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# Building with IBM Bob


- **Date:** Friday, Jul 10, 2026
- **Time:** 13:00–13:30 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 5
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100275-building-with-ibm-bob)

## Description

A practical, demo-driven introduction to Bob, IBM's AI coding assistant. 
We'll start with the essentials—getting set up and working with Bob day to day—then move into the best practices and some of the things that make Bob unique. 
You'll see Bob build live, and get a first look at who Bob can help you modernize legacy code in Java, RPG, and COBOL. Come see what you can build with Bob.

## Speaker

### [Maximilian Jesch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@maximilian-jesch)

Outbound Product Manager - IBM Bob


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- [Building the Future of Java: AI Agents, MCP, and Next-Gen App Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1267-building-the-future) — Daniel Oh
- [Code Is Cheap. Software Isn’t.](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1114-code-is-cheap) — Markus Eisele
- [Teaching GitHub Copilot COBOL: A Practical Guide to Agentic AI Legacy Modernization](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1242-teaching-github) — Julia Kordick, Laetitia Maar
- [It's Not Vibe Coding If You Know What You're Doing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1102-it-s-not-vibe-coding) — Jeff Blankenburg