Schedule - Stir Trek 2026

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Breakfast

Concourse7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

Code to Clarity: Communicating Technical Concepts to a Non-Technical Audience

Elena Marquetti-Ali

Iron Man8:30 AM - 9:15 AMProfessional Skills

I didn't know HTML / CSS could do THAT!

Kathryn Grayson Nanz

Thor8:30 AM - 9:15 AMFull Stack Web Development

Intro to OpenTelemetry for Developers

AL Rodriguez

Hulk8:30 AM - 9:15 AMCloud, Infra, DevOps

Lights, Camera, Github Actions!

Nicole Hoying

Captain Marvel8:30 AM - 9:15 AMCloud, Infra, DevOps

Beyond Technology: Skills for Success

Michael Eaton

Captain America8:30 AM - 9:15 AMProfessional Skills

How To Use BlueSky and LinkedIn to Find a Job

Taylor Desseyn

Black Panther8:30 AM - 9:15 AMProfessional Skills

Bringing Augmented Reality to the Web with 8th Wall

Tasha Penwell

Black Widow8:30 AM - 9:15 AMIOT, Home Automation, Maker Topics

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Effective Automated Testing - Lessons from 10 Years

Cory House

Iron Man9:30 AM - 10:15 AMSoftware Quality

Florida Man Uses Cache as Database

Guy Royse

Thor9:30 AM - 10:15 AMData, AI, & ML

How to Build Your Own Copilot for .NET Devs

Brian McKeiver

Hulk9:30 AM - 10:15 AMData, AI, & ML

Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence

Jeff McWherter

Spiderman9:30 AM - 10:15 AMData, AI, & ML

Not Your Mother's or Father's C#

Brendan Enrick

Captain Marvel9:30 AM - 10:15 AMApplication Languages, Frameworks & Fundamentals

Building Asynchronous UIs Without The Hassle

Dev Agrawal

Captain America9:30 AM - 10:15 AMFull Stack Web Development

The Angular Renaissance - Key New Features

Lance Finney

Black Panther9:30 AM - 10:15 AMApplication Languages, Frameworks & Fundamentals

The Art of Human Connection: tips, tools and frameworks for stress-free networking

Natalie Hylton

Black Widow9:30 AM - 10:15 AMProfessional Skills

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Beyond the Basics - Building Reusable Code with Blazor

Jeffrey T. Fritz

Iron Man10:30 AM - 11:15 AMFull Stack Web Development

Testing Strategies for Monoliths and Microservices

David Lucas

Thor10:30 AM - 11:15 AMSoftware Quality

Authentication Demystified: Basic Auth to Web Tokens in 60 minutes

Seth Petry-Johnson

Hulk10:30 AM - 11:15 AMSecurity

AI for Highway Maintenance

Jordan Thayer

Spiderman10:30 AM - 11:15 AMData, AI, & ML

Hitchhikers' Guide to the Vulniverse

Christopher Robinson

Captain Marvel10:30 AM - 11:15 AMSecurity

65.8 Million Americans Can’t Access Your Software

Lindsay Knoll, Dan Keck

Captain America10:30 AM - 11:15 AMDesign & Product Strategy

Asynchronous JavaScript: Livin' On A Prayer

Bob Fornal

Black Panther10:30 AM - 11:15 AMApplication Languages, Frameworks & Fundamentals

IaC Forged in Code: ARM/Bicep vs Terraform vs Pulumi

Mike Benkovich

Black Widow10:30 AM - 11:15 AMCloud, Infra, DevOps

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Let’s Aspireify a Real World App!

Jeffrey T. Fritz

Iron Man11:30 AM - 12:15 PMFull Stack Web Development

Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions: Finding Your Meme Twin with Embeddings & Vector Databases

Guy Royse

Thor11:30 AM - 12:15 PMData, AI, & ML

Automate the Automation with Terraform

Mark Tinderholt

Hulk11:30 AM - 12:15 PMCloud, Infra, DevOps

Spaces, squares, and circles - an intro to UI design

Ash Banaszek

Spiderman11:30 AM - 12:15 PMDesign & Product Strategy

Beyond the Basics: Designing Web APIs for Long Term Success

Jeff Valore

Captain Marvel11:30 AM - 12:15 PMApplication Languages, Frameworks & Fundamentals

