Platform Engineering: Navigating the path to future innovations and beyond

Future of Engineering Stage — 45 minutes Future of Engineering

• Jemma Hussein Allen [Technical Lead — FTSE 100 company]

Keynote powered by Tremend Software Consulting

Future of Engineering Stage — 30 minutes

• Marius Scarlat [Associate Director Product Management — Tremend - Publicis Sapient]

Coding at Warp Speed: The AI Revolution in Full-Stack Development

Future of Engineering Stage — 45 minutes Artificial Intelligence Future of Engineering

Today, artificial intelligence is not just reinventing the wheel—it’s reprogramming the vehicle.
In this thought-provoking session, we’ll examine how AI is pushing the boundaries to redefine development. It’s time to ditch those antiquated WYSIWYG editors and dusty build tools that chain down your creativity and to look at a new breed of code generating tools and helpers.
Join this session to see how they not just accelerate the development cycle but also help us be more creative all within seconds.
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• Marius Obert [Developer Evangelist — Twilio]

Lunch Break

Future of Engineering Stage — 1 hour

10 Principles for Future-Proof React Applications

Future of Engineering Stage — 45 minutes

They say that programming is the act of writing code to solve a problem, while engineering is maintaining that solution over time. Writing a React application is an easy task, but extending it with new features, changing its functionality, all while keeping it tidy and not breaking anything is still a challenge for any team. 
The difference between an application that stands the test of time, and one that has to be rewritten is the principles around which its foundation is built. In this talk we'll explore how we can apply some of the timeless software development principles to React so we can build successful products.
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• Alexander Kondov [Staff Front-end Engineer — SumUp]

This is Rumour Control: Boarding the AI Hype Train

Future of Engineering Stage — 30 minutes

In this opinionated session, we'll talk about separating the hype from the reality of generative Artificial Intelligence and its impact on life, the universe, and Software Engineering, some key considerations before embarking on your own AI journey, and share some practical generative AI tools experience.

• Tim Walls [Group Architect — EveryMatrix]

Shaping the future of real-time data pipeline

Future of Engineering Stage — 45 minutes

The rise of real-time data processing has transformed business operations, yet navigating its technical challenges remains complex. 
Organizations often wrestle with managing distinct batch and streaming data workflows, each presenting unique difficulties. Batch processing, while effective for large datasets, can be costly, slow, and not well-suited for streaming API integration. On the other hand, streaming, despite its speed and low latency, often has restricted functionality. This talk is prepared for developers, data engineers, and tech visionaries eager to explore how to build an efficient, dynamic, and unified data pipeline for both scenarios using streaming platforms in Python. You will see with examples how simple it is to make your batch code run in streaming with serverless infrastructure from day 1.
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• Bobur Umurzokov [Developer Advocate — GlassFlow]

Considerations what AI Vision solution to use

Future of Engineering Stage — 30 minutes

AI is making inroads into vision, let’s see what are the most obvious options: Custom Vision and ChatGPT Vision. This presentation aims to show you the ropes of these technologies and what are their fortes and shortcomings.
We are going to cover: Azure AI Custom Vision, Azure OpenAI Service, KAN (Microsoft’s open-source KubeAI Application Nucleus), MEC Application Solution Accelerator. We are going to get the “feel” of all these technologies, and get them through the paces, as much as possible.This means, of course, demos end to end and with Kinder chocolates. Read More...

• Catalin Gheorghiu [Solution Architect II — EPAM Romania]

Guardians of the Gateways: Navigating Cybersecurity Challenges in Corporate Giants

Future of Engineering Stage — 30 minutes

In today's interconnected digital landscape, big companies stand as prime targets for cyber threats. 
This presentation delves into the critical realm of cybersecurity within large organizations, exploring the evolving tactics employed by cybercriminals and the strategies necessary to defend against them. From advanced malware to sophisticated phishing schemes, the risks are manifold, but so too are the opportunities for proactive defense. Drawing on real-world case studies and industry insights, this session offers a comprehensive overview of the cybersecurity challenges facing big companies today, along with practical recommendations for fortifying their digital fortresses. Join us as we embark on a journey to safeguard the assets, data, and reputation of corporate giants in the face of relentless cyber onslaughts.
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• Pavel Prodaniuc [Security Engineer — 1&1 Internet Development]

