Applying AI Events in Utrecht

Join us at the Valcon Meetup in Utrecht .

Schedule
17:30 - 18:30 - Walk in, networking and dinner
18:30 - 19:05 - Case study: Bridging a gap at DISA
19:05 - 19:15 - Short break
19:30 - 20:00 - Part 2: AI & security, a hands-on session exploiting prompt injection
20:00 - 21:00 - Drinks and networking

Part 1: Bridging a gap at DISA
DISA was founded to bridge a gap. A gap in one of the most critical processes in the Netherlands: identifying and screening every asylum seeker entering the country. They started from zero, with nothing but paper forms and urgency. That paper process needed to become digital, fast. That's where Mendix came in. But how do you turn something so unpredictable into a reliable workflow application? Every asylum seeker brings a different story, different documents, and different needs. The workflow needed guardrails, but also freedom.
Add to that a UX challenge: newly hired staff, many with limited computer experience, had to use this every single day. And behind the scenes, integrating with the national immigration partner chain, each with their own systems, on-premise, across multiple servers, turned every connection into a technical puzzle.
Come hear how we built a Mendix application that is structured enough to be trusted, flexible enough to be useful, and simple enough for anyone to use.

Part2: AI & security, a hands-on session exploiting prompt injection
Generative AI is everywhere – and yes, you’re probably already using it. But once you start embedding AI into your applications, things get tricky. Traditional security concepts like role‑based access control don’t map neatly onto prompts.
In this session, we’ll put theory aside and get practical. Put on your white‑hat hacker mindset and try to outsmart our Mendix AI agents. Can you trick them into revealing information they shouldn’t?
Together, we’ll explore where AI security breaks down, why protection against prompt injection is harder than it looks, and what this means for Mendix developers building AI-powered applications.

Dinner
Two diner options are being served from 17:45 - 18:45h. Both options are also available as vegetarian options.

Parking
The Valcon office is situated at Leidsche Rijn central area. It is a short walk from train station Utrecht Leidsche Rijn. If coming by car there are ample parking spots available in the parking garage below the Jumbo foodmarket.

Entrance
Please enter the Valcon office from street level, not from the parking garage. A clear meetup banner and host will be there to register and welcome you into our office.

About Mendix Meetups
The Mendix Community Meetups are about meeting other makers, knowledge sharing, and learning something new.
The content of the meetups are not about:

• Sales
• Marketing
• Recruitment

To learn more about the meetups or if you want to organize your own meetup, contact the Community Team at community at Mendix dot com.

We're excited to announce our next meetup May 28th, 2026! As usual, we'll take care of food, drinks and awesome sessions, you just need to bring you ;-)

This meetup will feature three talks aimed at (Java) developers, and they all revolve around the question: what does software engineering look like in the age of AI?

• Bert Jan Schrijver kicks off with a talk on who's really in control when AI agents start writing and changing your code
• Tom Wigleven closes the evening by sharing how to accelerate your entire software delivery pipeline with AI agents, without sacrificing quality
• Mitchell Tieleman & Dean Falix from ODIN Labs then show how to orchestrate long AI workflows without hallucinations, with a live demo

All sessions will be presented in English; RSVP now for an evening of learning and fun! The meetup will be at the OpenValue office in Utrecht (directions: https://route.openvalue.eu), enough free parking spaces available.

Agenda

• 17:30 Walk in
• 18:00 Food
• 18:30 Talk 1 (see below)
• 19:00 Break
• 19:15 Talk 2 (see below)
• 19:45 Break
• 20:00 Talk 3 (see below)
• 21:00 Drinks

First talk: Software engineering in the age of AI agents: who's in control?
An AI deletes a production database… and insists it didn't. Welcome to modern software engineering. Generative AI is becoming a powerful collaborator: writing code, making changes, taking action. But it doesn't always do what we think it does. In this keynote, we'll explore what's really changing: from writing code to verifying it, from building to guiding, and from trusting systems to critically reviewing them. I'll share personal stories, industry insights, successes and failures, and how to responsibly use rapidly evolving AI tools. Because even if you let AI do the work, you're still accountable for the outcome.

