Hi, I’m Luiz Real!
I help professional Java developers build visibility and meaningful relationships in the tech community so they can grow their careers and become highly valued in the industry.
I am a Senior Java Developer at Fundunesp and a Tech Educator at FIAP. I combine deep technical expertise with a passion for community building, helping developers bridge the gap between complex engineering concepts and practical application.
As an active Community Leader, I organize major tech conferences, co-organize the Mentorship Hub worldwide, and serve as a coordinator for SouJava, one of the world’s largest Java User Groups.
🏆 Recognition
- Oracle ACE for Java: Recognized for technical leadership and contributions to the global Java community. View my Oracle ACE Profile
Public Speaking & Evangelism Highlights
I actively speak at international conferences, JUGs, and meetups, covering Java, Refactoring, AI, and Career Growth.
I am deeply involved in fostering developer communities across the globe.
- SouJava JUG: Coordinator (Since Sep 2024). I organize monthly meetups partnering with companies like Oracle and Bradesco.
- DevConverge LATAM/EUROPE: Event Manager & Co-Organizer. Helped organize editions in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Madrid.
- The Developer’s Conference (TDC): Coordinator & Mentorship Hub Lead for editions in São Paulo and Porto Alegre.
- DukeOne Conference: Founding Advisory Board Member.
- The AI Collective: Organizer at the São Paulo Chapter (Since Dec 2025).
Complete Activity Log
Below is a comprehensive list of my contributions to the tech community, including talks, event organization, podcasts, and mentorship.
Conference Talks, Panels & Meetup Presentations
- May 26, 2026 - Out of the Box Developer Podcast: Build Our Website with Us Using AI w/ Luiz Real
- May 26, 2026 - Duke’s Corner Podcast: Luiz Real at JavaOne 2026
- May 11, 2026 - PullreCast: Back to Base: Where the ‘Prompt Dev’ Steps Aside and the Software Engineer Takes the Stage w/ Luiz Real
- May 7, 2026 - Windsurf & Devin Meetup Rio de Janeiro: AI-Assisted Development: Devin and Windsurf Use Cases
- May 4, 2026 - Luis De Llamas Nano Talks: From Dev to Reference: Building a Career Through the Community w/ Luiz Real
- April 24, 2026 - TDC Summit São Paulo: Workshop: Architecting RAG Systems with Spring AI and Oracle AI Vector Search (Oracle Labs)
- April 15, 2026 - SouJava SP at Oracle: 101 Lessons from JavaOne: The Most Important Lessons on Java, AI, Careers, and Technology Learned at the World’s Leading Java Event w/ Bruno Souza, Fabio Velloso, Karina Souza, Leandro Marques, and Pedro Carrijo
- April 15, 2026 - SouJava SP at Oracle: SouJava: Bringing the Java Community Together w/ Bruno Souza
- March 20, 2026 - JCP Executive Committee Meeting: SouJava: Bringing the Java Community Together & SouJava’s Education Initiatives
- March 18, 2026 - SouJava SP at Oracle: Live participation with guests directly from JavaOne, w/ Jim Grisanzio, Ivar Grimstad, Pedro Carrijo, Heather VanCura, Bruno Souza, Barry Burd, Fabio Velloso, and Paul Bakker.
