GenAI tools promise speed, but without solid domain models, they hallucinate and create waste. This talk shows how Domain Modeling techniques give AI the structure it needs while AI gives the speed teams crave to understand their domain more quickly. Attendees will learn concrete techniques—prompt libraries, RAG knowledge bases, code-generation guardrails—to move from sticky notes to production-grade code in a single sprint. We will examine how GenAI can be integrated with Domain Modeling…

Die besten Softwarelösungen entstehen dort, wo unterschiedliche Denkstile, Erfahrungen und Perspektiven aufeinandertreffen. Doch allzu oft scheitert die Einbindung von Frauen und Quereinsteigerinnen in der Softwareentwicklung – nicht am fehlenden Talent, sondern an starren Organisationsstrukturen und einer Unternehmenskultur, die Diversität nicht aktiv fördert. Der Vortrag zeigt praxisnah, wie Unternehmen durch gezielte Strategien nicht nur ihre Teams vielfältiger machen, sondern auch bessere,…

Künstliche Intelligenz erhöht die Effizienz – aber senkt oft die Verbindung zwischen Menschen. In diesem Vortrag geht es um die Frage: Was passiert mit der Teamdynamik, wenn KI Teil des Teams wird? Wie verändert sich Kommunikation, Lernen, Feedback? Was bedeutet das für Führung, Architektur und Teamkultur? Basierend auf aktuellen Studien und Reflexionsfragen zeige ich, welche sozialen Folgen KI in Teams haben kann – und was Führungskräfte und Architekt:innen brauchen, um Leistung UND Verbindung…

Already 8 years back a program called test craftsmanship program was introduced in my organization. Several other programs for craftsmanship have been started since and also other departments at Healthineers took over the approach.

But what is it about? Why do we use the term craftsmanship? Was it worth starting the programs?

First let us define craftsmanship. Then let's see how it went for test craftsmanship in the context of my department, what have been achievements and how we want to proceed…

Tim is a developer who loves minimal solutions. Alex is anxious about quality. A while ago, Alex tried to get Tim on board with observability. She wasn't successful until a ticket escalated...

Since then, we unite our principles by proving to our customers that their software works (even better – is saving/making them money).

In this talk we’ll:

• tell you our stories of customer-centric quality
• show you metrics and dashboards we use

You’ll take away:

how to work with team and customer to improve…

If you sell a product that contains open-source software, you must comply with both the licenses and regulation like the European Union’s cyber resilience act. Specifically, you (1) are required to declare its software bill of materials, (2) need to make sure it does not include unwanted open source code, (3) need to create and deliver correct legal notices, and (4) must monitor security vulnerabilities of current and past deliveries. Ignore these requirements, and you risk being sued by…

In a rapidly evolving landscape of regulations & compliance is often perceived as a constraint in business operations and a threat to business agility. This presentation aims to shift the perspective, highlighting how compliance can serve as a strategic asset when moving beyond rule-based Compliance implementations. By integrating ESGRC topics & goals, organizations can even further enable & enhance their Agile Operating Model, turning potential constraints into opportunities for innovation and…

Understanding the software you are working on is crucial to successful software. To understand, you and your team must transfer knowledge to each other. Diagrams are key to this knowledge transfer, but effective diagraming is a skill you traditionally don't get taught. So how do you create effective diagrams and visuals?

Design patterns can be applied to your diagrams to guide you towards the goal of successful communication, and towards maximum inclusion for your audience.

Target Audience:…

To embrace the continuous change and evolution in our industry as professionals, we should ask ourselves the following questions:

• What did we learn from the history of testing?
• What did we miss and what did we forget?
• How can we do better testing in the future?
• What would we recommend to a new tester, architect, and developer starting their career in 202x?

Therefore, in this talk we will discover and investigate wisdoms in testing from different categories (history and techniques) to answer these…

Why are we always complaining about old code? Why are we rarely happy when digging into old stuff, especially old code by other people?

It is very tempting to believe that you can easily do it better than that. And that you can improve the situation by rewriting code. By making stuff simpler.

