Think Summit 2019

Think Summit London 2019, IBM’s annual festival of innovation, took place on 16th October; welcoming business leaders, industry experts, innovators and technology enthusiasts to the iconic Olympia London. Attendees explored how IBM is channelling cutting edge research and technology into protecting the future, helping to sustain not just business growth but also people and environments around the world.

IBM developers have set up multiple stands with cool demos for developers using a variety of technologies for showcasing the power of open source and AI. You can explore a range of tech demos, talk with the developers who created them, and network with other developers.

As part of the IBM Developer programme, we will be hosting various hands-on workshops at THINK Summit London, on Wednesday 16th October at Olympia London.

Please register here if you wish to attend : ibm.biz/thinkdev2

Microservices made easy with MicroProfile and Open Liberty

11:45 - 13:00 Workshop

The cloud is changing the way we create applications, but it does not have to be a difficult change. Utilising MicroProfile can help you create amazing cloud-native microservices that solve some of the big issues with microservices. This workshop will go through what MicroProfile can do, and allow you to play with the MicroProfile technologies you are most interested in.

Serverless Voice Assistants

14:15 - 15:30 Workshop

Devices like Google Home and Amazon Alexa are gaining huge popularity in the home. Not only do they let you build your own applications on top of them, but they are fantastic use-cases for Serverless computing. Join us for this Hands on workshop and learn how to build skills for home assistants.

Reactive in practice: event-driven systems development in Java

15:45 - 17:00 Workshop

An introduction to designing, developing and deploying reactive systems in Java using a simple Ticket booking system creating using Domain Driven Design. At the end of the lab you should have an understanding of the Reactive Systems approach to microservices Bring your own laptop to access our minikube lab environment through a web browser running in the cloud.