Wednesday Mar 4 - Day 0

Workshops 9.00 am - 5.00 pm *** Workshop Tickets Required ***
Event Driven Architecture & Event Streaming Workshop
Daniel Hinojosa
AI Engineering
Agentic, Assistive & Predictive AI Patterns
Rohit Bhardwaj
AI in Practice
Cruising Along with Java: From Java 9 to 25
Venkat Subramaniam
Core Java
Migration Engineering with OpenRewrite: The Recipe for Success
Tim te Beek
Frameworks
Modernize your apps in days with AI Agents
Brian Benz & Ayun Gupta
Gen AI
Fundamentals of Software Engineering In the age of AI Workshop
Nathaniel Schutta & Dan Vega
Practices
Hands-On: Building Agents with Spring AI, MCP, Java, and Amazon Bedrock
James Ward & Josh Long
Production Ready Spring
17:45:00
Networking Happy Hour
Tech Leadership

Thursday Mar 5 - Day 1

09:00:00
Its Up To Java Developers to Fix Enterprise AI
Rod Johnson
Keynote
10:00:00
Design Patterns for Multi-Agent Systems
Brian Sam-Bodden
AI Engineering
AI for Busy Java Developers
Frank Greco
AI in Practice
From Legacy to Cloud-Native: Effective and Scalable Java Modernization with Automation
Emily Jiang
Architecture
To Java 26 and Beyond!
Billy Korando
Core Java
What's new in Spring Boot 4.0 & what's arriving 4.1
Phil Webb
Frameworks
Agents, Tools, and MCP, oh my! Next-level AI concepts for developers
Jennifer Reif
Gen AI
The Mentorship Hub (all day at open-source cafe!)
Bruno Souza & Luiz Real
Keynote
Refactoring RN
Aaron McClennen
Practices
Zero Migration Java: Stay Current Without Breaking Your App
Yee-Kang Chang
Security
Building Engineers or Teaching Technicians?
Jonathon Graf
Tech Leadership
How I automated my life with MCP Servers
Cedric Clyburn
Tools and Techniques
11:00:00
Morning Break
Core Java
11:20:00
Brokk: an AI-Native Code Platform for Java, in Java
Jonathan Ellis
AI Engineering
From Microservices to Agent-Services: Architectural Patterns for Autonomous System Boundaries
Mo Haghighi & Prasanth Pari
AI in Practice
Caching Unleashed: Revolutionizing Java Performance
Markus Kett
Architecture
JUnit 6 + exploring the testing ecosystem
Jeanne Boyarsky
Core Java
Spring Data 4: Data Access Revisited
Chris Bono
Frameworks
10 Tools & Tips to Upgrade Your Legacy Code with GenAI
Vinicius Senger & Jonathan Vogel
Gen AI
Lean Software Development
Leigh Griffin
Practices
Bootiful Spring Security
Josh Long & Rob Winch
Security
Modern Architectures for Software Development Leaders
Venkat Subramaniam
Tech Leadership
Unlocking Engineering Productivity with IDE-Based Coding Agents
Josh Kurz
Tools and Techniques
12:20:00
Lunch
Core Java
13:20:00
Fundamentals of Software Engineering In the age of AI
Nathaniel Schutta & Dan Vega