Target Audience: Engineers
Prerequisites:Basic coding knowledge
Level: Practicing

Extended Abstract:
In the first part of this talk, I will dive into why we believe this. Expect some insights into psychology…

Building scalable, production-ready AI platforms is challenging, requiring robust infrastructure automation and model lifecycle management. This talk presents a conceptual architecture and practical blueprint for a cloud-native AI platform. We demonstrate how to build it using Kubernetes, open-source tools, and GitOps, focusing on design principles that ensure scalability, automation, and reproducibility. The aim is to create a highly automated, repeatable, production-ready environment for…

Lasst den ersten Konferenztag bei kühlen Getränken und guten Gesprächen in der Ausstellung ausklingen.

You tried GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, but got messy code and frustrated teams. The problem isn't AI, it's the approach. Most developers 'vibe code': throwing random prompts hoping for magic. Others use rigid workflows with predefined steps. True agentic engineering uses feedback loops: agents evaluate outcomes and decide their next actions dynamically. In this live demo, I'll build a feature inside a legacy app with a coding agent that analyzes context, proposes solutions, and iterates…

As AI transforms software development, many foresee the demise of traditional programming and, with it, the Agile methodology. We think they are wrong. We'll look at why the Agile Manifesto's principles are more important than ever, not in spite of, but because of, artificial intelligence. Using real-world examples and emerging best practices, we'll look at how top firms are redefining value generation, team performance, and leadership in an AI-augmented development environment.

Target Audience:…

At the core of agile development are self-organizing cross-functional teams. Yet, too many products are developed that serve only one kind of client. The reason is that the composition of the teams leads (subconsciously) to the development of products that serve only people who resemble the people in the team. Thus, it is essential to find a way for combining different perspectives from business, markets, cultures, beliefs etc. in your team to overcome not only the limitations of organizational…

Why do we keep making the same mistakes over and over? Why do we praise best practices like TTD, DDD and Team Topologies but don’t practice them consistently? Let’s explore common architecture patterns we see in most companies, their disadvantages and how they have come to exist. We will explore how to avoid there practices using Holistic Engineering.

Target Audience: Architects, Developers, Engineering Managers, Engineering Leaders, Staff+ engineers
Prerequisites:none
Level: Practicing

Extended…

Neural networks achieve astonishing results - mostly powered by cloud infrastructure. But for autonomous or safety-critical systems, a stable connection cannot be assumed. These applications must run reliably on embedded hardware with limited compute, memory, and real-time constraints. This talk walks through the full development pipeline, with a focus on optimizing and deploying neural networks for production use on resource-constrained devices.

Target Audience: Developers, ML Engineers,…

"The software must be secure!" you hear your customer say.

Yeah, sure...!

But what does "secure" even mean?

Secure with regard to which security goals?

What are "security goals" anyway?

This presentation will demonstrate a proven approach for architects, developers, domain experts and business stakeholders to use when jointly developing security requirements and efficiently translating them into concrete development and testing tasks. You will also learn how to take a holistic view of…

How to: use globbing for pattern matching, run a Java app without compiling with libraries, print an emoji, run an HTTP dev server, easy date and time, perform SIMD operations, access LLMs, run cron-like jobs, access the system clipboard, print colorful logs, implement smarter enums, "piping" Java applications.

implement a file watch, main() in interfaces, easy file parsing (...) and ~100 other popular Java snippets from youtube.com/@bienadam/shorts.

No builds, no Maven, no dependencies, just…

Join Sarah and Michi for a live session transforming AI alphabet soup into practice.

Format: Michi introduces core concepts with clear explanations, then Sarah immediately demonstrates implementation in code. Watch abstract ideas become working functionality.

Journey: We'll build through essential AI components - local LLMs with Ollama, RAG, tool calling, AI agents, and MCP standard.

Twist: The application isn't just a demo – it's designed to help attendees. Leave with both deep understanding…

Weitere Informationen folgen in Kürze.

