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AI- Back to the future

Melissa Landsberg

Software Engineer

BBD

AI

Online

45 Min

Online

When the feed thinks for itself: Building a social network of AI agents

Siyabonga Nkuna

Software Engineer

BBD

AI

LLM

Media Generation

Online

45 Min

Online

Maturing BA roles with AI

Christine Bosman and Herman Botha

Business Analyst, Executive

BBD

BA

AI

Online

45 Min

Online

The Matrix of Meaning: Understanding LLMs with XAI

Adam Kaminski and Zeerak Baig

Software Engineers

BBD

Machine Learning

LLM

XAI

RAG

Online

45 Min

Online

How I used software to improve my health

Leslie de Jager

Software Engineer

BBD

Rust

C

C++

Arduino

Online

45 Min

Online

09:00 SAST

Opening Keynote

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 1

10:15 SAST

How escaping death inspired me to develop an AI-assisted application

Jochen Kirstätter

Google Developer Expert (GDE)

Google Cloud

AI

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 1

Beyond gamification: Gameful thinking for complex challenges

Kirsten Reid

Head of Play

Two Name Games

Gamification

Human-Centered Design

Methodologies of Play

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 2

How building a portable escape room made me a better developer

William Brander

Software Engineer

Particular Software

IOT

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 6

Ctrl+Alt+TV: Reverse engineering an infrared TV remote using an ESP32 microcontroller and flutter

Knowledge Dzumba

Software Engineer

BBD

Flutter

Embedded Systems

Mobile Dev

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 4

The hidden cost of automation: When doing less does more harm

Gaurav Choudhary

Software Engineer

BBD

Automation

Infrastructure

Devops

India

45 Min

IND

100ms makes a difference

Stephan Pieterse

Software Engineer

BBD

Music

Cloud

Architecture

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 5

11:15 SAST

Navigating the storm: Building resilient systems in the face of production chaos

Renette Ros

Technical Lead

Entelect

Observability

Resilience Engineering

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 1

Cowboys and code: Building fast in the startup wild west

Seale Rapolai

Full-Stack Developer

Khula

Software Development

RapidDevelopment

TechDebt

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 6

Code reviews with empathy: Building a positive feedback culture

Jessica Randall

Android Developer

GDG Cape Town

Empathy

Code Reviews

Constructive Feedback

CPT

45 Min

Cinema 2

Intuitive API designs: How and why we should write code for humans

Omer Elgoni

Software Engineer

BBD

JavaScript

CSS

Frontend

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 2

Warbots with a brain: AI in the arena

Manesh Borkar

Software Engineer

BBD

AI

Battlebots

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 5

An unlikely innovator: Bringing an AR Sandbox to life without an engineering degree

Kayley Green

Business Analyst

BBD

AR

python

opencv

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 4

13:00 SAST

Embracing the future: My journey to autonomous testing

Theresho Mogowane

Solutions Architect

BMW IT HUB

Testing

Architecture

Automation

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 2

Mirror mirror on the wall, now with features that do it all: Building our own smart mirror

Riselle Rawthee and Mikateko Ngobeni

Software Engineers

BBD

JavaScript

AI

IOT

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 1

Decoupling HUGE monolithic systems for dummies

Hennie Francis

Chief Executive Officer

AWS Community South Africa

Architecture

Design

Modularity

CPT

45 Min

Cinema 2

Beyond tools - How I built my own programming language

Batandwa Mgutsi

Software Engineer

BBD

Java

Tools

Compilers

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 6

Full stack, no stack: Building an entire app with just a database

Rahul Kapoor

Software Engineer

BBD

Architecture

Full Stack

Backendless

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 4

Platform engineering: Serving developers a menu of ready-made solutions, not raw ingredients

Andre Staats and Nicholas Pym

Software Engineers

BBD

Platform Engineering

Developer Experience

Crossplane

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 5

14:00 SAST

Build custom agent with vectorize text in Azure AI Search

Carike Botha

Software Development Consultant

iSolve Business Solutions

Azure

AI

Copilot Studio

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 5

From the ground to the sky: How I built my first FPV Drone

David Budnitsky

Software Engineer

BBD

Flight

Drones

Electronics

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 1

Designing with robots and clients

Emma Pringle and Jana Barclay

UI/UX Designers

BBD

UX Design

Product Design

AI

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 6

Tech leadership against the grain

Charlene Cooke

Executive

BBD

Leadership

CPT

45 Min

Cinema 2

How to make a hit mobile game... or die trying

Tiane Erwee

Software Engineer

BBD

Game Development

Mobile Games

Business

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 2

How I tried to kill my mouse (and failed spectacularly)

Stefan de Jager

Software Engineer

BBD

Python

Microelectronics

Human-Computer Interaction

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 4

15:00 SAST

Panel Discussion

JHB

45 Min

Cinema 1

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