Schedule

Special Event Center Office Hours
09:00

Registration and breakfast

Special Event Center 09:00 - 10:00

Office Hours 09:00 - 11:20
10:00

Welcome

Special Event Center 10:00 - 10:10
10:10

Navigating team friction

Lara Hogan

Lara Hogan
Special Event Center 10:10 - 10:40
10:40

Is Kotlin right for you?

Todd Ginsberg

Todd Ginsberg
Special Event Center 10:40 - 10:50
10:50

Code reviews, for the culture

Erica Stanley

Erica Stanley
Special Event Center 10:50 - 11:20
11:20

Morning Break

Special Event Center 11:20 - 11:50

Office hours

Todd Ginsberg, Erica Stanley, Jowanza Joseph, Allison McMillan

Todd Ginsberg
Erica Stanley
Jowanza Joseph
Allison McMillan
Office Hours 11:20 - 11:50
11:50

How to get away with refactoring

Maude Lemaire

Maude Lemaire
Special Event Center 11:50 - 12:20

No session

Office Hours 11:50 - 13:50
12:20

Building and scaling distributed teams

Katie Womersley

Katie Womersley
Special Event Center 12:20 - 12:35
12:35

Bootstrapping inclusion

Jason Wong

Jason Wong
Special Event Center 12:35 - 13:05
13:05

Lunch

Special Event Center 13:05 - 14:20
13:50

Office hours

Nickolas Means, Jason Wong, Katie Womersley, Maude Lemaire

Nickolas Means
Jason Wong
Katie Womersley
Maude Lemaire
Office Hours 13:50 - 14:20
14:20

Suplexes and superpowers

Kevin Stewart

Kevin Stewart
Special Event Center 14:20 - 14:50

No session

Office Hours 14:20 - 15:40
14:50

Why GraphQL?

Chris Arcand

Chris Arcand
Special Event Center 14:50 - 15:00
15:00

Zero to data infrastructure

Brad Urani

Brad Urani
Special Event Center 15:00 - 15:30
15:30

A retro of retros: how Sprint retrospectives can be both fun and productive

Cecy Correa

Cecy Correa
Special Event Center 15:30 - 15:40
15:40

Afternoon Break

Special Event Center 15:40 - 16:10

Office hours

Kevin Stewart, Cecy Correa, Brad Urani, Chris Arcand

Kevin Stewart
Cecy Correa
Brad Urani
Chris Arcand
Office Hours 15:40 - 16:10
16:10

Experiential learning for developers

Allison McMillan

Allison McMillan
Special Event Center 16:10 - 16:40

No session

Office Hours 16:10 - 20:00
16:40

A tour of Apache Pulsar

Jowanza Joseph

Jowanza Joseph
Special Event Center 16:40 - 16:50
16:50

Eiffel's tower

Nickolas Means

Nickolas Means
Special Event Center 16:50 - 17:20
17:20

Wrap up

Special Event Center 17:20 - 17:30
17:30

Drinks reception

Special Event Center 17:30 - 20:00

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