- March 12, 2026 - Chicago JUG + The AI Collective: Developer Career Growth in the AI Age w/ Bruno Souza
- March 09, 2026 - Garden State JUG: Refactoring
- February 28, 2026 - Coders.jar Tech Summit BS 2026: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in the Java Ecosystem and Software Engineering (Panel)
- February 21, 2026 - ACE Connect Brazil: Launch of the Oracle ACE Journey Mentoring Program
- February 21, 2026 - ACE Connect Brazil: Career & Community w/ Luis Llamas
- February 12, 2026 - FIAP Pós Tech (live): Build a successful career as a developer by gaining visibility in the Java community
- January 31, 2026 - SouJava (live): Driving impact through community recognition w/ Loiane Groner, Maximillian Arruda, and Thiago Gonzaga
- January 24, 2026 - Brasil JUG (live): Building Your Career with Visibility in the Java Community
- January 21, 2026 - SouJava Campinas at John Deere: Building Your Career with Visibility in the Java Community
- January 04, 2026 - DebugTech (live): Building Your Career with Visibility in the Java Community
- November 28, 2025 - SouJava SP at Anhembi Morumbi: Build your career as a developer with visibility in the Java community
- November 19, 2025 - SouJava SP at Oracle: About SouJava Community
- October 18, 2025 - Houston JUG: Refactor Today: Build Faster Tomorrow
- October 16, 2025 - Chicago JUG at Discover: Refactor Today: Build Faster Tomorrow
- October 13, 2025 - Orlando JUG: 3 actions you should take to get visible
- October 01, 2025 - JUG Joinville (live): Java 25 New Features (Panel)
- September 11, 2025 - FIAP + Alura Community Meetup: Java in the AI Era (Panel)
- September 07, 2025 - DebugTech (live): Refactoring & Clean Code
- August 30, 2025 - JavaDay Noroeste: Refactoring for the Future
- August 06, 2025 - Java Maple Leafs (live): Building Careers and Communities: A Conversation with Luiz Real
- July 09, 2025 - Quarkus Club (live): Java: 30 Years Shaping the Future
- June 24, 2025 - UaiJUG (live): Java: 30 Years Shaping the Future
- June 19, 2025 - SouJava (live): Java: 30 Years of Innovation
- May 17, 2025 - Quarkus Club at Oracle: A Week of Quarkus
- May 08, 2025 - Java Meetup SP at Sigma Software: Refactoring in Java
- May 07, 2025 - Quarkus Club (live): Myths and Truths about Refactoring feat. Professor Isidro
- April 26, 2025 - DevConverge LATAM at FIAP Rio: Refactoring for the Future
- April 23, 2025 - JavaDay After One at Oracle: What the Leading Voices in the Java Community Think About the Future? (Panel)
- April 23, 2025 - JavaDay After One at Oracle: Refactoring for the Future
- March 26, 2025 - TDC Summit São Paulo: Specialize Open-Source Models with LoRA feat. Yugo Sakamoto
- March 22, 2025 - Brasil JUG (live): Refactoring in Java
- February 26, 2025 - SouJava Campinas at Bosch: Refactoring in Java: Transform your code to become an advanced dev
- February 20, 2025 - DevConverge LATAM at act digital: The Developer’s Strategic Role in Modern Banking Innovation (Panel)
- February 01, 2025 - SouJava Brasília at Oracle: Refactoring in Java: Transform your code to reach a new level and become an advanced dev
- October 25, 2024 - INFOUNESP - UNESP Informatics Meeting: Git Best Practices
- September 18, 2024 - TDC São Paulo: APIs of the future (Panel)
- November 30, 2023 - INFOUNESP - UNESP Informatics Meeting: Refactoring: Turning chaos into clarity
- October 19, 2017 - UNIP 20th Academic Conference on Computer Science: Complex Data: Content-Based Image Retrieval Using Java
- October 17, 2017 - UNISALESIANO Academic Week for Technology Programs: Complex Data: Content-Based Image Retrieval Using Java
