Northern Virginia Software Symposium - No Fluff Just Stuff

Northern Virginia Software Symposium

September 24 - 25, 2026

Sessions

Daniel Hinojosa

Daniel Hinojosa

Independent Consultant
Java Testing Lab: Test Driven Development (with Ai)
Java's Asynchronous Ecosystem
Too Many Tools, One JVM
Monitoring Systems with Prometheus and Grafana
Scrape it! Measure it! View it! Act!
What's New In Java Half-Day Part 1
An always changing look into what is new in the Java ecosystem
What's New In Java Half-Day Part 2
Brent Laster

Brent Laster

Global author, trainer and founder of Tech Skills Transformations LLC
AI 3-in-1: Agents, RAG and Local Models
Building out an AI agent that uses RAG and runs locally
AI Security for Developers and Practitioners - 1/2 day
Building Safe, Trustworthy, and Resilient AI Systems
Prompt Engineering Accelerator for AI
Mastering the Techniques, Patterns, and Strategies Behind High-Performance AI Prompting
Understanding MCP (Model Context Protocol)
Understanding how AI agents connect to the world
Understanding MCP (Model Context Protocol) - A hands-on guide
Understanding how AI agents can connect to the world