NOR(DEV):CON
Norfolk Developers Conference
26th – 28th February 2020
nor(DEV):con is back in 2020. The eastern region's biggest tech conference returns in February with a fantastic line-up of speakers and workshops.
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Chris O'DellBackend Engineer at MonzoBetween 2012 and 2014, Chris led the API team at 7digital – a leading provider of music streaming services worldwide. After that, she spent 3 years at Just Eat in both the Payments and Platform Engineering teams. She now works at Monzo, helping to transform the banking world.
Dr. Gail OllisResearcher and Lecturer at Bournemouth UniversityCyberpsychology is my accidental second career. I was a commercial software developer for two decades and became so obsessed with the human aspects of the job that I took a psychology degree to investigate further. In 2019 I finally completed my PhD research in psychology of software development. Throughout my studies I worked as an academic, lecturing in both programming and cyberpsychology. Now I am moving on to research in cyber security, applying my rare interdisciplinary combination of psychology knowledge and practical programming experience.
Jennifer WadellaLead Angular Developer at BitoviOften described as a force of nature, Jennifer is a JavaScript developer, speaker, foodie, fitness geek, and community organizer most well known for her work creating innovative and highly sought-after programs for women in technology.
Karen Poulter Head of IT Development and ArchitecturePreviously having been Head of IT at Stansted Airport and Acting IT Director of Suffolk Police Karen has worked across a variety of industries both private and public sector.
Jez HigginsSoftware Grandad
Paul PalikSenior Associate at Birketts
Schedule
- Main Auditorium (Track 1)
- Conference Room 1 (Track 2)
- Conference Room 2 (Track 3)
- Board Room (Track 4)
- Training Room 1
- 27th February
12:30
Developer Experience (Opening Keynote)
Chris O'Dell
13:30
Break
13:45
TBC
TBC
TBC
A Mouthful of C++
Jez Higgins
Hubs: An Organizational Construct for Scaling Agile Development
Jim Coplien
14:30
Building next generation web apps with Blazor
Chris Sainty
TBC
Healthy code, Happy people (an Introduction to Elm)
Katja Mordaunt
A Mouthful of C++
Jez Higgins
TBC
15:15
TBC
Jon Skeet
TBC
TBC
A Mouthful of C++
Jez Higgins
TBC
John Nicholson
16:00
Break
16:15
"Humaning" (Closing Keynote)
Dr. Gail Ollis
17:15
Break
17:30
nor(DEV) Conference Special
- 28th February
09:30
It's Not Me, It's You: When Change Gets Personal (Opening Keynote)
Karen Poulter
10:30
Break
10:45
TBC
Jon Skeet
TBC
Rustaceans are not members of a Cargo cult
Russel Winder
TBC
How to build & manage high performing teams
Jim Marshall
11:30
Why I Was Bad At Sketchbooks: Imposter Syndrome And Letting Go Of Perfection.
Charli Vince
TBC
Nice words butter, but no parsnip; or how to use game theory to understand company politics
Dani Papamaximou
TBC
Sync Norwich
12:15
Lunch
13:30
The Story of The Code
Dom Davis
SearchNorwich Session
Mark Williams-Cook
The trygve programming language: Real Object-Oriented Programming
Jim Coplien
Computer Vision coding workshop
Federica Freddi
What’s the point of being mentored?
Brian Bush
14:15
TBC
SearchNorwich Session
Dan Taylor
AWS
Computer Vision coding workshop
Federica Freddi
Tech contracts: what could possibly go wrong?!
Paul Palik
15:00
Break
15:15
Better mental health and wellbeing literacy for developers
Nicholas Walsh
TBC
Concurency in Go
Dom Davis
Search Norwich Workshop
Kiera Lavington
How to get 33% of your software development costs back with R&D tax credits
Adam McCann
16:00
The Politics of Tool Shaming
James Seconde
TBC
How to become an AI-driven enterprise
Adrian Pickering
Search Norwich Workshop
Kiera Lavington
How to manage a data breach
Kitty Rosser
16:45
Break
17:00
Sponsor Presentation
17:30
When Did We Become Afraid to Try? (Closing Keynote)
Jennifer Wadella
18:00
Wine Reception
19:00
Conference Dinner
Workshops
Take full advantage of your visit by attending one of our workshops run by a group of experienced speakers and trainers.
We'll be exploring topics like shaping business ideas, problem management methodologies and accounting for contractors.
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The King's Centre, King Street, Norwich, NR1 1PH
The King's Centre is a quality conference venue in the centre of Norwich, offering 14 different rooms available to hire to suit your event; from 6 people to 650.
Nearby
Train Station
With good connections across East Anglia, and the UK. The historic Norwich Train Station provides good access.
0.6miles from the venue
Premier Inn
Located on Duke Street, close to the river. The Premier Inn offers an affordable stay.
0.5miles from the venue
Maids Head
Located within Tombland and nextdoor to the Cathedral. The Maids Head Hotel is an award winning, AA 4 Star hotel. Known to be the oldest in the UK.
0.4miles from the venue
Travelodge
Comfy king size beds with four plump pillows and a cosy duvet. An on-site restaurant and bar serves breakfast and tasty evening meals.
0.5miles from the venue
Sponsors
The Norfolk Developers Conference wouldn't be possible without the support of our wonderful sponsors. We're really grateful for their trust and support; and are proud to feature them below.
Want to join our community of Sponsors? We stil have a range of sponsorship packages available.
IJYI
Elite
IJYI employs a dedicated, talented and creative team of Developers, Quality Analysts, Project Managers, Architects, Trainers, DevOps consultants, Business Analysts and Agile Coaches who all work hard to help clients achieve the best possible outcomes for a range of complex IT projects.
FXHome
Partner
We believe in creativity, and making powerful tools accessible to everyone. What started as a big idea on a little budget, has grown to a global movement. Our software powers countless creative projects worldwide.
Lovewell Blake
Associate
Specialist teams at Lovewell Blake comprise experienced and highly qualified experts in all areas of accountancy, business advice and financial planning. We help our business clients to grow and our private clients to prosper, by providing sound business advice and a comprehensive range of support services across our 8 office in East Anglia. We specialise in the tech sector and continuously support innovation in our local community.
BreakwaterIT
Associate
Providing cost-effective IT support, IT services and IT solutions which work together to power your business.
InfoQ
Associate
Senior software developers rely on the InfoQ community to keep ahead of the adoption curve.
Norfolk County Council
Conference Dinner
A partnership between the Economic Development & Strategy department and the Department for International Trade. The Norfolk County Council are driven towards innovation in our Technical Sector.
