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This closing session wraps up the BCN 2026 conference, highlighting its achievements with impressive figures, such as 62 speakers and 56 sessions across five tracks. The speaker expresses gratitude to attendees, sponsors, and volunteers, acknowledging the importance of community participation in tech events. Attendees are encouraged to provide feedback for future improvements, which reflects the organizers' commitment to enhancing the experience. The speaker also recognizes outstanding contributions by awarding prizes to top-rated speakers and engaging the audience with interactive activities, including raffles. Overall, the event fosters a collaborative environment and emphasizes the value of knowledge sharing and networking within the tech community.
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Okay. So, well, this is the end for the BCN 2026, the 11th edition. So, let's start with a big applause for everyone, speakers, and volunteers. Okay. So, some numbers again, 21 sponsors and we are very happy to have even more sponsors than yesterday. Uh sorry, last year. >> It looks like West last. >> Yeah, time goes by as fast. Okay, so 62 speakers, five tracks, 56 sessions.
Well, you can read it, right? So, a lot of papers. So, we are very proud of these numbers. And yeah, we need to celebrate. This is not common thing. Well, if you have been in other conferences, you would see that in most of them, numbers are shrinking in some cases. So, having you here, having the opportunity to to have this conference, it's not something that you you
give for granted. So, thank you very much. And again, also, I would like to um to remind you one thing. Look at yourself and your team and your company and how many of your company are here in this conference or in meetups. And then, you should be proud of being here. Not everyone goes to conferences. So, definitely, continue with this and next time, bring another person because
they need a reference. And sometimes, people do not know what they are losing not coming >> Tokens. We are losing tokens. So, we survived. I mean, we as the organization, it's been it's been not easy. Maybe you you haven't noticed. Who has noticed any issue? >> No, no, no, right. >> Okay, so we are fine. >> Wi-Fi. >> Wi-Fi. It's a It's an issue. The Wi-Fi is
an issue or >> Ah, Wi-Fi. >> But too many wine is also an issue, right? Yeah. >> Let's Let's keep it like Wi-Fi. I prefer it. So I I expect to see feedback in one of the papers saying Wi-Fi. Perfect. So we survived. Thank you very much. >> Yes. Oh, we have to say thank you, of course, to all the sponsors. So please, I would like to
extend this week applause that you did before, but for all the companies that make this thing happen. So please remind us that thanks to all the sponsors, including the ones that we are going to mention. AWS, Edpuzzle, Revolut, CleverCloud, Aiven, Cash App, Tech, Elastic, JetBrains, JK, News, Preply, Send Coder, Octagon, Mews, Mambo, Grupo Castilla, Red Hat, AXA, Send Rose, and Matthews. Thank you very much for your
support. That's why we have been able to do that. So thank you very much. And of course, we have here some communities as well that we are representing. So thank you very much. Yeah. The Java community and the Step Forward community. Thank you very much for being with us. Um yeah, I hope we hope you enjoyed it. We take some pictures. We organized this thing like 1
year ago since 1 year ago. So it was a kind of a tough moving from one place to another. There's always things that we can improve for sure. So thank you for your feedback. That is something that we would like to mention again. Just in case you find something, please let us know. An email, a tweet, or I don't know. It's It's It's for free, I know,
but we would like to receive your feedback as well. And it is something that we would like to receive in order to improve for the for the next year. And I we hope you enjoyed the the event. You you enjoy the all the things that would happen during the during the event including the ask me anything event sessions that we did the mentoring about public speaking and
all the new stuff that we try to organize with all of you. And the question is just simple question. Would you repeat? Can you just by saying at the three one two three would you repeat? And half of the room probably are Okay, much better. Thank you very much. >> Yeah, so now it's time for prizes and I assume you are here for that, right? >> Yeah.
