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I'm Attending!March 27, 2025March 28, 2025Monki Gras 2025: Sustaining Software Development CraftUTC[Monki Gras 2025](https://monkigras.com/) is in London March 27th 28th 2025.
This is a conference about sustaining the craft of software development, at a pivotal time in the industry. Open source is under attack. AI potentially threatens some jobs. Employers are determined to get the upper hand in relationships with software developers again. This is a conference about sustaining craft in the face of that. With amazing craft beer, natural wine, artisan alcohol free beverages and great food.
We're going to examine the trends surrounding our changing industry, how to sustain our craft, and take advantage of automation without being sidelined or undermined by it.
Open source is under attack in a way it hasn't since it first began to remake the industry. Relicensing to proprietary licenses after building a community and customer base is all the rage. So what does that mean for open source communities? For maintainers? What is the role of the open source Foundation? We're super interested in talks from open source maintainers.
AI is being positioned by some companies to replace developers, designers and ops people altogether, which is obviously not great. What skills are going to be more relevant going forward? What tools are you using to make you more productive. What are new crafts and skills? Maybe you have a view on whether users will choose to avoid AI altogether - the economics are by no means certain, with frontier model providers burning through cash at a frightening rate.
Tech vendors are determined to get back in the driving seat after a long "golden era" for developers influence and power. What does this mean for learning, and maintaining decent jobs in the industry? How to manage people effectively? What does it mean for the craft we take so much pride in? We're always interested in learning about sociotechnical systems.
At Monki Gras we love talks that go meta. You might want to teach people about the history of the Luddites, about William Morris, or spindle makers in the East End of London. We want talks that folks won't find anywhere else. Sustaining Software Development Craft is a big topic after all. Historical allusions, stories, personal or historical, always work really well with our community.
Don’t be afraid to propose a talk about the dark side of the era, but by the same token, if you're super positive about the future of software craft in the age of AI then please jump in. Perhaps you've made one of those open source relicensing decisions and want to explain why. That would make a great talk.
For would be speakers our main advice is straightforward: "be good." One of the things all our conferences have in common is the uniform excellence of our speakers. Talks at RedMonk events are not only creative and compelling, they are prepared, rehearsed and engaging. That doesn't mean you have to be an experienced speaker. We especially welcome first time speaker proposals, and we're more than happy to help with coaching before the fact if you would find that helpful.
As for topics, that's up to you. There are only two rules:
1. Go meta - try and find ways that one discipline informs another.
2. No product pitches, sponsor or otherwise.
From there, we're open. In a perfect world, you’ll make the attendees think about the world they’re a part of and their role in it.
Be interesting, be insightful, be original.Shoreditch, London. UK.
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I'm Attending!June 04, 2025June 05, 2025DevTalks Romania 2025UTCWe are happy to announce that DevTalks returns at Romexpo, B1 Pavilion, Bucharest, on June 4-5!
Our speakers line-up is one of the most important ingredients in designing the best conference for the professionals in the IT&C field. We want to make sure that we inspire the next steps of our TECH community with insightful ideas and know-how from developers, industry leaders, tech pioneers, leaders, and forceful thinkers. For a great experience, we invite local and international speakers from all over the world, to be part of our Agenda and join us in growing the local IT community.
Another great news is that in 2025 we are celebrating the 12th edition of DevTalks and it appears to be a great edition, with the newest ideas and cool tech experiences. At DevTalks, you can expect around 7000 participants for 2 days in a row, 14 stages, and as always, great tech names from the IT industry will deliver quality content on each stage.
4th of June Stages:
Main Stage,
Java Stage,
Web Stage,
Mobile Stage,
Women in Tech Stage,
Big Data & Cloud Stage,
DevLead Stage.
5th of June’ Stages:
Main Stage,
Future of Engineering Stage,
DevOps Stage,
QA & Testing Stage,
Security Stage,
Product World Stage,
Gaming Stage.
If you are passionate about technology and want to share your knowledge with the Romanian IT professionals community, don’t hesitate to submit your proposal now! Can’t wait to meet you!Romexpo, B1 Pavillion, Bucharest
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I'm Attending!December 05, 2022December 05, 2022Utah Data Engineering MeetupUTCJoin us on [Slack](http://bit.ly/forgeslackinvite) !
This is a group for anyone interested in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and other data science topics. We take an engineering/programming perspective and often focus on direct implementation and application rather than theoretical. If you are looking for ways to bring practical data engineering into your company then this group is for you.Utah
