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11:30 AM - 12:25 PM

Breakfast
Concourse11:30 AM - 12:25 PM

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Choosing an AI Coding Workflow
Cory House
Cory House
The Last Starfighter - Theatre 14 (12,13)12:30 PM - 1:15 PMArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
How to Ruin a User Interface: Surprisingly Easy Ways to Screw Over Your Users
Kathryn Grayson Nanz
Kathryn Grayson Nanz
The Matrix - Theatre 15 (10, 11)12:30 PM - 1:15 PMProduct Design & User Experience
Microservices for Pragmatists
Hazel Bohon
Hazel Bohon
The Goonies - Theatre 16 (21)12:30 PM - 1:15 PMArchitecture & Platform Engineering
Ship It First, Fix It Later: How a Medical Crisis Led to a Global Tool
Roxy Rodriguez-Becker
Roxy Rodriguez-Becker
Ghostbusters - Theatre 17 (20)12:30 PM - 1:15 PMApplication Development
Vector Databases and Embeddings Demystified
Jackie Gleason
Jackie Gleason
Interstellar - Theatre 4 (5,6,7,8,9)12:30 PM - 1:15 PMArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Blending Product Thinking with Software Modernization
Brian McKeiver
Brian McKeiver
Back to the Future - Theatre 3 (1,2)12:30 PM - 1:15 PMSoftware Quality & Delivery
Why Tech Debt Never Gets Prioritized (And Why "Explain the Business Impact" Won't Fix It)
Christine Miao
Christine Miao
Galaxy Quest - Theatre 27 (23,24,25,26)12:30 PM - 1:15 PMProfessional Growth & Leadership
Ghosts in the Machine: Tampering with the JavaScript Supply Chain
Chris DeMars
Chris DeMars
Inception - Theatre 28 (18,19)12:30 PM - 1:15 PMSecurity & Privacy Engineering

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

MCP Demystified 🤖
Sam Basu
Sam Basu
The Last Starfighter - Theatre 14 (12,13)1:30 PM - 2:15 PMArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Managing the Human Side of Technology: Leadership in Times of Change
Jeff McWherter
Jeff McWherter
The Matrix - Theatre 15 (10, 11)1:30 PM - 2:15 PMProfessional Growth & Leadership
The Dark Side of Microservices
Ardalis .
Ardalis .
The Goonies - Theatre 16 (21)1:30 PM - 2:15 PMArchitecture & Platform Engineering
Claude Code in Action: Transforming Custom Software Development with Agentic AI
Kevin Grossnicklaus
Kevin Grossnicklaus
Ghostbusters - Theatre 17 (20)1:30 PM - 2:15 PMSoftware Quality & Delivery
When Logs Tell the Whole Story: OpenTelemetry for Beginners
Barret Blake
Barret Blake
Interstellar - Theatre 4 (5,6,7,8,9)1:30 PM - 2:15 PMArchitecture & Platform Engineering
Caffeinate Your Queries: Brew Up Faster SQL with Tuning
Tristan Chiappisi
Tristan Chiappisi
Back to the Future - Theatre 3 (1,2)1:30 PM - 2:15 PMData Engineering & Analytics
Comparing Promises, Observables, and Signals
Lance Finney
Lance Finney
Galaxy Quest - Theatre 27 (23,24,25,26)1:30 PM - 2:15 PMApplication Development
Know Your JS: SBOMs for Frontend Devs
Chris DeMars
Chris DeMars
Inception - Theatre 28 (18,19)1:30 PM - 2:15 PMSecurity & Privacy Engineering