Pecha Kucha allows speakers just 6 minutes and 40 seconds. In this time, they can get to the heart of their ideas - in the truest sense of the word - with exactly 20 images that are displayed for exactly 20 seconds. For the audience, this means No time-consuming ‘babble’, but instead crisp and entertaining information. You can look forward to a colourful and entertaining selection of presentations with lots of inspiring content and images!

Target Audience: Anyone who is enthusiastic about short…

Object-Oriented Analysis and Object-Oriented Design (from the 90s!) have all but disappeared. Their shortcomings are well-known (UML diagrams, anyone?), and the Method Wars, the Model-Driven Architecture disaster, and the Agile revolution all played a part in killing off these techniques. But surely there is a modern-day successor that tells us how to, well, structure our objects - right? Not really. We examine the good parts of OOA/OOD, the transition to data modeling, and show how you can use…

GenAI is accelerating the evolution of our businesses. But only adding more AI to established processes, products and services isn’t a good strategy. This talk shows how your enterprise can adopt empirical, evolutionary approaches to use the unique chances GenAI offering. Discover how to ask the right questions, map your GenAI landscape, and understand why adopting the strategic doctrines of AME3 is essential now. Through real-world examples, you will gain practical tools and methods to…

Technology is defined as “knowledge put into practical use.” Affordance is defined as “a property of an object that indicates how we might use it.” This talk explores how technology is not neutral, but acts as a mirror or ourselves, allowing us to indulge our desires, good and bad.

Commissioned as a special talk on the subject, this unique talk by Dr. Alistair Cockburn looks at technology from words to rocks, and opens the moral question of technology that most technology innovators ignore.…

Collaborative modeling techniques help teams bridge the gap between business and technology, fostering a shared understanding of complex domains. Event Storming has gained popularity as a powerful tool for uncovering domain knowledge, but it’s just one piece of a broader toolbox.

Target Audience: Everybody involved in software development
Prerequisites:none
Level: Introductory

Extended Abstract:
Collaborative modeling techniques help teams bridge the gap between business and technology, fostering a…

Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) has seen a huge boost in the microservices era - but applying it successfully in real-world systems comes with its share of challenges.

Assuming a basic familiarity with EDA concepts, this talk dives into practical insights drawn from building and operating multiple event-driven systems across diverse domains.

We'll explore recurring patterns that lead to resilient, maintainable architectures, as well as common antipatterns that can cause significant pain down the…

This talk presents a practical case of introducing AI-based quality control in a medical diagnostics lab, where the implementation led to measurable accuracy improvements and reduced manual work.

We’ll cover:

1. The overall strategy for AI implementation;
2. Data governance and compliance challenges (EU MDR, GDPR);
3. Key architectural and technology choices—including LLMs to handle data from a constantly evolving ecosystem of medical equipment, phased learning loops, privacy-by-design, and seamless…

Legacy code projects struggle before coding even begins. Which features are implemented, where they are located, and at what maturity level, is often unclear. In short, a gap exists between the business domain and what is implemented in code.

In green-field projects we use Domain-Driven Design tools and patterns, so the gap does not happen. An additional set of patterns is needed when we start out with legacy code though. A set that extracts the knowledge from code, from git, from jira. With…

When it comes to Collaborative Modelling (CoMo), simplicity and adaptability are often perceived as defining strengths, but this notion of "just adapting on the fly" can be misleading. Many CoMo methods are deceptively simple, creating false confidence in their effortless adaptability across various scenarios. However, the high level of collaboration and intrinsic motivation required from participants demands meticulous preparation, especially when the goal is hard to pinpoint, politics are…

Domain-Driven Design (DDD) promotes flexible architectures built around bounded contexts and domain events. In contrast, industry blueprints like TM Forum’s Open Digital Architecture (ODA, www.tmforum.org/oda/about) push standard APIs and business object models for enterprise IT modernization. On this example subject, the talk confronts industry standardisation ideas with DDD principles: are such blueprints the ultimate domain-driven anti-pattern or a foundation for synergy between open…

As part of our ongoing efforts to empower and support women in technology, we are excited to invite you to join us for an enriching discussion that combines expert knowledge with personal experiences, empowering you to take charge of your professional journey.

