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Thursday & Friday, August 13 & 14 in the year 2015

And OMG food starting with breakfast...

Our Speakers

If you are new to the Open Space concept you may want to read some more details.

The Schedule

...which may change at any time. Keep an eye on our Twitter for updates and changes during the event.

Thursday, August 13

08:00-09:45

Registration, BREAKFAST, and Sponsor Booths Open
09:45-10:00

Opening Welcome
10:00-10:40
How to Debug Anything
Sam Kottler
Systems Engineer, DigitalOcean
10:40-11:00
(break & sponsor minute)
11:00-11:20
Security for Humans
Dustin Collins
Developer Advocate, Conjur
11:20-11:30
(break & sponsor minute)
11:30-11:50
Ethical and Sustainable On-Call
Jon Daniel
Software Engineer, LivingSocial
11:50-12:00
(break & sponsor minute)
12:00-12:20
Application Orchestration with Kubernetes
Steve Sloka
Software Engineer, UPMC Enterprises
12:20-12:30
(break & sponsor minute)
12:30-14:00
Lunch
14:00-14:30
(Ignite)
14:30-15:00
Open Space (Open Space)
Open Space Opening
15:00-15:45
Open Space (Open Space)
Open Space #1
15:45-16:30
Open Space (Open Space)
Open Space #2
16:30-17:00
Break
17:00-17:45
Open Space (Open Space)
Open Space #3
17:45-18:00

Close Day & Logistics
19:00-22:30
Evening Event
Something Fun
22:30
Get Some Rest!

Friday, August 14

08:00-09:45

Registration, BREAKFAST and Sponsor Booths Open
09:45-10:00

Opening Welcome Deux
10:00-10:40
Confessions of a social engineer: Why developers are my favorite target
Valerie Thomas
Principal Security Consultant, Securicon
10:40-11:00
(break & sponsor minute)
11:00-11:20
The Incredible Shrinking Operating System!
Steve Jones
Software Engineer, RAND Corporation
11:20-11:30
(break & sponsor minute)
11:30-11:50
Busting Silos & Red Tape: DevOps in Federal Government
Hasan Yasar
Technical Manager, Secure Lifecycle Solution group, CERT, Carnegie Mellon University SEI
11:50-12:00
(break & sponsor minute)
12:00-12:20
Conversation 201: what stuttering can teach you about connecting with people
Sharon Steed
Communications Consultant
12:20-12:30
(break & sponsor minute)
12:30-14:00
Lunch
14:00-14:30
(Ignite)
14:30-15:00
Open Space (Open Space)
Open Space Opening
15:00-15:45
Open Space (Open Space)
Open Space #1
15:45-16:30
Open Space (Open Space)
Open Space #2
16:30-17:00
Break
17:00-17:45
Open Space (Open Space)
Open Space #3
Our Alternate Speakers

Should any of our speakers be unable to present, we shall choose from these intrepid alternates. Abstracts will be made available if they are called up.

  • Get Your Story Straight
    Jason Hand
    DevOps Evangelist, VictorOps
  • Cooking Up a Trustworthy Operating Model
    Chris Corriere
    DevOps Engineer, Autotrader
  • Interviews - Your single point of contact
    John Lange
    Sr. Systems Engineer, Development Dimensions International
  • Addressing Security Challenges With DevOps
    Christopher Taschner
    Sr. Software Developer, CERT, Carnegie Mellon University SEI
Sysdig Chef Delphix HP Philips ShowClix Immunio Computer Emergency Response Team at the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute Uber Advanced Technologies Center IBM Watson Pivotal Software

Aluminum sponsors

Ansible

Glass sponsors

Travis-CI ContainerShip.io Innovation Works Digital Ocean Apcera

Media sponsors

O Pittsburgh Code & Supply Women Who Code Girl Develop It Imagine Careers

Host sponsor

University of Pittsburgh Computer Science