Stockholm - November 7, 2024

MEET WORLD-RENOWNED DEVOPS EXPERTS

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Speakers from the 2024 event

Henrik Løvborg

Tech Sales Leader, Red Hat

Break down The Barriers with Inner Sourcing
We all know that we should collaborate more across domains or silos, in practice however, there are many blockers keeping it from happening or working efficiently. 
Open Source has proven itself long ago with exceptional innovations and many companies can benefit from it as a booster of collaboration. However, not everyone is keen on sharing with the whole world! And some things may not be suited for it. 
In this Lightning Talk, you'll get an introduction to the next best thing: Inner Source, and get a few pointers on how to get started.

With more than 20 years as a developer and architect, Henrik now leads Red Hats team of Solution Architects in Denmark, delivering modern and efficient platforms with our customers. As a part of solving customer challenges, Henrik is especially passionate about Platform Engineering, Product Thinking and, of course, Open Source. Henrik is also invested in CNCF as an organiser in the Aarhus Chapter.

Henrik Løvborg

Helen Beal

CEO and chair of the Value Stream Management Consortium

The VSM Renaissance: Catalysed by DevOps

DevOps has enabled digital transformation. In fifteen years it’s revolutionised the way we engineer software. It’s spread continuous integration and delivery across the globe, humanised IT culture, automated toil and paid down technical debt. But it’s nowhere near done. Actually, a lot of organisations have hit a ceiling. A wall. The brakes. Stagnated. The promise is still there; that we can thrive in the digital age, create joy through customer experiences, move fast, be nimble, outcompete, achieve extraordinary levels of organisational performance. But it needs unlocking - unblocking. Value Stream Management has hundreds of years of history - but its time is now. Building on everything we’ve learned from DevOps, using the toolchains and pipelines and rich data sources we’ve created, combining VSM and DevOps means we can see organisations as value-generating enterprises. We can pinpoint the choke points, bottlenecks, and dependencies, and quickly apply fixes to optimise flow and value realisation.

In this talk, Helen Beal, will share real stories from enterprises she’s worked with on how they’ve relentlessly pursued improvement using VSM and DevOps practices and the outcomes they’ve seen.

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Helen Beal is CEO and chair of the Value Stream Management Consortium and co-chair of the OASIS Value Stream Management Interoperability Technical Committee. She leads the ambassador program at PeopleCert for DevOps Institute, ITIL, and PRINCE2. She is chair of the DevNetwork DevOps Advisory Board and provides strategic advisory services to DevOps and VSM industry leaders.


Helen is the author of the annual State of VSM Reports from the VSMC and the State of Availability Report from Moogsoft. She is a co-author of the book about DevOps and governance, Investments Unlimited, published by IT Revolution. She is a DevOps editor for InfoQ, and also writes for many other online platforms.


Helen hosts the Day-to-Day DevOps webinar series for BrightTalk and speaks on DevOps, AI, and value stream-related topics at industry conferences and corporate events.


She regularly appears in TechBeacon’s DevOps Top100 lists, was recognized as the Top DevOps Evangelist 2020 in the DevOps Dozen awards, and was a finalist for Computing DevOps Excellence Awards’ DevOps Professional of the Year 2021.


She serves on advisory and judging boards for many initiatives, including Developer Week, DevOps World, JAX DevOps, and InterOp.

Helen Beal

Simon Wardley

Swardley Maps LTD

X marks the spot

The originator of Wardley Maps, Simon Wardley takes the audience on a journey through strategic planning in the modern business landscape. This talk unveils the powerful utility of Wardley Maps in identifying and targeting strategic objectives, akin to finding treasure in the complex world of business.

The discussion begins with an introduction to the fundamentals of Wardley Maps, emphasizing their role in enhancing situational awareness in decision-making. The keynote then delves into real-world applications before exploring the use of modern AI techniques in generating these maps. At this point, we will use maps to look at AI itself and in particular the changing nature of practices around it.

