TechMids Conf - 25th October 2024
All day, full stack conference
TechMids Conf is a full stack conference, on 25th October 2024, part of Birmingham Tech Week.
Hear from world class speakers, engage in social chatter, and find out how to get involved with the community.
TechMids is made up of all your favourite meetups from Brum.js to Fusion, to Golang, to DevOps and everything in-between.
TechMids Conf is a community run, not for profit conference.
Check out last year's event
- Spaces
- Limited to 400 seats
- Venue
- The ICC
- Location
- 8 Centenary Sq, B1 2EA
Schedule
Your day will be composed of 20 minute sessions including plenty of time to chat and network.
Overall Schedule
09:00 - 16:00 BST
08:00AM - 09:10AM | Registration |
09:15AM - 09:35AM | Opening Welcome |
09:40AM - 11:50AM | Morning Sessions |
11:50AM - 12:55PM | Lunch |
12:55PM - 15:30PM | Afternoon Sessions |
15:30PM - 15:50PM | Closing Remarks |
The Colosseum
09:00 - 16:00 BST
09:15AM - 09:35AM | Opening Welcome |
09:40AM - 10:00AM | How to Destroy a Software Engineer |
10:05AM - 10:25AM | Ruby's still cool - Let's build a blog in 20 minutes |
10:25AM - 10:55AM | Morning Break |
11:00AM - 11:20AM | Building a full stack application with AWS serverless technology |
11:25AM - 11:45AM | To be announced |
11:50AM - 12:50PM | Lunch |
12:55PM - 13:15PM | The importance of contextual consistency |
13:20PM - 13:40PM | Accessibility vs Aesthetics: Finding the Sweetspot |
13:45PM - 14:05PM | Jack of all trades - master of learning |
14:05PM - 14:35PM | Afternoon Break |
14:40PM - 15:00PM | To be announced |
15:05PM - 15:25PM | Get the core right and the resilient code will follow |
15:30PM - 15:50PM | Closing Remarks |
The Agora
09:00 - 16:00 BST
The Forum
09:00 - 16:00 BST
09:40AM - 10:00AM | To be announced |
10:05AM - 10:25AM | Build your own CoPilot |
10:25AM - 10:55AM | Morning Break |
11:00AM - 11:20AM | Tech is broken and AI won't fix it |
11:25AM - 11:45AM | Doctor to Developer: Refactoring Career and Code |
11:50AM - 12:50PM | Lunch |
12:55PM - 13:15PM | Responsible AI is a Community Effort |
13:20PM - 13:40PM | To be announced |
13:45PM - 14:05PM | Gaining Strategic Advantage with Generative AI |
14:05PM - 14:35PM | Afternoon Break |
14:40PM - 15:00PM | Using AI tools for user-centered design |
15:05PM - 15:25PM | How to catch a criminal: Using AI to build FinCrime applications |
Speakers
Come away inspired from a day of talks from experts, ranging from front end engineering, to cloud platforms and operations, with everything in between.
Carly Richmond
20 Minute Session
Joshua Mo
20 Minute Session
Steve Wade
Founder of @cloudnativeclub
20 Minute Session
Paul Dragoonis
20 Minute Session
Max Woolf
Staff Backend Engineer at GitLab
20 Minute Session
Beckett Leclaire
20 Minute Session
Ryan Hardwick
Solution Architect at AWS
20 Minute Session
Callum Whyte
20 Minute Session
Simon Emms
20 Minute Session
Stuart Harrison
20 Minute Session
Simon Gurney
20 Minute Session
Becki Floyd
20 Minute Session
Abby Bangser
20 Minute Session
Laura Hyatt
20 Minute Session
Andrew Fitzpatrick
20 Minute Session
Mark Simpson
20 Minute Session
Ameen Alade
20 Minute Session
James Prince
20 Minute Session
Daniel Tallentire
Engineering Manager at Citation Group
20 Minute Session
Andy Bell
20 Minute Session
Kathryn Lupin
20 Minute Session
Phillip Marks
20 Minute Session
Jacob Blackburn
Software Developer at Good Growth
20 Minute Session
Testimonials
Hear from some of our past attendees, sponsors, and speakers
Proud to be part of Birmingham Tech Week
TechMids Conf is a showcase event for the Friday of Birmingham Tech Week. We are bringing together the best of the Midlands tech community to share their knowledge and experience with you.
We are looking for sponsors!
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