XP 2026
Wed 8 - Sat 11 April 2026 São Paulo, Brazil
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Wed 8 Apr

Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change

08:00 - 09:00
Welcome and ReceptionCatering at Conference
08:00
60m
Coffee break
Coffee Break
Catering

09:00 - 10:30
Workshop: Agile Practice & ResearchWS: Agile PR at Room 511
09:00
20m
Talk
Aligning Research and Product Development through Multi-Cycle Design Science Research: An Experience Report
WS: Agile PR
Marcelo Walter Objective, Alexandre Nodari Percival, Marcelo Pellenz Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Edson E. Scalabrin Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná - PUCPR, Leonardo Nunes Sumersoft Tecnologia
09:20
20m
Talk
Designing Transfer-Ready Research Artefacts for Ways of Working
WS: Agile PR
Philipp Diebold Bagilstein GmbH & iu University
09:00 - 10:30
Workshop: GoHybWS: GoHyb at Room 512
09:00
15m
Day opening
Opening of the Global and Hybrid Work in Software Engineering Workshop
WS: GoHyb
Maria Paasivaara LUT University, Finland & Aalto University, Finland, Fateme Broomandi LUT University
09:15
25m
Paper
Productivity and Collaboration in Hybrid Agile Teams: An Interview Study
WS: GoHyb
Elisabeth Mo Den Norske Bank (DNB), Jefferson Seide Molléri Kristiania University of Applied Sciences, Asle Fagerstrøm Kristiania University of Applied Sciences
09:40
25m
Paper
High Trust and High Flexibility: Hybrid Work Practices in the Norwegian software industry
WS: GoHyb
Nils Brede Moe SINTEF, Viktoria Stray University of Oslo / SINTEF, Maria Hope Entra, Mathias Willumsen Epicenter
10:05
25m
Paper
Revisiting Hybrid Work in Agile Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review
WS: GoHyb
Emily Laue Christensen LUT University, Dron Khanna Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Fateme Broomandi LUT University, Maria Paasivaara LUT University, Finland & Aalto University, Finland, Advait Deshpande The Open University
09:00 - 10:30
Industry and PracticeIndustry & Practice at Room 514
09:00
90m
Talk
Agile Scaling the Robotics Way: Achieving Sustainable Enterprise Agility
Industry & Practice
Sue Ryu Aha Autonomy
File Attached
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee BreakCatering at Conference
10:30
30m
Coffee break
Coffee Break
Catering

11:00 - 12:30
Workshop: Agile Practice & ResearchWS: Agile PR at Room 511
11:00
20m
Talk
Closing Research–Practice Gaps Through Action Re-search: Empowering Teams to Strengthen Their Team Effectiveness
WS: Agile PR
Anna Rook Westcoast University of Applied Sciences, Bente Schreiter Westcoast University of Applied Sciences, Christiaan Verwijs Lucid Institute for Organizational Science
11:20
20m
Talk
From Education to Evidence: A Collaborative Practice Research Platform for AI-Integrated Agile Development
WS: Agile PR
Tobias Geger TU Clausthal, Andreas Rausch Technische Universität Clausthal, Ina Schiering Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Frauke Stenzel Clausthal University of Technology, Stefan Wittek TU Clausthal
11:00 - 11:30
Workshop: GoHybWS: GoHyb at Room 512
11:00
30m
Keynote
GoHyb Keynote: Global Software Engineering - A Retrospective
WS: GoHyb
Jutta Eckstein Independent
11:00 - 12:30
Workshop: AI4TDWS: AI4TD at Room 513
11:00
10m
Talk
Challenges in Industry working with AI and Technical Debt
WS: AI4TD
Mili Orucevic Visma, Maren Maritsdatter Kruke Visma software international AS
11:10
10m
Talk
Future research about AI and Technical Debt
WS: AI4TD
Jan Henrik Gundelsby Knowit Solutions Norway
11:20
30m
Research preview
Group discussions and presentations about challenges and future research
WS: AI4TD