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

The Vibe Analyst's Guide to AI Coding: From Autocomplete to Agent Orchestration
Kate Holterhoff
Kate Holterhoff
The Last Starfighter - Theatre 14 (12,13)2:30 PM - 3:15 PMArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Ensuring Software Quality in the world of AI Developers
Matthew-Hope Eland
Matthew-Hope Eland
The Matrix - Theatre 15 (10, 11)2:30 PM - 3:15 PMSoftware Quality & Delivery
Microsoft Fabric for Developers
Andrew May
Andrew May
Ghostbusters - Theatre 17 (20)2:30 PM - 3:15 PMData Engineering & Analytics
Agents & Arbiters - An Adventurer’s Guide to Multi-Agent Collaboration with LangGraph.js
Guy Royse
Guy Royse
Interstellar - Theatre 4 (5,6,7,8,9)2:30 PM - 3:15 PMArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Productivity Theater: When ‘Just Use AI’ Becomes a Management Strategy
Valarie Regas
Valarie Regas
Back to the Future - Theatre 3 (1,2)2:30 PM - 3:15 PMProfessional Growth & Leadership
Dark UX Patterns
Vitaliy Matiyash
Vitaliy Matiyash
Galaxy Quest - Theatre 27 (23,24,25,26)2:30 PM - 3:15 PMProduct Design & User Experience
Making and Baking an Application Security Department
Bill Sempf
Bill Sempf
Inception - Theatre 28 (18,19)2:30 PM - 3:15 PMSecurity & Privacy Engineering

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

An intro to Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
Ed Charbeneau
Ed Charbeneau
The Last Starfighter - Theatre 14 (12,13)3:30 PM - 4:15 PMArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Unlocking Quantum Computing: An Overview
Tristan Chiappisi
Tristan Chiappisi
The Matrix - Theatre 15 (10, 11)3:30 PM - 4:15 PMOther
TypeScript You MIGHT Like
Bob Fornal
Bob Fornal
The Goonies - Theatre 16 (21)3:30 PM - 4:15 PMArchitecture & Platform Engineering
Better the Devil you NoSQL - A Battle of Paradigms
Paul Chin Jr.
Paul Chin Jr.
Ghostbusters - Theatre 17 (20)3:30 PM - 4:15 PMApplication Development
The Engineer's Playbook: Starting a New Role
Cameron Presley
Cameron Presley
Interstellar - Theatre 4 (5,6,7,8,9)3:30 PM - 4:15 PMProfessional Growth & Leadership
The DevOops Handbook: A satirical guide to slow software delivery
Victor Frye
Victor Frye
Back to the Future - Theatre 3 (1,2)3:30 PM - 4:15 PMSoftware Quality & Delivery
The 5 Fundamentals of UX Everyone Should Know
Burton Smith
Burton Smith
Galaxy Quest - Theatre 27 (23,24,25,26)3:30 PM - 4:15 PMProduct Design & User Experience

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Lunch
Concourse4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

5:00 PM - 5:45 PM

Pending
Concourse5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
How To Code Faster With Spec-Driven Development
Erik Hanchett
Erik Hanchett
The Last Starfighter - Theatre 14 (12,13)5:00 PM - 5:45 PMArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Fast, Realtime, and Offline-First Apps with Sync Engines
Dev Agrawal
Dev Agrawal
The Matrix - Theatre 15 (10, 11)5:00 PM - 5:45 PMApplication Development
From Copilot to Agent-Native: What We’ve Learned Scaling AI in Real Software Delivery
Heath Murphy
Heath Murphy
The Goonies - Theatre 16 (21)5:00 PM - 5:45 PMArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Panel: Will AI change who gets to be a developer?
Jamie HughesCory HouseKate HolterhoffJeff Blankenburg
Jamie Hughes, Cory House, Kate Holterhoff, Jeff Blankenburg
Ghostbusters - Theatre 17 (20)5:00 PM - 5:45 PMArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

