.NET/.NET Core AMA | QCon San Francisco 2018

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Speaker: Chris Woodruff

Developer Advocate @Jetbrains

Chris Woodruff (or Woody as he is commonly known as) has a degree in Computer Science from Michigan State University’s College of Engineering. Woody has been developing and architecting software solutions for over 20 years and has worked in many different platforms and tools. He is a community leader, helping such events as GRDevNight, GRDevDay, West Michigan Day of .NET and Beer City Code. He was also instrumental in bringing the popular Give Camp event to Western Michigan where technology professionals lend their time and development expertise to assist local non-profits. As a speaker and podcaster, Woody has spoken and discussed a variety of topics, including database design and open source. He has been a Microsoft MVP in Visual C#, Data Platform and SQL and was recognized in 2010 as one of the top 20 MVPs world-wide. Woody is a Developer Advocate for JetBrains and evangelizes .NET, .NET Core and JetBrains' products in North America.

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http://chriswoodruff.com

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Speaker: Mei-Chin Tsai

Principal Dev Manager for .NET Language and Runtime @Microsoft

Mei-Chin Tsai is Principal Group Software Engineer Manager at Microsoft. Her team owns C#/VB compilers and .NET runtime (often referred as CLR). Many of .NET innovation has been successful over her watch/supervision such as .NET native (a pure ahead of time compiler) and low allocation APIs (Span<T> and Memory<T>). She is passionate about making developers successful through languages and through a performing runtime.

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Speaker: Jared Parsons

Principal Developer Lead on C# Language Team @Microsoft

Developer on the C# compiler and member of the C# language design team. Have a strong passion for developer tools and infrastructure.

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Tracks

Monday, 5 November

Microservices / Serverless Patterns & Practices

Evolving, observing, persisting, and building modern microservices
Practices of DevOps & Lean Thinking

Practical approaches using DevOps & Lean Thinking
JavaScript & Web Tech

Beyond JavaScript in the Browser. Exploring WebAssembly, Electron, & Modern Frameworks
Modern CS in the Real World

Thoughts pushing software forward, including consensus, CRDT's, formal methods, & probabilistic programming
Modern Operating Systems

Applied, practical, & real-world deep-dive into industry adoption of OS, containers and virtualization, including Linux on Windows, LinuxKit, and Unikernels
Optimizing You: Human Skills for Individuals

Better teams start with a better self. Learn practical skills for IC

Tuesday, 6 November

Architectures You've Always Wondered About

Next-gen architectures from the most admired companies in software, such as Netflix, Google, Facebook, Twitter, & more
21st Century Languages

Lessons learned from languages like Rust, Go-lang, Swift, Kotlin, and more.
Emerging Trends in Data Engineering

Showcasing DataEng tech and highlighting the strengths of each in real-world applications.
Bare Knuckle Performance

Killing latency and getting the most out of your hardware
Socially Conscious Software

Building socially responsible software that protects users privacy & safety
Delivering on the Promise of Containers

Runtime containers, libraries, and services that power microservices

Wednesday, 7 November

Applied AI & Machine Learning

Applied machine learning lessons for SWEs, including tech around TensorFlow, TPUs, Keras, PyTorch, & more
Production Readiness: Building Resilient Systems

More than just building software, building deployable production ready software
Developer Experience: Level up your Engineering Effectiveness

Improving the end to end developer experience - design, dev, test, deploy, operate/understand.
Security: Lessons Attacking & Defending

Security from the defender's AND the attacker's point of view
Future of Human Computer Interaction

IoT, voice, mobile: Interfaces pushing the boundary of what we consider to be the interface
Enterprise Languages

Workhorse languages found in modern enterprises. Expect Java, .NET, & Node in this track

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Track: Speaker AMAs (Ask Me Anything)

Location: Boardroom C

Duration: 2:55pm - 3:45pm

Day of week: Wednesday

Speaker: Chris Woodruff

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Speaker: Mei-Chin Tsai

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Speaker: Jared Parsons

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Tracks

Monday, 5 November

Microservices / Serverless Patterns & Practices

Practices of DevOps & Lean Thinking

JavaScript & Web Tech

Modern CS in the Real World

Modern Operating Systems

Optimizing You: Human Skills for Individuals

Tuesday, 6 November

Architectures You've Always Wondered About

21st Century Languages

Emerging Trends in Data Engineering

Bare Knuckle Performance

Socially Conscious Software

Delivering on the Promise of Containers

Wednesday, 7 November

Applied AI & Machine Learning

Production Readiness: Building Resilient Systems

Developer Experience: Level up your Engineering Effectiveness

Security: Lessons Attacking & Defending

Future of Human Computer Interaction

Enterprise Languages

The all-new QCon app!

Available on iOS and Android

Presentation: .NET/.NET Core AMA

Track: Speaker AMAs (Ask Me Anything)

Location: Boardroom C

Duration: 2:55pm - 3:45pm

Day of week: Wednesday

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Speaker: Chris Woodruff

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Speaker: Mei-Chin Tsai

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Speaker: Jared Parsons

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Tracks

Monday, 5 November

Tuesday, 6 November

Wednesday, 7 November

The all-new QCon app!

Available on iOS and Android