11:50
30m
Panel
Fishbowl Panel
WS: AI4TD
Mili Orucevic Visma, Maren Maritsdatter Kruke Visma software international AS, Jan Henrik Gundelsby Knowit Solutions Norway, Joseph (Joe) Yoder The Refactory, Inc., Graziela Simone Tonin INSPER
11:00 - 12:30
Industry and PracticeIndustry & Practice at Room 514
11:00
90m
Talk
Human-Centric Agile Disciplines for AI Code Generation
Industry & Practice
Ken Judy Stride Consulting
11:30 - 12:30
Workshop: GoHybWS: GoHyb at Room 512
11:30
30m
Paper
Support Communication of Virtual Agile Teams: a Metaverse-based Prototype
WS: GoHyb
Xiaofeng Wang Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Maria Ilaria Lunesu Università degli studi di Cagliari, Andrea Pinna University of Cagliari
12:00
30m
Social Event
GoHyb Workshop Activities
WS: GoHyb

12:30 - 14:00
12:30
90m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

14:00 - 15:30
Workshop: Human-AI Collaboration in Agile TeamsWS: Human-AI Collab at Room 511
14:00
45m
Talk
Human-AI Collaboration for Scaling Agile Regression Testing: An Agentic-AI Teammate from Manual to Automated Testing
WS: Human-AI Collab
Moustapha El Outmani Technische Universität Clausthal, Manthan Venkataramana Shenoy Technische Universität Clausthal, Ahmad Hatahet Technische Universität Clausthal, Andreas Rausch Technische Universität Clausthal, Tim Niklas Kniep Siemens AG, Thomas Raddatz Siemens AG, Benjamin King Siemens AG
14:45
45m
Talk
Human–AI Collaboration in AI-assisted Testing
WS: Human-AI Collab
Lorraine Yi Mei Testify AS
14:00 - 15:30
Industry and PracticeIndustry & Practice at Room 512
14:00
90m
Talk
Fix the Small Stuff: Everyday Kaizen with Your Team
Industry & Practice
Ketan Kulkarni Enterprise Agile Coach, Suvarna Kulkarni Strategy And Transformation Coach
14:00 - 15:20
mini-PLoP: Patterns for Generative AI in Software Engineering Activities WS: Patterns for GenAI at Room 513
Chair(s): Kyle Brown IBM, USA, Douglas C. Schmidt William & Mary, Joseph (Joe) Yoder The Refactory, Inc.
14:00
10m
Day opening
Welcome & Introductions
WS: Patterns for GenAI

14:10
20m
Talk
Overview: Patterns, Mining, and GenAI
WS: Patterns for GenAI

14:30
50m
Panel
Group Discussion: The Changing Landscape
WS: Patterns for GenAI

14:00 - 16:30
Agile Games Track Session 1Agile Games at Room 514
14:00
2h30m
Social Event
Kaizen Game Challenge
Agile Games
Rodrigo Yoshima Aspercom, Juliano Ribeiro Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), Rodrigo Almeida de Oliveira
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee BreakCatering at Conference
15:30
30m
Coffee break
Coffee Break
Catering

