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.
What do I need to take part in QCon Plus
To get the most from QCon Plus we recommend having:
A good internet connection
Join via desktop/laptop for the best QCon Plus experience (rather than mobile or tablet)
Be camera-ready for the Hangout with the Speakers, Unconference sessions, Workshops and Sponsored Labs
Look out for an email inviting you to the QCon Plus Slack community where you can connect with your peers
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
Architectures You've Always Wondered About
Charles Humble
Independent Technology Consultant & Technology Communicator
WebAssembly Throughout the Stack
Colin Eberhardt
Technology Director @Scott_Logic
Observability and Understandability in Production
Tammy Bryant Butow
Principal Site Reliability Engineer @Gremlin
Current and Future Java and JVM languages
Ix-chel Ruiz
Software Developer @karakun & Java Champion
Modern CS in the Real World
Werner Schuster
Conference Chair & InfoQ Editor Functional Programming, @Wolfram
Week2
System Level Programming Languages
Nell Shamrell-Harrington
Principal Software Engineer @Microsoft
Accelerating APIs and Edge Computing
Sergey Fedorov
Director of Engineering @Netflix
Architecting a Modern Financial Institution
Alex Porcelli
Sr. Principal Engineer @RedHat
Optimizing Your Organization for Speed
Randy Shoup
VP Engineering and Chief Architect @eBay
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 |
2021 Speakers
Learn how software development teams are pivoting and surviving during rapid
business change. Plus hear from software leaders pushing the boundaries.
2021 Keynote
Learn actionable insights to help you adopt the right
technologies and practices.
2021 Workshops
Deep-dive with world-class practitioners on the topics that matter most to you.
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Charities we are supporting
QCon strives to encourage more software professionals from historically underrepresented groups to attend the event. 30 conference tickets designated to members from underrepresented groups will be distributed through our partner organizations working towards diversity, equity, and inclusion in the technology industry.
The people behind QCon Plus
Meet the QCon Plus May 2021 Programming Committee.
Lead Chair
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
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