Central Iowa Software Symposium
September 17 - 18, 2026
Sessions
| Wed 8:45 AM | Architecture Blindspots, Biases, and Blunders: Avoiding Common Pitfalls in System Design |
| Wed 10:30 AM | Six Secrets to Succeeding with Microservices |
| Wed 1:15 PM | Architecture in the Age of AI |
| Wed 3:00 PM | Refactoring REST APIs for the Last Time: Strategies for a Future-Proof Design |
| Thu 8:45 AM |
3rd Generation Agentic AI
Solving Integration, Intelligently |
| Thu 1:15 PM | Data Architecture for AI |
| Wed 8:45 AM |
AI 3-in-1: Agents, RAG and Local Models
Building out an AI agent that uses RAG and runs locally |
| Wed 1:15 PM |
Understanding MCP (Model Context Protocol) - A hands-on guide
Understanding how AI agents can connect to the world |
| Wed 3:00 PM |
Understanding MCP (Model Context Protocol)
Understanding how AI agents connect to the world |
| Thu 8:45 AM |
AI Security for Developers and Practitioners - 1/2 day
Building Safe, Trustworthy, and Resilient AI Systems |
| Thu 1:15 PM |
Prompt Engineering Accelerator for AI
Mastering the Techniques, Patterns, and Strategies Behind High-Performance AI Prompting |
| Wed 8:45 AM |
Automating Security Fixes with OpenRewrite
Patching Vulnerabilities Across the Codebase |
| Wed 1:15 PM | Full Stack Engineering - Encryption |
| Thu 8:45 AM | Vector Databases : Accelerating Learning and Discovery |
| Thu 1:15 PM | Automating API Evolution with OpenRewrite |
| Thu 3:00 PM | Context-Based Software Engineering |
| Wed 8:45 AM |
What's New In Java Half-Day Part 1
An always changing look into what is new in the Java ecosystem |
| Wed 1:15 PM | What's New In Java Half-Day Part 2 |
| Thu 8:45 AM | Java Testing Lab: Test Driven Development (with Ai) |
| Thu 1:15 PM |
Java's Asynchronous Ecosystem
Too Many Tools, One JVM |
| Thu 3:00 PM |
Monitoring Systems with Prometheus and Grafana
Scrape it! Measure it! View it! Act! |