Simon is a former CEO, former advisory board member of startups (all now acquired by US Giants), fellow of Open Europe, inventor of Wardley Mapping, twice voted in the top 50 most influential people in the UK IT industry and a regular conference speaker. As a geneticist with a love of mathematics and a fascination in economics, Simon has always found himself dealing with complex systems, whether it’s in behavioural patterns, environmental risks of chemical pollution, developing novel computer systems or managing companies.
Simon Wardley

Charity Majors

CTO, Honeycomb.io

Is It Time To Version Observability? (Signs Point To Yes)

The DevOps revolution is winding down, and we’re entering the post-DevOps era. We’re at the precipice of a massive generational shift in how we build and understand our software, and engineering teams need to prepare.

In the past, telemetry focused on basic metrics: reliability, uptime, MTTR, MTTD. Observability 1.0. Companies that settle for these basic data points will struggle to keep up with modern development patterns, while haemorrhaging money.

As engineering best practices around separating deploys from releases, testing in production, and observability-driven development have gone mainstream, the metrics-driven approach to telemetry has stalled, and it’s time for a new version: Observability 2.0.

Learn what this new version means for your engineers, and how to embrace this breaking change to:

  • Save them from drowning in symptom-based alerting
  • Help fewer people work together to build better software
  • Create fast feedback loops throughout the entire organization through highly granular visibility into all their systems
Charity is the co-founder and CTO of honeycomb.io, which is bringing observability tooling into the era of distributed systems. She is the co-author of Observability Engineering and Database Reliability Engineering (O'Reilly), and has worked at companies like Parse, Facebook and Linden Lab. She loves free speech, free software and single malt scotch.
Charity Majors

Supriya Chitale

Open Source Program Office Manager -IKEA

Redefining engineering in retail: A journey through IKEA's digital transformation

IKEA has been on a huge digital transformation journey the last couple of years, and in that creating a completely new engineering landscape. With that, there has been a need for a cultural shift in engineering and in how digital products are created and delivered.

You will hear from Supriya Chitale, head of Open Source Program Office, about how IKEA sees InnerSource, sustainable Open Source and community practices as a critical piece to that puzzle. And from Björn Ramberg, head of Engineering Services, on the journey through the digital shift and the IKEA transformation.

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Supriya Chitale leads the Open Source Program Office at Ingka Group (IKEA). With 20 years of experience in software industry, she has a passion for developing people and teams in a multi-cultural and distributed environment. She loves to travel and learn about different cultures.
Supriya Chitale

Björn Ramberg

Technology Service Area Manager - Engineering Services -IKEA

Redefining engineering in retail: A journey through IKEA's digital transformation

IKEA has been on a huge digital transformation journey the last couple of years, and in that creating a completely new engineering landscape. With that, there has been a need for a cultural shift in engineering and in how digital products are created and delivered.

You will hear from Supriya Chitale, head of Open Source Program Office, about how IKEA sees InnerSource, sustainable Open Source and community practices as a critical piece to that puzzle. And from Björn Ramberg, head of Engineering Services, on the journey through the digital shift and the IKEA transformation.

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Björn Ramberg, Senior Director and head of Engineering Services within Ingka Group (IKEA). Has 25 years in the retail and telecom industry within large scale enterprises - in engineering, architecture and leadership roles. A people-centric technologist at heart with a passion for software development and infrastructure.
Björn Ramberg

Emma Dahl Jeppesen

Platform Advocate- VELUX

10 things we hate about platform engineering

Platform Engineering is the latest blockbuster in the tech world, but like any major production, it comes with its share of potential pitfalls and dramatic twists when stepping into this new frontier.

Join Dan Grøndahl and Emma Dahl Jeppesen from VELUX to hear their biggest pain points in Platform Engineering, explained through analogies from popular movies.

This talk isn’t focused on the usual tools or technologies; you won’t find a single line of YAML here. Instead we’re focussing on the fundamental misunderstandings and missteps that can derail even the most well-funded platform initiatives. From the executive suites’ elusive buy-ins to the gritty realities of inadequate developer experiences, we dive into the top ten common errors that many encounter but few talk about openly.