Kubernetes Multitenancy: A dive into Capsule and vCluster

DevOps Stage — 30 minutes

• Vitalie Bugaian [IT Professional — Luxoft Romania]

Building Trust in Fintech: DevSecOps Strategies at Saxo Bank

DevOps Stage — 45 minutes DevOps

At Saxo Bank, the cornerstone of our trading platform's integrity is our DevSecOps approach, which ensures top-tier security and code quality. 
This talk will highlight our security gates that empower developers to produce secure code from the get-go and govern our platform's continuous evolution. We'll delve into our 'shift left' strategy, which integrates security early in the development process for rapid feedback and enhanced efficiency. Discover how these practices enable us to maintain a secure, reliable, and trustworthy trading environment for our customers and partners.
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• Jinhong Brejnholt [Chief Cloud Architect & Global Head of Cloud and Container Platform Engineering — Saxo Bank]

DevOps & AI: A duet to remember

DevOps Stage — 30 minutes DevOps

Learn how AI enhances DevOps by automating tasks, using AI to generate code.and providing predictive insights based on elevated observability. Discover how Artificial Intelligence minimizez the OPS of DevOps, creating more powerful, resilient and error free DevOps pipelines. Explore real-world examples on how you can leverage AI as a DevOps engineer and future trends.

• Cezar Vasilescu [Senior DevOps Engineer — LSEG Romania]

Safeguarding Quality with SRE

DevOps Stage — 30 minutes DevOps

• Pieter Portauw [Engineering Lead — In The Pocket]

Lunch Break

DevOps Stage — 1 hour

AWS CodeDeploy Unleashed with Blue-Green & Terraform Magic

DevOps Stage — 30 minutes

Unleash the full potential of AWS CodeDeploy while maintaining the infrastructure with your Terraform pipeline. Learn how to seamlessly transition from in-place to blue-green deployment in AWS CodeDeploy without disrupting your Terraform pipeline.

• Răzvan Peneșel [DevOps & Cloud Practice Lead Romania — SoftServe]

K8s Automation with Azure DevOps: A GitOps Approach w/o Tools

DevOps Stage — 45 minutes

In today's fast-paced world of software delivery, Kubernetes (K8s) plays a pivotal role in orchestrating containers. 
However, achieving a high degree of automation in K8s can often seem tied to specific GitOps tools. In this session, we'll explore a unique approach that leverages the power of Azure DevOps, hierarchical YAML, and procedures reminiscent of GitOps, all without the dependency on specialized tools. Join us as we delve into the intricacies of optimizing automation in K8s, showcasing real-world scenarios and sharing best practices for those looking to maximize their deployment efficiency
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• Roberto Freato [CTO — Retex]

Your Infrastructure Needs To D.I.E.

DevOps Stage — 45 minutes DevOps Cloud

What can a diamond heist that occurred in 2003 teach us about InfoSec's CIA triad? Well that the old way of doing security will not help us as we try to move towards being more Cloud Native. Simple tools and a lot of ingenuity can easily allow an attacker to ruin your day. So how can we make use of cloud native ways of development whilst also ensuring security?
We need infrastructure that can D.I.E.
Designing infrastructure that is Distributed, Immutable and Ephemeral will automatically integrate security by default by increasing the bar for attackers. Further, adding controlled chaos to the process ensures that you are continually learning and improving, increasing confidence in the ability to troubleshoot.
In this talk I’ll highlight how the D.I.E. triad can help us being more secure while expecting for things to fail, and embracing the chaos. Read More...

• Tim Mamo [Platform Specialist — Independent]

Open source AI/ML workloads on Cloud Native Infrastructure: match made in heaven

DevOps Stage — 45 minutes

We will delve into the magic world of LLM training and inference using cloud native and open source tooling; we will explore how the current GenAI revolution benefits from open standards, programmable infrastructure and the powerful paradigms of cloud native. We will expouse practical knowledge on how and why running AI/ML workloads on Kubernetes and end up with a short demo.

