Agenda

Check out the different topics, each representing a single block of talks and sessions to guide you through the program of DevTalks!

8th of June

9th of June

We joined forces in order to develop an Agenda that will meet all of your expectations. Collecting feedback from our participants & speakers for the past 8 years we believe that we’ve managed to put together a powerful tool that can contribute to your learning process.

10th of June

8th of June

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9th of June

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10:00 to 10:10 Intro Speech powered by MassMutual Romania

Jawad Malik [Chief Information Officer — Barings, Partner of MassMutual Romania]

10:15 to 11:00 What is next in the wildwest of NFT's & Metaverse

Jan Scheele [CEO — Bloqon]

11:05 to 11:50 Pervasive AI-enabled Decision Making: Opportunities and Challenges

Babak Hodjat [VP and CTO AI — Cognizant]

A decision process is defined as reviewing a context at any given moment, implementing a choice of actions with the goal to optimize a set of outcomes, and, preferably, learning from the implications to improve future decisions.
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11:55 to 12:25 Squeeze AI into the Cloud

Javier Sáenz [Product Manager ML Products — IONOS] ;

Andrei Mihai [Senior Developer — 1&1 Internet Development]

How can we make sure that Data Scientist and Machine Learning engineers can release and manage their models in production in an effective way?
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12:30 to 13:00 Cyber resilience relies on resilient people. An examination of the most stressful roles in Cybersecurity.

Spencer Mott [Chief Security Officer — Booking Holdings]

13:00 to 14:00 Networking lunch

14:00 to 14:45 Keynote

14:50 to 15:20 Cutting software into slices

Dan Patrascu [Technical Training Director — Amdaris]

Most software architectures nowadays emphasize the concept of layers.
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15:25 to 15:55 Leveraging real-time event streaming to enable critical business processes

Lucas Adams [Head of Data Integration Platforms — MassMutual]

Deep dive into how MassMutual used Kafka to enable key payment processing

16:00 to 16:45 Data Storytelling & Visualisation

Juan Venegas Ortiz [Data Trainer — Growth Tribe]

We all have the tools to visualise data, but we often lack a method to find insights within them. In this talk, we'll dig deep into the principles of visualisation to give clear messages to our audience. And that won't be all, we'll then add a story layer to keep our audience awake and engaged.

16:50 to 17:35 Qwik: Using innovation and AI to get lightning-fast web-application startup

Miško Hevery [Chief Technology Officer — Builder.io]

We all know that fast web application startup is important, and directly ties to conversions and profit.
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10:00 to 10:10 Intro Speech powered by BCR

Adrian Sandu [Technical Team Lead — BCR]

10:15 to 10:45 Micro Front-ends with respect to Module Federation

Adrian Sandu [Technical Team Lead — BCR]

The need of levelling up towards a high-end architecture is always an ambitious thing. Within a Front-end application, scaling is an important point. Let’s try a new method of sharing code between our Front-end applications

10:50 to 11:35 Strengthening the friendly bond between QA's and Devs with Cypress and Cucumber

Muhammad Ahsan Ayaz [Software Architect — Syncron]

Testing is a tough, yet interesting topic whenever it comes to Software Development.
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11:40 to 12:10 Don’t release to Production, release to QA

Petru Rebeja [Lead Technical Designer — Cegeka]

Seeing your colleagues from QA team as the end-users of the application you’re working on may come as unusual, but doing so makes a big difference.
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12:15 to 13:00 Native web apps: are we there yet?

Maxim Salnikov [Developer Engagement Lead — Microsoft]

There are so many discussions about web VS native apps. Will we get to the point where the Web becomes truly Native for the majority of the platforms?
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13:00 to 14:00 Networking lunch

14:00 to 14:45 Tips, tricks and what's new in CSS

Elad Shechter [CSS/HTML Architect — Appwrite]

CSS has evolved a lot over the years, with many new features, which can help us work a lot easier. Elad Shechter will show you what amazing things you missed in CSS

14:50 to 15:35 Top Tips For Blazor

Layla Porter [Developer Advocate — VMware]

Want to try out Blazor?
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15:40 to 16:10 Testing user flows - A study case

