The 2025 adaptTo() annual conference in Berlin, Germany took place September 29 - October 1st. 

We will be speaking with Tad Reeves Principal Architect at Arbory Digital and Kamil Chociej Principal Engineer/DevOps at StreamX.

Tad and Kamil Co-presented at adaptTo() this year on :

 "Solving Edge Delivery and AEM Performance in China: Comparing Approaches and Results."

During this meetup we will take a behind the scenes look at the Conference itself along with some of the questions a potential attendee might have about going to the event. It will be a great opportunity for any developer working with AEM to hear from some of the experts in the field and how they are solving some of the most challenging problems in the digital landscape today, and what awaits for the future of AEM.

They unpacked why sites often crawl in mainland China (hint: firewalls block direct paths, causing massive delays), why it matters (lost sales and frustrated users in a 1.4-billion-person market), and how they engineered a bulletproof fix. Using AEM's flexibility and EDS's edge smarts, they tested real solutions—like rerouting traffic through compliant gateways—to slash load times from minutes to seconds.

In plain terms: It's like upgrading from a bumpy dirt road to a high-speed rail for your website's data. Tad and Kamil shared battle-tested benchmarks, code snippets, and "don't try this at home" pitfalls, drawing from years of global AEM deployments. 

During this meetup we will take a behind the scenes look at the Conference itself along with some of the questions a potential attendee might have about going to the event. It will be a great opportunity for any developer working with AEM to hear from some of the experts in the field and how they are solving some of the most challenging problems in the digital landscape today, and what awaits for the future of AEM.

• Where: This will be a virtually hosted 
• When:  Wednesday November 19th
• Time:  10 AM EST - 11 AM EST