15:40 - 17:40
Writer's WorkshopWS: Patterns for GenAI at Room 513
Chair(s): Kyle Brown IBM, USA, Douglas C. Schmidt William & Mary, Joseph (Joe) Yoder The Refactory, Inc.
  • Download and read the papers before the MiniPLoP
  • The core of MiniPLoP is to review and give feedback on the papers
  • Authors “fly on the wall” while the community discusses their work
  • Discussion on ways to improve clarity, form, and the “force” of the patterns
15:40
20m
Paper
Enterprise Tool and Agent Patterns
WS: Patterns for GenAI
Kyle Brown IBM, USA, Joseph (Joe) Yoder The Refactory, Inc.
File Attached
16:00
20m
Paper
Toward A Pattern Language for Agentic Retrieval Pipelines: From Intent to Adaptive Knowledge Acquisition
WS: Patterns for GenAI
William Schreiber , Jules White Vanderbilt University, Douglas C. Schmidt William & Mary
File Attached
16:20
20m
Paper
CD4AI: Regression Testing for AI-Enabled Systems
WS: Patterns for GenAI
João Paulo Pereira da Silva , Renato Cordeiro Ferreira IME-USP | JADS-TiU/TUe, Alfredo Goldman University of São Paulo
File Attached
16:40
20m
Paper
A Pattern Hierarchy for Using Generative AI for Task Allocation in Agile Project Management
WS: Patterns for GenAI
Maan Patel , David Gershony University of California, Irvine, Dustin Lee University of California, Irvine, Joe Hoshina University of California, Irvine, Alberto Krone-Martins UC Irvine, Hadar Ziv
File Attached
17:00
20m
Paper
Extract Prompt
WS: Patterns for GenAI
Graham Lee Chiron Codex
File Attached
17:20
20m
Paper
senpAI: A Pattern for Contextual Onboarding and Knowledge Transfer
WS: Patterns for GenAI
Sócrates Veridiano Faria Lopes Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas do Estado de São Paulo
File Attached
16:00 - 17:30
Human-AI Collaboration in Agile TeamsWS: Human-AI Collab at Room 511
16:00
30m
Talk
From AI Assistants to AI-Dev-Systems: A Three-Layer Model for Human-AI Collaboration in Agile Software Development
WS: Human-AI Collab
Andreas Hinderks University of Seville, Jörg Thomaschewski University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer, Eva-Maria Schön University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer
16:30
30m
Talk
"I’ll Ask AI First": How GenAI Disrupts Collaboration in Agile Teams
WS: Human-AI Collab
Jan Henrik Gundelsby Knowit Solutions Norway, Marthe Berntzen University of Oslo (UiO), Camilla Grøneng Knowit, Dan Vigeland Knowit Solutions Norway
17:00
30m
Talk
The AI Paradox in Agile Teams: Why Individual Productivity Gains Evaporate at the Team Level
WS: Human-AI Collab
Ronald Doelen Team Rockstars
16:00 - 17:30
Agile Training and EducationAgile Training and Education at Room 512
16:00
90m
Talk
Agile Express game
Agile Training and Education
Petar Jovančević P3 Group GmbH
17:40 - 18:40
XP Steering CommitteeConference Acitivies at Room 511
17:40
60m
Meeting
XP Steering Committee Meeting
Conference Acitivies

17:40 - 17:50
mini-PLoP: Patterns for Generative AI in Software Engineering Activities WS: Patterns for GenAI at Room 513
Chair(s): Kyle Brown IBM, USA, Douglas C. Schmidt William & Mary, Joseph (Joe) Yoder The Refactory, Inc.
17:40
10m
Day closing
Closing
WS: Patterns for GenAI

19:30 - 21:30
Barzinho ExperienceConference Acitivies at Conference
19:30
2h
Social Event
Experience a local bar
Conference Acitivies

Thu 9 Apr

Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change

08:00 - 09:00
Welcome CoffeeCatering at Conference
08:00
60m
Coffee break
Coffee Break
Catering

09:00 - 09:30
Conference OpeningKeynotes at Auditorium
09:00
30m
Day opening
Opening Session
Keynotes

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee BreakCatering at Conference
10:30
30m
Coffee break
Coffee Break
Catering

11:00 - 12:30
PhD SymposiumPhD Symposium at Lab Agil 1
11:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
PhD Symposium Activities
PhD Symposium

