DevTalks
Making Waves In The IT Industry
25 September | Cluj-Napoca
Cluj Innovation Park
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GATHERING OUR FORCES FOR IMPACT IN THE CLUJ COMMUNITY
Mark your calendars! DevTalks Cluj-Napoca returns on September 25th for its 8th edition in 2025, bringing together a GREAT lineup of international and local speakers.
Our Main Stage, Programming Stage, and Java Stage will be full of insightful talks and engaging coding sessions.
For developers and engineers, DevTalks Cluj-Napoca offers a deep dive into the latest trends shaping the industry. Explore subjects like AI, IoT, Machine Learning, Robotics, Security, the Future of engineering, and much more, and meet TOP experts & leaders from the IT industry.
Here's what awaits you at DevTalks Cluj-Napoca 2025:
50+ Speakers: Learn from top tech minds from around the world and Romania.
2.500+ Attendees: Network with a vibrant community of developers, IT professionals, students, entrepreneurs, and tech lovers.
Community Impact Discussions: Join the staï»żges and the expo area for interesting conversations about the impact of technology on education, environment, mobility, healthcare, business sustainability, and more.
DevTalks Cluj-Napoca 2025 promises to be a day of learning, inspiration, and connection. Don't miss out!
Taste the dev
 flavors and let's make waves in Cluj-Napoca for our 8 th edition of DevTalks!Â
September 25 - In Person
Main Stage
The Main Stage is where the biggest names in technology come together to inspire and innovate. This year we will discuss about the latest trends in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Machine Learning, Internet of Things and many more with the industry leaders.
September 25 - In Person
Programming Stage
On the Programming Stage, you'll discover a mix of technologies including Web development, Mobile, DevOps, QA, Testing, CyberSecurity, and more.
September 25 - In Person
Java Stage
On the Java Stage, you'll discover the newest innovations and best practices in the Java world, presented by top experts and industry thought leaders.
September 25 - In Person
Roundtables
The Roundtables are dynamic workshops where industry professionals and trainers give you hands-on learning sessions on a variety of programming languages, tech advancements, systems use, and more.
Why Attend?
We have built this community for 12 editions in Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca. DevTalks Cluj-Napoca will celebrate its 8th edition this year, so you are part of our story and we can make waves one again in the heart of Transilvania. Let's take a look at a short sum up, and if you still wonder WHY ATTEND, here are some reasons.
đ€ 3 Stages - Main Stage | Programming Stage | Java Stage
Access to top-notch speakers: DevTalks Cluj-Napoca has gathered đđ+ international and local đŹđ©đđđ€đđ«đŹ who are experts in their fields. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from them and hear about the latest trends in technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, Robotics, IoT, Future of Engineering, Java, DevOps, Web & Mobile, Big Data & Cloud, Product World, and many more.đ€ 3 Tech agendas created with valuable content
Technical talks and coding sessions: DevTalks Cluj-Napoca is designed to be a day full of technical talks and coding sessions, which would be especially beneficial for developers and IT professionals who want to improve their skills and knowledge.đšâđŒNetworking opportunities with 2.500 + attendees and an Expo Area with dedicated booths and activations, DevTalks Cluj-Napoca provides ample chances to network with other professionals in the industry, potentially leading to new connections, partnerships, and career opportunities.
đ» Tech Areas â Tech Edu Area, Environment Tech, StartUp Alley, Women in Tech Area.đ€ Discussion of impactful topics: In addition to technical talks, the event will also create a space for participants to discuss the impact of technologies on their community. Education, environment, mobility, health, and business sustainability are just some of the topics and areas that will be discussed, providing an opportunity for attendees to engage in meaningful conversations about important issues.
