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New Livestream: Engineers Talk About Spring Boot 4, Life, and Other Stuff

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Join us as we welcome the Spring team and Evgeny Borisov for a new IntelliJ IDEA livestream, where we’ll discuss what’s new in Spring Boot 4 and how all the new updates work in IntelliJ IDEA.

Date: December 11, 2025

Time: 4:00–5:00 pm UTC

Session abstract

In this livestream, we’ll explore the latest improvements brought by Spring Boot 4 and demonstrate how they enhance developer productivity. Join the core maintainers and IntelliJ IDEA experts for practical insights into the new features, an overview of the migration process, and a discussion of what makes this release special for modern Java and Kotlin development. We will walk you through the most impactful changes, explain the motivations behind them, and highlight the key considerations when upgrading existing applications. And of course, we’ll chat about life, technology, and the community that brings us all together.

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Speakers

Stéphane Nicoll

Stéphane is an experienced software engineer and open-source contributor with a strong focus on Java enterprise development, software architecture, and technical leadership.

As a member of the Spring team, Stéphane has had the privilege of working on various aspects of Spring Boot and Spring Framework, with a focus on understanding their inner workings and collaborating with the fantastic community of contributors around them.

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Brian Clozel

Brian is a Spring team member working on Spring Framework, Spring for GraphQL, and Spring Boot.

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Mark Paluch

Mark is a musician, producer, Spring Data and database drivers expert, and software engineer. He is the Spring Data Project Lead at Broadcom, where he works on various Spring Data modules, including MongoDB, Redis, R2DBC, and Apache Cassandra, with a strong focus on reactive infrastructure.

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Evgeny Borisov

Evgeny has been working with Java since 2001, building and leading complex enterprise systems, consulting engineering teams, and training thousands of developers worldwide. Over the years, he has grown from a hands-on engineer to an architect, educator, and community speaker. Today, Evgeny leads the Java Developer Advocacy team at JetBrains, focusing on enhancing developer productivity in IntelliJ IDEA and delivering deep technical insights into the Spring ecosystem. He continues to share his experience through conference talks and workshops across the globe.

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Asking questions

Stéphane, Brian, and Mark will try to answer all of your questions during the session. If we run out of time, we’ll publish answers to any remaining questions in a follow-up blog post.

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