11:00 - 12:30
Business AgilityResearch Papers at Room 511
11:00
30m
Talk
From Tensions to Solutions: Managing Paradoxes in Large-Scale Agile
Research Papers
Nina Haugland Andersen Sintef, NTNU, Nils Brede Moe SINTEF, Astri Barbala , Rasmus Ulfsnes Sintef, NTNU, Cansu Kilit Vend, Hatice Fidan Vend, Viktoria Stray University of Oslo / SINTEF
11:30
30m
Talk
Individual Situations Matter: What Shapes Hybrid Work Preferences in Agile Software Engineering?
Research Papers
Fateme Broomandi LUT University, Emily Laue Christensen LUT University, Maria Paasivaara LUT University, Finland & Aalto University, Finland
12:00
30m
Talk
Decision-making and Team Autonomy in Large-Scale Agile Software Development: An Analysis of Scaling Frameworks
Research Papers
Lucas Rocha Aalto University, Fabiana Freitas Mendes Aalto University, Maria Paasivaara LUT University, Finland & Aalto University, Finland, Casper Lassenius Aalto University, Finland and Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering, Norway
11:00 - 12:30
Industry and PracticeIndustry & Practice at Room 513
11:00
90m
Talk
Accelerating Enterprise Agility: Fostering Growth, Innovation and Value Creation
Industry & Practice
Heidi Musser Independent
12:30 - 14:00
12:30
90m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

14:00 - 15:30
PhD SymposiumPhD Symposium at Lab Agil 2
14:00
90m
Doctoral symposium paper
PhD Symposium Activities
PhD Symposium

14:00 - 15:30
AI in Agile TeamsResearch Papers at Room 511
14:00
30m
Talk
Adoption of Large Language Models in Scrum Management: Insights from Brazilian Practitioners
Research Papers
Mirko Perkusich VIRTUS, Danyllo Albuquerque UFCG, Brazil, Allysson Allex Araújo Federal University of Cariri, Matheus Paixao State University of Ceará, Rohit Gheyi Federal University of Campina Grande, Marcos Kalinowski Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Angelo Percusich Federal University of Campina Grande - ISE/VIRTUS
14:30
30m
Talk
Between Policy and Practice: GenAI Adoption in Agile Software Development Teams
Research Papers
Michael Neumann University of Applied Sciences & Arts Hannover, Lasse Bischof University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover, Nic Elias Hinz University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover, Abdullah Altun University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover, Luca Stockmann University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover, Dennis Schrader University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover, Ana Carolina Ahaus University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover, Erim Can Demirci University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover, Benjamin Gabel University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover, Maria Rauschenberger University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer, Philipp Diebold Bagilstein GmbH & iu University, Henning Fritzemeier , Adam Przybylek Lero, University of Galway
Pre-print
15:00
30m
Talk
Human-AI Collaboration in Software Development Activities: Perspectives of Agile Practitioners
Research Papers
Daniel Planötscher Free University of Bolzano, Xiaofeng Wang Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Mahum Adil University of Glasgow, Peggy Gregory University of Glasgow, UK, Sepideh Larimian Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
14:00 - 14:45
Open SpacesPoster at Room 512
14:00
45m
Other
Open Spaces
Poster

14:00 - 15:30
Industry and PracticeIndustry & Practice at Room 514
14:00
45m
Talk
Accelerating AI adoption and impact at Google and Beyond
Industry & Practice
14:45
45m
Talk
XP Practices meet the agentic loop
Industry & Practice
Stuart Caborn loveholidays
14:30 - 15:30
Industry and PracticeIndustry & Practice at Room 513
14:30
60m
Talk
Can Data Lie? Unmasking the Truth Behind the Numbers
Industry & Practice
Marcelo Walter Objective, Dalker Walter Iroh Solutions
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee BreakCatering at Conference
15:30
30m
Coffee break
Coffee Break
Catering

16:00 - 16:30
Conference AwardsConference Acitivies at Auditorium
16:00
15m
Talk
Talk: Innovate SAIFely with AI
Conference Acitivies
16:15
15m
Awards
XP 2026 Awards
Conference Acitivies

16:30 - 17:30
16:30
60m
Keynote
Uncertainty in the Future of Agile Software Architecture
Keynotes
Eduardo Guerra Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
17:45 - 18:00
17:45
15m
Social Event
XP 2026 Group Photo
Conference Acitivies