So grab your popcorn and expect to be entertained, maybe even learn a thing or two!

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Emma is a Platform Advocate for VELUX, formerly working as a Product Manager within the DevEx and Platform Engineering space. Initially working in the media industry, she fell in love with the product, organizational and cultural aspects of software engineering when she randomly ended up as a Product Owner for a DevOps team. Emma is passionate about helping developers achieve their goals, gathering insights and ensuring user-centricity in platform teams.
Emma Dahl Jeppesen

Dan Grøndahl

Platform Owner - VELUX

10 things we hate about platform engineering

Platform Engineering is the latest blockbuster in the tech world, but like any major production, it comes with its share of potential pitfalls and dramatic twists when stepping into this new frontier.

Join Dan Grøndahl and Emma Dahl Jeppesen from VELUX to hear their biggest pain points in Platform Engineering, explained through analogies from popular movies.

This talk isn’t focused on the usual tools or technologies; you won’t find a single line of YAML here. Instead we’re focussing on the fundamental misunderstandings and missteps that can derail even the most well-funded platform initiatives. From the executive suites’ elusive buy-ins to the gritty realities of inadequate developer experiences, we dive into the top ten common errors that many encounter but few talk about openly.

So grab your popcorn and expect to be entertained, maybe even learn a thing or two!

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Dan is the Platform Owner for the CCoE team in VELUX, having the overall responsibility of building great internal developer products for VELUX’ software engineers. An experienced DevOps engineer, he’s spent the last 5 years working as a consultant, guiding many organizations in their DevOps, Platform Engineering and DevEx efforts. Dan’s focus is always bettering the organizations and people around him, oftentimes with an emphasis on cultural and human aspects.
Dan Grøndahl

Steve Pereira

Principal Consultant Author of Flow Engineering

Fast Flow with Flow Engineering
Based on foundations from Value Stream Mapping, cybernetics, and the Toyota Production System, Flow Engineering’s lightweight and iterative practices build the value, clarity, and flow required for effective collaboration and collective action. Flow Engineering provides a step-by-step guide for running fast-paced mapping workshops that rapidly build shared understanding and fast flow. Learn how to build an on-ramp to Team Topologies together with everyone it takes to enable flow, and how it's being applied in organizations of all types to elevate performance, empathy, and collaboration.
Key takeaways:
  • From status quo to status flow in five maps
  • Simple, collaborative, remote-friendly mapping to see, measure & unblock flow
  • How Flow Engineering can bridge business and tech, across silos, and from leaders to contributors
Steve Pereira has spent over two decades improving the flow of work across organizations. He’s worked through tech support, IT management, build and release engineering, and as a founding CTO for enterprise SaaS. He serves as lead consultant for Visible Value Stream Consulting, as a board advisor to the Value Stream Management Consortium, Chair of the OASIS Value Stream Management Interoperability technical committee, and co-founder of the Flow Collective to bring flow-focused professionals together. Since 2017, he has been developing and facilitating Flow Engineering to make flow improvement in large organizations accessible, collaborative, and actionable.
Steve Pereira

Robin Yeman

Space Domain Lead, Carnegie Mellon

The application of Agile and DevSecOps to Space Systems

In an era where we expect to see more growth in space in the next 5 years than we have in the last 50 years its critical that we can adapt to changing needs and deliver faster while ensuring we are safe and secure. Space exploration, with its inherent complexities and high-stakes missions, has long been synonymous with meticulous planning and painstaking precision. However, as the demand for more ambitious missions, commercial space activities, and enhanced safety standards continues to grow, the need for accelerated development and deployment processes becomes evident.

The application of Industrial DevOps into space exploration represents a monumental leap. This presentation unveils the transformative potential of applying Agile and DevOps methodologies to the development of large-scale, safety-critical cyber-physical systems in the realm of space exploration. Industrial DevOps pulls best practices from multiple bodies of knowledge across the digital engineering value stream including Systems Thinking, Model Based Engineering, Agile, DevOps, Cyber, Machine Learning and more. We need to use all of the tools in our toolbox to reach the moon first and then leap to Mars.

