The role and impact of the tech industry on the climate crisis are getting increasing attention.
As software practitioners, it can be overwhelming to know where to begin and how to advocate for building systems with a smaller environmental footprint while meeting the requirements of high performance and delivery of business needs.
Whether you're looking to improve application response times or reduce carbon footprints, this track will provide practical insights, patterns, and tools to help you build high-performance, sustainable systems.
From this track
What I Wish I Knew When I Started with Green IT
Monday Apr 7 / 10:35AM BST
The path to sustainable technology involves complex technical and organizational decisions that aren't immediately obvious from industry best practices. This talk shares seven key lessons drawn from implementing Green IT at scale in a scaleup environment and in a public bank institution.

Ludi AKUE
CTO Digital @Bpifrance & Creator of PromptSage Your Custom GPT To Master Prompting Intuitions
Ecologies and Economics of Language AI in Practice
Monday Apr 7 / 11:45AM BST
Lessons learned from building language models in Africa: under strict data constraints in non-western environments.

Jade Abbott
CTO & Co-Founder @Lelapa AI, Co-Founder @Masakhane, With Over a Decade of Experience in Deploying AI Into Production
Local First – How To Build Software Which Still Works After the Acquihire
Monday Apr 7 / 01:35PM BST
Much of the software we use derives its value from being networked, sometimes that's about being able to use software on many devices, often it's about being able to collaborate with other people.

Alex Good
Software Engineer @Ink & Switch, Core Contributor on the Automerge CRDT Library
Beyond Uptime: What the 'Metric' Is Going On with Green Software?
Monday Apr 7 / 02:45PM BST
Metrics such as availability and latency have long been the cornerstones of software engineering. Now, carbon emission is joining their ranks as a golden signal in a world increasingly focused on sustainability.

Sarah Hsu
SRE @Goldman Sachs & Training Project Chair @Green Software Foundation, TechWomen100 Winner, Co-Author of "Building Green Software"
Unconference: Performance and Sustainability in Practice
Monday Apr 7 / 03:55PM BST
The Efficiency Paradox and How to Save Yourself and the World
Monday Apr 7 / 05:05PM BST
Inefficiency is ruining our planet and our lives. Efficiency is ruining our happiness, and weirdly, it’s also ruining our efficiency. Heeeeelppp!? What’s a techie to do?

Holly Cummins
Full Stack Engineer, Building Quarkus @Red Hat, Former Lead Consultant