18:30 - 21:30
18:30
3h
Social Event
XP 2026 Dinner
Conference Acitivies

Fri 10 Apr

Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change

06:30 - 08:00
Walking and Running in the morningConference Acitivies at Ibirapuera Park
06:30
90m
Social Event
XP Walk & Run Together
Conference Acitivies

08:00 - 09:00
Welcome CoffeeCatering at Conference
08:00
60m
Coffee break
Coffee Break
Catering

10:30 - 10:35
XP 2027 AnnouncementConference Acitivies at Auditorium
10:30
5m
Other
XP 2027 Announcement
Conference Acitivies

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee BreakCatering at Conference
10:30
30m
Coffee break
Coffee Break
Catering

11:00 - 12:30
Leadership and CultureResearch Papers at Room 511
11:00
30m
Talk
Sustaining Agility: How Agile Coaches Ensure Changes Endure
Research Papers
Ehikioya Obode University of Glasgow, Peggy Gregory University of Glasgow, UK, Derek Somerville University of Glasgow, Advait Deshpande The Open University
11:30
30m
Talk
The Agile Mindset and Its Impact on Job Satisfaction, Goal Orientation, and Change Resistance – A Scale Development and Validation
Research Papers
Karen Eilers BSP Business and Law School (Hamburg), Christoph Peters University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Ulrich Bretschneider University of Kassel
12:00
30m
Talk
From Fear to Reflection: Value Retrospectives to Enhance Value Creation in Agile Teams
Research Papers
Suvi Ihaksi LUT University, Maria Paasivaara LUT University, Finland & Aalto University, Finland
11:00 - 11:30
Industry and PracticeIndustry & Practice at Room 513
11:00
30m
Talk
Understanding Diversity in Software Teams: Insights from Agile Work Environments
Industry & Practice
Maicon Fernando Backes Feevale University, Adriana Neves dos Reis Feevale University, Maicon Bernardino Federal University of Pampa, Brazil , João Batista Mossmann Feevale University
11:00 - 11:30
Industry and PracticeIndustry & Practice at Room 514
11:00
30m
Talk
Beyond Technical Debt: Managing Technical Risks
Industry & Practice
Hugo Corbucci DigitalOcean
12:30 - 14:00
12:30
90m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

14:00 - 15:30
14:00
30m
Talk
Evaluating the Consequences of Process Adjustment Patterns for Handling Software Architecture Uncertainties
Research Papers
Andre Paris Institute of Research of São Paulo, Fabio Fagundes Silveira Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Jorge Melegati University of Porto, Eduardo Guerra Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
14:30
30m
Talk
TD-Suite: All Batteries Included Framework for Technical Debt Classification
Research Papers
Karthik Shivashankar University of Oslo, Antonio Martini University of Oslo, Norway
15:00
15m
Talk
The Future of Experimentation: A Research Agenda based on Practitioners’ Reflections
Research Papers
Nils Stotz Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Kevin Anderson , Paul Drews Leuphana University of Lüneburg
14:00 - 15:30
Agile Training and EducationAgile Training and Education at Room 513
14:00
20m
Talk
Introducing Agile Team Practices in Capstone Courses: Impact on Student Collaboration
Agile Training and Education
Viktoria Stray University of Oslo / SINTEF, Yngve Lindsjørn , Idunn Stabell University of Oslo, Camilla Kielland Lund University of Oslo, Steffen Almås University of Oslo, Marthe Berntzen University of Oslo (UiO)
14:20
20m
Talk
Teaching Agile Methods in School CS: An Experience Report on Preparing Teachers to Coach in Classroom
Agile Training and Education
Konstantin Oltmann Freie Universität Berlin, Ralf Romeike Freie Universität Berlin
14:40
20m
Talk
Preparing Students for AI-Driven Agile Development: A Project-Based AI Engineering Curriculum
Agile Training and Education
Andreas Rausch Technische Universität Clausthal, Stefan Wittek TU Clausthal, Tobias Geger TU Clausthal, David Inkermann TU Clausthal
15:00
20m
Talk
Teaching Agile Requirements Engineering: A Stakeholder Simulation with Generative AI
Agile Training and Education
Eva-Maria Schön University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer, Michael Neumann University of Applied Sciences & Arts Hannover, Tiago Silva da Silva Federal University of São Paulo
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee BreakCatering at Conference
15:30
30m
Coffee break
Coffee Break
Catering