Expertise spanning over twenty-five years in software engineering with focus on Digital Engineering, DevSecOps, and Agile building large complex solutions across multiple domains from submarines to satellites. She advocates for continuous learning with multiple certifications including SAFe Fellow, SPCT (Candidate), CEC, PMP, PMI-ACP, and CSEP. She is a Systems Engineering PhD candidate at Colorado State researching best practices to deliver complex safety critical solutions using Agile and DevSecOps.
Robin Yeman

Chris Davidson

Principal Solutions Engineer, Atlassian

Why improving developer experience is the key to unlocking developer productivity: 4 Actions to Bring Developer Joy Back into the Development Lifecycle
Today, the role of a developer is becoming increasingly complex. In a you-build-it, you-run-it world devs are asked to do everything from deploying code, monitoring performance, managing infrastructure, worrying about scale on-demand, analyzing data and addressing incidents - in addition to writing code. But increasingly developers feel disconnected from their craft - the complexity of their role is impacting happiness and the quality and speed of software they produce.

Rather than focusing on developer productivity, teams should focus on fostering “developer joy” by removing friction and empowering teams with practices that grant them greater autonomy. Better developer experiences, not developer productivity is the secret to reconnecting developers with the love of their craft. In this session, Chris will discuss four steps to bring “developer joy” back into the software development lifecycle along with best practices.
Chris Davidson, Lead Principal Solutions Engineer at Atlassian, is a seasoned practitioner with over two decades of hands-on experience in the dynamic world of software and team collaboration. His journey involves immersing himself in the realm of software teams, business dynamics, and leadership strategies, all aimed at unravelling the secrets that drive teams and organizations towards unparalleled success. By prioritizing practical insights over mere theory, Chris brings a wealth of knowledge garnered from diverse industries and global landscapes. His captivating narratives shed light on the transformative power of people, innovative work methodologies, and the invaluable support of Atlassian tools in shaping the future of work into today's reality.
Chris Davidson

Peter Birkholm-Buch

Director of Software Engineering in Growth Products, , Carlsberg Group

Beyond DevOps: The Rise of Full-Stack Platform Engineering
In this talk, I explore the evolution of DevOps and introduce the concept of full-stack platform engineering. While DevOps promised to bridge the gap between development and operations, it often resulted in ops teams scripting infrastructure without applying key software engineering principles. Platform engineering takes this further by treating infrastructure as a product, raising the abstraction level, and enabling developers with scalable, reusable solutions. I’ll explain how we made this shift at Carlsberg and why the future of infrastructure lies in full-stack platform engineers who can think like developers and build for the future.
Peter Birkholm Buch is a senior technology leader with over 35 years of experience in software engineering, architecture, and cloud computing. As the Head of Software Engineering at Carlsberg, Peter leads a global team of 75 engineers across Portugal, Malaysia, and the Philippines. His expertise lies in driving innovation through cloud-based solutions, platform engineering, and the alignment of DevOps practices. Peter is passionate about improving Developer Experience and ensuring compliance and governance across large-scale engineering teams. He has a unique ability to blend strategy with hands-on technical leadership, making him a sought-after speaker and thought leader in the industry.
Peter Birkholm-Buch

Daniel Bjork

Head of Product Development, Kambi

From DevOps to FinOps - Perks and Pitfalls
A presentation about Kambi’s DevOps transformation and how it at the end took at new turn into a path that was not anticipated at the beginning, FinOps. Highlighting the challenges we encountered and the benefits we now see when we are on the other side of this journey.

Experience of working with regulatory and compliance implementations from the Finance and iGaming sectors. Currently having the role as Head of Product for the regulatory area in Kambi, and also being the FinOps driver for the entire organization.

When not working sports, baking, cooking and family life takes up most of the time.

Daniel Bjork

Jessica Lundberg

Head of Product Development Engineering, Kambi

From DevOps to FinOps - Perks and Pitfalls

A presentation about Kambi’s DevOps transformation and how it at the end took at new turn into a path that was not anticipated at the beginning, FinOps. Highlighting the challenges we encountered and the benefits we now see when we are on the other side of this journey.