Seven Deadly Sins of Management

Jennifer Wadella

Captain America11:30 AM - 12:15 PMProfessional Skills

Behind the Scenes of Tailwind CSS

Braydon Coyer

Black Panther11:30 AM - 12:15 PMFull Stack Web Development

Better Estimates: No Phantom Figures or Menacing Miscommunication

Eric Potter

Black Widow11:30 AM - 12:15 PMProfessional Skills

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

Concourse12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

The Immutable Laws of Software and Life: Code Accordingly

Cory House

Iron Man1:00 PM - 1:45 PMSoftware Quality

WebAssembly beyond the browser: a better way to build extensible software

Chris Nelson

Thor1:00 PM - 1:45 PMApplication Languages, Frameworks & Fundamentals

Taking a Gamble With Functional Domain Modeling

Cameron Presley

Hulk1:00 PM - 1:45 PMApplication Languages, Frameworks & Fundamentals

Automating Accessibility Assurance

Sandi Barr

Spiderman1:00 PM - 1:45 PMFull Stack Web Development

JavaScript: The (Really) Good Parts

Brandon Bruno

Captain Marvel1:00 PM - 1:45 PMApplication Languages, Frameworks & Fundamentals

Big Tables, Big Problems: Scaling Beyond SQL

Tristan Chiappisi

Captain America1:00 PM - 1:45 PMData, AI, & ML

Design Patterns: Not Just for Architects

Jeremy Clark

Black Panther1:00 PM - 1:45 PMArchitecture & Patterns

Navigating the Maze: Communicating Architecture Decisions with Architecture Decision Records

Chad Green

Black Widow1:00 PM - 1:45 PMProfessional Skills

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Patterns and Architectures Beyond Microservices

Stephen Shary

Iron Man2:00 PM - 2:45 PMArchitecture & Patterns

Rediscovering Entity Framework Core: Speed, Flexibility, and Power for Modern Development

Barret Blake

Thor2:00 PM - 2:45 PMApplication Languages, Frameworks & Fundamentals

Home Automation - Without The Cloud!

Seth Petry-Johnson

Hulk2:00 PM - 2:45 PMIOT, Home Automation, Maker Topics

Side Quests: How creative tinkering and exploration can transform you, one side project at a time

Matthew-Hope Eland

Spiderman2:00 PM - 2:45 PMProfessional Skills

Can We Learn to Manage Uncertainty? Probably!

Robert Herbig

Captain Marvel2:00 PM - 2:45 PMProfessional Skills

Using Web Components to Scale Your UX

Burton Smith

Captain America2:00 PM - 2:45 PMFull Stack Web Development

Everything you wanted to know about containers but were afraid to ask

Daniel Mikusa

Black Panther2:00 PM - 2:45 PMCloud, Infra, DevOps

Packing Light with VS Code 🧳

Sam Basu

Black Widow2:00 PM - 2:45 PMApplication Languages, Frameworks & Fundamentals

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Documenting & Versioning API's with ASP.NET Core 9, OpenAI, and Swagger

Mitchel Sellers

Iron Man3:00 PM - 3:45 PMArchitecture & Patterns

Bridging the Gap: Taking Your Design System from Figma to Code

Ryan Albertsun

Thor3:00 PM - 3:45 PMDesign & Product Strategy

For Your Eyes Only: Roles, Privileges, and Security in PostgreSQL

Ryan Booz

Hulk3:00 PM - 3:45 PMData, AI, & ML

Stop Fearing Databases—SQL vs. NoSQL: Navigating the Database Dilemma

Henry Berson Saint-Juste

Spiderman3:00 PM - 3:45 PMData, AI, & ML

Castle Defense 101 (aka Threat Modeling)

Gene Gotimer

Captain Marvel3:00 PM - 3:45 PMSecurity

Hot New HTML Features!

Alex Riviere

Captain America3:00 PM - 3:45 PMFull Stack Web Development

Into the Unknown: Navigating the Wild Frontier of Emerging Languages

Stephanie Wightman

Black Panther3:00 PM - 3:45 PMApplication Languages, Frameworks & Fundamentals

Intro to Temporal: JS Dates That Do Not Suck

Bruce Hubbard

Black Widow3:00 PM - 3:45 PMApplication Languages, Frameworks & Fundamentals

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

The Power of Dev Containers and GitHub Codespaces

Chris Ayers

Iron Man4:00 PM - 4:45 PMApplication Languages, Frameworks & Fundamentals

Building and publishing a native, cross-platform mobile app from the ground up

Ryan Carroll

Thor4:00 PM - 4:45 PMMobile & Desktop App Development

HTMX: What's the big deal with the little framework?

Eric Potter

Hulk4:00 PM - 4:45 PMApplication Languages, Frameworks & Fundamentals

Creating Intuitive APIs With The Builder Design Pattern

Kelly Morrison

Spiderman4:00 PM - 4:45 PMArchitecture & Patterns

Data Lakehouse Demystified

Richard Dudley

Captain Marvel4:00 PM - 4:45 PMArchitecture & Patterns

Enhancing Team Synergy Using Agile Excellence

Amanda Lange

Captain America4:00 PM - 4:45 PMProfessional Skills

The Power of Playwright: Scaling UI Testing for Robust Application Delivery

Randy Pagels

Black Panther4:00 PM - 4:45 PMSoftware Quality

Copilot is not your "Pair": Why AI in your IDE doesn't replace Human Collaboration

Jon Fazzaro

Black Widow4:00 PM - 4:45 PMData, AI, & ML

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Movie Trailers

Concourse5:00 PM - 6:00 PM