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The systems we build impact directly on people’s lives, sorting winners from losers. As software engineers we are not paid to think about the ethical impact of the work we do. In this track we will explore real-world examples of systems that have had profound negative impacts, and explore the lessons we can learn from this.
Gareth Rushgrove is a product manager at Docker. He works remotely
from Cambridge, UK, helping to build interesting tools for people to
better manage infrastructure and applications. Previously he worked
for the UK Government Digital Service focused on infrastructure,
operations and information security. When not working he can be found
writing the Devops Weekly newsletter or hacking on software in
new-fangled programming languages.
Anne Currie has been in the tech industry for over 20 years working on everything from Microsoft Back Office Servers in the 90's to international online lingerie in the 00's to cutting edge devops and the impact of orchestrated containers in the 10's. Anne has co-founded tech startups in the productivity, retail and devops spaces. She currently works in London for Container Solutions.
by Theo Schlossnagle
Founder and CEO @Circonus, Editorial board of ACM's ‘Queue’
The concept of professional ethics is not new to the world, but it is fairly new to computing because computing itself is so new. Ethics and its requirement as a part of professionalism started with monks and quickly embraced the three occupations of importance: religious service, law, and medicine. Today most professional trades have a code of ethics that is uncontested. Computing does not. How did we get here, why must we change, and how?
by Alexander Steinhart
Psychologist, Technologist @ThoughtWorks
This talk explores the digital revolution from a psychological perspective, with scientific research on human needs and biases in mind, it takes a look at the thin line between taking advantage of an understanding of psychology and exploiting it and at emerging, alternative design and technology streams that are driven by the intent to enable human autonomy and flourishing.
by Yanqing Cheng
Software Development Manager @metaswitch
The ethical and technological landscape we live in is moving faster than ever before, and our ethical intuitions are woefully ill-equipped to cope with the changes. As tech innovators, we are part of the force driving this acceleration, but as residents of the world, we are also the ones facing the consequences. What is the right balance of risk and reward when it comes to innovation? How do we proceed when the ethical impact of our creations is uncertain? Can we ensure that new...
by Theo Schlossnagle
Founder and CEO @Circonus, Editorial board of ACM's ‘Queue’
by Alexander Steinhart
Psychologist, Technologist @ThoughtWorks
by Yanqing Cheng
Software Development Manager @metaswitch
by Tim Kadlec
Performance consultant and trainer
by Jenny Mulholland
Woman in tech @softwireuk
by Anne Currie
Chief Strategist @containersoluti (Container Solutions)
by Gareth Rushgrove
Product Manager @Docker
by Kavita Kapoor
More details coming soon
by Tim Kadlec
Performance consultant and trainer
We work and live in a bubble. Our limited perspective of what it means to use technology influences the way we build, the tools we use, and the tasks we prioritize. In the process, we risk losing the most powerful thing about the internet: its ubiquity. It's critically important that we broaden our perspective and not lose sight of the fundamentals that make or break the web for people around the globe, and down the street.
Tracks
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Microservices/ Serverless: Patterns and Practices
Stories of success and failure building modern service and function-based applications, including event sourcing, reactive, decomposition, & more.
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Distributed Stateful Systems
Architecting and leveraging NoSQL revisitied
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Evolving Java and the JVM: Mobile, Micro and Modular
Although the Java language is holding strong as a developer favourite, new languages and paradigms are being embraced on JVM.
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The Practice & Frontiers of AI
Learn about machine learning in practice and on the horizon
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Operating Systems: LinuxKit, Unikernels, & Beyond
Applied, practical, & real-world deep-dive into industry adoption of OS, containers and virtualisation, including Linux on Windows, LinuxKit, and Unikernels
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Stream Processing in the Modern Age
Compelling applications of stream processing & recent advances in the field
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Leading Edge Backend Languages
Code the future! How cutting-edge programming languages and their more-established forerunners can help solve today and tomorrow’s server-side technical problems.
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Modern CS in the Real World
Applied trends in Computer Science that are likely to affect Software Engineers today.
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DevEx: The Next Evolution of DevOps
Removing friction from the developer experience.
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Bare Knuckle Performance
Killing latency and getting the most out of your hardware
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Tech Ethics in Action
Learning from the experiences of real-world companies driving technology decisions from ethics as much as technology.
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Security: Red XOR Blue Team
Security from the defender's AND the attacker's point of view
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Architecting for Failure
If you're not architecting for failure you're heading for failure
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Architectures You've Always Wondered About
Topics like next-gen architecture mixed with applied use cases found in today's large-scale systems, self-driving cars, network routing, scale, robotics, cloud deployments, and more.
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Observability: Logging, Alerting and Tracing
Observability in modern large distributed computer systems
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Speaker AMAs (Ask Me Anything)
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Building Great Engineering Cultures & Organizations
Stories of cultural change in organizations
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Speaker AMAs (Ask Me Anything)