Since the software industry is a competitive environment, testing has become essential in order to succeed in delivering peace of mind to the stakeholders and quality products. Better testing means a better product, so join this track to see test specialists sharing their experience about ways to improve the testing process (tools and best practices), better collaborate with other disciplines (development, project management etc.) and find the most relevant defects.

Software development for mobile platforms tends to be more and more important and it can’t be ignored by any software developer/company.
Join this track in order to understanding the specifics of this platforms, to find out more about the best practices and the most common challenges.

Cyber Security is nowadays one of the most important criteria in the healthy development of an IT infrastructure because most of our life is now on the Internet, a network that was not created with security in mind. This track will share some ideas about several hot topics these days such as the most vulnerable part of technology – the human factor, reverse engineering , ways to ensure your data remains secure and little things with big impact that you can do to improve your personal online security.

Join industry experts and peers within agile and lean community for an intense learning experience. Agile development practices, Lean processes and leadership principles for a value driven organization are the flavors of this track. Different perspectives from Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile and Lean development are shared by the experienced practitioners. You can find inspiration in their stories and lessons learned, you can improve your knowledge and become prepared for your own challenges.

IT organizations turn flat, from an authority point of view. Some of the most coveted companies to work for allow their employees to rotate teams and projects, in order to motivate them and cultivate a creative and autonomous work environment. At the same time, the pressure for timeliness in releases, for metrics and for business objectives, generally speaking, involves assuming, sharing and transferring responsibilities and decision.

Chains of command are shifting back and forth, while the need for accountability is still there. Resolving personal and cultural differences as well as navigating teams and projects in this type of organizations is of the most importance.

We are looking forward to discussing some of the most common issues and good practices related to people and projects management.

Join this track to find out more about the trends in the year to come such as wearable devices, the well known Google glass from the developer perspective and all sorts of different devices that add up to the internet of things.
Keep up and learn more about virtual currency and the wallets to hold it.

The (local) industry is looking to shifting the business model from service-based to product-based, in an attempt to increase both company and individual productivity, while also encouraging innovation.

The transition however has its challenges: identifying customer needs and translating them into requrements vs. working on exact specifcations, interaction models and processes with customers and integrating their feedback, ressources (re)allocation, different balance and metrics in design vs. functionalities evaluation etc. Presentations in this track should include good practices and case studies to help individuals and teams better integrate new processes into their workflows.

In ever-competitive markets, to have a great customer experience is highest on most CEO’s wish lists. Whether your launching a new startup or you are well established using many resources for R & D we all need to be innovative and cool to stay ahead and separate the competition. This track provides an opportunity to share best practice with insights on the latest advancements from proven customer experience and cool companies whose innovative technologies have allowed them not just float to the top but more importantly stay there.

The Cloud is here to stay. Ignore it or learn to tame it. Join this track in order to find out more about Cloud architectures and deployments as well as Cloud and Big Data specific technologies. Find out where to store, how to process the extra petabytes of data, how to optimize & scale your apps from the best in the field.

Trainings and Workshops are your perfect opportunity to spend a full day or even two full days to discover and learn in depth from an expert.