• Alessandro Vozza [Founder — Kubespaces.io]

I Don't Know K8S and at This Point, I'm Too Afraid To Ask

DevOps Stage — 30 minutes DevOps Kubernetes

It's 2024 and everybody has used or at least heard about Kubernetes…
If you're at the start of the journey into Kubernetes, or you'd like to understand why Kubernetes is a compute abstraction and a platform for building platforms, then this talk is for you.The purpose of the talk is to lower the entry cost to Kubernetes (for those who haven't worked with Kubernetes) and to offer another perspective for the more experienced ones.  Read More...

• Alexandru Dejanu [Senior Systems Engineer — Systematic]

From Quality IT delivery to quality partner & colleague experience

QA & Testing Stage — 30 minutes QA

At Molson Coors, when brewing our products or deliver our IT strategy and projects, quality assurance is of the outmost importance. 
We’ll give you a glimpse into how we use Tosca to optimize and accelerate testing by using codeless automation while always considering the core business perspective. Also, we’ll look at how we use the NeoLoad stress & load testing tool to measure the performance of our web based and mobile business apps.
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• Gabriel Nanora [Quality Engineer — Molson Coors]
• Alexandru Mihai [Senior Quality Engineer — Molson Coors]

How to start unf**king your tests

QA & Testing Stage — 45 minutes

Let’s face it, when it comes to testing, “flake” is the real dirty word. As test automation engineers, we’ve all experienced what might have been a 3 hour flake-hunt that lead to nowhere. The one that only happens on CI, it’s impossible to reproduce and makes you want to question your life decisions. Many choose to switch tools, only to find themselves facing the same problems all over again.
Things can be different though. Test flakes are not an act of divine intervention. Software is deterministic and so are test flakes. In my presentation, I want to dive into the top causes of test flakes. On live code examples I’ll showcase some of the flake prevention measures. We’ll take a look at Cypress, Playwright and compare their flake-prevention mechanisms. Finally we’ll talk about why we should start discussing about app flakiness, rather than spend all the time on test flakiness.
By the end of this presentation, I hope to inspire you to start unf**king your tests and building stable test suites.
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• Filip Hric [DevRel — Replay.io]

Experiential Quality and Technology - Tendency Tracker - Bridging the gap between technology, data, and user experience

QA & Testing Stage — 30 minutes

We are continuously aiming to impact and improve use experience by leveraging various resources from data, code quality to user feedback.This is the story of how we managed to automate a process of identifying issues affecting user experience.

• Mihai Zaharia [Senior Quality Designer — Electronic Arts Romania]
• Paul Ghita [Engineering Manager — Electronic Arts Romania]

The QA Relay Race is ON!

QA & Testing Stage — 45 minutes QA Testing

During my professional Basketball career, to prepare well for a game, we used to watch on video tapes our previous games, spot our mistakes, acknowledge them, and set an action plan to avoid the recurrence. 
Then comes the study of our opponent, and the best way to play against them, which includes the strategy, tactics, and others. Always put your focus on the areas for improvement, it is the main field to succeed and grow; This was one of the main transferable skills I grabbed from the Basketball court into my professional work career.

Few years ago while working at Murex, the number 1 provider of front-to-back-to-risk solutions for capital markets, a company with 35 years of experience, with more than 2700 employees from over 60 countries, I was asked among the QA department of 130+ testers, to take the QA Operational Manager role of a challenging QA team on all aspects. The team' metrics didn’t look so good, the features' testing backlog was sky-rocketing, however, I accepted the challenge; I’ve always been asked by the coach to guard the top scoring player in the opponent teams. 
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• Antony Yammine [Principal QA Manager — Murex]

Lunch Break

QA & Testing Stage — 1 hour

Efficient performance testing with a shoestring budget

QA & Testing Stage — 45 minutes QA Testing

When it comes to performance testing, this is often still an oddity. All arguments are good for not testing for performance. No environment, no time, no resources, no problems in production and last but not least, no money. Effective performance testing costs money, sure, but you don't have to be a Rockefeller to do it. Even with a limited budget, you can efficiently evaluate the performance of your applications. What kind of performance tests should you run? How do you deal with the virtual user dogma? Why can performance testing in production be an alternative? How can you fix automated tests for performance testing? This lecture reveals the answers to these questions. Read More...

