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Monday, June 7

10:00 AM
Full & Half-Day Tutorials—10:00am–1:30pm
Full-day TutorialsHalf-day Tutorials
MA
Continuous Delivery in Practice: A Hands-On DevOps Workshop
Melissa Benua, mParticle
Janna Loeffler, Equinox Media
MB
Getting Started with Microservices and Serverless
Richard Mills, Coveros
MC
Finding Performance Issues Early with JMeter
Robert Foster, Coveros
ME
Busting Myths around Organizational Change New
Linda Rising, Independent
MF
Foundations of Tech Leadership New
Kate Wardin, Developer First
1:30 PM
Lunch—1:30pm–2:00pm
2:00 PM Half-day Tutorials
Full & Half-Day Tutorials Continue—2:00pm–5:30pm
MG
An Agile Coaching Practicum in 360 degrees
Leon Sabarsky
Bob Galen, Vaco
MH
What DevOps Means for Testers and Testing
Jeffery Payne, Coveros

Tuesday, June 8

10:00 AM
Full & Half-Day Tutorials—10:00am–1:30pm
Full-day TutorialsHalf-day Tutorials
TA
Test-Driven Development for the Uninitiated
Byron Katz, Coveros
TC
Creating a High-Performance Agile Team
Mary Thorn, S&P Global Market Intelligence
Bob Galen, Vaco
TD
Agile Project Failures: Root Causes and Corrective Actions
Jeffery Payne, Coveros
TE
A Beginner's Guide to AI and Testing New
Dionny Santiago, test.ai
1:30 PM
Lunch—1:30pm–2:00pm
2:00 PM Half-day Tutorials
Full & Half-Day Tutorials Continue—2:00pm–5:30pm
TG
Learning How to Lead High-Performing Agile Teams
Mary Thorn, S&P Global Market Intelligence
Bob Galen, Vaco
TH
Threat Modeling
Jeffery Payne, Coveros
TI
The Transformation Mindset: A Leader's Guide to Embracing Agile New
Steven Granese, AgileThought
5:30 PM
Visit TechWell Town—5:30pm–7:00pm (Enjoy the DevSipOps Virtual Bar, the Fun & Relaxation Zone, Games & More!)
5:45 PM
Welcome Reception with Comedian Richard Sarvate (he quit his job in Silicon Valley to become a comedian!)

Wednesday, June 9

8:30 AM
Morning Yoga—8:30am-9:15am
9:45 AM
Visit the Expo—9:45am–6:00pm
10:00 AMKeynote
K1
Emerging Trends and Patterns with Team Topologies—What Works?
Matthew Skelton, Conflux
11:15 AM
Networking Break in the Expo—11:15am-11:45am
Visit TechWell Town—11:15am–7:00pm (Meet the Speakers, Enjoy the Fun & Relaxation Zone, Games & More!)
11:45 AMIndustry Technical PresentationsAgile Teams & LeadershipAgile PracticesAgile/DevOps TransformationsDevOps PracticesAgile Test & DevelopmentTools & Automation
ITP1
Agility by Observability
Christoph Engelbert, Instana
ITP2
Power to the Testers – How AI & ML Enables QA to Build Efficient DevOps Cycles and Propel Organizations into the Next Normal
Gerta Sheganaku, Tricentis
W1
Business Agility in Uncertain Times Preview
Sanjiv Augustine, LitheSpeed LLC
W2
Mythbusters: Kanban Edition
Christina Ambers, Thomson Reuters
W3
Overcoming Agile Resistance in Operations Preview
Kathleen Flax, Capital One
W4
No Silos. Building an Effective (Rainbow Monkey Unicorn Pony) Program
DJ Schleen, VillageMD
W5
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legacy Code
Gene Gotimer, Steampunk
W6
Terraform Infrastructure as Code: Best Practices and Common Mistakes Preview
Derek Ashmore, Asperitas Consulting
12:45 PM
Lunch (Visit the Expo)—12:45pm–1:15pm
1:15 PMIndustry Technical PresentationsAgile Teams & LeadershipAgile PracticesAgile/DevOps TransformationsDevOps PracticesAgile Test & DevelopmentTools & Automation
ITP3
Leveraging Continuous Automation Throughout the CI/CD Pipeline
Anand Kameswaran, Worksoft
ITP4
From DevOps to DevSecOps: Automate your security tests with CI
Fern Diaz, GitLab
Michael Friedrich, GitLab
W7
Even Large Enterprises Need to be Agile Preview
Rochelle Tan, Chevron Corporation
W8
Agile in 160 Billion Gallons: When Agile Principles Occur During A Disaster Preview
Drew Shefman, Disney Streaming Services
W9
Adapting Agile Methodologies for Use in Regulated Industries Such as Aerospace & Life Sciences
Adam Sandman, Inflectra
W10
DevOps Engineering with containers to enable microservices
Richard Mills, Coveros
W11
Shifting Left - Introduction to Testing
Julia Pottinger, QualityWorks Consulting Group
W12
Mastering Cross-Browser Testing with Selenium and Cypress Preview
Eran Kinsbruner, Perfecto by Perforce
2:15 PM
Networking Break in the Expo—2:15pm–2:45pm
2:45 PMKeynote
K2
Security is Everybody's Job
Tanya Janca, We Hack Purple
4:00 PMIndustry Technical PresentationsAgile Teams & LeadershipAgile PracticesAgile/DevOps TransformationsDevOps PracticesAgile Test & DevelopmentTools & Automation
ITP5
Deploying a Large Scale Army of AI-Driven Testing Bots
Patrick Alt, test.ai
W13
Stepping Up - Becoming a Leader in Your Team Preview
Jason St-Cyr, Sitecore
W14
Innovation: How to Foster It & How to Squelch It
Jill Stott, NextUp Solutions
W15
Tightening the Nuts and Bolts of Agile at Scale Program Management
Jean Dahl, C-prime
W16
Turning Infrastructure Into Software Through Cloud Engineering
Paul Stack, Pulumi
W17
The Importance of a QMO in World-Class Agile Teams
Michael Faulise, BCforward
W18
Testing a Data Science Model
Laveena Ramchandani, Deloitte
5:00 PMKeynote
K3
Lightning Strikes the Keynotes - Part 1
Alison Wade, TechWell Corp.
5:30 PM
Networking Reception (Hosted in TechWell Town)—5:30pm–6:30pm

