Quarkus at Voxxed Days Thessaloniki 2026

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Event Description: Voxxed Days Thessaloniki brings together software developers to discuss the most important topics in our sector with expert speakers and fellow developers

Date: November 20th & 21st, 2026
Location: Thessaloniki, Greece
Event Type: In-Person

http://voxxeddays.com/thessaloniki/

Sessions

Session: Turning a Distributed Enterprise System into an AI Infrastructure
Speaker(s): Yannis Koskinaris & Vaggelis SpathasYannis
Date/Time: TBD
Abstract: What does it take to evolve a battle-tested distributed system into an AI-ready infrastructure? Can AI assistants meaningfully interact with complex enterprise ecosystems? And how can CAE applications like ANSA, META, and others be centrally coordinated through AI?
SPDRM (Simulation Process Data and Resource Management) is a global CAE platform developed by BETA CAE/Cadence for managing simulation data and workflows, with active deployments across major automotive industries worldwide. Built on WildFly, Spring Boot, and Quarkus microservices — backed by relational databases, full-text search, and a custom distributed file system — it is a large-scale, heterogeneous system shaped by years of real-world engineering demands. Its multi-site architecture connects global engineering teams, centralizing simulation resources while keeping compute close to where it's needed. Its remote job execution engine — handling scheduling, distribution, and lifecycle management across global nodes — proved a natural runtime fabric for agentic workflows.
Evolving this infrastructure toward AI readiness centered on two key architectural choices: MCP and the Gateway pattern, turning SPDRM into a coordination layer for AI agents.
This talk covers the real challenges encountered along the way: enforcing security boundaries, turning CAE applications into MCP servers, orchestrating agentic workflows, balancing deterministic and non-deterministic execution, and minimizing token usage.

Session: The Joyful Journey from Spring Boot to Quarkus
Speaker(s): Holly Cummins
Date/Time: 15:05-15:45 in Room 1 - Thessaloniki
Abstract: Quarkus applications are quick to code, start fast, and require much less hardware than their Spring Boot equivalents.
They use less memory, less electricity, and handle much higher load. And, most importantly, they feel great to work with.
Fast feedback, great readability, brilliant tools – it’s all about the developer joy.

Can we quantify the financial benefits of switching from Spring Boot to Quarkus? Yes. (Spoiler – it’s good!)
In this talk, Holly will explain the architectural differences which make Quarkus fast. Finally, she’ll demonstrate options for getting from Spring to Quarkus quickly and cheaply, for a near-immediate return on investment.