Vlad Moldoveanu [Tech Lead — Deloitte Digital]

Unit tests are good enough for testing small, isolated units of code; but aren't the best choice when wanting to test the integration of these units into a larger system.
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10:00 to 10:10 Intro Speech powered by Academia Testarii

Florin Manolescu [CEO & Co-founder — Academia Testarii]

10:15 to 10:45 The subtle art of contract testing

Hulia Suliman [Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test — CrowdStrike Romania]

Have you ever experienced a painful situation of deploying to production some code changes only to find out that an API you integrate with has broken the contract?
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10:50 to 11:35 How 5g influences the QA expertise

Viktoriia Taraniuk [Manager in Embedded systems domain — GlobalLogic]

11:40 to 12:10 Are testers suffering from cognitive bias? + Adopting the Security mindset

Andrei Marinoiu [QA Consultant — Accesa] ;

Vasile Bota [QA Office Lead — Accesa]

Join Accesa to answer the question "Are testers suffering from cognitive bias?" Read More...

12:15 to 13:00 Cutting edge technologies in automated testing

Anton Angelov [CTO & Co-founder — Automate The Planet]

We will discuss many of the most modern solutions for visualizing test results and executing tests in Docker containers. Also, we will review many framework integrations with cloud cognitive services which use machine learning ML and artificial intelligence AI.
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13:00 to 14:00 Networking lunch

14:00 to 14:45 The pyramid is dead, long live the pyramid

Ramona Schwering [Software Developer — shopware AG]

When you think about test automation concepts, the test pyramid is probably one of the first metaphors you'll stumble across.
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14:50 to 16:15 To which degree is testing AI different from other applications (Client or web base)

Nikolay Plamenov Avramov [Team Lead — Automate The Planet] ;

Nikolaj Tolkaciov [Testing Practice Lead — Devbridge] ;

Florin Manolescu [CEO & Co-founder — Academia Testarii]

16:20 to 16:50 The importance of Automation Testing Team

Ciprian Zane [Manager IT Testing Department — OTP Bank Romania]

16:55 to 17:40 Taking human approach in automated functional testing

Nikolay Plamenov Avramov [Team Lead — Automate The Planet]

Test Automation can be done using numerous approaches – from code-less solutions with recorders that simulate the user interactions, through some coded solutions with custom locators, all the way to AI-driven frameworks that use image-based locator data.
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10:00 to 10:10 Intro Speech

Mike Elsmore [Lead Developer Advocate — InfoSum]

10:15 to 10:45 The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

Mike Elsmore [Lead Developer Advocate — InfoSum] ;

Alex Lakatos [Technology Lead — Interledger Foundation]

10:50 to 11:20 Let’s talk plugins… in 2 languages

Ingrid Axinte [Software Engineer — Societe Generale Global Solution Centre] ;

Robert-Nicolae Voinea [Tech Lead — Societe Generale Global Solution Centre]

In today's fast-paced world, we need to use the best tools to solve complex problems and meet business demands. This sometimes involves combining 2 or more programming languages. Also, to be competitive in the market, we need to customize and adapt to the various needs – and plugins offer the right flexibility. Join our keynote session and discover in real time a hybrid plugin solution that merges the ease of working in Python with the efficiency of C++. The best of both worlds.

11:25 to 12:10 Learning and Teaching C++

Pavel Yosifovich [Developer, Trainer, Author and Speaker — ---]

C++ is making great strides since C++ 11, bringing the language and standard library to new heights. Adding features also increases the "complexity" of C++ - the language is bigger than ever.How can developers keep up? How should one learn C++? How should one teach C++? Some people are new to the language, others might know the "classic" C++. This talk examines modern C++ as a "teachable" and "learnable" language.

12:15 to 12:45 DevOps Velocity with no quality surprises: the manual

Aviram Shotten [Chief Solutions Engineer — Qualitest]

12:45 to 14:00 Networking lunch

14:00 to 14:45 Edge AI vs Cloud AI. Is Edge overtaking Cloud?

Silviu-Tudor Serban [Software Engineering Specialist — Microsoft]

This talk will compare features of both Edge and Cloud AI looking at several factors such as performance, efficiency or privacy, and will cover several Edge AI use-cases that are already changing the world.