Not me. >> Okay. So Okay, so we have the speaker prizes. And but those speakers are not here. So Uh we have a best rated speaker for Brian. Anna Maria, are you here? Yes, you are here. >> We will give you the Can you go back for a second? We will No, no, you come here. We have We have the prizes but I forgot it on the
on the room in here. So we will give you the present for for Brian. Sorry. >> So big applause for Anna Maria, please. So we have the best best rated speaker Brian Bremner. Who was in his talk? >> Many people. >> Okay. You think this is fair? >> People say yeah. >> Okay. Wow. Then we have the funniest, Alex, uh, who was in his talk? Awesome. Was
Is it fair? >> Okay, more energy. Okay. And the most original was uh is for the keynote for Up There. Who was in the keynote? >> Everybody. Everybody. >> Is it fair? >> Nice. >> That's fine. >> Oh, this is the picture that we took. Sorry, Ana Maria, because of uh the picture. But this is No, no, no, don't worry. Don't worry. Don't >> Don't come. >>
Just listen. Just Okay. >> Okay, you're not coming. >> So, this is the picture we took with Alex just to um >> So, we have also the top best rated talks, Brian Vermeer for yeah, breaking the LLM-powered Java applications. Dennis Schulz and Thomas Kagel for the sound of privacy. Up There for Open Sesame to the monolith. Alex for How to Build Your Own Fun and Absurd Pair
Programmer. Did he Did he use any Torrente sentence in his talk? Aha, that's why. Okay. Then we have Ana Maria for now and next Java for AI. Top 10 event-driven architecture pitfalls for Victor uh Coding a Multi-Agent Game uh with Tiffany Souter and Oliver Le Floch. And How I Built a Cloud-Agnostic Kubernetes-as-a-Service Platform 100% OS in a month from Rashid. >> Is he here? >> Then No
Managers, No Meetings from Sofia. Sofia? And then 400 Tech Leads, Same Problems and Marie Fischer. >> Did she already leave? >> Oh, yeah. So, time for the raffles. This is the thing that probably many of you we are waiting for. And here you have all the stamps that you collected. So, thank you for all of you. This rem- help us a lot because I guess here we
have a lot of feedback. And to do a raffle, probably we might need some innocent hand. Yeah. So, who's who's the innocent honey here? Not you, Adrian. You are not innocent at all. You, Bruno? You you can do it? Do you take responsibility? Yeah? Okay. Big applause for Bruno, please. So, now you can do um you can choose one and then we are going to do a
magic a magic trick. And Yeah, yeah. Just Just turn around. Whatever. No, fake it. Oh, like this. Yeah, perfect. This doesn't matter. >> So, are you here? You want me TO GET UP? ARE YOU HERE? >> TAKE THIS MAN OUT. >> NO, YOU'RE NOT NOT HERE. SO, who is here? All right. Now, question. The person has to be here? >> Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. >> Okay. So,
so we might get several that they're not here. They they're not stupid enough to leave, >> Who knows? And the winner >> The winner is >> is >> Oh, man. Alejandro Alejandro Guaber J. UBER GUABER >> YES. OKAY. SHOULD WE TAKE A PICTURE? >> YES. OKAY. GOOD. YEAH, go ahead. You You get your hand. >> How's your >> Thank you. >> Yes. I'll take your picture right
here. Take your picture now. >> We are posting? >> Yeah, right. Yeah, post for the photographer. >> Yay! >> All right. Good. All right. Photo. Yes. Okay, one more? >> I don't know. Just up to you. >> Oh, right. >> Thank you. Enjoy. >> THANK YOU. ANOTHER ONE. >> ANOTHER ONE. >> SO, uh this one we we might just for a second because before that we I
don't know why we ordered it at that the place. So, you know because we presented at the very beginning of the keynote. So, everybody was there and you remember we shared that we are going to do a raffle based on the most beautiful or creative post that we that we found related to DevSecOps. And somebody some of our colleagues they already shared a beautiful picture and and
another one uh in in LinkedIn and I think it deserves the prize that is those airports. Where are the airport here? So, please who will be the winner? And the winner is Silvie, where are you? Congratulations. You took a beautiful picture. So, we take a picture? Yep. Closer. Closer. >> Closer. Okay. >> Closer. Closer. Okay. >> Enjoy. And for that one, >> Okay, one more. One more.
>> One more. That's the thing why we need you again, Bruno, because uh I was looking on content on that tool called Twitter, but looks like looks like there were not not enough. That's why we're going to use this this mechanism. >> Can we see who's going to be the unlucky person cuz I'm not Here. Oh, that's the name. >> I have no idea. >> Neil. >>
Oh, yeah, Neil. >> The guy with the Catalan name and the Basque surname. >> Neil, is are you here, Neil? Neil, congratulations. Congrats, man. >> All right. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. We're checking here. I trust people. >> What do you think? >> Yeah, it looks like Take your enjoy. And I think we are done, right? >> That's it. >> That's it, if I'm not wrong. Thank
you, Bruno. WE ALWAYS SAY SEE you next year. We hope to see you all and for the people that are traveling going back to home, uh safe travels. AND THAT'S IT. SEE YOU ALL. >> UH-HUH.
