You’re invited to IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026!

We are excited to invite you to IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026, a free virtual event on September 8-9, 2026.

IntelliJ IDEA Conf is a celebration of the developer community, bringing together professionals who strive for excellence in software development. Join us for this free, live online conference and learn from industry leaders and experts on September 8-9, 2026.

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

IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026 will be held on two days, September 8-9. 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: September 8

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 – Safeguarding YOLO Developer Workflows With Docker by Oleg Šelajev
12:00 pm – 01:00 pm UTC – Six and a Half Ridiculous Things to Do With Quarkus by Holly Cummins
01:00 pm – 02:00 pm UTC – TBA
02:00 pm – 03:00 pm UTC – Codepocalypse Now: LangChain4j vs JetBrains Koog by Baruch Sadogursky, Viktor Gamov

Day 2: September 9

09:00 am – 10:00 am UTC – The Past, Present, and Future of Enterprise Java by Ivar Grimstad
10:00 am – 11:00 am UTC – From Chat to Goals: Practical Autonomous Agents for Java Development by Mark Pollack
11:00 am – 12:00 pm UTC – Sandboxing AI Agents With GraalVM by Thomas Wuerthinger
12:00 pm – 01:00 pm UTC – RoboCoders: Judgment Day: AI Agents Face Off by Baruch Sadogursky, Viktor Gamov
01:00 pm – 02:00 pm UTC – Accelerating Maven Builds: From a Snail’s Pace 🐌 to Rocket Speed 🚀 by Maarten Mulders
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!

When you register to participate in this event, you can choose to attend all sessions or only specific ones. Once your registration is complete, JetBrains will email you all of the details you’ll need to view the sessions. All of the sessions are scheduled to last for one hour.

Join live sessions and ask questions

None of the sessions at this conference are prerecorded. Sessions will be presented in real time, and speakers will answer questions either by taking quick breaks 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 or your 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, Oleg Šelajev, Holly Cummins, Baruch Sadogursky, Viktor Gamov, Ivar Grimstad, Mark Pollack,[Thomas Wuerthinger, Maarten Mulders, and Josh Long who have agreed to join us for this event.

We truly appreciate their support! See you at the conference!

Register now!

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• Spring

Marit van Dijk

Author

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).