14:50 to 15:35 How the fastest growing companies develop their public API

Josh Twist [CEO and Co-founder — Zuplo]

Josh will draw on his years of experience building APIs and tooling at Microsoft, Facebook and Stripe to share the 5 pillars every developer should think about before sharing an API.

15:40 to 16:10 Python Q&A Session

Matt Harrison [Corporate Trainer — MetaSnake]

16:15 to 17:00 The future of C++

Bryce Adelstein Lelbach [HPC Programming Models Architect — NVIDIA]

In the next decade, three major new C++ will reshape how we write C++ code - reflection, pattern matching, and senders/receivers. Come join Bryce Adelstein Lelbach, one of the leaders of the C++ committee, to find out what's next for C++, and why you should be excited about it.

17:05 to 17:50 D Programming

Walter Bright [Father of D programing language — D Language Foundation]

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10:00 to 10:10 Opening Speech powered by ELC Bucharest Digital Technology Center

Adriana Wahl [Executive Director, Digital Technology Center Site Lead — The Estée Lauder Companies]

10:15 to 10:45 Future of Beauty Technology

Liz Bacelar [Executive Director, Global IT Innovation — The Estée Lauder Companies] ;

Andreea-Mihaela Raica [Senior Lead Business Analyst, Intelligent Automation — The Estée Lauder Companies] ;

Valeriu Grigore [Senior Manager UX/UI Design, DTE — The Estée Lauder Companies]

10:50 to 11:35 Women and money, how to raise money for your startup if you are a female founder

Nancy Brito [General Partner — Ground Capital]

11:40 to 12:10 Fear of being unmasked - Impostor syndrome | Love-hate relationship

Daniela Spilca [Development Consultant — Endava] ;

Diana Constantinescu [Bucharest .NET Community Lead — Endava]

Questions like the following ones often creep in the minds of many smart, high-achieving people:
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12:15 to 13:00 Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship

Rayna Stankova [Software Engineer — VMware]

Why does diversity matter in AI, business and innovation?
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13:00 to 14:00 Networking lunch

14:00 to 15:10 Do we need women dedicated initiatives?

Ioana Chiorean [Engineer manager — CodeSandbox]

Most times when I share that I am part of a Women in Tech initiative, someone will roll their eyes, or even ask me why there are no Men in Tech initiatives?
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15:15 to 15:45 Self-Organizing Teams: How to manage Creativity

Dana Juncu [Associate Producer — Ubisoft Romania]

Creativity can be a scary place, but we can help change this bias! Setting the right context for your creative talents can improve the iteration process and will surely elevate the value of the product you deliver.

15:50 to 17:00 Artist at soul & Entrepreneurial mind

Georgina Lupu [CEO & Founder — Wolfpack Digital] ;

Irina Raicu [Senior Product Manager & A.I. Artist — Microsoft]

17:05 to 17:50 Responsible AI – from theory to practice

Leigh Felton [Chief of Staff & GTM Leader Microsoft, WW Public Sector — Microsoft]

Taking a human-centered approach to socio-technical challenges means that instead of talking about technology first, we talk about humans first and then the relationships between humans and technology.
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9th of June

9th of June

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10:00 to 10:10 Intro Speech powered by MassMutual Romania Jawad Malik [Chief Information Officer — Barings, Partner of MassMutual Romania]

10:15 to 11:00 What is next in the wildwest of NFT's & Metaverse Jan Scheele [CEO — Bloqon]

11:05 to 11:50 Pervasive AI-enabled Decision Making: Opportunities and Challenges Babak Hodjat [VP and CTO AI — Cognizant]

11:55 to 12:25 Squeeze AI into the Cloud Javier Sáenz [Product Manager ML Products — IONOS] ; Andrei Mihai [Senior Developer — 1&1 Internet Development]

12:30 to 13:00 Cyber resilience relies on resilient people. An examination of the most stressful roles in Cybersecurity. Spencer Mott [Chief Security Officer — Booking Holdings]

13:00 to 14:00 Networking lunch

14:00 to 14:45 Keynote

14:50 to 15:20 Cutting software into slices Dan Patrascu [Technical Training Director — Amdaris]