- March 23, 2017 - UFSCAR Master’s Thesis Defense in Computer Science: Using Multiple Descriptors with Boundary Conditions and Hierarchical Visualization in CBIR
- January 01, 2015 - UNESP-FOA 4th Administrative Congress: Spam: What It Is and How to Protect Yourself
- February 24, 2012 - UNESP-FOA 1st Administrative Congress: Presentation on the IT Services Department
- November 19, 2010 - USP 18th International Symposium on Undergraduate Research: Web Software Development Using Frameworks: Study Case with JSF
- November 13, 2010 - UNITOLEDO 10th Meeting on Teaching, Research, and Outreach: Using JSF for Web Software Development: Theory and Practice
- November 05, 2010 - UNIVEM 11th Undergraduate Research Seminar: The Use of Frameworks in Web Development: A Case Study with JSF
Event Organization & Coordination
The Mentorship Hub (Co-Organizer w/ Bruno Souza)
- June 4, 2026: J-Spring 2026 (Utrecht, Netherlands)
- April 20-23, 2026: JCON 2026 (Cologne, Germany)
- March 17-19, 2026: JavaOne 2026 (Redwood City, USA)
- March 4-6, 2026: Devnexus 2026 (Atlanta, USA)
- February 3-4, 2026: Jfokus 2026 (Stockholm, Sweden)
- December 10-11, 2025: TDC Experience (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
- November 6, 2025: J-Fall 2025 (Ede, Netherlands)
- September 17-19, 2025: TDC (São Paulo, Brazil)
- June 5, 2025: J-Spring 2025 (Utrecht, Netherlands)
- May 13-15, 2025: JCON 2025 (Cologne, Germany)
- March 26-27, 2025: TDC Summit (São Paulo, Brazil)
- March 5-6, 2025: Devnexus 2025 (Atlanta, USA)
- December 04-05, 2024: TDC Summit (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
- September 18-20, 2024: TDC (São Paulo, Brazil)
SouJava JUG (Coordinator & Host)
- May 13, 2026: Meeting at Oracle w/ Professor Isidro, Beatriz Souza, and Matheus Cruz
- April 15, 2026: Meeting at Oracle w/ Leticia Amancio, Bruno Souza, Fabio Velloso, Karina Souza, Leandro Marques, Luiz Real, and Pedro Carrijo
- March 18, 2026: Meeting at Oracle w/ Isabella Oliveira and Jessé Moraes Braga
- February 28, 2026: SouJava + Quarkus Club + Engineer Girls: Coders.jar Tech Summit BS 2026
- February 11, 2026: Meeting at Oracle w/ Alaydes Morais, Leandro Marques, and Guilherme Silva
- January 14, 2026: Meeting at Oracle w/ Pedro Carrijo and Bruno Souza
- December 10, 2025: Meeting at Oracle w/ Fabio Velloso and Aurélio Araújo
- November 28, 2025: Meeting at Anhembi Morumbi w/ Professor Isidro and Luiz Real
- November 19, 2025: Meeting at Oracle w/ Professor Isidro, Luiz Real, Gabriel Giampietro, and Maria Cecília Bezerra
- November 01, 2025: Meeting at Bradesco w/ Bruno Souza, Maximiliam Arruda, and Yugo Sakamoto
- October 15, 2025: Meeting at Oracle w/ Pedro Carrijo and Gleice Ellen
- October 13, 2025: Orlando JUG Meeting w/ Bruno Souza, Thiago Gonzaga, Luiz Real, and Loiane Groner (Streamed to SouJava)
- October 02, 2025: International Meeting at Oracle w/ Bruno Souza, Frederic Descamps, and Víctor Orozco
- September 24, 2025: Meeting at Oracle w/ Nancy Lyra, Bruno Souza, and Elder Moraes
- August 20, 2025: Meeting at Oracle w/ Fernanda Kipper, Bruno Souza, and Professor Isidro
- July 23, 2025: Meeting at Oracle w/ Kamila Santos, Bruno Souza, and Rafael Issao
- June 16, 2025: Meeting at Oracle w/ Juarez Junior, Yugo Sakamoto, and Leonardo Ribas
- May 21, 2025: Meeting at Oracle w/ Arthur Fücher and Maximiliam Arruda
- April 23, 2025: Java Day: After One at Oracle
- March 19, 2025: Meeting at Oracle w/ Léo Gasparini, Matheus Oliveira, Wheslley Rimar, Bruno Souza, Heather VanCura (plus a 4-Women Tech Career Panel)
- February 25, 2025: Meeting at Oracle w/ Professor Isidro, Bruno Souza, Sérgio Lopes, and Maximiliam Arruda
- January 22, 2025: Meeting at Oracle w/ Alexandre Aquiles, Bruno Souza, and Professor Isidro