About Bert Jan:
Bert Jan is CTO at OpenValue and focuses on Java, AI, software architecture, Continuous Delivery and DevOps. Bert Jan is a Java Champion, JavaOne Rock Star speaker, Duke's Choice Award winner and leads NLJUG, the Dutch Java User Group. He loves to share his experience by speaking at conferences, writing for the Dutch Java magazine and helping out Devoxx4Kids with teaching kids how to code.

Second talk: How to Accelerate Software Delivery Without Sacrificing Quality
"AI writes code now." Sometimes it's good. Sometimes it confidently writes something broken. The gap between those two outcomes isn't the model. It's how you use it.
We can automate and orchestrate almost everything in the software development workflow with the right agents and skills. How can we confidently increase the quality of the output? Structured specs, agent teams that design, implement and review each other's work, guardrails, extensive e2e testing, and a self-improvement loop that makes every run better than the last. The result is close to a full development team at your disposal, but remember you're accountable for what ships! You set the direction and control the quality.

About Tom:
Tom Wigleven has spent twenty years writing software. These days he writes specs and lets agents do the typing. At OpenValue he's involved with AI accelerated development. He talks about the workflows, the guardrails, the quality, the responsibilities and what it means for how teams ship software.

Third talk: Own Your AI, Not Theirs: Orchestrate (Long) Workflows Without Hallucinations
OpenValue asked: "What happens when AI deletes a production database and insists it didn't?"

Odin Labs answers: Build AI that actually knows what it's doing.

In this session, we demonstrate what makes Odin Labs unique: orchestration of long, complex workflows powered by BrainDB - organizational memory that eliminates hallucination at the source. You'll see a live demo of an AI agent executing multi-step work orders with full context retention across the entire workflow. No context drift. No guessing. No black boxes.

Core message: When AI has the right context, it doesn't need to guess.

About Mitchell & Dean:
Mitchell Tieleman (Co-Founder & CTO) and Dean Falix (Co-Founder & CEO) run ODIN Labs, a Netherlands-based AI company building on-premise AI agent infrastructure for regulated industries like healthcare, legal, finance and government. Their core philosophy: Own Your AI. Not Theirs. Everything they build is GDPR-native, free of vendor lock-in, and governance-first by design.

Op 9 juni 2026 organiseren we Copilot Connect: Powering Marketing & Sales, een editie speciaal voor professionals in marketing en sales. Centraal staat de vraag: hoe zet je Microsoft Copilot slim in om je werk als marketeer of salesprofessional te versterken?
We delen praktijkervaringen, gaan in op concrete toepassingen en kijken samen vooruit. Wat werkt al, wat zijn de uitdagingen, en hoe haal je meer uit Copilot in jouw dagelijkse werkpraktijk?

Deze editie organiseren we samen met C4S (Copilot 4 Sales), experts in het toepassen van AI binnen sales en marketing.

👥 Voor wie is dit event?
Dit event is interessant voor:

• Marketeers en salesprofessionals die Copilot willen inzetten in hun dagelijkse werk
• Managers en beslissers die willen ontdekken wat AI betekent voor hun marketing- en salesteams
• IT- en adoptieconsultants die klanten begeleiden in marketing- en salescontexten
• Microsoft-partners en concullega's binnen het ecosysteem

🎤 Sprekers
Voor deze editie staan er twee sprekers op het programma. De sprekers maken we binnenkort bekend.

📍 Praktische informatie
📅 Datum: Dinsdag 9 juni 2026
📍 Locatie: Brthrs, Plompetorengracht 4, Utrecht
🍽️ Eten en drinken: Inbegrepen
⏰ Tijdschema: 17.00 uur: Inloop | 17.30 uur: Diner | 18.00 uur: Start sessies

🤝 Over Copilot Connect
Copilot Connect is een community voor iedereen die verder wil met Copilot. We brengen mensen samen om kennis te delen, vragen te stellen en van elkaar te leren. Praktisch, open en community-gedreven.

Meld je aan en sluit je aan bij de Copilot Connect community.

Let op: dit evenement is Nederlandstalig.