• Wim Demey [Solution Architect Testing — CTG Belgium]

Test-oriented Cloud Application Architecture

QA & Testing Stage — 30 minutes

 In the fast-paced world of cloud development, teams are under constant pressure to deliver more, faster. Yet, the bottleneck often lies not in the crafting, but in the crucial stages of testing and verification. I will unveil the pivotal role of testing in accelerating and refining cloud application delivery. I will delve into the classification of tests, highlighting which types are essential for validating cloud applications and why. We'll explore the prerequisites for both infrastructure and application code to facilitate comprehensive testing, shedding light on the tools and processes that can streamline these tests. 
Through practical examples, discover how to overcome common hurdles in testing processes, enabling your team to achieve faster deployments without compromising on quality. Join me to unlock the secrets of efficient, test-driven cloud application development.
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• Wojciech Dąbrowski [AWS Capability Lead for Central Europe — Deloitte]

Navigating the road to automated testing through OKRs

QA & Testing Stage — 45 minutes QA Testing

Have you ever encountered the challenge of adopting automated testing in your team? It’s a common concern among QAs to express frustration about their desire to learn automated testing while being burdened by the amount of manual testing on their plate. This presentation aims to show an approach to address this problem among teams.  I invite you to hop on this journey and discover together how to break the vicious cycle of not having time for test automation and how supportive learning, clear goals and focus can help along the way. 
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• Vadean Bianca [QA Engineering Manager — Zitec]

Automated quality gates in CI/CD: from functional to non-functional software testing

QA & Testing Stage — 45 minutes

We ensure the quality of our products by having in mind all the KPIs: from functional to non-functional. 
Having diverse types of tests may introduce delays in application delivery. Decreasing the time to market is the ultimate goal and spending time on what is important for our customers will increase their confidence in our products. Even if we talk about tools with a user interface or tools that are dependent on other tools it does not mean that the automated tests can only run on our local environment.
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• Brindusa Gamaniata [Quality Assurance Lead — Centric IT Solutions Romania]

How to build a Strong QA Integration Team

QA & Testing Stage — 30 minutes QA

Sooner or later during software development process you will face the need to put all the pieces of the puzzle together and build a “Client like env” or “Client UAT env” where you will deploy your latest versions of the products, where you need to validate and prove that all the PCR’s are implemented the way client expected, where you check that there are no regressions and all the products work the way they are designed, where you try to reproduce issues that client encountered in production, where you check that end-to-end workflows are passing  … now this is for one client. Imagine that you will have to do the same thing for 10 clients, what if for 20 or 50 or 100 or more? How will you build a strong QA Integration team? What are the challenges that you might face?From the very beginning where you need to define the Objectives and Scope, identify the Key Roles and Skills, need to find and hire right people or train existing ones … up to processes and workflows, to be capable to assure Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) while investing in automation tools and technology. Define clear roles and responsibilities for each team member and establish communication channels to facilitate collaboration and coordination to build a high-performing and strong QA integration team capable of delivering high-quality products efficiently and effectively. Read More...

• Nicolae Oprean [Development Director — Broadridge]

A.I.-driven Cyber Security Orchestration in Multi-Domain Networks of the Future

Security Stage — 30 minutes

A brief presentation into the consolidation of A.I.-enabled decision making and response mitigation orchestration against complex cyberthreats, in the next generation of multi-domain, IoT-RAN-EDGE-Core-Cloud, beyond-5G networks. We’ll discuss existing technologies, and innovations in this space, and conclude with Orange’s use-case for Response orchestration in Multi-domain networks.

