Description
In November, 2024, Anthropic introduced the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to standardize how LLMs connect to services. Several months later, Google followed with the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol to define how agents communicate with one another. Since then we’ve seen more emerging standards, such as Skills and Agent Client Protocol (ACP). You’ve likely heard of these protocols and standards, but how do they really work? What technologies power them? How is security enforced? What bindings exist across languages and frameworks?
Come to this session to peel back the curtain and see how it all works.
Speaker: Kito D. Mann
Kito D. Mann is the Principal Consultant at Virtua, Inc., specializing in enterprise application architecture, training, development, and mentoring with microservices, cloud, Web Components, Angular, and Jakarta/Java EE technologies. He is also the co-host of The Stackd Podcast and the author of JavaServer Faces in Action. Mann has participated in several Java Community Process expert groups (including CDI, JSF, and Portlets) and is an internationally recognized speaker. He is also a Java Champion and Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies. He holds a BA in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University.
Date & Time
Wednesday September 16, 2026
05:30 PM to 07:30 PM EDT
Agenda
05:30 - 05:55 Welcome & Networking
05:55 - 06:00 Announcements
06:00 - 07:00 Main presentation
07:00 - 07:15 Q&A
07:15 - 07:30 Wrap-up
Venue
Ippon Technologies
3431 W Leigh St
Richmond, VA 23223
Parking available on both sides of the building and on the street.
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Sponsor: Ippon Technologies
Ippon is a consulting and expertise firm, who is convinced that technology is a source of progress for society. We help our clients leverage their digital assets to design an appropriate strategy and deploy their transformation roadmap at scale.