Lakeside Talks #15 - ☀️ Summer ☀️

With Summer in full swing, we are happy to announce a new iteration of the Lakeside Talks! Welcome to the August Lakeside Talks - Our 15th time already!

The Lakeside Talks will be, again, an on-site event in our beautiful location in the Lakeside Park! Get together with like minded people, listen to great talks and socialize with industry peers.

This time is shaping up to be a big one! We have three great talks lined up for you! And of course - there will be enough time for some relaxed networking. As per usual you can expect snacks and drinks🍕🍺😄

### Our Speakers:

1️⃣ Giovanni Liva - Expert in AI observability
Talk: From LLMs to AI Agents
Large Language Models are evolving into autonomous AI agent systems that can plan, act, and adapt. This talk explores how LLM agents integrate reasoning, tools, and feedback loops. We’ll also tackle the challenge of monitoring: real-time behavior tracing, safety guardrails, and performance.
2️⃣ Daniel Hölbling-Inzko - Chief Architect & Senior Director of Engineering – Analytics, Bitmovin
Talk: Designing for Failure: What Software Architecture Can Learn from Civil Engineering
How can we design systems that fail safely instead of failing hard? Daniel connects lessons from civil engineering—like safety margins and redundancy—to practical software techniques, offering insights into building resilient systems.
3️⃣ Karin Hodnigg - Full-Stack Software Developer and experienced Lecturer
Talk: From Legacy Monoliths to Modern Service Layer Architecture – A Practical and Sometimes Pragmatic Journey
What do you do when outdated monoliths become the biggest bottleneck in your IT landscape? Karin shares her team’s journey of moving from legacy systems to a Java- and Spring Boot-based service layer architecture, tackling challenges, lessons learned, and the decisions that shaped their success.

If you can't make it in person, you can join our livestream