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World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 10, 2026 • Session details

Can This Elephant Dance? IBM Bob and the Future of AI-First Software Development

Neel Sundaresan , Arvid Ottenberg

What happens when AI writes 40% of its own codebase? Discover how IBM Bob triggers a 45% productivity surge, helping developers conquer massive enterprise technical debt.

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#1 about 3 min

Early experiments in AI-driven developer productivity

How early analysis of API calls led to the creation of initial code autocomplete models.

#2 about 2 min

Founding an AI product within a large enterprise

Deploying a small and beginner-minded team to enable rapid innovation inside large corporations.

#3 about 3 min

Auto-generating platform code and data-driven product evolution

Using AI to generate platform code and applying systematic A/B testing to drive features.

#4 about 2 min

Prioritizing developer user experience over raw model parameters

Why inference architecture, orchestration, and latency matter more than raw model power in tooling.

#5 about 2 min

Scaling AI adoption to non-traditional enterprise developers

How broad deployment transforms operations, finance, and human resources employees into citizen developers.

#6 about 2 min

Measuring developer productivity, efficiency metrics, and team happiness

Evaluating the impact of AI on work efficiency and its role in resolving engineering backlogs.

#7 about 2 min

Augmenting junior and principal engineering roles with AI

How AI serves as both a mentor for junior developers and an implementer for principal engineers.

#8 about 3 min

The evolution toward agentic and literate software programming

Tracing the shift from deep learning models to orchestrated agents using natural language programming interfaces.

#9 about 3 min

Applying context engineering across the full software lifecycle

Using conversational AI interactions to optimize planning, development, and continuous integration phases.

#10 about 3 min

Deploying AI agents for enterprise legacy code modernization

Using dedicated AI tools to migrate legacy enterprise applications and streamline major framework upgrades.

#11 about 8 min

Demonstrating automated unit test generation for legacy java

A live walkthrough of using sub-agents to rapidly generate comprehensive test coverage.

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Migrating legacy COBOL systems using generative AI tools

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Shifting developer workloads and realistic AI productivity gains

Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

1:21 min

Using artificial intelligence to reimagine developer experience

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The evolution of AI programming and agentic workflows

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