DevTalks Cluj-Napoca promises a lot of surprises throughout the day, which are sure to add an element of fun and excitement to the event. Additionally, attending a conference like this can be an enjoyable experience in and of itself, as participants have the opportunity to learn, connect, and engage with like-minded individuals. We have some extra insides for you:
đšâđ» Code Retreat
đ§đŒââïž Relaxing Area
đ€ Speakers Lounge
đ StartUP Alley
Join us and enjoy a great experience this autumn at DevTalks Cluj-Napoca!
Agenda
We have designed a full day of technical talks and coding sessions hosted by 50+ international and local speakers. Check out the different topics and panels and enjoy the specially curated tech agenda with valuable content. We look forward to welcoming you at DevTalks Cluj-Napoca for an unforgettable learning and networking experience in the world of technology.
Great community leaders will share the latest trends about future technologies on our stages. Join us!
10:00 to 10:10
Intro Speech
Main Stage — 10 minutes
10:15 to 11:00
Panel discussion
Main Stage — 45 minutes
11:05 to 11:35
Partner Keynote
Main Stage — 30 minutes
11:40 to 12:25
The Future of AI â Key Trends Shaping Whatâs Next
Main Stage — 45 minutes
AI is evolving faster than ever, with groundbreaking advancements in multimodality, agentic workflows, and reasoning capabilities redefining whatâs possible. Read More...
12:30 to 13:00
Mastering Data Lake Federation Using Open-Source Tools
Main Stage — 30 minutes
Transitioning on-premise data clusters to the cloud comes with unique challenges. Read More...
13:00 to 14:00
Lunch Break
Main Stage — 1 hour
14:00 to 14:45
Securing AI from Cyber Warfare: Building Trustworthy and Resilient Systems on AWS
Main Stage — 45 minutes
As artificial intelligence becomes a core enabler of innovation, the threat of its misuse in warfare, cyberattacks, and malicious campaigns is rising rapidly. Organizations, governments, and enterprises face the dual challenge of harnessing AIâs transformative power while ensuring it does not become a weaponized threat. Read More...
14:50 to 15:20
Snowflake demystified: from myths to hands-on in 30 minutes (What every developer should know about the Cloud Data Platform)
Main Stage — 30 minutes
15:25 to 15:55
Navigating the Modern RAG Landscape
Main Stage — 30 minutes
As Retrieval-Augmented Generation matures, the landscape has become increasingly complex. Read More...
16:00 to 16:30
From Code to Value: How AI Transforms the Software Development Lifecycle
Main Stage — 30 minutes
16:35 to 17:05
International Speaker Keynote
Main Stage — 30 minutes
10:00 to 10:10
Intro Speech
Programming Stage — 10 minutes
10:15 to 11:00
Stop Treating LLMs Like REST APIs
Programming Stage — 45 minutes
Why do PoCs run smoothly while launch day implodes? Because LLM traffic is a streaming, state-heavy beast that breaks every REST assumption: requests arenât stateless, payloads snowball with context, and GPU memory melts under token floods. Read More...
11:05 to 11:35
Driving Impact with Email Marketing: Insights from a Data-Driven Campaign Project"
Programming Stage — 30 minutes
In this session, Mihalci Ioan, together with Adelina Moldovan and Radu-Corneliu Diaconu, will highlight how targeted communication and performance analytics can elevate customer engagement. Read More...
11:40 to 12:25
How to Build AI-Native Tools to Enhance Your Productivity
Programming Stage — 45 minutes
This talk explores how developers can build their own assistants, pair programmers, code reviewers, and more by teaching how to build AI agents and multi-agent systems (MAS) on demand to meet the needs of any developer for their productivity. Read More...
12:30 to 13:00
Keynote powered by msg
Programming Stage — 30 minutes
13:00 to 14:00
Lunch Break
Programming Stage — 1 hour
14:00 to 14:45
The future & challenges of cloud
Programming Stage — 45 minutes
This opinionated talk will delve into the insights and innovations that are shaping the future of Cloud Computing. It will cover a range of topics including cloud architectures, data gravity, multi-cloud strategies, security, compliance, and the future of AI & Cloud. The session will highlight emerging trends such as AI-native cloud platforms, serverless 2.0, and composable cloud architectures, while also addressing the challenges of multi-cloud workloads, vendor lock-in, and balancing performance with cost efficiency. It will discuss the impact of data gravity on cloud strategies and the importance of standardization. Security and compliance will be another focal point, with insights into AI-powered cyberattacks, zero trust adoption, and the role of Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools. Finally, it will look ahead to the future of AI & Cloud, examining hardware innovations, the move to higher-level services, and the rise of no-code, low-code, and AI-assisted coding platforms. This session promises to provide valuable knowledge for anyone looking to navigate the rapidly changing landscape of cloud computing
