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 WadellaPresident & Founder at Kansas City Women in TechnologyOften 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
11:30
Registration Opens
12:20
Introduction
12:30
Developer Experience (Opening Keynote)
Chris O'Dell
13:30
Break
13:45
An introduction to WASM
Mark Flanagan
Hubs: An Organizational Construct for Scaling Agile Development
Jim Coplien
Components, patterns and sh*t it’s hard to deal with
Marco Cedaro
A Mouthful of C++
Jez Higgins
Ricky's Totally Cool MariaDB Workshop
Richard Bensley
14:30
Building next generation web apps with Blazor
Chris Sainty
Cynicism Doesn’t Build Products
Gwen Diagram
Healthy code, Happy people (an Introduction to Elm)
Katja Mordaunt
A Mouthful of C++
Jez Higgins
Ricky's Totally Cool MariaDB Workshop
Richard Bensley
15:15
Crash, bang, wallop: miscellaneous lessons from exploring a drum kit
Jon Skeet
Metamorphic Testing or Can we test the impossible?
John Nicholson
What the JAMstack?
Jamie Bradley
A Mouthful of C++
Jez Higgins
Ricky's Totally Cool MariaDB Workshop
Richard Bensley
16:00
Break
16:15
"Humaning" (Closing Keynote)
Dr. Gail Ollis
17:15
Break
17:30
nor(DEV):drinks - Socialising, Networking, and Drinks
- 28th February
08:30
Registration Opens
09:20
Introduction
09:30
It's Not Me, It's You: When Change Gets Personal (Opening Keynote)
Karen Poulter
10:30
Break
10:45
Kindness
Jon Skeet
YourOwnPlace: Mentor Training
Rebecca White
JavaScript is dead, long live JavaScript!
Q 🦄
Strategic Business and Tax Workshop
Mary Schofield
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
Fund your tech startup
Neil Garner
Nice words butter, but no parsnip; or how to use game theory to understand company politics
Dani Papamaximou
Strategic Business and Tax Workshop
Mary Schofield
Department of International Trade
John Marshall
12:15
Lunch
13:30
The Story of The Code
Dom Davis
Pleasing the robot overlords (SEO stuff that gets missed)
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
Educating the Future
David Kinnen
Using CDNs For SEO Changes
Dan Taylor
Building Distributed Applications using Visual Workflows with AWS Step Functions
Steve Engledow
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
Help me, Help you, Help Business
Chris Sargisson
Concurrency in Go
Dom Davis
Getting Started with Google Tag Manager
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
St Martins', from a small spark, to a funded startup. Our journey, and future!
Nicola King
How to become an AI-driven enterprise
Adrian Pickering
Getting Started with Google Tag Manager
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
18:30
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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🍽 Conference Dinner
Enjoy an exceptional post-conference three course meal, prepared by Ginger Lily catering.
We're joined by Norfolk County Council and a representative from the Department for International Trade who will give us a brief update on their local initiatives and investments.
Fri, 28 February 2020 19:00 – 22:00
Location
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.
Snoop
Partner
Snoop’s a new kind of app, designed to save you money. Snoop connects to your bank accounts and credit cards, showing you how to save money at the places you already spend.
TEC Partners
Partner
TEC Partners is a technical recruitment consultancy specialising in permanent, contract solutions to the IT, Engineering, Digital & Scientific sectors across the UK. Working with both clients and candidates, we make extensive efforts to understand the specific needs of individuals and to provide the most appropriate solution to satisfy those requirements.
Alpha Inclusion
Partner
Alpha Communication is the Commercial Element of the organisation. With a commitment to upskilling staff and building teams, we focus on the essential skills needed for your workforce to perform effectively.
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.
PlanetK2
Associate
Founded on simple principles, PlanetK2 programmes are designed and applied to the unique challenges our customers face. We enable a move from theory into action, transforming human performance in people, business and brands.
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
Norfolk County Council aim to make Norfolk the best digitally connected county in the country. Ambitious yes, and it won’t happen overnight. But we’re working on the following fronts: a Wide Area Network: Fibre (including a project to deliver gigabit connectivity to 340+ rural public sector sites): mobile connectivity improvements: an Internet of Things Innovation Network to cover the whole of Norfolk and Suffolk, and 5G – looking to become a national pilot project.
