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Devnexus 2026

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Devnexus 2026 ran Mar 4–6, 2026 at Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, United States. It is a Java conference that expected about 1,500 attendees. ConferenceGrid lists 73 speakers, 34 sponsors and 73 sessions. The next edition, Devnexus 2027, is Mar 29–31, 2027 in Atlanta.

Lineup updated Jun 16, 2026 · dates verified May 6, 2026

Devnexus is the largest and longest-running Java ecosystem conference in the U.S. and a leading global tech event. Founded by the Atlanta Java Users Group in 2004, it draws 1500+ developers for two or three days of hands-on workshops, expert-led sessions, in-person mentoring by Java Champions and speakers, and live demos. With 10 tracks and 100+ sessions, De…

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73Speakers
34Sponsors
73Sessions
37Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Devnexus, in alphabetical order.

Aaron McClennen
Adib Saikali
Alex Riviere
Alex Soto
Anitha Dakamarri
Anton Arhipov
Ayan Gupta
Billy Korando
Brian Benz
Brian Sam-Bodden
Bruno Souza
Cedric Clyburn
Chris Bono
Chris Sterling
Christopher Curtin
Cody Frenzel
Cora Iberkleid
Daniel Hinojosa
Daniel Oh
Dan Vega
David Parry
Emily Harden

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

AWSDiamond
Cockroach LabsPlatinum
herodevsPlatinum
IBMPlatinum
Red HatDiamond
Advance Tech PlacementGold
AzulGold
ChainguardGold
DataDogGold
JetbrainsGold
MicrosoftGold
OutSystemsGold
TuxcareGold
akamasSilver
CommonhausSilver
HiveminddSilver
Jakarta EESilver
JrebelSilver
LangChain4jSilver
Magnolia CMSSilver
MicroProfileSilver
ModerneSilver
OrtusSilver
QodoSilver
QuarkusSilver
SpeedscaleSilver
VaadinSilver
WebforjSilver
AI CampCommunity Partner
clickhouseAttendee Party
CodelogicCafe
DevIT JobsCommunity Partner
Neo4jAI Lounge
VMWareUnobtanium

Agenda

Selected from 73 sessions.

  • Friday Mar 6 - Day 2, 09:00:00

    Hacking AI - How to Survive the AI Uprising

    Keynote
  • Friday Mar 6 - Day 2, 10:00:00

    API Versioning in Spring

    Frameworks
  • Friday Mar 6 - Day 2, 10:00:00

    Connecting the Dots with Context Graphs

    AI Tools
  • Friday Mar 6 - Day 2, 10:00:00

    Introduction to Cell Architectures

    Architecture
  • Friday Mar 6 - Day 2, 10:00:00

    Scotty I need Warp Speed - Ways to improve JVM startup

    Core Java
  • Friday Mar 6 - Day 2, 10:00:00

    Spec Driven Development Why your prompt chaos won’t scale

    AI in Practice
  • Thursday Mar 5 - Day 1, 09:00:00

    Its Up To Java Developers to Fix Enterprise AI

    Keynote
  • Thursday Mar 5 - Day 1, 10:00:00

    Agents, Tools, and MCP, oh my! Next-level AI concepts for developers

    Gen AI
  • Thursday Mar 5 - Day 1, 10:00:00

    AI for Busy Java Developers

    AI in Practice

Quick answers

When is Devnexus 2026?
Devnexus 2026 ran Mar 4–6, 2026 at Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, United States. The next edition, Devnexus 2027, is Mar 29–31, 2027 in Atlanta.
Where is Devnexus 2026 held?
Devnexus 2026 was held at Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, United States.
Who is speaking at Devnexus 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 73 speakers, including Aaron McClennen, Adib Saikali and Alex Riviere.
Who sponsors Devnexus 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 34 sponsors, including AWS, Cockroach Labs, herodevs, IBM and Red Hat.
Company intelligence

An audience of 37 companies, parsed from the program.

37 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
34Sponsoringsponsor only
3Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

1% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite11%
  • Manager / Lead11%
  • Engineer · IC11%
  • Other roles7096%

Of 73 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Advance Tech PlacementSponsor · Gold-
2AI CampSponsor · Community Partner-
3AkamasSponsor · Silver-
4AWSSponsor · Diamond-
5AzulSponsor · Gold-
6ChainguardSponsor · Gold-
7ClickHouseSponsor · Attendee Party-
8Cockroach LabsSponsor · Platinum-
9CodeLogicSponsor · Cafe-
10CommonhausSponsor · Silver-
11DatadogSponsor · Gold-
12DevITJobs.ukSponsor · Community Partner-
13HeroDevsSponsor · Platinum-
14HiveminddSponsor · Silver-
Sponsors by tier
diamond2
6% of 34
platinum3
9% of 34
gold8
24% of 34
silver15
44% of 34
ai lounge1
3% of 34
unobtanium1
3% of 34
attendee party1
3% of 34
cafe1
3% of 34
community partner2
6% of 34
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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