Modern Java can feel overwhelming. If you don’t have any experience with Java since Java 8 (or at all), features like structured concurrency or pattern matching might sound exciting, but also scary: “How do I even get started with that?”

Fear not! In this session Marit and Piotr will explain to you the new exciting things and also show you how to use them in your IDE, so that the next day you can start having fun and profit with modern Java in your favorite tools on your own.

Artificial intelligence is bombarding us from every direction in the news and on social media. One of the sensible immediate applications of AI is RAG, at least that's what they say—for instance, Thoughtworks discusses it in their Technology Radars. But what exactly is this RAG, how do you install or implement it, what are its requirements, is it always necessary, and is it generally worth it? Join my talk to find answers to these questions (and a few others), delivered through working code snippets!