GIDS 2026 - Asia-Pacific's Biggest Software Developer Summit

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Four days. 150+ carefully curated sessions across architecture, front-end, back-end, AI/ML, DevOps, data, and tech leadership. Real tools. Real techniques. Built for builders.

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Connect with companies that care about engineering growth. Chat with dev advocates, explore their tech stack, and see how they build fast while thinking deep. Contact us to join.

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Test-drive the latest tools, platforms, and frameworks from leading vendors. Learn what’s powering real-world innovation—and meet the teams behind it. Want in? Talk to us.

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Scan the 2026 schedule for talks that push your thinking, join conversations with peers, and meet mentors who’ve done the hard yards. Your next leap could start here.

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Build Fast. Think Deep.

Join us at GIDS 2026 from April 21–24 for four days of deep dives, sharp thinking, and real-world tech insights. Learn how the best developers balance velocity with sound judgment, shipping faster without compromising clarity or craft. Explore the tools, patterns, and practices that power great software across architecture, AI, DevOps, front-end, back-end, data, and more. Hear from trailblazing engineers, architects, and leaders as they share lessons learned, decisions made, and ideas shaping what comes next. Be part of the in-person energy that makes GIDS a standout experience: where minds connect, ideas grow, and software gets smarter.

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Featured Talks at GIDS 2026

Sessions

The Intersection of Architecture and AI

Will Generative AI replace software architects? The short answer is no. The longer answer is that it depends on how architects use...

Beyond Local Tools: Deep Dive into the Model Context Protocol (MCP)

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is redefining how AI systems connect to external data, APIs, and tools, moving beyond local integ...

Gearing Up to Java 25: Key Language Features

Once known for its slow evolution, Java has transformed into a fast-moving, forward-looking language. With frequent, incremental r...

Lessons from Building Deep Research Agents in Production

Deep research is complex. Data is scattered across systems, insights are buried in text and tables, and most LLM demos stop at sha...

Building AI Agents with Spring and MCP

Integrating AI into enterprise systems has traditionally been complex and specialized, but new tools are changing that. Spring AI ...

From Props to Prompts – Bridging React and AI Workflows

React has long been built on the idea of props, static inputs passed at build time to define component behavior. But in a world of...

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Our 2026 Speakers

Speakers

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., creator of agilelearner.com, and an instructional professor at the Universi...

Mary is a Technical Advocate, Java Champion, and the Regional Director - East at the AI Collective, a non-profit, grassroots community and think tank in the AI ...

Scott Davis is a Web Architect and Digital Accessibility Advocate, focusing on the multisensory aspects of web development. In a world where half of all Google ...

Neal is Director, Software Architect, and Meme Wrangler at Thoughtworks, a software company and a community of passionate, purpose-led individuals, who thinks d...

Michael Carducci is a seasoned IT professional with over 25 years of experience, an author, and an internationally recognized speaker, blending expertise in sof...

Apurva Misra is an AI Consultant at Sentick, focusing on assisting startups with their AI strategy and building solutions. Apurva helps startups and mid-size co...

Tiankai is a data leader by day, a musician by night, and an optimist at heart. He is the author of "Humanizing AI Strategy", and is currently working as the Di...

Keren Fanan is the co-founder and CEO of Myop, a developer-first platform transforming how UI and UX are built, controlled and optimized in production. Keren h...

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