Meet world-renowned DevOps experts

Helen Beal

CEO and chair of the Value Stream Management Consortium

The VSM Renaissance: Catalysed by DevOps

DevOps has enabled digital transformation. In fifteen years it’s revolutionised the way we engineer software. It’s spread continuous integration and delivery across the globe, humanised IT culture, automated toil and paid down technical debt. But it’s nowhere near done. Actually, a lot of organisations have hit a ceiling. A wall. The brakes. Stagnated. The promise is still there; that we can thrive in the digital age, create joy through customer experiences, move fast, be nimble, outcompete, achieve extraordinary levels of organisational performance. But it needs unlocking - unblocking. Value Stream Management has hundreds of years of history - but its time is now. Building on everything we’ve learned from DevOps, using the toolchains and pipelines and rich data sources we’ve created, combining VSM and DevOps means we can see organisations as value-generating enterprises. We can pinpoint the choke points, bottlenecks, and dependencies, and quickly apply fixes to optimise flow and value realisation.

In this talk, Helen Beal, will share real stories from enterprises she’s worked with on how they’ve relentlessly pursued improvement using VSM and DevOps practices and the outcomes they’ve seen.

Simon Wardley

Swardley Maps LTD

X marks the spot

The originator of Wardley Maps, Simon Wardley takes the audience on a journey through strategic planning in the modern business landscape. This talk unveils the powerful utility of Wardley Maps in identifying and targeting strategic objectives, akin to finding treasure in the complex world of business.

The discussion begins with an introduction to the fundamentals of Wardley Maps, emphasizing their role in enhancing situational awareness in decision-making. The keynote then delves into real-world applications before exploring the use of modern AI techniques in generating these maps. At this point, we will use maps to look at AI itself and in particular the changing nature of practices around it.

Charity Majors

CTO, Honeycomb.io

Is It Time To Version Observability? (Signs Point To Yes)

The DevOps revolution is winding down, and we’re entering the post-DevOps era. We’re at the precipice of a massive generational shift in how we build and understand our software, and engineering teams need to prepare.

In the past, telemetry focused on basic metrics: reliability, uptime, MTTR, MTTD. Observability 1.0. Companies that settle for these basic data points will struggle to keep up with modern development patterns, while haemorrhaging money.

As engineering best practices around separating deploys from releases, testing in production, and observability-driven development have gone mainstream, the metrics-driven approach to telemetry has stalled, and it’s time for a new version: Observability 2.0.

Learn what this new version means for your engineers, and how to embrace this breaking change to:

• Save them from drowning in symptom-based alerting
• Help fewer people work together to build better software
• Create fast feedback loops throughout the entire organization through highly granular visibility into all their systems

Supriya Chitale

Open Source Program Office Manager -IKEA

Redefining engineering in retail: A journey through IKEA's digital transformation

IKEA has been on a huge digital transformation journey the last couple of years, and in that creating a completely new engineering landscape. With that, there has been a need for a cultural shift in engineering and in how digital products are created and delivered.

You will hear from Supriya Chitale, head of Open Source Program Office, about how IKEA sees InnerSource, sustainable Open Source and community practices as a critical piece to that puzzle. And from Björn Ramberg, head of Engineering Services, on the journey through the digital shift and the IKEA transformation.

Björn Ramberg

Technology Service Area Manager - Engineering Services -IKEA

Redefining engineering in retail: A journey through IKEA's digital transformation

IKEA has been on a huge digital transformation journey the last couple of years, and in that creating a completely new engineering landscape. With that, there has been a need for a cultural shift in engineering and in how digital products are created and delivered.

You will hear from Supriya Chitale, head of Open Source Program Office, about how IKEA sees InnerSource, sustainable Open Source and community practices as a critical piece to that puzzle. And from Björn Ramberg, head of Engineering Services, on the journey through the digital shift and the IKEA transformation.

Emma Dahl Jeppesen

Platform Advocate- VELUX

10 things we hate about platform engineering

Platform Engineering is the latest blockbuster in the tech world, but like any major production, it comes with its share of potential pitfalls and dramatic twists when stepping into this new frontier.

Join Dan Grøndahl and Emma Dahl Jeppesen from VELUX to hear their biggest pain points in Platform Engineering, explained through analogies from popular movies.

This talk isn’t focused on the usual tools or technologies; you won’t find a single line of YAML here. Instead we’re focussing on the fundamental misunderstandings and missteps that can derail even the most well-funded platform initiatives. From the executive suites’ elusive buy-ins to the gritty realities of inadequate developer experiences, we dive into the top ten common errors that many encounter but few talk about openly.

So grab your popcorn and expect to be entertained, maybe even learn a thing or two!

Dan Grøndahl

Platform Owner - VELUX

10 things we hate about platform engineering

Platform Engineering is the latest blockbuster in the tech world, but like any major production, it comes with its share of potential pitfalls and dramatic twists when stepping into this new frontier.

