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● Latest edition · 9 May 2026

Java Connect KE 2026

About 200 developers, talks on modern Java, Jakarta and AI, a Spring AI workshop and a panel on modern Java in the age of AI.

Date: 9 May 2026
Venue: ALX, Nairobi
Speakers: Venkat Subramaniam · Modern Concurrency, Records & Pattern Matching and Functional Programming
Ivar Grimstad, Eclipse Foundation · Augmenting AI with the Power of Jakarta EE
Ian Dancan with Newton Wamiti · Leveraging Spring AI: Building Intelligent Java Applications
Elvis Parsaloi · Spring Modulith: Designing Maintainable Modular Applications That Stand the Test of Time
Panel discussion · Modern Java in the Age of AI