World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

Navigating Application Modernization - Leveraging Gen-AI

Generic chatbots fail at legacy app migration because they lack architectural context. Learn how coupling static analysis with Gen-AI turns tedious Java rewrites into high-speed, automated refactoring pipelines.

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