Conference: March 4-6, 2015
Presentation: Neuro-diversity and agile
Neuro-diversity and agile: what leading experts in Autism, Creativity and the Psychology of Programming can teach us about the way we develop code
Software development is a pretty amazing endeavour. That the human brain can manipulate such an intangible and complex domain is nothing short of astonishing. We’ll take some very different slants on the psychology of programming and explore how each of them might be better supported:
Cognitive – What is known about the mechanisms we use to help us manage the complexity of programming? How do our tools help or hinder this? How does knowing this help us in the process of software development? What else could help?
Autistic – It seems there is a higher propensity towards autism and aspergers in STEM careers. What do we know about the autistic / aspergers mind and how does that lend itself to developing software? How might we better support autistic individuals at work?
Creative – What do we know about the creative process? What inhibits creativity at work and how can we foster it?
Introverted / Extraverted – What distinguishes introverts from extraverts? What challenges does this create for each? How can we create an environment that supports both?
Tracks
Covering innovative topics
Wednesday, 4 March
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Architecture Improvements
Next gen architecture, Arch over the full lifecycle, Bleeding edge tech in legacy, Cognitive biases in architecture, Evolving Architecture.
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Big Data Frameworks, Architectures, and Data Science
As big data tools and architectures continue to evolve, how do you architect and select technologies that work now but are also future-proof?
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DevOps and Continuous Delivery: Code Beyond the Dev Team
As infrastructure becomes as malleable as code, a unified approach from reqs to ops is needed to deliver promised breakthroughs.
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Engineering Culture
The best teams and companies talk about how to create amazing engineering cultures.
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Java - Not Dead Yet
Java is evolving to meet developer and business needs, from lambdas in Java 8 to built-in support for money types rumoured for Java 9.
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Mind Matters at Work
How theories from neuroscience and psychology can help us better understand IT professionals and discover what really motivates them.
Thursday, 5 March
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Docker, containers and application portability
People building stuff for and with containers showing why application portability is important, and what can be done with expanding ecosystems.
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Evolving agile
Reflecting on and learning from successes and failures in applying agile approaches since the creation of the Agile Manifesto and exploring ways of applying agile practices to increase business value.
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HTML and JS Today
The state of the art in web technologies. What is important to know and why?
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Internet of Things
What software devs need to know to design and build for instrumented environments and reactive things, what new issues and questions it raises.
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Modern CS in the Real World
How modern CS helps you tackle today's problems.
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Reactive Architecture
How to create reactive systems is more than simply learning a framework. Thinking in a reactive way helps you to design responsive architectures.
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The Go Language
The Go Language - Concurrency, Performance, Systems Programming.
Friday, 6 March
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Architectures You've Always Wondered About
Get a rare look behind the scenes and get to see the architectures of the most well-known sites with the least known architectures.
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Low latency trading
The 'race to zero' continues. Join us to learn about the latest tecniques being deployed to optimise order routing and execution.
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Open source in finance
Financial services have changed from OS as cost-saving to a competitive weapon. See open source projects that are disrupting the finance industry.
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Product Mastery
Come have fun with fellow PMs and BAs as you learn about Value Management. We'll even tell you dark tales of Snarks, Hippos and other obstacles.
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Taming Microservices
Tackling the challenges of microservices in practice.
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Taming Mobile
Mobile is no longer the Next Big Thing but a requirement for your business. Hear from those who have implemented successful mobile systems.
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