Thursday, June 10

8:30 AM
Morning Yoga—8:30am-9:15am
9:45 AM
Visit the Expo—9:45am–6:00pm
10:00 AMKeynote
K4
Managing Up
Tricia Broderick, Ignite Insight and Innovation
11:15 AM
Visit TechWell Town—11:15am–7:00pm (Meet the Speakers, Enjoy the Fun & Relaxation Zone, Games & More!)
Networking Break in the Expo—11:15am-11:45am
11:45 AM
Concurrent Sessions—11:45am–12:45pm
Industry Technical PresentationsAgile Teams & LeadershipAgile PracticesAgile/DevOps TransformationsAgile and Continuous TestingDevOps PracticesAgile Development
ITP7
An Introduction to a World of Digital Confidence with Sauce Labs
Stan Williams, Sauce Labs
ITP8
The Agile bow & arrow: Scrum & DevOps
Victoria Alexiou, PeopleCert
T1
Remote Onboarding: How to Make the Most of It Preview
Yulia Pieskova, SimCorp
T2
Engage and Delight Your Stakeholders: There's ALWAYS Something to Show Preview
Paul Borlin, Compassion International
T3
What Can We Learn about our Agile Transformations from Wardley Maps? Preview
Dave Sharrock, IncrementOne
T4
Take your business to the next level with DevOps OKRs Preview
Mariya Breyter, Goldman Sachs
T5
Make Test Automation Successful and Efficient in Agile Environment Preview
Ratna Janjanam, Salesforce
T6
Stop, You’re Doing BDD Wrong Preview
Max Saperstone, Steampunk
12:45 PM
Lunch (Visit the Expo)—12:45pm–1:15pm
1:15 PM
Concurrent Sessions—1:15pm–2:15pm
Industry Technical PresentationsAgile Teams & LeadershipAgile PracticesAgile/DevOps TransformationsDevOps PracticesTools & Automation
ITP9
Scaling DevOps Strategies
Jennifer Eolin, Adaptavist
Cannon Lafferty , Adaptavist
ITP10
DevOps Dysfunctions and How to Fix Them
Tom Stiehm, Coveros, Inc.
T7
Leading Courageously When Vulnerability Looks & Feels So Scary
Christy Erbeck, AgileThought
T8
Lost in the forest: Tying transformation metrics to business outcomes Preview
Brian Holt, Accenture
T9
Aligning your DevOps Strategy to your Agile Transformation Preview
Matt Van Vleet, LeadingAgile
T10
Deploying Your Databases Automatically in AWS
Grant Fritchey, Redgate Software
T12
Quality Gates in Test Automation Preview
Prashant Patil, Dell Technologies
2:15 PM
Networking Break in the Expo—2:15pm–2:30pm
2:30 PMKeynote
K5
Lightning Strikes the Keynotes - Part 2
Alison Wade, TechWell Corp.
3:15 PM
Concurrent Sessions—3:15pm–4:15pm
Industry Technical PresentationsAgile Teams & LeadershipAgile PracticesAgile/DevOps TransformationsDevOps PracticesAgile Test & DevelopmentTools & Automation
ITP11
Building Security in DevOps with Intelligent Orchestration
Meera Rao, Synopsys
T13
To confront or not to confront Preview
Kimberly Snoyl, Capgemini/Idean
T14
Process Visualization Preview
Soni Lee, Capital One
T15
Bringing DevOps to an Entrenched Legacy Environment with the Kanban Method
Craeg Strong, Ariel Partners
T16
Keep up with your development partners - use Scriptless test automation in DevOps
Sujay Honnamane, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
T17
Developing + Testing a Web App with Continuous Integration
Nikolay Advolodkin, Sauce Labs
T18
Testing in Production
Talia Nassi, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
4:30 PM
Concurrent Sessions—4:30pm–5:30pm
Agile Teams & LeadershipAgile PracticesAgile/DevOps TransformationsDevOps PracticesAgile Test & DevelopmentTools & Automation
T19
Talking to People: Changing Patterns in a Shelter-in-Place World
Peter Varhol, Technology Strategy Research
T20
Continuous Evolution to Product Centric Operating Model: Enable Teams to Fly
Pranay Chanda, Cognizant
T21
Agile Metrics transformation to fix disconnect between Business and Delivery Preview
Rohit Sinha, Synerzip
T22
Indiana Jones and the Temple of DevSecOps
Rob Cuddy, HCL
T23
Leadership: From Monolith to Pebbles
Adam Matłacz, Demant
T24
Unpredictable scenarios, guide for blind QA Preview
Farah Chabchoub, MANGOPAY
5:30 PM
Networking Reception (Hosted in TechWell Town)—5:30pm–6:30pm

Friday, June 11

10:00 AM
Agile + DevOps Leadership Summit