16:00 - 17:30
AI Augmented Software EngineeringResearch Papers at Room 511
16:00
30m
Talk
ArchHypo.AI: An LLM-Based Tool for Managing Software Architecture Uncertainty with Hypothesis Engineering in Agile Boards
Research Papers
Jonathan Carvalho Federal University of São Paulo, Vinicius Dias Federal University of São Paulo, Fabio Fagundes Silveira Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Eduardo Guerra Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Paulo Queiroz Federal University of the Semi-Arid Region, Joelma Choma Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar)
16:30
30m
Talk
Evaluating the Quality of User Stories: An Extended Comparative Study of Multiple LLMs and Rule-Based Tools
Research Papers
Izabella Silva Federal University of Campina Grande - ISE/VIRTUS, João Gabriel Paiva Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Mirko Perkusich VIRTUS, Danyllo Albuquerque UFCG, Brazil, Kyller Costa Gorgônio Federal University of Campina Grande, Angelo Percusich Federal University of Campina Grande - ISE/VIRTUS
17:00
30m
Talk
An AI Driven Decision System for Value Aware Regression Testing
Research Papers
Suddhasvatta Das Arizona State University, Kevin Gary Arizona State University
16:00 - 17:30
16:00
90m
Social Event
Open Spaces
Conference Acitivies

16:00 - 17:30
Industry and PracticeIndustry & Practice at Room 513
16:00
90m
Talk
Domain Modeling Meets GenAI: Turbo-Charging from Domain Modeling to Deployment
Industry & Practice
Joseph (Joe) Yoder The Refactory, Inc., Marden Neubert MVLM Technologies
File Attached
16:45 - 17:30
Industry and PracticeIndustry & Practice at Room 514
16:45
45m
Talk
Improving CI/CD Pipelines
Industry & Practice
Nicolas Paez Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero
17:00 - 17:45
17:00
45m
Talk
Women @XP: Connecting and Empowering
Conference Acitivies

Sat 11 Apr

Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change

08:00 - 09:00
Welcome CoffeeCatering at Conference
08:00
60m
Coffee break
Coffee Break
Catering

09:00 - 10:30
Product and DesignResearch Papers at Room 511
09:00
30m
Talk
Integration of UX Research Practices into Agile Requirements Engineering: a study in software industry
Research Papers
Leonardo Ciscon Federal University of São Carlos, Marcelo Henrique de Oliveira Federal University of Itajubá, Adler Diniz Federal University of Itajubá, Joelma Choma Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Luciana Zaina Federal University of São Carlos
09:30
30m
Talk
Iterative Pilot Testing as a Scalable User Involvement Practice in Large-Scale Agile Software Development
Research Papers
Morteza Moalagh Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Computer Sci-ence, Trondheim, Norway
10:00
30m
Talk
Agile Mobile Application Development for Diabetes Patient Support with Integrated Artificial Intelligence
Research Papers
09:00 - 10:30
Industry and PracticeIndustry & Practice at Room 512
09:00
90m
Talk
What on Earth is AI Doing?
Industry & Practice
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee BreakCatering at Conference
10:30
30m
Coffee break
Coffee Break
Catering

11:00 - 11:15
Conference ClosingKeynotes at Auditorium
11:00
15m
Day opening
Conference Closing
Keynotes

11:15 - 12:15
11:15
60m
Keynote
Better Together: How Humans and AI Can Co‑Create Software Designs
Keynotes
Rick Kazman University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
13:30 - 15:30
13:30
2h
Social Event
Typical Saturday Feijoada and Samba
Conference Acitivies