4 & 5
June
2018
This year we're focusing on how developer experience and product management come together, what DX can learn from UX and the usual themes of developer relations, developer marketing and more.
Come together with expert practitioners from across the world to join the conversation about developer experience, developer relations, developer marketing and community.
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Day 1: June 4th | |
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15:30 |
Registration opens |
16:30 |
![]() ![]() ![]() Welcome! |
16:45 |
![]() Building effective community leaders: a guide Jono Bacon, Jono Bacon Consulting |
17:10 |
![]() Who do you work for? |
17:35 |
Discussion / Networking |
17:45 |
Break |
17:55 |
![]() User research for dev rel: asking the right questions |
18:35 |
DevXcon reception Sponsored by Algolia |
Day 2: June 5th | |
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GitHub Room (first floor) | |
08:00 |
Registration opens |
09:00 |
![]() ![]() ![]() Welcome! |
09:10 |
![]() Addressing user emotional needs and where DX fits in |
09:35 |
![]() Connecting dev rel and product |
10:00 |
Discussion / Networking |
10:10 |
Break |
GitHub Room (first floor) | Nexmo Room (third floor) |
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Theme: Contributor experience | Theme: APIs, SDKs and docs |
10:35 | |
![]() Building teams, goodwill, and awareness through open source engagement |
![]() Building the next developer experience |
5 minutes to switch rooms |
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11:00 | |
![]() ![]() Debian to DC/OS: factors that shape open source communities Elizabeth K Joseph and Judith Malnick, Mesosphere |
![]() ![]() Designing a delightful CLI Nahid Samsami and Jeff Dickey, Heroku |
5 minutes to switch rooms |
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11:25 | |
![]() Kubernetes contributor experience |
![]() Going to infinity and beyond documentation with OpenAPI |
5 minutes to switch rooms |
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11:50 | |
![]() Making sponsorship work for new developer conferences Chris Neugebauer of North Bay Python |
![]() API go-to-market |
12:10 - Lunch |
GitHub Room (first floor) | |
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13:00 |
![]() Before vs after: redesigning a website to be useful and informative for developers |
13:05 |
![]() Who are your developers and how to (re)engage them |
13:30 |
![]() ![]() Dev Advocacy FTW! Alex Salazar & Randall Degges, Okta |
13:55 |
Discussion / Networking |
14:05 |
Break |
GitHub Room (first floor) | Nexmo Room (third floor) |
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Theme: Product, DX and UX | Theme: Developer relations and marketing |
14:15 | |
![]() How to apply UX principles and methods to API usability |
![]() Media 101 for community |
5 minutes to switch rooms |
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14:40 | |
![]() Design approaches for developer experience |
![]() Finding the extraordinary in the ordinary |
5 minutes to switch rooms |
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15:05 | |
![]() Developers: customer or partner? |
![]() ![]() Open source events and business strategy Leslie Hawthorn of Red Hat and Laura Czajkowski of Couchbase |
5 minutes to switch rooms |
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15:30 | |
![]() Why developer relations should care about design |
![]() Activating developers to drive your advocacy programs |
15:50 |
Break |
GitHub Room (first floor) | |
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16:15 |
![]() Writing newsletters and sharing content that developers will enjoy |
16.25 |
![]() Let me entertain you: how theatre influenced building a developer community |
16:35 |
![]() DevRelRad.io: how to produce a popular, efficient and interesting podcast |
16:50 |
![]() Pros and cons of exec-driven DX |
17:00 |
![]() Developer secrets your customers want to tell you ... if only you’ll listen |
17:25 |
Wrap-up and goodbye |
17:45 |
Unofficial after-party (location to be announced at the event) |
Morning track 1 | Morning track 2 |
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Developer relations and community strategy, with Matthew RevellEffective developer relations strategies don't come out of nowhere. In this session, you'll learn how to get the best return on investment by building a well thought out strategy. Starting with segmenting your developer audience through to choosing the right goals and tactics. |
Event strategy for developer relations, with Cristiano BettaConferences, meet-ups, office hours and other events are a highly visible form of outreach. But they can be a time and budget sink. Here we’ll look at how to do them well. |
Lunch provided |
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After lunch track 1 | After lunch track 2 |
Developer content marketing, with Matthew RevellContent marketing can be a cost-effective and exciting way to build awareness and understanding amongst developers. In this session we'll look at how to build the right strategy and which tactics will deliver for your goals. |
Developing a developer experience strategy, with Cristiano BettaDeveloper experience is important, but how do we even start to create the right experience for every developer. Here we’ll look at the developer journey and how we can cater our product and its documentation around the needs of any developer. |