14:50 to 15:20
Turbocharging Aftersales - The Role of Cloud & AI in the Evolution of Vehicle Diagnostic
Programming Stage — 30 minutes
Letâs start with a simple question: What truly defines a vehicle today? Is it the engine, the design, or perhaps the driving experience? Read More...
15:25 to 16:10
The Unwritten Rules of Fast React Apps
Programming Stage — 45 minutes
Performance in React isnât just about tools, itâs about patterns, habits, and choices that often go unnoticed. In this talk, weâll uncover the âunwritten rulesâ behind fast React apps, the ones that arenât in the docs but show up in real-world teams, codebases, and bugs. Read More...
16:15 to 16:45
AI-powered Development: From Concept to Prototype in Minutes with Claude Code
Programming Stage — 30 minutes
Product teams have ideas. Engineering teams have backlogs. The time between 'what if we built this' and seeing it working often kills good ideas before they get proper evaluation. Read More...
16:50 to 17:20
A New Hope in the Cloud
Programming Stage — 30 minutes
In this galaxy, cloud infrastructure is dominated by a few hyperscalers, some with an increasing history of GDPR breaches and opaque data practices. But thereâs a rebellion forming. Read More...
10:00 to 10:10
Intro Speech Moderator
Java Stage — 10 minutes
10:15 to 11:00
Java's Unfair Advantage: Why LLMs Write Better Enterprise Code in Java
Java Stage — 45 minutes
Java's
radical openness created the perfect training ground for LLMs: open
specifications, open source implementations, and open standards. LLMs didn't
just read Java code - they absorbed the entire Java Community Process, every
JSR, every JEP, the complete MicroProfile and Jakarta EE specifications. They
understand not just syntax, but the reasoning behind every architectural
decision, every design pattern, every enterprise best practice.
Read More...
11:05 to 11:35
Where are Java and Kotlin in the AI world?
Java Stage — 30 minutes
Is Java keeping pace with the fast-evolving AI technologies that seem to be popping up everywhere? Letâs take a look at the efforts being made within the Java ecosystem to stay relevant in this era. Read More...
11:40 to 12:25
Code Quality in the AI era, needed more than ever
Java Stage — 45 minutes
As developers, we participate every day in our software life cycle adding new logic, adapting the existing one, and integrating with services or platforms.
Read More...
12:30 to 13:00
Keynote powered by Google
Java Stage — 30 minutes
13:00 to 14:00
Lunch Break
Java Stage — 1 hour
14:00 to 14:45
High-Performance Spring Persistence
Java Stage — 45 minutes
In this presentation, we will go through the various performance bottleneck issues that are prevalent in Spring Data JPA applications. Not only will we identify the core problem, but Iâm going to show you the most effective solutions to solve these issues.
Read More...
14:50 to 15:20
Efortless event filtering from heavy Java logic to Flink queries
Java Stage — 30 minutes
The process of triggering a notification is usually based on a single explicit request that comes from the client application. Have you ever thought of triggering notifications via your application? Read More...
15:25 to 16:10
Keynote powered by Deloitte Technology Center
Java Stage — 45 minutes
16:15 to 16:45
Partner Keynote
Java Stage — 30 minutes
12:00 to 13:00
Roundtable session 1
Roundtables — 1 hour
14:00 to 15:00
Roundtable session 2
Roundtables — 1 hour
15:00 to 16:00
Roundtable session 3
Roundtables — 1 hour
Speakers
Industry leaders, champions, evangelists, tech pioneers, opinion leaders and forceful thinkers. They reunite their forces on-site to enjoy the real feel of an international experience where you will be inspired by your fellow devs. Join us and explore the latest advancements and trends in technology with the brightest minds in the industry. We can't wait to see you at the event!

