian Steinbach, a Software Architect at ZEISS, who discusses the challenges of extracting structured data from highly variable, multilingual documents with diverse layouts and handwriting. The speaker explains how ZEISS Vision Care developed resilient data extraction processes utilizing Dapr Agents within a vendor-neutral, cloud-native framework. By constructing highly deterministic workflows that integrate specialized OCR, general LLM calls, and standard code, the team achieved reliable execution and flexibility in AI provider selection, enabling rapid progression from concept to production in just two months.