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Responsible GenAI for Java Developers: Fast Doesn’t Mean Reckless

As generative AI capabilities accelerate, the real challenge for enterprise teams isn’t building faster, it’s building responsibly. This session focuses on how Java developers can integrate responsible GenAI practices into their applications without sacrificing agility.

Through practical examples and open source frameworks, you will learn how to implement prompt safety, output validation, data protection, and cost-aware deployment. Real-world case studies will illustrate how to apply ethical and governance principles to AI-driven workflows, ensuring that speed never comes at the expense of trust, security, or sustainability.

What You Will Learn

  • Patterns for responsible GenAI development in Java applications

  • How to integrate guardrails for prompt safety, data protection, and output validation

  • Approaches for cost-efficient, compliant, and sustainable AI deployment

Who Should Attend

Java developers, architects, and engineering leaders building GenAI-enabled systems who want to maintain speed with accountability and design AI applications that enterprises can trust.

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About the speaker

Brian Benz

Principal Cloud Advocate, Microsoft

Brian Benz is a Java Champion and a Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, helping developers get the most out of Azure. Before Joining Microsoft, he was a program manager, evangelist, solution architect, consultant, developer, and author at IBM, Deloitte, and other companies. Find him on most of the socials and GitHub at @bbenz. A current list of Brian's talks can be found at https://aka.ms/brianspeaking