- December 18, 2024: Meeting at Oracle w/ Danilo de Luca, Professor Isidro, Bruno Souza, Elder Moraes, and Pedro Carrijo
- October 16, 2024: Celebrando 25 anos de JCP
- September 24, 2024: Meeting at Oracle w/ Temporal.io
DevConverge LATAM/EUROPE (Organizer & Host)
The AI Collective - São Paulo Chapter (Organizer & Host)
Other
Content Creation: Media & Articles
Luiz Real YT Channel - Asking a Java Champion Series
Luiz Real YT Channel - DevTips Series
Articles & Blog Posts
Out of the Box Developer YT Channel - Podcast Co-Host
- May 26, 2026: Build Our Website with Us Using AI w/ Luiz Real
- April 28, 2026: Efficient Observability: Reducing Infrastructure Costs with OpenTelemetry Sampling w/ Domenico Schettini
- April 14, 2026: Building Software with Spec-Driven Development w/ Yugo Sakamoto
- March 24, 2026: Behind the Scenes of The Developer’s Conference w/ Yara Mascarenhas
- February 03, 2026: Event Storming: Why Are We Doing This w/ Alice David dos Santos
- January 20, 2026: Enable Observability with OpenTelemetry w/ Thiago Gonzaga
- December 02, 2025: How to Automate Your Tasks with AI w/ Pedro Cavalero
- September 23, 2025: Concurrency & Performance w/ Dr. Heinz Kabutz
- September 09, 2025: Building User Communities w/ Mary Grygleski
- August 26, 2025: Becoming a Technical Reference w/ Pedro Carrijo
- August 12, 2025: 10 Ways to Contribute to Open Source w/ Andrés Alcarraz
- July 15, 2025: REST API Red Flags
- July 01, 2025: Unlock Career with Open Source w/ Helber Belmiro and Matheus Cruz
- June 17, 2025: Java Turns 30
- June 03, 2025: The Deliberate Reputation Formula w/ Bruno Souza
- May 20, 2025: Vibe Coding for Enterprise (AI)
- May 06, 2025: Beyond Certification w/ Ronaldo Tavares
- April 24, 2025: How to Scale an Engineering Organization w/ Thiago Ghisi
- April 08, 2025: Interview Coding Challenges
- March 25, 2025: Java’s Role in Modern Data Engineering w/ Igor de Souza
- February 25, 2025: How to become an AI augmented developer?
- February 11, 2025: Struggling with Messy Code?
- January 28, 2025: Level Up Your Career w/ Elder Moraes
- January 14, 2025: From TODO to DONE
- December 10, 2024: Was 2024 YOUR Out of the Box Year?
- November 26, 2024: Forget Coding Challenges, Run a Marathon! w/ João Areias
- November 13, 2024: What does every developer need to solve Complex Problems? w/ Professor Isidro
- November 12, 2024: OpenAPI & Java
- October 29, 2024: Winning your Developer Job Interviews w/ Julio Faerman
- October 15, 2024: Start your International Dev Career! w/ Bruno Souza
- October 01, 2024: Biggest challenges when learning programming
Other Interviews & Hosting
Mentorship & Open Source
Mentorship Sessions
Hackathon Mentorship & Judging
- May 12, 2026 - Mentor: FIAP Rock Innovation Experience Ideathon (Sponsored by Google Cloud and X-Team)
- April 25, 2026 - Mentor and Evaluator: Hackathon Cognition São Paulo (Sponsored by Oracle and Agora)
- June 28, 2025 - Evaluator: FIAP MBA Hackathon (Sponsored by XP)
- June 14, 2025 - Mentor: LeRobot Worldwide Hackathon by Hugging Face (AI Robotics Focus)
- June 08, 2025 - Mentor: Cubo Itaú Hackathon (Representing Oracle)
- June 07, 2025 - Mentor: Zero to Hero Hackathon (Link School of Business)
Open Source Contributions
Tech Stack
My favorite projects:

- Languages: Java, HTML/CSS/JS
- Frameworks: Spring Boot, Quarkus, JSF
- DevOps/Tools: Docker, Git, PostgreSQL, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Ollama, Datadog, Antigravity
- Focus Areas: Refactoring, Clean Code, REST APIs, AI Integration
Get in Touch
I am always open to discussing Developer Advocacy, Java, and Community Building.