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Program / Day 0

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Pre-Conference • Pickleball, Community & Kickoff

Wednesday

Sep 2, 2026

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Social Event1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Conference Wide Pickleball Social
Ace Pickleball4 minutes from The Host HotelGet Directions
Kick off CYC with pickleball at Ace Pickleball before the conference begins.
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Social Event6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Pre-Conference Party at The Truck Yard
The Truck Yard10 minutes from The Host HotelGet Directions
Join the CYC community at The Truck Yard for the pre-conference party.
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Program / Day 1

Day 1

Conference Day One • Sessions, Keynotes & Networking

Thursday

Sep 3, 2026

8:00 am - 9:00 am
Morning Connect
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Open Networking
11:00 am - 11:25 am
Frontend
20 Years of Frontend Lessons: Architecture Decisions That Actually Matter
Sayeed Mohammad
Principal Frontend Architect
Ascendion
Sayeed Mohammad
AI
Data Governance in the AI age
Miguel Guillén
Sr Director Technology and Data
Miguel Guillén
AI
Documentation in the Age of AI: Why Docs Are a Product
Chris Nowicki
Developer Experience Engineer
Commerce
Chris Nowicki
AI
The Three Ways AI Agents Fail. Here's How to Fix Yours.
Moeez Khan
Software Engineer
Amazon Web Services Agentic AI
Moeez Khan
Frontend
Secure Coding Meets Critical Infrastructure Defense in Water Systems
Venkata Kartheek Reddy Somasani
Information Technology Security Engineer
City of Dallas
Venkata Kartheek Reddy Somasani
Frontend
Never Click Apply. Get Hired.
Leon Noel
Managing Director
Resilient Coders
Leon Noel
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm - 1:25 pm
AI
Workshops
Close the Tab: Build Jobs That Keep Running
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm · 90 min workshop
Ojus Save
Developer Relations
Render
Ojus Save
Cloud
Comparing Promises, Observables, and Signals
Lance Finney
Senior Software Developer
INFICON
Lance Finney
Frontend
In the age of AI: if it's not Accessible, it's not Acceptable
Amanda Mayfield
Software Engineer
O'Reilly
Amanda Mayfield
Cloud
Boost Developer Productivity with Buildpacks
Joey Brown
Software Consultant
Joey Brown
Leadership
Herding Engineers: What I learned from Horse Trainers In Northern Texas
Alexander Crettenand
Vice President of Software Engineering
ADT
Alexander Crettenand
Leadership
20 mins to Production: A Live AI-Build Challenge
Jerry Reghunadh
Senior Director
DataNimbus
Jerry Reghunadh
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Open Networking
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Social Event6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Conference Social at The Puttery at Grandscape
The Puttery at Grandscape11 minutes from the Host HotelGet Directions
Close out Day 1 with the CYC community at The Puttery at Grandscape.
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Program / Day 2

Day 2

Conference Day Two • Advanced Sessions & Closing

Friday

Sep 4, 2026

8:00 am - 9:00 am
Morning Connect
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Keynote with Kevin J. Scott
Kevin J. Scott
Kevin J. Scott · PGA of America
Join Kevin J. Scott, Chief Technology Officer of the PGA of America, for the Day 2 keynote.
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Open Networking
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm - 2:25 pm
Frontend
The node_modules Iceberg: Mysteries Below the Waterline
Chris DeMars
Senior Developer Advocate
TuxCare
Chris DeMars
Java
AI for Java Developers
Dan Vega
Spring Developer Advocate
VMware Tanzu
Dan Vega
Cloud
Writing a Container Runtime in Go
Michael Duren
Site Reliability Engineer
Target
Michael Duren
Frontend
Good vibes, smooth payments: Tailoring Stripe to any UI
Anna Spysz
Developer Advocate
Stripe
Anna Spysz
Frontend
React - Server Components, Suspense, and the new mental model
David Kea
Technology Business Specialist
PNC
David Kea
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Open Networking
3:30 pm - 3:55 pm
Frontend
Utilising the JavaScript Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) for Automated Frontend Lifecycle Management
Tim Damen
Frontend Chapter Lead & Accessibility lead
Focusring.io
Tim Damen
Java
Thinking Architecturally
Nathaniel Schutta
Software Architect
Thoughtworks
Nathaniel Schutta
AI
How to Test AI Features Before Your Users Do
Ron Dagdag
Research Engineering Manager
Thomson Reuters
Ron Dagdag
Leadership
The Series Finale Problem: What Happens When Your Brand Makes a Promise You Can't Keep
Jeremy Barger
Director Of Software Engineering & Founder
ELITE Academy
Jeremy Barger
AI
Building AI Agents in TypeScript with Mastra
Raja Krishna
Senior Software Engineer
OnePay
Raja Krishna
Frontend
Workshops
From Prompt to Prod: Build and Deploy with ZCP
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm · 90 min workshop
Francesco Ciulla
Head of Developer Relations
Zerops
Francesco Ciulla
5:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Closing Keynote
Danny Thompson
Danny Thompson · CYC
Join Danny Thompson for brief closing remarks to wrap up the conference.