Join Dan Grøndahl and Emma Dahl Jeppesen from VELUX to hear their biggest pain points in Platform Engineering, explained through analogies from popular movies.

This talk isn’t focused on the usual tools or technologies; you won’t find a single line of YAML here. Instead we’re focussing on the fundamental misunderstandings and missteps that can derail even the most well-funded platform initiatives. From the executive suites’ elusive buy-ins to the gritty realities of inadequate developer experiences, we dive into the top ten common errors that many encounter but few talk about openly.

So grab your popcorn and expect to be entertained, maybe even learn a thing or two!

Steve Pereira

Principal Consultant Author of Flow Engineering

Fast Flow with Flow Engineering

• From status quo to status flow in five maps
• Simple, collaborative, remote-friendly mapping to see, measure & unblock flow
• How Flow Engineering can bridge business and tech, across silos, and from leaders to contributors

Kripa Shetty

Senior Engineer, BCG X

Implementing DevSecOps : Navigating Regulations and Enhancing Security

In the highly regulated sectors like healthcare , finance, insurance etc., ensuring the security and compliance of software systems is not just beneficial—it's mandatory. This talk delves into the integration of DevSecOps practices within the SDLC, demonstrating how these can drastically improve both developmental agility and security postures without compromising on regulatory requirements.

We will outline key DevSecOps principles , emphasizing automated compliance checks, secure coding practices, and continuous monitoring to safeguard sensitive data. Real-world examples from our recent recent implementations in the healthcare domain will showcase the tangible benefits of adopting these practices, such as reduced time-to-market for critical software releases and enhanced defence mechanisms against evolving cybersecurity threats.

Attendees will gain insights into effective strategies for:

1. Incorporating security at every phase of the development cycle, from initial design through deployment and operations.

2. Leveraging automation to enforce and verify compliance with stringent regulations such as HIPAA , GDPR etc.

This session is designed for Software engineers , DevOps engineers, security professionals, and regulatory compliance officers aiming to bridge the gap between rapid software development and stringent security demands in regulated sectors. Through this presentation, participants will learn how to effectively integrate security into their DevOps practices, ensuring that their operations not only meet but exceed the necessary standards for software excellence.

Priyanka Syal

Senior Engineer, BCG X

Implementing DevSecOps : Navigating Regulations and Enhancing Security

In the highly regulated sectors like healthcare , finance, insurance etc., ensuring the security and compliance of software systems is not just beneficial—it's mandatory. This talk delves into the integration of DevSecOps practices within the SDLC, demonstrating how these can drastically improve both developmental agility and security postures without compromising on regulatory requirements.

We will outline key DevSecOps principles , emphasizing automated compliance checks, secure coding practices, and continuous monitoring to safeguard sensitive data. Real-world examples from our recent recent implementations in the healthcare domain will showcase the tangible benefits of adopting these practices, such as reduced time-to-market for critical software releases and enhanced defence mechanisms against evolving cybersecurity threats.

Attendees will gain insights into effective strategies for:

1. Incorporating security at every phase of the development cycle, from initial design through deployment and operations.

2. Leveraging automation to enforce and verify compliance with stringent regulations such as HIPAA , GDPR etc.

This session is designed for Software engineers , DevOps engineers, security professionals, and regulatory compliance officers aiming to bridge the gap between rapid software development and stringent security demands in regulated sectors. Through this presentation, participants will learn how to effectively integrate security into their DevOps practices, ensuring that their operations not only meet but exceed the necessary standards for software excellence.

Robin Yeman

Space Domain Lead, Carnegie Mellon

The application of Agile and DevSecOps to Space Systems

In an era where we expect to see more growth in space in the next 5 years than we have in the last 50 years its critical that we can adapt to changing needs and deliver faster while ensuring we are safe and secure. Space exploration, with its inherent complexities and high-stakes missions, has long been synonymous with meticulous planning and painstaking precision. However, as the demand for more ambitious missions, commercial space activities, and enhanced safety standards continues to grow, the need for accelerated development and deployment processes becomes evident.

The application of Industrial DevOps into space exploration represents a monumental leap. This presentation unveils the transformative potential of applying Agile and DevOps methodologies to the development of large-scale, safety-critical cyber-physical systems in the realm of space exploration. Industrial DevOps pulls best practices from multiple bodies of knowledge across the digital engineering value stream including Systems Thinking, Model Based Engineering, Agile, DevOps, Cyber, Machine Learning and more. We need to use all of the tools in our toolbox to reach the moon first and then leap to Mars.

Marko Klemetti

CTO, Eficode

Talk details coming soon

Zander Havgaard

Senior Software Developer, green.ai

Laying the tracks in front of a moving train - Platform Engineering for Start-ups

Platform engineering is all the rage these days - everyone talks about getting the enterprise train onto the platform. But what happens if you apply platform engineering to startups?

In this lightning talk I will outline our experience applying platform engineering to a small team, and motivate why a platform approach can be the solution to even your small scale challenges.