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76%
senior dev or higher
1:11
speaker ratio
60+
practitioners
QCon London 2023 is a three day conference for senior software engineers, architects and team leads. An international program committee of working engineers selects every session. Patterns and practices, not products and pitches.
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Socially Conscious Software Hosted by Sally Goble Senior Engineering Manager @AccurxFrom the same track
Tuesday 28 March
10:35 Windsor (5th Fl.) Session Healthcare Digital Exclusion & How to Change It Sareh Heidari Senior Software Engineer @F1 Arcade® We're in 2023 and the way we access healthcare has changed greatly from even a few years ago. You can book yourself a doctor's appointment using the web and have the consultation via video call, so that now you don't need to take the whole morning out for just a 15 minute visit! 11:50 Mountbatten (6th Fl.) Session climate Tech's Carbon Footprint: Understanding and Tackling the Impact of Tech on the Climate Crisis Paul Lawson Principal Architect @gosupercritical The climate crisis is upon us. The cloud has a bigger carbon footprint than the aviation industry, and this is forecast to grow rapidly over the coming years. How do we as engineers react to this challenge, and drive the companies where we work to help reduce their carbon footprint? 13:40 Windsor (5th Fl.) Session change Socially Responsible Companies -- Do We All HAVE to Change the World? Germán Bencci Founder of CodeYourFuture We'll spend some time talking about traditional social product attempts from the lens of people in need. We will discuss if traditional for-profit businesses should worry about creating social impact. 14:55 Churchill (Ground Fl.) Session change How Big Tech Lost Its Way Andrew Walker Founder at Kraken Industries Technology plays an ever increasing part in our lives yet Big Tech seems to be running out of control, seemingly focused on money and growth over everything it claims to stand for. What are the forces shaping this within these companies and from our society? 16:10 Westminster (4th Fl.) Panel Panel: Socially Conscious Software Sareh Heidari, Andrew Walker, Germán Bencci, Aleena Baig Details coming soon. 17:25 Rutherford (4th Fl.) Unconference Unconference: Socially Conscious Software Shane Hastie Global Delivery Lead @SoftEd, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods @InfoQ What is an unconference? An unconference is a participant-driven meeting. Attendees come together, bringing their challenges and relying on the experience and know-how of their peers for solutions.