Denver Java Users Group

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Denver Java Users Group is a free, informal, all-volunteer, group of Denver Java enthusiasts that has been meeting since November 1995. We rely on community participation. We need your involvement, ideas, thoughts, and help if we are to continue to provide quality technical education and events now and into the future! Denver Java Users Group brings you leaders and specialists in Java technologies for first-hand exposure to code, best practices, tools, methodologies, and cutting-edge solutions. Meetings are free and open to the public.

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Craig Walls: AI Superpowers: Model Context Protocol in Java & Spring AI
Wed, Oct 14 · 6:30 PM MDT
Denver Marriott South at Park Meadows, 10345 Park Meadows Drive, Lone Tree, CO, US
Event is hosted by dev2next conference at the Denver Marriot South. This is a combined meetup for AI Code and Cloud, Boulder JUG and Denver JUG groups

Location: Denver Marriott South at Park Meadows
10345 Park Meadows Drive
Lone Tree, CO 80124

6:30-7:00: Food, Soda, and Networking
7:00-7:15: Announcements & Raffles!

7:15-8:30: AI Superpowers: Model Context Protocol in Java & Spring AI
On their own, Large Language Models (LLMs) are only able to generate responses based on their training. While their training may be vast, it will not include any actual data from your organization's databases and systems. What's more, an LLM may be able to answer questions, they are unable to actually interact with your enterprise and take action.

Enter Model Context Protocol (MCP). MCP defines a standard with which you can collection a set of related tools, prompts, and resources and make those available to an LLM to make use of. With MCP, your LLMs will be able to interact with databases, APIs, and other components in your enterprise to get things done.
Building and using MCP in Java has never been easier than it is now with Spring AI. Spring AI introduced support for MCP in its 1.0 release and improved upon it tremendously in Spring AI 2.0.

In this example-driven session, you'll learn how to build an MCP server in Java using Spring AI, integrate it with clients such as Claude Code and Cursor, and even create your own MCP clients.

About
Craig Walls is a Principal Engineer, Java Champion, Alexa Champion, and the author of Spring AI in Action, Spring in Action, and Build Talking Apps. He's a zealous promoter of the Spring Framework, speaking frequently at local user groups and conferences and writing about Spring. When he's not slinging code, Craig is planning his next trip to Disney World or Disneyland and spending as much time as he can with his wife, two daughters, 1 bird and 3 dogs.

dev2next Support & Raffle
They are hosting this meeting and speaker. dev2next will be held in Lone Tree, Colorado from October 12 to 15. As an incentive for the Boulder JUG members to attend the JUG meetings in-person, dev2next would like to raffle out one free ticket for the conference each month a meeting is held. They sponsor multiple speakers.
dev2next
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