AI Engineering
10 Things I Hate About AI
Cody Frenzel & Laurie Lay
AI in Practice
Java Cloud Optimization: Serverless, Native, and CRaC – Unleash Peak Performance
Rustam Mehmandarov
Architecture
Java Performance: Beyond Simple Request Latencies
John Ceccarelli & Simon Ritter
Core Java
Supercharge Your Applications with Java, Graphs, and a Touch of AI
Jennifer Reif & Erin Schnabel
Frameworks
Building AI Agents with Spring & MCP
James Ward & Josh Long
Gen AI
Git features you aren’t using
Raju Gandhi
Practices
Building Trustworthy and Reliable LLM Applications
Alex Soto & Markus Eisele
Security
The Accidental Leader: How to Succeed When You Weren’t Planning to Lead
Emily Harden
Tech Leadership
The Developer Skill Tree: Growing Beyond the Code
Bree Hall
Tools and Techniques
14:20:00
Afternoon Break
Core Java
14:50:00
Hands-on Embabel
Rod Johnson
AI Engineering
Inside MCP: Live Protocol Messages, Real-Time Flows, and Smarter Agents
David Parry
AI in Practice
Modular Monoliths: A happy middle
Raju Gandhi
Architecture
A Data-Oriented Programming Approach to REST APIs
Kenneth Kousen
Core Java
Beyond SWE-bench: Enterprise Java AI Agents and Real-World Development Benchmarks
Mark Pollack
Frameworks
From Monolith to AI Agent: Modernizing Java Systems with MCP
Theo Lebrun
Gen AI
Clear up Messy Code with Refactoring Maneuvers in IntelliJ IDEA
Ted M. Young
Practices
Securing AI in Java: Guardrails, Ethical LLMs, and Compliance Tools
Bazlur Rahman & Shaaf Syed
Security
How to run a 1 on 1 for Everyone (Not Just Managers!)
Alex Riviere
Tech Leadership
The Engineer's Guide to Socialization
Nerando Johnson
Tools and Techniques
15:50:00
The Evolution of Memory in Humans and AI Agents
Raphael De Lio
AI Engineering
When One Agent Isn’t Enough: Experiments with Multi-Agent AI
Kenneth Kousen
AI in Practice
Unbundling of the Cloud Data Warehouse: Open Source Databases and Data Lakes
Zoe Steinkamp
Architecture
Peek Inside Production JVMs for Full Insights
Bruno Borges
Core Java
What Every Spring Developer Should Know About Jakarta EE
Ivar Grimstad
Frameworks
Architecting Microservices for Agentic AI Integration
Rohit Bhardwaj
Gen AI
The Ultimate Showdown of Database Migration Tools
Pasha Finkelshteyn & Anton Arhipov
Practices
Code Your Way to Quantum-Safe Development by Solving Tomorrow’s Encryption Crisis
Barry Burd
Security
Thriving in an Evolving Software Industry
Nathaniel Schutta & Glenn Renfro
Tech Leadership
Hacking AI - How to Survive the AI Uprising
Gant Laborde
Tools and Techniques
16:50:00
The OffHeap Podcast. Devnexus Edition (Now with AI Agents
Freddy Guime
Core Java
Conference Reception
Keynote