6:00 PM - 6:45 PM

Generating Quality Code with AI
Cory House
Cory House
The Last Starfighter - Theatre 14 (12,13)6:00 PM - 6:45 PMArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
The Life-Changing Art of Being Wrong
Kathryn Grayson Nanz
Kathryn Grayson Nanz
The Matrix - Theatre 15 (10, 11)6:00 PM - 6:45 PMProduct Design & User Experience
Boiling The Frog: Implementing a Modern Message Based Architecture Without Anyone Noticing
Hazel Bohon
Hazel Bohon
The Goonies - Theatre 16 (21)6:00 PM - 6:45 PMArchitecture & Platform Engineering
Configurable cloud-native applications with .NET Aspire
Brian McKeiver
Brian McKeiver
Ghostbusters - Theatre 17 (20)6:00 PM - 6:45 PMApplication Development
Automating User Interface Tests with Playwright
David Giard
David Giard
Interstellar - Theatre 4 (5,6,7,8,9)6:00 PM - 6:45 PMSoftware Quality & Delivery
Java Anti-Patterns
Vitaliy Matiyash
Vitaliy Matiyash
Back to the Future - Theatre 3 (1,2)6:00 PM - 6:45 PMApplication Development
A developer’s guide to making security reviews suck less
Jamie Dicken
Jamie Dicken
Inception - Theatre 28 (18,19)6:00 PM - 6:45 PMSecurity & Privacy Engineering

7:00 PM - 7:45 PM

AI in Agile: How to Leverage AI for Smarter Sprints & Roadmaps
Amanda Lange
Amanda Lange
The Last Starfighter - Theatre 14 (12,13)7:00 PM - 7:45 PMArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Completing the Rewrite from Hell: Five Years of Technical Debt and How We Escaped
Aaron Stannard
Aaron Stannard
The Matrix - Theatre 15 (10, 11)7:00 PM - 7:45 PMApplication Development
Engineering for Reliability and Stability in the Azure Messaging Services
Eldert Grootenboer
Eldert Grootenboer
The Goonies - Theatre 16 (21)7:00 PM - 7:45 PMArchitecture & Platform Engineering
Decision Records: Understanding Why Those Decisions Were Made!
Sarah Dutkiewicz
Sarah Dutkiewicz
Ghostbusters - Theatre 17 (20)7:00 PM - 7:45 PMArchitecture & Platform Engineering
Git Configuration secrets THEY don't want you to know about
Ken Versaw
Ken Versaw
Interstellar - Theatre 4 (5,6,7,8,9)7:00 PM - 7:45 PMApplication Development
The Low Risk Entrepreneur
Michelle Smith
Michelle Smith
Back to the Future - Theatre 3 (1,2)7:00 PM - 7:45 PMProfessional Growth & Leadership
LGTM is not a Strategy
Todd Nussbaum
Todd Nussbaum
Galaxy Quest - Theatre 27 (23,24,25,26)7:00 PM - 7:45 PMSoftware Quality & Delivery
The Death of Data: AI, Obsolescence, and Your Digital Afterlife
Jeffrey Miller
Jeffrey Miller
Inception - Theatre 28 (18,19)7:00 PM - 7:45 PMOther

8:00 PM - 8:45 PM

Securing your Azure AI Workload
Brian Gorman
Brian Gorman
The Matrix - Theatre 15 (10, 11)8:00 PM - 8:45 PMArchitecture & Platform Engineering
Application Architecture Patterns
Joseph Guadagno
Joseph Guadagno
The Goonies - Theatre 16 (21)8:00 PM - 8:45 PMArchitecture & Platform Engineering
150K Lines, 0 Unit Tests, No Documentation: How To Work With A Software Landfill
Kelly Morrison
Kelly Morrison
Ghostbusters - Theatre 17 (20)8:00 PM - 8:45 PMApplication Development
Designing Data Pipelines That Don’t Hate You Six Months Later
Chris Birie
Chris Birie
Interstellar - Theatre 4 (5,6,7,8,9)8:00 PM - 8:45 PMData Engineering & Analytics
From PRs to Performance: Using Metrics and AI to Coach Stronger Engineering Teams
Eric Martin
Eric Martin
Back to the Future - Theatre 3 (1,2)8:00 PM - 8:45 PMProfessional Growth & Leadership
Managing for Failure
Amy Norris
Amy Norris
Galaxy Quest - Theatre 27 (23,24,25,26)8:00 PM - 8:45 PMProfessional Growth & Leadership
Maintenance by Smell: When Reading Every Line Becomes Obsolete
William Klos
William Klos
Inception - Theatre 28 (18,19)8:00 PM - 8:45 PMSoftware Quality & Delivery

9:00 PM - 9:45 PM

Movie Trailers
Concourse9:00 PM - 9:45 PM