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Swiss Dev Confederation 2025

23 septembre 2025Zurich, SwitzerlandJED Events
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Swiss Dev Confederation 2025

Welcome to the second annual Swiss Dev Confederation in Zürich - where builders and problem solvers unite at the crossroads of cloud architecture and business innovation.

This gathering ignites curiosity! Discover:
 

  • AI Beyond the Hype: Real-world applications and the tools reshaping development workflows. What secrets separate successful implementations from AI experiments?
  • Platform Engineering: Building the foundations that enable development joy while maintaining stability and security. How can we build platforms that empower business innovation and generate joy?
  • Cloud Native Development: Strategies and patterns for resilient, scalable systems. Which architectural patterns are revolutionizing scalability while remaining business-focused?
     

This isn't just another tech conference. It's a confederation of ideas, challenges, and solutions with inspiring talks and hands-on workshops.

It's your chance to connect, learn, and be inspired by leading voices in the industry, including:

  • Burr Sutter, Sr. Director, Product Management, Red Hat
  • Cristian Schuszter, Solutions Architect & Software Engineering Team Lead, CERN
  • Dr. Thomas Würthinger, VP Product Management, Oracle Labs
  • Steve Favez, Web Architect & Head of Internet Capability Center, Etat du Valais
  • David Studer, PO Centris Integrationsplattform, Centris
  • Michele Dolfi, Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Research
  • Natale Vinto, Evangelism Director, Red Hat
  • Kevin Dubois, Senior Principal Developer Advocate, IBM

Like last time, we're proud to co-host the OpenShift Community Event (OpenShift Roundtable), bringing together enterprise Kubernetes enthusiasts and practitioners to explore the ecosystem's latest developments and best practices.

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Swiss Dev Confederation 2024 highlights

DevConf 2024
Dev Conf 2024
DevConf 2024

Agenda

09:00 - 10:50

Keynotes

09.00 - 09.15

Welcome & Introduction The Future of Software Development

Janina Sutter,

Dev X Team, Red Hat Switzerland

Manuel Schindler,

Dev X Team, Red Hat Switzerland

09.15 - 10.00

Paving the Golden Path: Platform Engineering in the Age of AI

Paving the Golden Path: Engineering the Developer Experience

Burr Sutter,

Sr. Director, Product Management, Red Hat

10.10 - 10.40

Native Infused AI with Quarkus and GraalVM

Sanne Grinovero,

Hibernate Team Lead, Quarkus Founding Engineer, IBM

Dr. Thomas Würthinger,

Vice President, Oracle Labs

10.40 - 10.50

Embracing the Future with Intel AI Portfolio and Its Impact on Enterprise

Embracing the Future with Intel AI Portfolio and Its Impact on Enterprise

Albertano Caruso,

Sales Applications Engineer, Intel

10:50 - 11:10

Coffee break

11:10 - 12:00

Cloud Native Development & AI

From 0 to Production-Grade with Kubernetes Native Java

A session with lots of demos, tips and tricks on what you should think about when building applications that will go to a production Kubernetes cluster, including performance considerations, tying kubernetes configurations into your application properties and making sure it gets deployed smoothly.

Kevin Dubois,

Senior Principal Developer Advocate, IBM

OpenShift Community

OpenShift Roadmap & More

Simon Krenger,

Principal Technical Account Manager, Red Hat

Simon Reber,

Senior Solution Architect, Red Hat

Chris Eberle,

Public & Defence Lead, Red Hat

11.10 - 13.00

Hands-on Lab I

Rock, Paper, Scissors! Build an AI-powered Interactive Game With Argo CD and Kubeflow

Natale Vinto,

Developer Experience, Evangelism Director, Red Hat

Albertano Caruso,

Sales Applications Engineer, Intel

Juliano Mohr ,

Senior Principal Technical Marketing Manager, Red Hat

12.00 - 12.30

Cloud Native Development & AI

Transparency with Red Hat Developer Hub, for you and your customer

Transparency with Red Hat Developer Hub, for you and your customer

David Studer,

PO Centris Integrationsplattform, Centris AG

Christian Sanabria,

Principal Architect, IPT AG

OpenShift Community

Architecting for Uptime: Swiss Instant Payments on OpenShift

Livio Sgier,

Senior Software Engineer, Six

12.30 - 13.30

Lunch

13.30 - 14.00

Cloud Native Development & AI

Llama Stack: One AI API to Rule Them All

Natale Vinto,

Developer Experience, Evangelism Director, Red Hat

Codrin Bucur,

Principal Specialist Solution Architect, Red Hat

OpenShift Community

Scalable Inference with llm-d and KServe

Bartosz Majsak,

Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat

Pierangelo Di Pilato,

Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat

13:30 - 15:30

Hands-on Lab II

Trusted Software Supply Chain Hands-on (Gitlab & Red Hat)

Matteo Combi,

Senior Specialist Solution Architect, Red Hat

Markus Nagel,

Principal Technical Marketing Manager, Red Hat

14.00 - 14.30

Cloud Native Development & AI

Docling Your Docs: Level Up Llama Stack Workflows

Michele Dolfi,

Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Research

OpenShift Community

Breakout Session

Simon Krenger,

Principal Technical Account Manager, Red Hat

Simon Reber,

Senior Solution Architect, Red Hat

Chris Eberle,

Public & Defence Lead, Red Hat

14.30 - 15.00

Coffee Break

15.30 - 16.00

Keynotes

15:00 - 15:30

Empower Developers to do whatever they want, whenever they want - but in a secure way! Implementing a cloud development environment at Etat du Valais

Steve Favez,

Web Architect & Head of Internet Capability Center, Etat du Valais

15:30 - 16:00

Trust and Resilience for Modern Sovereign Infrastructure

Karanbir Singh,

Senior Distinguished Engineer, Red Hat

16:00 - 16:30

Colliders and Codebases: What CERN can teach you about Innovation and Software

Cristian Schuszter,

Solutions Architect & Software Engineering Team Lead, CERN

16.30 - 16:35

Closing Words

Janina Sutter,

Dev X Team, Red Hat Switzerland

Manuel Schindler,

Dev X Team, Red Hat Switzerland

16.30 - 18.00

Networking Reception

Co-Sponsor

Red Hat
Intel

Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) is an industry leader, creating world-changing technology that enables global progress and enriches lives. Inspired by Moore’s Law, we continuously work to advance the design and manufacturing of semiconductors to help address our customers’ greatest challenges. By embedding intelligence in the cloud, network, edge and every kind of computing device, we unleash the potential of data to transform business and society for the better. To learn more about Intel’s innovations, go to newsroom.intel.com and intel.com. Intel Privacy Notice

GitLab

GitLab Inc. is a company that develops and operates GitLab, a comprehensive DevSecOps platform. This platform provides a single application for the entire software development lifecycle, covering everything from planning and development to security, deployment, and monitoring. GitLab is known for its open-core approach and its focus on all-remote work, with team members located globally. GitLab privacy statement

Venue information

Date: September 23, 2025

Time: 09:00 - 19:00

Location: JED Events,
Zürcherstrasse 39,
8952 Schlieren,
Switzerland

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