Friday Mar 5 - Day 2

09:00:00
Friday Keynote
Keynote
10:00:00
Context Engineering: Connecting the Dots with Graphs
Stephen Chin
AI Engineering
Spec Driven Development Why your prompt chaos won’t scale
Simon Maple
AI in Practice
Introduction to Cell Architectures
Christopher Curtin
Architecture
Scotty I need Warp Speed - Ways to improve JVM startup
Gerrit Grunwald
Core Java
API Versioning in Spring
Spencer Gibb
Frameworks
GenAI for Supply Chain at Apple using RAG
Varsha Venkatesh
Gen AI
Maven's hidden secrets to speed up your build
Ko Turk
Practices
The Hidden Security Hazards in Your Java Stack
Brian Vermeer
Security
Back to the Future of Software: How to Survive the AI Apocalypse with Tests, Prompts, and Specs
Baruch Sadogursky & Leonid Igolnik
Tech Leadership
BoxLang vs the World : From zero to stable in 20 months
Luis Majano & Brad Wood
Tools and Techniques
11:00:00
Morning Break
Core Java
11:20:00
The Missing Protocol: How MCP Bridges LLMs and Data Streams
Viktor Gamov
AI Engineering
The wrong reasons to build an MCP server
Shaaf Syed & Daniel Oh
AI in Practice
Breaking the Monolith Mindset: Hexagonal Architecture vs Traditional Layers in Java
Emmanuel Guzmán & Jorge Cajas
Architecture
The Self-Cleaning Castle: How Garbage Collection Works in Java
Renette Ros
Core Java
Autoscaling Spring Boot apps in Kubernetes with KEDA
John Coyne
Frameworks
Integrating LLMs in Java: A Practical Guide to Model Context Protocol
Dan Vega
Gen AI
Sociotechnical Platform Engineering
Chris Corriere
Practices
Implementing MCP Authorization using Spring Security OAuth 2.1 capabilities
Joe Grandja
Security
Delivering Value through Software: A Practical Guide for Tech Leads
Sujith Paul
Tech Leadership
Taming Technical Debt in Java: A Survival Guide for Legacy Systems
Scott Wierschem
Tools and Techniques
12:20:00
Lunch
Core Java
13:20:00
Stop Fighting Your AI: Engineering Prompts That Actually Work
Martin Rojas
AI Engineering
Conversational AI Semantic Search for E-commerce using Elasticsearch + RAG
Karthik Govardhanan
AI in Practice
Durable Execution: Building Apps That Refuse to Die
Sam Dengler
Architecture
Just-in-Time Compilation Isn't Magic
Douglas Hawkins
Core Java
I Can See Clearly Now: Observability of JVM & Spring Boot 2-3-4 apps
Jonatan Ivanov
Frameworks
From Context Windows to Context Graphs: The Next Generation of AI Systems
Medha Chakraborty & Srijani Dey
Gen AI
Black Friday Brilliance: Managing a Billion Transactions with Tech, Tactics, and Teamwork
Jamie Coleman
Practices
The Responsible Java Developer: Trustworthy GenAI in Practice
Brian Benz
Security
Beyond Code: Behavioral Architecture (Small Changes, Big Wins)
Sandeep Adinarayana
Tech Leadership
Advancing with Java
Rodrigo Graciano & Chandra Guntur
Tools and Techniques
14:20:00
Afternoon Break
Core Java
14:40:00
Agentic AI for Java Microservices: Cloud Performance Optimization at FinTech Scale
Sibasis Padhi
AI Engineering
OK, But What About Predictive AI?
Brayan Muñoz V. & José R. Almonte C.
AI in Practice
Isolation Isn't All Bad, For Your Database
Sean McNealy
Architecture
Java's Asynchronous Ecosystem
Daniel Hinojosa
Core Java
Extend your JPA applications with Relational JSON documents
Anders Swanson
Frameworks
Choose your fighter: Spring AI vs LangChain4j
Malavika Balamurali
Gen AI
Developer Career Masterplan: 15 steps to grow beyond senior developer
Bruno Souza
Practices
Deep dive into data streaming security
Olena Kutsenko
Security
Engineering the Shift: How Technical Leaders Drive Enduring Change
Niranjan Prithviraj
Tech Leadership
Grow Beyond Senior Through Java Contributions: JUGs, the JCP and OpenJDK
Bruno Souza & Heather VanCura
Tools and Techniques
15:40:00
AI Agents for Java Devs: From Demo to Deployment
Brian Benz
AI Engineering
Real-Time Fraud Detection in Java with Kafka, Streams & Vector Similarity
Tim Kelly & Ricardo Mello
AI in Practice
Microservices for Pragmatists
Hazel Bohon
Architecture
Zero to C-speed with only Java
David Vlijmincx
Core Java
TBD
Gen AI
Debugging with IntelliJ IDEA
Anton Arhipov
Practices
Privacy in design (PbD) in DevSecOps
Anitha Dakamarri
Security
Developer Experience != Developer Productivity
Jeremy Meiss
Tech Leadership
How I AI: Building Custom GPTs to Supercharge Everyday Work
Daneez Zamangil
Tools and Techniques
16:40:00
Prize giveaways and conference close!
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