• Ioan Constantin [Cyber Security Expert — Orange Romania]

Breaking Barriers: The Art of (Free) Gamified Security Training

Security Stage — 45 minutes

In a world where security training often feels like a mundane chore, discover the refreshing impact of gamification and turn learning into an enjoyable experience.  Embark on an insightful journey as we unveil the success story of gh.io/securecodegame, an open-source game hosted on GitHub Skills, that attracted over 3,000 developers within the first 6 months.. This session will provide you with an exclusive behind-the-scenes perspective, offering valuable insights and practical strategies to revolutionize various aspects of security training for your benefit. We’ll explore a case study from a tech startup that observed, among the developers who played the game, an increased sense of ownership for code security, improved communication with security teams, and a strong willingness to embrace further security training. Read More...

• Joseph Katsioloudes [Developer Advocate — GitHub Security]

Preventing email-based cyber-attacks and unwanted communications

Security Stage — 30 minutes

When we think about email security, we think about protecting inboxes from being takeover, stopping phishing attacks, preventing fraud, blocking malware delivery, filtering spam, and using encryption to protect the contents of emails from unauthorized people. 
Security was not built into email when it was first invented. Email remains the one of the main ways of communication and, even nowadays, security is still not built into email by default. As a result, email is a major attack vector not only for organizations, but also for individual people. 
In this keynote we will introduce secure email services and tools that offer advanced features such as end-to-end encryption, email authentication protocols (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), and spam filters.  Read More...

• Catalin Donici [Senior Manager, Engineering — N-able]

Zero Trust Security for your APIs

Security Stage — 45 minutes

Are you a mid-level developer or an architect who’s curious about API Security and how to achieve it? In that case, we’re excited to help!!


As you already know APIs are the building blocks of your application network. They are the medium of communication and participate in a lot of data transactions. As per Gartner’s report, API abuse will be the most frequent vector attack, and it’s quite evident. We have heard about API abuses and attacks quite often.To protect your APIs and provide complete security we will adopt the Zero Trust Security model. We will learn about the Zero trust model and its architecture. We will also understand how to implement Zero Trust Security in easy steps. By the end of the presentation, you’ll have a fair idea about API Security and how to protect your API ecosystems using Zero Trust Security. Come along with your queries for us! Read More...

• Akshata Sawant [Senior Developer Advocate — Salesforce]

Lunch Break

Security Stage — 1 hour

A journey through cyberspace

Security Stage — 45 minutes

During the conference, the aim is to introduce the target audience to some fundamental concepts and notions related to the figure and world of hackers, as well as the complexity of cyberspace.

The current context regarding cyber attacks and threats today, in the era of AI and the post-pandemic era, will be introduced.
The main motivations behind the attacks, the different actors involved and how these attacks are carried out are addressed.In addition to notions and concepts, practical cases will be included, as well as the techniques used by cybercriminals to compromise systems and steal confidential information from organizations.Deepak Daswani will show live results of different research carried out by himself in different areas of knowledge in recent years in the world of hacking and cybersecurity, which address everything from discoveries of vulnerabilities in messaging systems, security flaws in systems and devices, to vulnerabilities in the field of IoT and in Smart environments, from recognized leading manufacturers. Read More...

• Deepak Daswani [IT Engineer, Hacker, Cybersecurity Expert — Deepak Daswani]

Detection Engineering: how to be proactive in identifying threats in your organization

Security Stage — 30 minutes Security

A successful detection engineering program focuses on people and organizational processes, beyond technology itself. We know that technology alone cannot prevent cyber threats and vulnerabilities. Join this talk to explore study cases of how people in organizations can create use cases for detection in due time by having an integral approach to preventing cybersecurity threats.
Your takeaway?This talk will help you identify ways to strengthen your organization's approach by proactively discovering unwanted activities, anomalies, compliance deviations, or cyber threats regardless of owned technologies. Read More...

• Mohamed Mohamed-Salih [Senior SOC Manager — Stefanini EMEA]

Using AI to enhance security

Security Stage — 45 minutes

Artificial intelligence has emerged as a powerful tool for enhancing security across various domains, from threat detection and response to biometric authentication and vulnerability management.
This presentation will explore how organizations can leverage cutting-edge AI techniques to bolster their security posture, mitigate emerging threats, and develop responsible AI-driven security solutions.
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• Brian Wagner [CTO — Revenir]

Hackers! Do we shoot or do we hug?

