IBM Bob Coding Watch Party in Zürich -> Online only!!

Developers, Ops, domain experts - let's get your hands dirty! We are rolling out a series of hands-on practitioner events around IBM Bob, the new AI-powered development partner designed to help you ideate, build, modernize and ship better code, faster.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The event in Zürich will not get hosted in person this time due to lacking room capacities!!

👉 Agenda for 15th October / Zürich Online Only:
17.00 Official Welcome & Agenda of the Evening / Online livestream starts, Sebastian Grodzietzki (in Berlin)
17:10 Big on Brains - An introduction to IBM Bob, Francis Powesland (in München)
17:30 Guided Bob Feature Update - “How to get hooked on IBM Bob”, Francis Powlesland (in München)
18:10 Break + time for installation of Bob on individual machines if still needed (ideally you have Bob installed before the event 👍), find your teammates
18:30 From RPG to AI: Modernizing IBM i Applications with Bob, Marvin Giessing (in Düsseldorf)
18:45 Guided: Building an Agentic Development Team with IBM Bob, Liza Kaladjian (in Köln) & Dennis Treder-Tschechlov (in Ehningen)
19:10 Self-paced hands-on - try out Bob yourselves with finger food & drinks, individually or in local teams / Online livestream ends
What makes these events stand out?

👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻🪩 Coding Watch Parties in Berlin, Cologne, Ehningen, Frankfurt, Vienna, Zürich and online/remote.

Join live sessions together with other like minded makers — not just watching, but discussing, reacting, and learning in real time. Think of it as turning a webinar into a shared experience.

The final 2 AI Coding Watch Parties, each with tracks for beginners, intermediate and experts, will take place on
- 15th October and
- 1st December
The Coding Watch Parties are free of charge. Onsite tickets are limited.

🥷🧙‍♀️🧝🪄 Hands-on + Community-first
Explore what others do with AI, get inspired, try out your own ideas and deep dive into new ways of working.

These events are built to help you explore modern AI-driven development workflows and connect with peers.

Bob is built to support you from ideation, designing & planning, creating from scratch, modernizing the software you have, to secure, enterprise-ready development. IBM Bob supports the entire SDLC — and these sessions show and guide you how it actually works in best practice.

If you’re curious about where AI is taking software engineering next, this is a great place to plug in.