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{"name":"speakerconf","tagline":"the international software technology summit","body":"# speakerconf\r\nImagine an invitation-only conference where all the attendees are practitioners at the top of the software industry and are conference speakers themselves. All will present their latest ideas during this conference, and all will actively participate in lively, interactive sessions where over-the-horizon information technology innovations are presented and discussed. speakerconf is that conference!\r\n\r\n## speakers\r\nAn impressive line-up of speakers have come to speakerconf since the inaugural 2009 conference. Leaders in software technology, they also love sharing ideas and experiences with others, and learning about coming innovations poised to reshape the industry.\r\n\r\n## topics\r\nTopics are chosen by the speakers as they see fit. As this is a single-track summit, some speakers adapt their topics based on trending themes. Most presentations have never been given before and may be a year or more away from being given to the general industry. Some are based on confidential research and are shared only with the trusted group of attendees at speakerconf.\r\n\r\nPrevious themes have included: the industry's capability levels and software craftsmanship; pragmatic testing; multi-paradigm and polyglot programming; functional programming with TDD and BDD; concurrent and parallel computation; next-generation software development processes and anarchic delivery teams; alternative data repositories; observation and cognition and their affects on our decisions; developers and design; building great software companies; P2P synchronization strategies.\r\n\r\n## value\r\nThose attending speakerconf find it to be a unique, high-quality, invaluable experience.\r\nThey are able to hear about ideas that are poised to transform the IT industry, discuss them in depth with the experts, and take that understanding back to their organizations to gain a competitive advantage.\r\n\r\n## sponsors\r\n* Platinum: DRW Trading Group ([drw.com](http://drw.com))\r\n* Gold: Forward ([forwardtechnology.co.uk](http://forwardtechnology.co.uk)), innoQ ([innoq.com](http://innoq.com))\r\n* Silver: Atlassian ([atlassian.com](http://atlassian.com)), dnsimple ([dnsimple.come](http://dnsimple.com))\r\n","google":"","note":"Don't delete this file! It's used internally to help with page regeneration."}