A learning experience for senior
software engineers
QCon Plus is an online experience where you can build your own learning journey. Learn from technical talks,
engage in real-time live sessions, and develop new skills to validate your software roadmap.
We’ve designed QCon Plus to help you learn from the experts and connect with like-minded peers in a virtual setting. Sessions are composed of keynotes from world-class practitioners, deep-dives into tech with the leading authorities, Q&As, and an opportunity to engage with peers to help answer your questions. You’ll gain actionable ideas that you can take back to your team and implement right away.
QCon Plus focuses on emerging software
trends and innovations
Stay ahead of the adoption curve with
Talks driving Innovation and Change
Patterns & Practices, not Products and Pitches
Implementable Ideas
Project Valhalla
Deep Learning
GraalVM
Java 16 (and beyond)
Green Initiatives
C# 9
.NET 5
Data Mesh
Quantum Computing
IoT Data Pipelines
Service Mesh
GraphQL
Mechanical Sympathy
Micro Frontends
Multi-Cloud
Evolutionary Architecture
Operating Microservices
WebAssembly
Chaos Engineering
Serverless
IaC
Kubernetes
Remote Working / WFH Strategies
Observability / Telemetry
Building High Performing Teams
Event-Driven Architectures
.NET Core
Next.js
Streaming Data Analytics
2021 Tracks
QCon Plus features 16 tracks across 2 weeks curated by domain experts to
focus on the topics that matter right now in software.
Week1
May 18 ArchitectureArchitectures You've Always Wondered About
May 18 ObservabilityObservability and Understandability in Production
May 18 WebAssemblyWebAssembly Throughout the Stack
May 19 Open SourceModern CS in the Real World
May 19 JavaCurrent and Future Java and JVM languages
May 19 Distributed TeamRunning Effective Remote Teams
May 20 SecurityBuilding Secure Systems
May 20 MicroservicesMicroservice - The First Decade
Week2
May 25 ArchitectureArchitecting a Modern Financial Institution
May 25 Edge Native ComputingAccelerating APIs and Edge Computing
May 25 RustSystem Level Programming Languages
May 26 Machine LearningState of ML/AI Union
May 26 Organizational PatternsOptimising Your Organisation for Speed: Platforms and Process
May 26 Hardware ConsiderationsMechanical Sympathy - Developing for Modern Hardware
May 27 Big DataModern Data Pipelines and Data Mesh
May 27 ResiliencyArchitecting for Resilience
Agenda Format
Accelerate your learning with focused technical talks, real-time, live interactive Q&As, panels discussions and unconference sessions spaced over 2 weeks. Connect weekly with speakers and a global software development community.
Below are approximate start and end-times. Agenda is subject to change
Week
1| MON May 17 |
Sponsored Labs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUE May 18 |
Architecture Session 1 | Architecture Session 2 | Architecture Session 3 | Architecture Panel | |||
| Keynote | Observability Session 1 | Observability Session 2 | Observability Session 3 | Observability Panel | Sponsored Case Study | Sponsored Case Study | |
| WebAssembly Session 1 | WebAssembly Session 2 | WebAssembly Session 3 | WebAssembly Panel | ||||
| WED MAY 19 |
Open Source Session 1 | Open Source Session 2 | Open Source Session 3 | Open Source Panel | |||
| Java Session 1 | Java Session 2 | Java Session 3 | Java Panel | Sponsored Case Study | Sponsored Case Study | ||
| Distributed Team Session 1 | Distributed Team Session 2 | Distributed Team Session 3 | Distributed Team Panel | ||||
| THU MAY 20 |
Security Session 1 | Security Session 2 | Security Session 3 | Security Panel | Sponsored Case Study | Sponsored Case Study | |
| Microservices Session 1 | Microservices Session 2 | Microservices Session 3 | Microservices Panel | ||||
| Unconference | |||||||
| FRI May 21 |
Workshops | ||||||
| Sponsored Labs | |||||||
 EDT |
9:00am | 10:00am | 11:00am | 12:00pm | 1:00pm | 2:00pm | 3:00pm |
Week
2| MON May 24 |
Sponsored Labs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unconference | |||||||
| TUE May 25 |
Architecture Session 1 | Architecture Session 2 | Architecture Session 3 | Architecture Panel | |||
| Edge Native Computing Session 1 | Edge Native Computing Session 2 | Edge Native Computing Session 3 | Edge Native Computing Panel | Sponsored Case Study | Sponsored Case Study | ||
| Rust Session 1 | Rust Session 2 | Rust Session 3 | Rust Panel | ||||
| WED MAY 26 |
Machine Learning Session 1 | Machine Learning Session 2 | Machine Learning Session 3 | Machine Learning Panel | |||
| Organizational Patterns Session 1 | Organizational Patterns Session 2 | Organizational Patterns Session 3 | Organizational Patterns Panel | Sponsored Case Study | Sponsored Case Study | ||
| Hardware Considerations Session 1 | Hardware Considerations Session 2 | Hardware Considerations Session 3 | Hardware Considerations Panel | ||||
| THU MAY 27 |
Big Data Session 1 | Big Data Session 2 | Big Data Session 3 | Big Data Panel | Sponsored Case Study | Sponsored Case Study | |
| Resiliency Session 1 | Resiliency Session 2 | Resiliency Session 3 | Resiliency Panel | ||||
| Unconference | |||||||
| FRI May 28 |
Workshops | ||||||
| Sponsored Labs | |||||||
| EDT |
9:00am | 10:00am | 11:00am | 12:00pm | 1:00pm | 2:00pm | 3:00pm |
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Meet the QCon Plus May 2021 Programming Committee.
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