15:25 to 15:55 Leveraging real-time event streaming to enable critical business processes Lucas Adams [Head of Data Integration Platforms — MassMutual]

16:00 to 16:45 Data Storytelling & Visualisation Juan Venegas Ortiz [Data Trainer — Growth Tribe]

16:50 to 17:35 Qwik: Using innovation and AI to get lightning-fast web-application startup Miško Hevery [Chief Technology Officer — Builder.io]

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10:00 to 10:10 Intro Speech powered by BCR Adrian Sandu [Technical Team Lead — BCR]

10:15 to 10:45 Micro Front-ends with respect to Module Federation Adrian Sandu [Technical Team Lead — BCR]

10:50 to 11:35 Strengthening the friendly bond between QA's and Devs with Cypress and Cucumber Muhammad Ahsan Ayaz [Software Architect — Syncron]

11:40 to 12:10 Don’t release to Production, release to QA Petru Rebeja [Lead Technical Designer — Cegeka]

12:15 to 13:00 Native web apps: are we there yet? Maxim Salnikov [Developer Engagement Lead — Microsoft]

13:00 to 14:00 Networking lunch

14:00 to 14:45 Tips, tricks and what's new in CSS Elad Shechter [CSS/HTML Architect — Appwrite]

14:50 to 15:35 Top Tips For Blazor Layla Porter [Developer Advocate — VMware]

15:40 to 16:10 Testing user flows - A study case Vlad Moldoveanu [Tech Lead — Deloitte Digital]

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10:00 to 10:10 Intro Speech powered by Academia Testarii Florin Manolescu [CEO & Co-founder — Academia Testarii]

10:15 to 10:45 The subtle art of contract testing Hulia Suliman [Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test — CrowdStrike Romania]

10:50 to 11:35 How 5g influences the QA expertise Viktoriia Taraniuk [Manager in Embedded systems domain — GlobalLogic]

11:40 to 12:10 Are testers suffering from cognitive bias? + Adopting the Security mindset Andrei Marinoiu [QA Consultant — Accesa] ; Vasile Bota [QA Office Lead — Accesa]

12:15 to 13:00 Cutting edge technologies in automated testing Anton Angelov [CTO & Co-founder — Automate The Planet]

13:00 to 14:00 Networking lunch

14:00 to 14:45 The pyramid is dead, long live the pyramid Ramona Schwering [Software Developer — shopware AG]

14:50 to 16:15 To which degree is testing AI different from other applications (Client or web base) Nikolay Plamenov Avramov [Team Lead — Automate The Planet] ; Nikolaj Tolkaciov [Testing Practice Lead — Devbridge] ; Florin Manolescu [CEO & Co-founder — Academia Testarii]

16:20 to 16:50 The importance of Automation Testing Team Ciprian Zane [Manager IT Testing Department — OTP Bank Romania]

16:55 to 17:40 Taking human approach in automated functional testing Nikolay Plamenov Avramov [Team Lead — Automate The Planet]

10:00 to 10:10 Intro Speech Mike Elsmore [Lead Developer Advocate — InfoSum]

10:15 to 10:45 The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Mike Elsmore [Lead Developer Advocate — InfoSum] ; Alex Lakatos [Technology Lead — Interledger Foundation]

10:50 to 11:20 Let’s talk plugins… in 2 languages Ingrid Axinte [Software Engineer — Societe Generale Global Solution Centre] ; Robert-Nicolae Voinea [Tech Lead — Societe Generale Global Solution Centre]

11:25 to 12:10 Learning and Teaching C++ Pavel Yosifovich [Developer, Trainer, Author and Speaker — ---]

12:15 to 12:45 DevOps Velocity with no quality surprises: the manual Aviram Shotten [Chief Solutions Engineer — Qualitest]

12:45 to 14:00 Networking lunch

14:00 to 14:45 Edge AI vs Cloud AI. Is Edge overtaking Cloud? Silviu-Tudor Serban [Software Engineering Specialist — Microsoft]

14:50 to 15:35 How the fastest growing companies develop their public API Josh Twist [CEO and Co-founder — Zuplo]

