Central Iowa Software Symposium - No Fluff Just Stuff

Central Iowa Software Symposium

September 5 - 6, 2025

Sessions

Brent Laster

Brent Laster

Global author, trainer and founder of Tech Skills Transformations LLC
Fri 8:30 AM AI 3-in-1: Agents, RAG and Local Models
Building out an AI agent that uses RAG and runs locally on your system
Fri 10:30 AM Incorporating AI into your SDLC
Leveraging AI tooling across the phases of your software development lifecycle
Fri 1:15 PM 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 1:15 PM Hexagonal Architecture
Putting Code in the Correct Place
Fri 5:00 PM Architectural Patterns Focus: EventDriven Architecture & Messaging
Sat 9:00 AM Stay Ahead with Java’s Latest Features!
You can't rest one minute. Java is always Advancing!
Sat 11:00 AM Apache Flink: Unlocking the Power of Real-Time Data Processing