The Final Agenda is Here! Step Into the Future at Into the Box 2026 🚀
We are incredibly proud to announce that the Into the Box 2026 Final Agenda is officially locked in! This year is exceptionally special because we are celebrating our 20-Year Anniversary. For two decades, we have been pushing the boundaries of what is possible in web development, and ITB 2026 is culminating into our most transformative, action-packed conference yet.
Whether you are a veteran ColdFusion developer wrestling with legacy code, a Java developer looking for a more dynamic and flexible JVM approach, or a BoxLang early adopter ready to push the envelope, this agenda was built specifically for you.
Why You Can't Miss This Year: The Future is Calling 📱
We know the pain points you face daily: messy routing, difficult-to-maintain legacy codebases, the anxiety of adopting new frameworks, and the struggle to deploy to the cloud without breaking the bank.
But let's talk about the elephant in the room: AI.
AI is everywhere now. We all see the headlines. But let's be honest—most developers and companies don't actually know how to take advantage of it. You know it has the power to save time, slash development costs, multiply your daily effort, and drastically improve your applications, but how do you actually implement it into your existing projects?
The future is calling, and you either pick up or stay behind. At ITB 2026, we are stripping away the theoretical AI buzzwords. You will learn practical, road-tested skills to solve your daily development problems and future-proof your career. You’ll walk away knowing exactly how to:
- Integrate Multiple LLMs and AI Agents directly into your workflows and applications to automate the heavy lifting.
- Guide AI to write your tests and refactor legacy code so you can focus on building features.
- Modernize your web apps easier and with far less risk using BoxLang and ColdBox.
- Implement real-time streaming features (WebSockets, SSE) without convoluted infrastructure.
- Deploy serverless APIs to AWS Lambda and Digital Ocean in minutes.
The best part? We want our 20th anniversary to be accessible to everyone. Tickets are starting at just $99 this year! There has never been a better time, or a lower barrier to entry, to join us and learn the tools that will give you a massive competitive advantage.
📅 The Final ITB 2026 Agenda: A Glimpse at Your Upgrades
We’ve curated a multi-track experience designed to get you unstuck and moving fast. Here is a look at the powerful sessions awaiting you in Washington, D.C.
🤖 The AI & Automation Track
- Getting Started with BoxLang AI & Multiple LLMs (Luis Majano): Learn the unified API to configure, switch, and combine multiple Large Language Models without rewriting your code.
- Agentic ColdBox (Luis Majano): Turn LLM "brains" into first-class endpoints and build true AI agents directly inside your apps.
- Agentic Coding Made Easy with BoxLang and VSCode (Jacob Beers): Go beyond buzzwords and get real team value out of Microsoft Copilot and AI prompt workflows.
- Developer Superpowers with Claude CLI (Grant Copley): A practical guide to using terminal-based AI to understand legacy code, refactor messy logic, and stay in your flow state.
- Agentic BDD/TDD (Remote) (Eric Peterson): Learn how Behavior-Driven Development evolves when AI coding agents write your tests.
- Stop Guessing: Data Modeling & Strategy for Trustworthy AI (Curt Gratz): Prepare your data architecture to support scalable, fair, and high-performing AI initiatives.
⚡ Modernization, Core BoxLang & JVM Power
- Modernize Without Limits: BoxLang on the JVM! (Brad Wood): Explore how BoxLang brings your code into the future with modern syntax, seamless CFML compatibility, and deep Java interop.
- Top 10 Reasons to Migrate to BoxLang (Jon Clausen): The definitive breakdown of why your team needs to make the leap.
- MatchBox! BoxLang WASM, Embedded and more! (Jacob Beers): Take BoxLang where the JVM can't go—compile to native OS binaries, WebAssembly, or even low-power IoT devices!
- Make Like a BIF and Get Outta Here (Bill Reese): A time-traveling guide to writing custom Built-In Functions (BIFs) in BoxLang that feel native and reduce boilerplate.
- Getting Started With BoxLang as an Alternative CFML Engine (Charlie Arehart): A veteran troubleshooter's guide to running your existing CFML apps on BoxLang, including compatibility, deployment, and configuration.
- From CFML to BoxLang: Lessons from the Masa CMS v8 Evolution (Guust Nieuwenhuis): A real-world, unfiltered case study of moving an enterprise CMS to the BoxLang engine.
🏗️ Frameworks, Tools, & Testing
- Be a Rebel… But Trust Me on This: Why ColdBox Is Worth a Look (Michael Rigsby): A pitch to the framework-averse developer on how ColdBox removes friction and gives you more freedom, not less.
- From Legacy to Modern, CBWIRE gets you there faster (Michael Rigsby): Build modern, reactive applications in record time without the overhead of backend APIs using CBWIRE.
- End-to-End Testing with TestBox and Playwright (Jaime Ramirez & Jacob Beers): Validate UI behavior and verify complete user journeys in real browsers.
- Modern Form UX with ColdBox Tools + Alpine.js (Annette Liskey): Create lightweight, reactive, and highly validated user-friendly forms.
- Going Global with ColdBox: Mastering Internationalization with cbi18n (Kevin Wright): Scale your apps for a global market with dynamic translations and RTL support.
- Avoiding Future Chaos: The Power of a Well-Defined Git Workflow (Alexander Ventura): Stop hidden costs, delays, and production issues with proper team collaboration structures.
☁️ Cloud, Real-Time, & Infrastructure
- Creating Your API with BoxLang in AWS Lambda (Dan Card): Leverage BoxLang’s rapid startup time to build serverless APIs billed by the millisecond.
- Deploy your CFML/BoxLang app to Digital Ocean App Platform TODAY (Gavin Pickin): Go from zero to a fully deployed production application in minutes starting at just $5/month.
- SSE, HTTP Streaming, WebSockets Oh My! (Remote) (Eric Peterson): Make your apps feel alive with Server-Sent Events, HTTP streaming, and event-driven communication.
- SocketBox: Drop-In WebSockets for the CFML & BoxLang Ecosystem (Brad Wood): Add first-class WebSocket support to Lucee, Adobe CF, and BoxLang without needing a separate server.
- Async without Tears: Concurrency for CFML Developers using BoxLang (Scott Steinbeck): Shift from blocking requests to safe, parallel async workflows using virtual threads.
- Defense-in-Depth Strategies for Modern Cloud Security (Uma Ghotikar): Secure boundaries, workloads, and data with actionable layered security insights.
- SSL Certificates Made Simple - Now with HTTP-01 (George Murphy): Stop paying for SSL. Automate free certificate generation using CBLego.
Secure Your Spot Today!
This agenda represents the absolute bleeding edge of our industry. If you want to build cleaner, safer, faster, and more maintainable applications without sacrificing your autonomy, Washington D.C. is where you need to be.
Tickets start at just $99. Grab yours before prices go up, and let’s celebrate 20 years of innovation together!
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