About us
SALT is a nonprofit providing free meetings to attendees, dedicated to serving local technologists. Please help us enrich the local ecosystem by attending!
Since 1999, UJUG (Now SALT) has been serving the Wasatch Front development community.
What presenters are saying
Loved it. Huge crowd. Incredibly well organized from the setup, through the games & promotions, the speakers, and the energy / commitment of the crowd. Real practitioners of Java working on real issues. Would absolutely participate again.
Tyler Jewell, CEO CodeEnvy
It's been a privilege to speak at UJUG multiple times. Developers who know stuff, eager to learn, and with a great sense of humor—all combined into one with an efficient leadership makes this a very enjoyable group.
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam, award-winning author and founder of Agile Developer, Inc.
Presenting a Java 8 session to the Utah Java Users Group last month was a pleasure. The audience was cordial and knowledgeable, and the organizers were very hospitable and accommodating. I'm looking forward to the opportunity of speaking there again!
James Weaver, Oracle
> Presenting at UJUG was a great experience. UJUG consistently draws the largest audiences out of any other developer meetup in SLC. It is full of seasoned engineers that ask thoughtful questions during and after presentations. By presenting I made a number of useful connections that I otherwise would not have. If you ever have the chance to present jump on it!
> Ben Mabey
The UJUG is an engaged audience and a well knowledgeable one. While that is enough to scare any prospective speaker, don't be. They are wonderful, friendly, and grateful for anyone who stands on their stage.
> Daniel Hinojosa
UJUG is one of my favorite speaking opportunities. The attendance is one of the larger of Java User Groups in the U.S., which lends energy to the presentation atmosphere. The UJUG members ask insightful questions as practitioners looking to level up their skills, which, as a speaker, makes me feel appreciated. Lastly, the group is well sponsored and well run, which showcases its health, makes it an important event to attend, and creates a structure to the evening that feels classy to both presenter and audience alike.
> Matthew McCullough
Upcoming events
3
Michael Carducci - Enterprise AI Needs a Semantic Layer
Lucid Software, 10355 S Jordan Gateway Suite 300, South Jordan, UT, USMicheal is coming in person
- 6pm Pizza
- 6:30 Presentation
- 7:15 Group Discussion
- 7:45 Door prizes
Building Deterministic, Accurate, and Cost-Effective AI in the Enterprise with a Semantic Layer
Enterprise AI is probabilistic, but your business semantics shouldn’t be. A semantic layer makes meaning explicit so models and agents stop guessing what your data, APIs, and business concepts mean. That improves accuracy, reduces cost, and keeps multi-agent systems aligned without adding another brittle AI framework. The advantage isn’t a new tool—it’s designing systems where meaning is deterministic.
Michael Carducci spent years learning to see things as they actually are; first as a magician, then as a software architect, now as both simultaneously. And somehow that’s not even the whole story. He’s the author of Mastering Software Architecture (Apress, 2025) and is currently writing The Semantic Layer (Packt, 2026). He has spent over 25 years following interesting problems; through roles from individual contributor to CTO and back again, across industries and continents. As a speaker, he applies the same toolkit he uses in close-up magic: attention, misdirection, timing, storytelling, and the instinct to take the long way around when that’s where the truth lives. Audiences at hundreds of conferences across four continents have described his talks as the kind that change how you think about a problem rather than just what you know about it. He also makes YouTube videos about technology and curiosity with his wife Kate, because some ideas are too important (or too interesting!) to leave only in conference rooms.
SALT is a non-profit serving the Utah technology community since 1999, supported by generous sponsors Tek Systems, STG, Lucid, Fortify Financial, and O.C. Tanner Tech.
24 attendees
Venkat Subramaniam!
Lucid Software, 10355 S Jordan Gateway Suite 300, South Jordan, UT, US- 6pm Pizza
- 6:30 Presentation
- 7:30 Group Discussion
- 7:45 Door prizes
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., an instructional professor at the University of Houston, and creator of dev2next and Arc of AI conferences. He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects. Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at agiledeveloper.com
UJUG is a non-profit serving the Utah technology community since 1999, supported by generous sponsors Tek Systems, STG, and O.C. Tanner.
3 attendees
Past events
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