Security Stage — 45 minutes

In the ever changing security landscape, we are slowly seeing a shift from labelling hackers per default as 'bad and malicious individuals', to accepting them more often as 'useful and potentially friendly’. We see more and more companies starting a bug bounty program and/or a Responsible Disclosure (Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure) program.
We in the Netherlands are (at least in Europe) leading the pack on this last subject, backed heavily by the Dutch NCSC, the Dutch government and the Dutch prosecution services, with their Responsible Disclosure guideline.
In this interactive and mostly humorous talk, I’ll start with defining security (in a grotesque way), followed by the ‘real’ definition of hackers, the way hackers think and work, and how they can be used instead of feared by companies. I’ll show how bug bounties and the Responsible Disclosure processes can work, but also how they sometimes do not. I will take the audience with me along the path to these fails, and discuss the way we can –or could have- improve(d) these processes. I might even please you with some nice IOT drama. My final ‘calculation’ will try to open the door to a safer online world! (from a hacker’s point of view that is.) ;). Read More...

• Edwin van Andel [CTO — Zerocopter]

Bridging the Gap: A Journey to High-Performing Teams

Product World Stage — 30 minutes

Have you experienced the burdens of technical debt, slow delivery, and communication overhead? We've walked that path too. But we didn't stay there. Instead, we embarked on a transformative journey toward high-performance teams by addressing the intersection of product and engineering challenges head-on. Curious to learn from our insights and experiences? Join us!

• Aura Virgolici [Engineering Manager — METRO.digital]
• Irina Poiana [Domain Owner — METRO.digital]

The Secret to Crafting Lovable Tech Products

Product World Stage — 45 minutes

In the tech industry, most product teams focus on solving problems – identifying user issues and building features to address them. 
While that's crucial, I believe lasting business growth goes beyond just meeting customer expectations. In my talk, I'll delve into the secret but crucial element that makes tech products not just satisfying but genuinely loved, paving the way for sustained, product-led growth. In the world of product development, "delight" means crafting a positive and unforgettable user experience that goes beyond what users expect. Such delightful experiences play a crucial role in boosting user satisfaction, fostering brand loyalty, and generating positive word-of-mouth.
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• Nesrine Changuel [Product Advisor and Coach — ex-Google, Spotify, Microsoft]

Leveraging Generative AI and Product Management Frameworks: How Ipsos is transforming Market Research

Product World Stage — 30 minutes

In this keynote, we will journey through the strategic and transformative use of AI and technology at Ipsos, a global leader in market research. The presentation will shed light on how Ipsos is revolutionizing its existing offerings and work activities by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence. We will delve into the product management frameworks that are instrumental in guiding this technological shift.  This session promises a captivating exploration of the intersection of AI, product management, and market research, and the pioneering role Ipsos is playing in this space.
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• Miro Alexandrov [Head of Artificial Intelligence — Ipsos]

Coding Privacy - Aware Enterprise AI with RAG Architecture

Product World Stage — 45 minutes

AI chatbots are likely to be key in transforming our current approaches to UX and privacy. 
AI chatbots are likely to be key in transforming our current approaches to UX and privacy. They can cover a broad spectrum of use cases, including impersonations, customer support, assistants, and even replacing parts of GUIs. In this session, we will explore the challenges of coding a Multimodal AI Conversational Agent from the ground up, using RAG Architecture. The focus will be on scalability and managing unstructured data, providing a comprehensive overview of knowledge representation techniques, context understanding and reasoning, machine unlearning and privacy awareness.
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• Lucian Gruia [Principal AI Tech Lead — Ciklum]

