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Mumbai
25 August 2026
Built for  Enterprise Application Developers · Software Engineers · DevOps Engineers · SRE Professionals · Development Leads
The experience
From coding
chaos to
coding control.

Modern applications are not built by simply adding AI to the toolchain. They emerge when developers can understand complexity, experiment with confidence, and convert ideas into working solutions.

IBM Bob-a-thon is an immersive, developer-first experience for selected enterprise technology teams. It combines expert-led learning, live platform exploration, real application modernisation scenarios, and a collaborative build challenge—giving participants the opportunity to experience how IBM Bob can support faster understanding, smarter development, and more effective modernisation.

Build around real priorities
Three challenges. One builder mindset.

Go beyond product demonstrations. Work through challenges that matter to your application estate and explore tangible paths forward.

01 Build forward

Application modernisation

Understand legacy applications, identify dependencies, and chart a practical path to a new version or platform.

02 Unlock value

Data monetisation

Break down data silos to unlock stronger governance, intelligence, and new opportunities for enterprise value.

03 Ship smarter

SDLC with AI

Apply AI across the software lifecycle to improve developer productivity, code quality, and delivery velocity.

Build around real priorities
Learn it. Build it. Prove it.

The day is designed as a progressive build journey. Each phase adds context, capability, and momentum—culminating in a working team solution.

Learn
Understand the platform See how IBM Bob brings AI into enterprise development and helps teams work with complex, business-critical application estates.
Explore
Deconstruct real use cases Examine modernisation scenarios across Java, COBOL, and RPG, with the context needed to connect code-level decisions to enterprise outcomes.
Build
Solve as a team Translate learning into action through a guided developer challenge designed around collaboration, experimentation, and practical problem-solving.
Showcase
Present what you created Share your approach, demonstrate the solution, learn from peer teams, and compete for a place among the top three builds.
The day at a glance
Agenda

10:00 – 10:30

Registration & networking coffee

10:30 – 10:40

Welcome address

10:40 – 11:00

IBM Bob: The future of enterprise development

11:00 – 12:00

Use-case discussion: Java, COBOL & RPG modernisation

12:00 – 12:15

IBM and partner session

12:15 – 12:35

Bob-a-thon briefing

13:00 – 14:00

Networking lunch

14:00 – 14:30

IBM Bob platform walkthrough

14:30 – 15:30

IBM Bob developer challenge

15:30 – 16:30

Team presentations: Top 3

16:30 – 17:00

Break

17:00 – 17:30

Winner announcement & closing

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