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WG Day:

Menlo Park, California
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Meet the speaker

Roy Derks

Developer Experience, IBM
returning speaker

Roy Derks is a lifelong software developer, author and public speaker from the Netherlands. Currently chasing his dreams in Silicon Valley, California. Roy's mission is to make the world a better place through technology by inspiring developers all over the world, more specifically AI and Web Development technologies. Before jumping into Developer Advocacy and joining IBM in Product Management, he founded and worked at multiple startups.


2026 Sessions

AI and LLM

Simplifying MCP Tool Sprawl With GraphQL

May 6
15:55
Cortes Bank

Sessions from previous editions

Session PresentationGraphQL Core
2023

Go Beyond the Spec With Custom Directives

September 20
14:50
Grand Peninsula A,B,C
GraphQL Client
2024

GraphQL in the Era of React Server Components

September 10
13:30
Skyline A - Level 21

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OPEN SOURCEFEDERATIONECOSYSTEMSTRACING & OBSERVABILITYOPEN SOURCEFEDERATIONECOSYSTEMSTRACING & OBSERVABILITY
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