Lunch Break

Product World Stage — 1 hour

Bolt Food: The Secret Recipe

Product World Stage — 45 minutes

Get ready for a wild ride through Bolt Food's incredible five-year journey!
We're taking you back to day one, where it all began, and sharing the juicy details of how we've changed from a tiny startup into a game-changing force in the food scene. So buckle up! In the early days, we solved the courier matching problem with simple greedy algorithms. But we didn’t stop there. We evolved towards a sophisticated solution where we use our own mapping wizardry and make machine learning predictions based on millions of historical data points and real-time demand. Today we’ve got some hot news to share. We’re launching a new product we’ve been working on. We’ll reveal the challenges that come with entering a new market only 3 months after we started. Join us as we dish out the secret recipe for changing how the world eats. Trust us, you won't want to miss this!
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• Dan-Mihai Dinu [Engineering Manager — Bolt]

The essential tools for early-stage product companies

Product World Stage — 30 minutes Product Management Product World

We'll explore how to simplify your business ideas, pinpoint key questions for effective discovery, and uncover the best opportunities and solutions.
Learn how these friendly, easy-to-use strategies can kickstart your product discovery process and set you up for success.
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• Stefan Tudor Murariu [Product Manager | ProductTank Organiser — Product Management Romania]

Agility à la carte: Product-Delivery fusion for Innovation.

Product World Stage — 45 minutes

When two women: Laetitia Aegerter, a Senior Agile Coach with a people-first approach, and Edwige Fiaclou, Head Software Engineer with a passion for tech talent and methodologies, have joined forces to cook up insightful menu of ideas, it becomes a beautiful culinary adventure. 
Their presentation, "Agility à la carte: Product and Delivery a tasty combination for innovation", explores the integration of a surprisingly hybrid approach called Disciplined Agile (DA). Laetitia and Edwige will take you on a journey through the concept of Value Stream, revealing how the innovative DA toolbox, combined with the right mindset, can unlock a world of innovation and fresh perspectives in product lifecycle delivery. The speakers will share their secret recipe for sparking innovation within their own organization, leaving you inspired and equipped to do the same in yours. Get ready to roll up your sleeves! As the session will be interactive!
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• Edwige Fiaclou [Head Software Engineer Tech Talent & Methodologies — Swissquote]
• Laetitia Aegerter-Cuello [Senior Agile Coach — Swissquote]

Empower Your Product Management with AI: Enhance, Don’t Replace Your Unique Skills

Product World Stage — 30 minutes

Discover how to harness AI tools to enhance productivity, take insightful notes, make informed decisions, and maintain your unique style in product management.

• George Dita [AI Product Manager | ProductTank Organizer — ProductTank Romania]

The ABC of DX

Product World Stage — 45 minutes

Developer Experience is something you have been hearing about more and more recently. What exactly is it, though? We are so used to hearing and talking about bad UX, but what’s bad DevX? Let’s see what products, companies, and teams can do to improve Developer Experience where it exists; and where to start, if it hasn’t even been a consideration before. This is a practical guide, be it for developers, product managers, or anyone who cares about other developers consuming your products and tools.

• Mike Elsmore [Senior Developer Advocate — Independent]

Exploring the Future of Game Design

Gaming Stage — 30 minutes

• Mihai Gheza [Machinations — Co-founder & CEO]

It's bumpy

Gaming Stage — 45 minutes

In recent years, the world of game development has been far from tranquil. With high-profile studio closures, waves of layoffs, and significant game delays, the industry has been characterized by uncertainty and upheaval. 
Is there a silver lining? Join me as we embark on an exploration of the rollercoaster journey that game development has taken. Together, we'll delve into the challenges, uncover opportunities, and examine the transformative shifts that are shaping the landscape of gaming today.
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• Ionut Codreanu [Head of Studio — FunCom]

Web3 gaming

Gaming Stage — 45 minutes

The emergence of the so-called “Web3 gaming” space and the application of blockchain technology to video games has been met with skepticism among game developers and players alike. However, in spite the pushback, the term “Web3 gaming” is still a topic of conversation, and its lingering presence and apparent sustained growth begs the question: is Web3 Gaming underway to become an important segment in the games industry, or is it just a fad being pushed by a pursuit for profits? In this talk, we will address the promises Web3 gaming makes, the concerns raised by game developers, as well as a glance at the current state of affairs through a series of case studies.

