IBM Bob Coding Watch Party in Frankfurt

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Developers, Ops, domain experts - let's get your hands dirty! We are rolling out a hybrid 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. 👉 Agenda for 15th October: 16:00 Open Doors & Local Networking (for onsite attendees) 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 20:00 Closing Doors ​What makes these events stand out? 👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻🪩 Coding Watch Parties in Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Ehningen, Vienna, Zurich and online/remote at the same time. Join live sessions together with other creators — 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 with Bob, each with content 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 From hackathons to deep dives, these events are built to help you explore modern AI-driven development workflows and connect with peers. ​ Bob is built to support domain users without coding experience as well as R&D + Ops folks from the ideation stage up to modernization of legacy apps, to secure, fullstack 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.