Speakers
Jochen Kirstätter
Google Developer Expert (GDE) at Google Cloud
How escaping death inspired me to develop an AI-assisted application
Seale Rapolai
Full-Stack Developer at Khula
Cowboys and code: Building fast in the startup wild west
Jessica Randall
Android Developer - GDG Cape Town
Code reviews with empathy: Building a positive feedback culture
Mikateko Ngobeni
Software Engineer at BBD
Mirror mirror on the wall, now with features that do it all: Building our own smart mirror
Renette Ros
Technical Lead at Entelect
Navigating the storm: Building resilient systems in the face of production chaos
William Brander
Software Engineer at Particular Software
How building a portable escape room made me a better developer
Hennie Francis
Chief Executive Officer at AWS Community SA
Decoupling HUGE monolithic systems for dummies
Theresho Mogowane
Solutions Architect at Computro Solutions / BMW IT HUB
Embracing the future: My journey to autonomous testing
Charlene Cooke
Executive at BBD
Tech leadership against the grain
David Budnitsky
Software Engineer at BBD
From the ground to the sky: How I built my first FPV Drone
Carike Botha
Software Development Consultant at iSolve Business Solutions
Build custom agent with vectorize text in Azure AI Search
Riselle Rawthee
Software Engineer at BBD
Mirror mirror on the wall, now with features that do it all: Building our own smart mirror
Kirsten Reid
Head of Play at Two Name Games
Beyond gamification: Gameful thinking for complex challenges
Jana Barclay
UI/UX Designer at BBD
Designing with robots and clients
Knowledge Dzumba
Software Engineer at BBD
Ctrl+Alt+TV: Reverse engineering an infrared TV remote using an ESP32 microcontroller and flutter
Nicholas Pym
Software Engineer at BBD
Platform engineering: Serving developers a menu of ready-made solutions, not raw ingredients
Kayley Green
Business Analyst at BBD
An unlikely innovator: Bringing an AR Sandbox to life without an engineering degree
Rahul Kapoor
Software Engineer at BBD
Full stack, no stack: Building an entire app with just a database
Tiane Erwee
Software Engineer at BBD
How to make a hit mobile game... or die trying
Stephan Pieterse
Software Engineer at BBD
100ms makes a difference
Stefan de Jager
Software Engineer at BBD
How I tried to kill my mouse (and failed spectacularly)
Batandwa Mgutsi
Software Engineer at BBD
Beyond tools - How I built my own programming language
Andre Staats
Software Engineer at BBD
Platform engineering: Serving developers a menu of ready-made solutions, not raw ingredients
Gaurav Choudhary
Software Engineer at BBD
The hidden cost of automation: When doing less does more harm
Omer Elgoni
Software Engineer at BBD
Intuitive API designs: How and why we should write code for humans
Emma Pringle
UI/UX Designer at BBD
Designing with robots and clients
Manesh Borkar
Software Engineer at BBD
Warbots with a brain: AI in the arena
Leslie de Jager
Software Engineer at BBD
How I used software to improve my health
Melissa Landsberg
Software Engineer at BBD
AI- Back to the future
Siyabonga Nkuna
Software Engineer at BBD
When the feed thinks for itself: Building a social network of AI agents
Zeerak Baig
Software Engineer at BBD
The Matrix of Meaning: Understanding LLMs with XAI
Adam Kaminski
Software Engineer at BBD
The Matrix of Meaning: Understanding LLMs with XAI
Christine Bosman
Business Analyst at BBD
Maturing BA roles with AI
Herman Botha
Executive at BBD
Maturing BA roles with AI
Zandile Mkwanazi
CEO of GirlCode
Panel Discussion
Ralf Dominick
Chairman and founder of BBD
Panel Discussion
Streicher Stegmann
Executive at BBD
Panel Discussion
Ruddy Marriday
Co-founder of CodeXplores
Panel Discussion
Tony van der Linden
CIO at BBD
Panel Discussion