• Shirley McPhaul [Independent Researcher — CodexLudi]

10 Empty Slides - A freeform presentation about... well, we don't know yet!

Gaming Stage — 45 minutes

Rami Ismail will spar with the audience about the most critical things to know in (independent) game development, the things you've always wondered about, and the things you didn't realize you should wonder about.

• Rami Ismail [Co-founder — Vlambeer]

Lunch Break

Gaming Stage — 45 minutes

Vertically Integrated in Platform Engineering: Secrets to Success When Operating the Company Within the Company

Gaming Stage — 45 minutes Gaming

This is effectively a "what is platform engineering?" talk, through the lens of viewing the org as an independent company and breaking down all the functions we typically associate with an independent company and how those translate to functions within a platform org and team.

• Matt Simons [Director of Engineering, Head of Platform Engineering — Fanatics Betting & Gaming]

Maximizing Your Game's Global Reach through Culturalization

Gaming Stage — 30 minutes Gaming

With over 30 years of experience as a geographer and culturalization strategist working on over 270 games, Kate Edwards has been involved in the creation of many titles, including titles such as: Halo, Fable, Age of Empires, Mass Effect, Call of Duty, Tomb Raider, Apex Legends, and many others. 
She has witnessed creative teams struggle with a wide variety of issues, such as cultural appropriation, geopolitics, and human representation (also known as "culturalization" issues) that were often overlooked during the game's creation and negatively affected the game's ability to be viable across all possible markets. Kate will provide an overview of culturalization and the complexities that come with striving to build worlds that appeal across cultures and can maximize the global reach of your creative vision.
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• Kate Edwards [CEO & Principal Consultant — Geogrify]

Building a Solid Foundation for a Video Game Startup

Gaming Stage — 30 minutes

Drawing from his extensive global experience spanning over a dozen countries, Vlad delves into the fascinating intersection of local narratives, corporate culture, and values within the realm of game development. Focusing on the dynamic startup ethos prevalent in the Nordic regions, particularly Sweden and Finland, Vlad will shed a light on how these cultural undercurrents shape the fabric of internationally acclaimed and award-winning games emanating from these locales. 
Join Vlad as he unravels the intricacies of how the Nordic startup mentality leaves an indelible mark on the products, offering insights into the unique blend of innovation and cultural identity that defines the region's gaming landscape.
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• Vlad Micu [CEO — VGVisionary]

Real Time Live Ops for Managing Millions of Users

Gaming Stage — 30 minutes

Ever wondered how games manage to launch events for millions of users with virtually no downtime? We've cracked the code. We developed tools to cater to unique individuals with unique issues and we did it time and time again. 
Discover how actively listening to our community helped us tailor user-oriented experiences, that ultimately led to a profit-centered approach and a plethora of in-house tools that everyone can use. We built systems, we engaged with users, we went above and beyond to make sure that our users can play, our staff can help and we can sell.
This will be a talk about how building in-house systems can help your bottom line, and how speaking to your users will lead to a better product.
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• Dani Flamoropol [CTO / Managing Partner — Deadlime Games]

Mobile Game Architecture

Gaming Stage — 30 minutes

Find out how : does the mobile games market look like, how the business reguirmenets influence architectural choices, challenges in building the architecture of a mobile game, popular/unpopular engineering choices/decision, outline of a mobile game architecture.

• Marius Gherman [Technical Director / Engineering Manager — Amber]

Let's talk about Docker

Round Table - Day 2 — 1 hour

In this masterclass, we will engage in a detailed conversation about Docker, focusing on its evolution as an important tool in software development. We'll explore the progression from its early versions to the latest updates, highlighting new features and capabilities that enhance deployment and scalability. Join us to discuss how Docker continues to address complex problems in software delivery and the ways in which it remains at the forefront of containerisation technology. This session will provide insights into Docker's ongoing development and its role in shaping modern software practices.

• Francesco Ciulla [Developer Advocate — daily.dev]