Bob DACH Developer Community Session & Coding Watch Party Zürich

Developers, this one’s for you - We are rolling out a series of hands-on developer events around IBM Bob — the new AI-powered development partner designed to help you ship better code, faster.
What makes these events stand out?
👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻🪩 Watch Parties in Berlin, Frankfurt, Ehningen, Vienna, Zurich...
Join live sessions together with other developers — not just watching, but discussing, reacting, and learning in real time. Think of it as turning a webinar into a shared experience.
Agenda for the 16th June:
14:00 Open Doors, Registration Local Welcome
14:30 Official Event Begin - Livestream starts:
14:30 An Intro to Bob + the modern, Agentic Software Development Lifecycle
15:15 Guided installation + local environment setup (BRING YOUR LAPTOPS!!👨‍💻👩‍💻🧑‍💻🪩)
15:35 Hands-On technical overview of Bob (Modes, Commands, Best-Practices, Auto-Approval, etc.)
16:05 Brief intro to use cases/tracks:

1. Track: Bring your Own use case
2. Track: Beginner Lab
3. Track: Advanced Lab
   16:30-17:30 Local team formation, in-person coding with local support / experiment on your own, stream if you want, watch and discuss with other developers... 🥷🧝🧙‍♀️🪄
   17:30-18:00 Local agenda
   18:00-19:00 Fingerfoodsnacks & drinks, networking
   The Coding Watch Parties, each with tracks for beginners, intermediate and experts, will take place on

• 16th June,
• 20th August,
• 5th October and
• 1st December
  The Watch Parties are free of charge. Tickets are limited.
  🥷🧙‍♀️🧝🪄 Hands-on + Community-first
  From hackathons to deep dives, these events are built to help you explore modern AI-driven development workflows and connect with peers.
  Bob is built to support everything from modernization to secure, enterprise-ready development. IBM Bob supports the entire SDLC — and these sessions show and guide you how it actually works in best practice.
  If you’re curious about where AI is taking software engineering next, this is a great place to plug in.