You’re invited to IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026!
- February 11, 2026
- 3 min read
Important update: IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026 is now scheduled for September 2026. We’re finalizing the exact dates and will share them soon.
IntelliJ IDEA Conf is a celebration of the developer community, bringing together professionals who strive for excellence in software development. It is a free online conference for developers working across the JVM ecosystem. Join us for two days of in-depth technical talks, practical insights, and conversations with experts who build and shape modern Java and Kotlin development.
You’ll be able to learn about a broad range of topics relevant to modern Java and Kotlin development, including language evolution, enterprise Java, Spring-based applications, build tooling, containerized workflows, JVM performance, and data access technologies. For more details, see the agenda below.
Agenda
Important update: IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026 is now scheduled for September 2026.
The conference has a single track on both days.
Find the detailed conference schedule, session descriptions, and speaker bios on the conference website.
Day 1
09:00 am – 10:00 am UTC – Now and Next Java for AI by Ana-Maria Mihalceanu
10:00 am – 11:00 am UTC – Spec-Driven Development With AI Agents: From High-Level Requirements to Working Software by Anton Arhipov
11:00 am – 12:00 pm UTC – From Chat to Goals: Practical Autonomous Agents for Java Development by Mark Pollack
12:00 pm – 01:00 pm UTC – Accelerating Maven Builds: From a Snail’s Pace 🐌 to Rocket Speed 🚀 by Maarten Mulders
01:00 pm – 02:00 pm UTC – Safeguarding YOLO Developer Workflows With Docker by Oleg Šelajev
02:00 pm – 03:00 pm UTC – Polyglot GraalVM by Thomas Wuerthinger
Day 2
09:00 am – 10:00 am UTC – From Code to Community: How Developers Shape the Tools They Use, panel session with Anna-Chiara Bellini, Mithusa Kajendran, Ruth Suehle, Vincent Mayers, hosted by Arun Gupta
10:00 am – 11:00 am UTC – The Past, Present, and Future of Enterprise Java by Ivar Grimstad
11:00 am – 12:00 pm UTC – Exploring Data Science With Kotlin Notebook by Adele Carpenter
12:00 pm – 01:00 pm UTC – Using IntelliJ IDEA With Develocity and AI for Faster Troubleshooting by Stefan Wolf
01:00 pm – 02:00 pm UTC – The Missing Protocol: How MCP Bridges LLMs and Data Streams by Viktor Gamov
02:00 pm – 03:00 pm UTC – Bootiful IntelliJ IDEA by Josh Long
Attending sessions – logistics
Find the details on how to join sessions below.
Register
The first step is to register for the event!
Registration is free and open to everyone. When you sign up, you can choose whether you want to attend all sessions or focus only on the ones most relevant to you. You’ll receive the final dates, agenda, and details for joining the online event as soon as they’re confirmed.
Join live sessions and ask questions
Sessions are livestreamed directly from the JetBrains studios, and speakers will answer your questions either during or at the end of their sessions. We encourage you to ask any questions you might have via the chat option while watching the sessions. Engaging with the speaker and fellow participants is one of the best ways to learn.
Recordings
All of the sessions will be recorded and made available for you to watch again or catch up on after the event. Don’t forget to subscribe to IntelliJ IDEA’s YouTube channel to view them.
Hashtags
Don’t miss the chance to connect with us on social media! Use the hashtag #IntelliJIDEAConf on X (formerly Twitter), Bluesky, LinkedIn, and Facebook throughout the event.
A special thanks to our speakers
This conference wouldn’t be possible without the fantastic speakers and presenters who all strive to assist developers throughout their learning journey. At JetBrains, we are very thankful for all the speakers who graciously accepted our invitation to participate in this event.
We reserve special thanks for industry experts and leaders like Ana-Maria Mihalceanu, Anton Arhipov, Mark Pollack, Maarten Mulders, Oleg Šelajev, Thomas Wuerthinger, Anna-Chiara Bellini, Mithusa Kajendran, Ruth Suehle, Vincent Mayers, Ivar Grimstad, Adele Carpenter, Stefan Wolf, Viktor Gamov, and Josh Long who have agreed to join us for this event. We truly appreciate their support!
See you at the conference!
- February 11, 2026
- 3 min read
Marit van Dijk is a Java Champion and Developer Advocate at JetBrains with over 20 years of software development experience. She's passionate about building great software with great people, and making developers' lives easier. Marit regularly presents at international conferences and shares her expertise through webinars, podcasts, blog posts, videos, and tutorials. She's also a contributor to the book "97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know" (O’Reilly Media).
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