15:40 to 16:10 Python Q&A Session Matt Harrison [Corporate Trainer — MetaSnake]

16:15 to 17:00 The future of C++ Bryce Adelstein Lelbach [HPC Programming Models Architect — NVIDIA]

17:05 to 17:50 D Programming Walter Bright [Father of D programing language — D Language Foundation]

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10:00 to 10:10 Opening Speech powered by ELC Bucharest Digital Technology Center Adriana Wahl [Executive Director, Digital Technology Center Site Lead — The Estée Lauder Companies]

10:50 to 11:35 Women and money, how to raise money for your startup if you are a female founder Nancy Brito [General Partner — Ground Capital]

11:40 to 12:10 Fear of being unmasked - Impostor syndrome | Love-hate relationship Daniela Spilca [Development Consultant — Endava] ; Diana Constantinescu [Bucharest .NET Community Lead — Endava]

12:15 to 13:00 Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship Rayna Stankova [Software Engineer — VMware]

13:00 to 14:00 Networking lunch

14:00 to 15:10 Do we need women dedicated initiatives? Ioana Chiorean [Engineer manager — CodeSandbox]

15:15 to 15:45 Self-Organizing Teams: How to manage Creativity Dana Juncu [Associate Producer — Ubisoft Romania]

15:50 to 17:00 Artist at soul & Entrepreneurial mind Georgina Lupu [CEO & Founder — Wolfpack Digital] ; Irina Raicu [Senior Product Manager & A.I. Artist — Microsoft]

17:05 to 17:50 Responsible AI – from theory to practice Leigh Felton [Chief of Staff & GTM Leader Microsoft, WW Public Sector — Microsoft]

10:00 to 10:10 Intro Speech powered by MassMutual Romania

Jawad Malik [Chief Information Officer — Barings, Partner of MassMutual Romania]

10:15 to 11:00 What is next in the wildwest of NFT's & Metaverse

Jan Scheele [CEO — Bloqon]

11:05 to 11:50 Pervasive AI-enabled Decision Making: Opportunities and Challenges

Babak Hodjat [VP and CTO AI — Cognizant]

11:55 to 12:25 Squeeze AI into the Cloud

Javier Sáenz [Product Manager ML Products — IONOS] ;

Andrei Mihai [Senior Developer — 1&1 Internet Development]

12:30 to 13:00 Cyber resilience relies on resilient people. An examination of the most stressful roles in Cybersecurity.

Spencer Mott [Chief Security Officer — Booking Holdings]

14:50 to 15:20 Cutting software into slices

Dan Patrascu [Technical Training Director — Amdaris]

15:25 to 15:55 Leveraging real-time event streaming to enable critical business processes

Lucas Adams [Head of Data Integration Platforms — MassMutual]

16:00 to 16:45 Data Storytelling & Visualisation

Juan Venegas Ortiz [Data Trainer — Growth Tribe]

16:50 to 17:35 Qwik: Using innovation and AI to get lightning-fast web-application startup

Miško Hevery [Chief Technology Officer — Builder.io]

10:00 to 10:10 Intro Speech powered by BCR

Adrian Sandu [Technical Team Lead — BCR]

10:15 to 10:45 Micro Front-ends with respect to Module Federation

Adrian Sandu [Technical Team Lead — BCR]

10:50 to 11:35 Strengthening the friendly bond between QA's and Devs with Cypress and Cucumber

Muhammad Ahsan Ayaz [Software Architect — Syncron]

11:40 to 12:10 Don’t release to Production, release to QA

Petru Rebeja [Lead Technical Designer — Cegeka]

12:15 to 13:00 Native web apps: are we there yet?