This meet-up is specifically designed to address a crucial topic that resonates deeply with many professionals in our field: identifying and filling skill gaps to further your career.

Target Audience: everyone
Prerequisites:openness
Level:…

Programming language integers suffer from potential inaccuracy in arithmetic operations as well as undefined behavior in languages like C++ and C.

This talk shows the risks involved in inappropriate integer operations and the problems with implicit type conversion of the original operands types that can confuse programmers. We will also look at a few other languages besides C++ on how they deal with integer arithmetic.

Target Audience: Developers
Prerequisites:Basic knowledge in C or C++, for…

C++ is widely used in various fields, particularly in embedded systems where tight constraints are common. Writing software in this domain is both challenging and rewarding.

This talk will cover various library elements and language improvements that enhance embedded software development. We'll explore real-world tasks like converting raw byte blobs into usable data structures.

By the end of this talk, you will know the most important C++ improvements for embedded and similar environments.

Targe…

Ältere Softwaresysteme enthalten mehr Wissen, als auf den ersten Blick sichtbar ist. Zwischen unleserlichem Code und fehlender Dokumentation finden sich aber Hinweise, die wir mit Large Language Models, Datenanalyse-Tools, archäologischen Techniken und etwas Neugier freilegen können. Gemeinsam suchen wir nach Mustern und vollziehen Veränderungen nach, um die Architektur, Kultur und Philosophie von Legacy-Systemen besser zu verstehen. Außerdem sehen wir uns an, wie wir dieses Wissen gezielt für…

Wenn wir „digitale Innovation“ hören, erwarten wir das nächste große Ding – bahnbrechende Ideen, disruptive Technologien, neue Methoden. Warum sind unsere Erwartungen oft so überhöht? Vielleicht, weil wir in „Innovation“ das Kribbeln von Freiheit, Abenteuer, Spielen spüren. Lasst uns da was draus machen, rausgehen und spielen! … Oh, wait: In dieser Keynote geht es um die Realität digitaler Innovation in Organisationen. Wir beleuchten das Spannungsfeld von Spiel und Struktur – weil es spannend…

Robotics is transitioning from factory floors to our everyday lives, particularly through humanoid robots. This session features a live demonstration of our Unitree G1 android, exploring how advances in AI, increasing data availability, and edge computing hardware are transforming science fiction into reality.

Target Audience: Everyone
Prerequisites:Interest in Robotics
Level: Introductory

Extended Abstract:
We begin with an overview of robotics, then examine robot training and demonstrate how…

IT is facing a perfect storm driven by three factors: Economic challenges cause shrinking budgets, AI promises streamlined development, and post-COVID allows global sourcing.

Development roles are threatened and evolving rapidly. As an IT manager, I must choose between sourcing experts from Africa or outsourcing to AI later. I'll share insights from insurance and E-Commerce roles, stressing the need to embrace change and innovation. Remember Bob Dylan's wisdom: "You better start swimming or…

My talk presents a practical case study of how we combined Domain-Driven Design (DDD) with a focus on specific quality scenarios of with Quality-Driven Design to create an architecture capable of evolving with our business. I'll share our collaborative modeling journey that brought together domain experts and development teams to identify proper bounded contexts, establish context maps, and define appropriate integration patterns. You'll see how we shifted from a technology-centric to a…

Artificial intelligence grows fast because more data and computing power make bigger systems possible. Large AI models are now easy to get, and every company wants an edge. But old ways of working can block progress. This session shows how organizations need to adapt, so teams can use AI for real results, not just more noise. Based on the insights from our book chapter, from real world scenarios and using interactive exercises, you will learn what to change in structures, people and processes so…

Java has been around for decades, and so has your codebase. Keeping up with the latest Java versions, frameworks, and best practices isn't just about staying current—it’s about making your applications easier to maintain, faster to develop, and more attractive to both developers and customers. But where do you start?

In this session, we’ll take a pragmatic approach to modernizing Java applications with minimal disruption and maximum value.

Target Audience: Architects, Developer, project manager
P…