Syed Rehan
Sr. Lead Security Architect - AI Solutions
Amazon Web Services

Katja Sirazitdinova
Senior Developer Advocate
NVIDIA

Anders Lybecker
Principal Architect
Microsoft

Silviu Cucuiet
Software Engineer
Cognizant Romania

Andreea Tugui
Software engineer
ING Hubs Romania

Alin Pandichi
IT Area Lead
ING Hubs Romania

Andrei Eftimie
Principal Developer
8x8

Géza-Tamås Kovåcs
Senior Engineering Manager
8x8

Beni Gal-Janko
Principal Software Development Engineer
EPAM Romania

Jeff Fan
Senior Solutions Architect
DigitalOcean

Tejas Kumar
AI Developer Advocate
IBM

Hammad Hassan
Software Engineer
Independent

Alexander Sokolov
Senior Machine Learning Operations Engineer
SPD Technology

Otto Fischer
Software Engineer & Team lead, Automotive Industry
MHP â A Porsche Company

Paul Ciesla
Software Architect, Automotive Industry
MHP â A Porsche Company

Andrei DÄneasÄ
Cloud & Data Architect
IDS Consulting

Radu Nicoara
Senior Software Engineer
EPAM Romania

Bartosz FijaĆkowski
Head of the .NET Division
GFT Poland

Sebastian Gromysz
Head of Poland DevOps Job Family
GFT Poland

Jonathan Vila
Senior Developer Advocate
Sonar

Ioan Mihalci
Operational Management Director
MassMutual Romania

Adelina Moldovan
Project Manager/ Product Owner
MassMutual Romania

Radu Diaconu
Senior Business Systems Analyst
MassMutual Romania

Vlad Mihalcea
Java Champion
Hypersistence

Adam Bien
Java Enthusiast
Independent
Be our speaker
Our speakers' line-up is one of the most important ingredients in designing the best conference for professionals in the IT&C field. We want to make sure that we inspire the next steps of our TECH community with insightful ideas and know-how from developers, industry leaders, tech pioneers, leaders and forceful thinkers. For a great experience, we invite local and international speakers from all over the world, to be part of our Agenda and join us in growing the local IT community. If you are passionate about technology and want to share your knowledge with the Romanian IT professionals community, donât hesitate to submit your proposal now! Canât wait to meet you at DevTalks Cluj-Napoca 2025!
Tickets
Early Bird
March 31 - June 30Regular Registration
July 1 - August 31Late Registration
September 1 - September 25General Pass
March 31 - June 3045 EUR
âïž Access to the Main Stage
âïž Access to the Java Stage
âïž Access to the Programming Stage
âïž Working Lounge Access
âïž Expo Area Access
General Pass
July 1 - August 3175 EUR
âïž Access to the Main Stage
âïž Access to the Java Stage
âïž Access to the Programming Stage
âïž Working Lounge Access
âïž Expo Area Access
For group discount please send a request at contact@devtalks.ro and we'll get back to you.
General Pass
September 1 - September 25100 EUR
âïž Access to the Main Stage
âïž Access to the Java Stage
âïž Access to the Programming Stage
âïž Working Lounge Access
âïž Expo Area Access
For group discount please send a request at contact@devtalks.ro and we'll get back to you.
Partners
and Exhibitors.
DevTalks Cluj-Napoca brings closer to you some of the most innovative tech companies from Romania, joining us on this journey, encouraging businesses to create new partnerships all the time. And partnerships like these help build an incredible event from the ground up.
Production Partners

Coffee Partner
Side event partner
