Conferences are magical.
I owe so much of my career to conferences. Over the past 20 years, I’ve learned so much from the best in the game sharing what they know, spanning the domains of Dev, Ops, Infosec, Audit, and eventually, DevOps!
In fact, I met almost all of my collaborators, and all of my coauthors at a conference, because conferences are where you meet kindred spirits and fellow travelers - people who share similar goals, who experience similar frustrations and struggles, who form a community of beliefs and practices.
And what I learned at DevOps Enterprise Summit London-Virtual is that virtual conferences can have a very similar magic as physical conferences - there are differences, of course, but it shows that communities are still communities, even if they can’t meet in person.
This experience also reinforces my belief that conferences fulfill a need that so many of us have: we want to learn and connect with fellow travelers.
In short, I thought our London-Virtual conference was the best we’ve ever put together - and I have no doubt that the program we’ve put together for you in Las Vegas-Virtual will be even better! In this post, I’ll share with you my highlights.
“I’ve been in person to the 2017 DOES London… and I have to say that I have enjoyed this virtual experience more. It was easier to keep track of what is going on, to engage with other attendees in the Zoom sessions, I had more “hallway” conversations than 3 years ago. And the talks have been just superb.”
Jiří Klouda, Technology Leader, SRE, Cisco Meraki
London-Virtual 2020 Attendee
“I absolutely loved the whole thing. I enjoyed the talks so much that I just finished watching all of the breakout sessions that I didn’t get to watch during the conference. Seeing what others were learning in the Slack channels helped point me towards new ideas I hadn’t thought of before. I got opportunities to talk to fellow attendees and pages of notes. I interacted with some of those same speakers and authors I had already been learning from when I decided to attend! There were so many people excited to talk about the things I’m excited about!”
Daniel Cahill, Software Engineer, Ontario Systems
London-Virtual 2020 Attendee
“Even after shifting to a virtual format, DevOps Enterprise Summit delivered yet another successful event and more than justified its position as the leading conference in the DevOps world.”
GitLab
London-Virtual 2020, Virtual BFF Sponsor
“If you’re curious about the latest on DevOps in the real world, you simply can’t get better than #DOES, and this year was no exception!”
Steve Pereira, Founder, Visible
London-Virtual 2020 Attendee
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