Dev
Whether you're new to programming or wanting to sharpen your skills, this full day conference will include beginner workshops on popular programming languages, a dev-focused conference with multiple high level developers and an inclusive after party.
Track Day Events
Dev Intro Workshops
Select ONE focused workshop and spend over three hours in class with an expert, learning the basics in these hands-on workshops.
Thursday, October 5, 10:30am–2:00pmDev Talks
Spend the afternoon with your dev team getting inspired with a series of high-level presentations focused around today's trending problem solving tools and innovative solutions.
Thursday, October 5, 2:00pm–6:30pmDev Happy Hour
Whether you've been heads down at work all day or had your gears turning at the BIW17 Dev Conference, use this opportunity to unwind and meet some new interesting people.
Thursday, October 5, 6:30pm–8:30pm
Speakers
Tom Kraak
Tom Kraak is a JavaScript developer at Oath, a subsidiary of Verizon, which houses 50+ media and technology brands including AOL, Yahoo, and HuffPost. He is passionate about learning, teaching, and the web platform. Tom combines these passions in frequent contributions to his favorite open source projects…
Milt Reder
@miltrederMilt Reder is VP of Engineering at Yet Analytics, where he and his team use Clojure(Script) to model human experience, learning and performance. He is a co-organizer of the Baltimore Clojure meetup, now in its 4th year.
Sarah Jennings
@ThatOtherSarahJSarah Jennings started building things as soon as she was big enough to hold a hammer, and hasn't stopped since. As the Creative Director of Brand and Ad Innovation at OATH, she is obsessed with making the advertising world a better place for consumers of content. Sarah came to Oath through AOL…
Olivia Brundage
@oliikitOlivia is a Information Security Engineer at Mapbox, She works on securing their cloud infrastructure, ensuring it performs well under high demand, and keeping everyone at Mapbox safe and secure. She also is active in the Baltimore-Washington tech scene and organizes CharmCityJS events in Baltimore,…
TJ Tate
T.J. Tate is the Web Director of Agora Financial where he oversees the company’s technology stack. Prior to his five years at Agora Financial he held a position at Blackboard as Senior Manager of Interactive Design where he oversaw web design, web development and web personalization efforts for many and…