Twin Cities Software Symposium

September 12 - 13, 2025

Sessions

Brent Laster

Brent Laster

Global author, trainer and founder of Tech Skills Transformations LLC

Fri 8:30 AM	Gen AI: Understanding and Navigating the LLM Landscape
Fri 10:30 AM	Gen AI: AI Agents - Making LLMs work together in an organized way
Fri 1:15 PM	Gen AI: Adding AI into your Software Development Processes Producing software with less effort by using Gen AI in your SDLC
Fri 5:00 PM	Advanced GitHub Copilot: Tips and tricks to make the most out of your AI assistant
Sat 9:00 AM	Understanding MCP (Model Context Protocol) - A hands-on guide Understanding how AI agents can connect to the world

Daniel Hinojosa

Daniel Hinojosa

Independent Consultant

Fri 8:30 AM	Stay Ahead with Java’s Latest Features! You can't rest one minute. Java is always Advancing!
Fri 10:30 AM	The Java Sessions: Virtual Threads, Scoped Values, and Structured Concurrency Trying out the new concurrency tools in the JVM
Fri 1:15 PM	Apache Flink: Unlocking the Power of Real-Time Data Processing
Fri 3:15 PM	Architectural Patterns Focus: EventDriven Architecture & Messaging
Sat 1:30 PM	Gonna Go Back in Time with Apache Iceberg Data Flux Capacitor Not Included

Michael Carducci

Michael Carducci

Holistic Software Architect

Fri 8:30 AM	Six Secrets to Succeeding with Microservices
Fri 10:30 AM	Architecture Blindspots, Biases, and Blunders: Avoiding Common Pitfalls in System Design
Fri 1:15 PM	Architecting the Future: Evolving Legacy Systems with the Tailor-Made Architecture Model
Fri 5:00 PM	Refactoring REST APIs for the Last Time: Strategies for a Future-Proof Design
Sat 9:00 AM	Architecture Patterns for AIPowered Applications
Sat 1:30 PM	Breathing New Life into Legacy Web Apps with HTMX

Raju Gandhi

Raju Gandhi

Founder, DefMacro Software

Fri 3:15 PM	Platform Engineering: The What, Why & How
Sat 9:00 AM	Microservices + Kubernetes - CrossCuttingConcerns = Istio
Sat 11:00 AM	Git features you aren’t using
Sat 1:30 PM	On being an effective developer