Maxim Salnikov [Developer Engagement Lead — Microsoft]

14:00 to 14:45 Tips, tricks and what's new in CSS

Elad Shechter [CSS/HTML Architect — Appwrite]

14:50 to 15:35 Top Tips For Blazor

Layla Porter [Developer Advocate — VMware]

15:40 to 16:10 Testing user flows - A study case

Vlad Moldoveanu [Tech Lead — Deloitte Digital]

10:00 to 10:10 Intro Speech powered by Academia Testarii

Florin Manolescu [CEO & Co-founder — Academia Testarii]

10:15 to 10:45 The subtle art of contract testing

Hulia Suliman [Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test — CrowdStrike Romania]

10:50 to 11:35 How 5g influences the QA expertise

Viktoriia Taraniuk [Manager in Embedded systems domain — GlobalLogic]

11:40 to 12:10 Are testers suffering from cognitive bias? + Adopting the Security mindset

Andrei Marinoiu [QA Consultant — Accesa] ;

Vasile Bota [QA Office Lead — Accesa]

12:15 to 13:00 Cutting edge technologies in automated testing

Anton Angelov [CTO & Co-founder — Automate The Planet]

14:00 to 14:45 The pyramid is dead, long live the pyramid

Ramona Schwering [Software Developer — shopware AG]

14:50 to 16:15 To which degree is testing AI different from other applications (Client or web base)

Nikolay Plamenov Avramov [Team Lead — Automate The Planet] ;

Nikolaj Tolkaciov [Testing Practice Lead — Devbridge] ;

Florin Manolescu [CEO & Co-founder — Academia Testarii]

16:20 to 16:50 The importance of Automation Testing Team

Ciprian Zane [Manager IT Testing Department — OTP Bank Romania]

16:55 to 17:40 Taking human approach in automated functional testing

Nikolay Plamenov Avramov [Team Lead — Automate The Planet]

10:00 to 10:10 Intro Speech

Mike Elsmore [Lead Developer Advocate — InfoSum]

10:15 to 10:45 The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

Mike Elsmore [Lead Developer Advocate — InfoSum] ;

Alex Lakatos [Technology Lead — Interledger Foundation]

10:50 to 11:20 Let’s talk plugins… in 2 languages

Ingrid Axinte [Software Engineer — Societe Generale Global Solution Centre] ;

Robert-Nicolae Voinea [Tech Lead — Societe Generale Global Solution Centre]

11:25 to 12:10 Learning and Teaching C++

Pavel Yosifovich [Developer, Trainer, Author and Speaker — ---]

12:15 to 12:45 DevOps Velocity with no quality surprises: the manual

Aviram Shotten [Chief Solutions Engineer — Qualitest]

14:00 to 14:45 Edge AI vs Cloud AI. Is Edge overtaking Cloud?

Silviu-Tudor Serban [Software Engineering Specialist — Microsoft]

14:50 to 15:35 How the fastest growing companies develop their public API

Josh Twist [CEO and Co-founder — Zuplo]

15:40 to 16:10 Python Q&A Session

Matt Harrison [Corporate Trainer — MetaSnake]

16:15 to 17:00 The future of C++

Bryce Adelstein Lelbach [HPC Programming Models Architect — NVIDIA]

17:05 to 17:50 D Programming

Walter Bright [Father of D programing language — D Language Foundation]

10:00 to 10:10 Opening Speech powered by ELC Bucharest Digital Technology Center

Adriana Wahl [Executive Director, Digital Technology Center Site Lead — The Estée Lauder Companies]

10:50 to 11:35 Women and money, how to raise money for your startup if you are a female founder

Nancy Brito [General Partner — Ground Capital]

11:40 to 12:10 Fear of being unmasked - Impostor syndrome | Love-hate relationship

Daniela Spilca [Development Consultant — Endava] ;

Diana Constantinescu [Bucharest .NET Community Lead — Endava]

12:15 to 13:00 Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship

Rayna Stankova [Software Engineer — VMware]

14:00 to 15:10 Do we need women dedicated initiatives?

Ioana Chiorean [Engineer manager — CodeSandbox]

15:15 to 15:45 Self-Organizing Teams: How to manage Creativity

Dana Juncu [Associate Producer — Ubisoft Romania]

15:50 to 17:00 Artist at soul & Entrepreneurial mind

Georgina Lupu [CEO & Founder — Wolfpack Digital] ;

Irina Raicu [Senior Product Manager & A.I. Artist — Microsoft]

17:05 to 17:50 Responsible AI – from theory to practice

Leigh Felton [Chief of Staff & GTM Leader Microsoft, WW Public Sector — Microsoft]