With over 25 years of experience in software engineering, Jessica has held a wide variety of roles across different businesses. Her technical background as a developer and build and release engineering, combined with her product, management and leadership roles, gives her a broad and holistic perspective on the industry.
Jessica is passionate about both people and technology, often finding herself bridging the gap between the two.
Currently, she serves as the Head of Product Development in the Engineering Operations Stream, drives strategic DevOps initiative, and is a member of the FinOps team at Kambi.
Jessica Lundberg

Marko Klemetti

CTO, Eficode

Adopting an AI-driven software organization is hard: Case Studies of successful transformations
AI-driven development and modern DevOps practices like platform engineering promise revolutionary changes, but fail to scale across the entire organization. This talk explains why these transformations often fall short already in the beginning, and highlights the challenges organizations face.This talk will review case studies of companies that have been able to scale the changes across the organization. This talk will give practical insights, providing a roadmap for achieving a more successful integration of new technologies.

Marko is the CTO of Eficode and spends a significant amount of his time advising organizations on their path to becoming modern and software-driven. He is still a passionate programmer, working mostly on emerging technologies that have the potential to become mainstream in the future. That helps him gain a very in-depth understanding of the trends and new possibilities. As part of his work at Eficode, Marko is also a founder and advisor in many tech startups.

Marko is an active speaker, and you can find him not only on the DevOps Sauna podcast series by Eficode, but also on The DEVOPS Conference stage and as a speaker at various other conferences.

https://www.eficode.com/marko-klemetti

Marko Klemetti

Zander Hornung Havgaard

Senior Software Developer, green.ai

Laying the tracks in front of a moving train - Platform Engineering for Start-ups

Platform engineering is all the rage these days - everyone talks about getting the enterprise train onto the platform. But what happens if you apply platform engineering to startups?

In this lightning talk I will outline our experience applying platform engineering to a small team, and motivate why a platform approach can be the solution to even your small scale challenges.

Zander is a software engineer, currently hacking @ Green.ai, both developing features for the business and creating the cloud platform supporting it.

He is interested in everything Cloud Native, DevOps, Kubernetes and always striving to apply state-of-art practices to solve the right problems.

He has a background in consulting, helping both start-ups and enterprises adopt and succeed with DevOps and Cloud Native, as well as teaching a number of courses on Cloud Native technologies.

He is a co-organizer of the CNCF meetups in Copenhagen as part of Cloud Native Nordics.

On his own time he obsesses over running everything in his Kubernetes homelab, brewing the perfect cup of filter coffee and playing DnD.

Zander Hornung Havgaard

Rasmus Lystrøm

Senior Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft

Post "Accelerate": Why are we still failing at adopting DevOps in the Enterprise?
24 years of agile, 17 years of DevOps and 6 years after "Accelerate" got published we see enterprises doing business as usual reaping no real benefits of either agile nor DevOps. Reflecting back on 10 years as a principal consultant and cloud solution architect at Microsoft working with practically all the major Danish enterprises and a big number of European ones, I want to share my views on why enterprises fail at adopting DevOps and what we should be doing to change that.

Rasmus Lystrøm is a Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, with a rich background in software engineering, leadership, and education. He holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the IT University of Copenhagen. Rasmus has extensive experience in programming, DevOps, and change management. He has served as an army officer, demonstrating strong leadership and project management skills, and as an associate professor, showcasing his communication and teaching abilities. His specialties include DevOps, Cloud Native Development, C#, F#, .NET Core, GitHub, and Microsoft Azure.

Rasmus is passionate about change, technology, and innovation, with a focus on cloud solutions and architecture.

Rasmus Lystrøm

Matthias Grüter

Engineering lead for the Spotify's infrastructure Group, Spotify

Navigating the Pitfalls of Servant Leadership
In this talk, we will focus on the most common pitfalls of servant leadership specifically within engineering teams. While servant leadership emphasizes support and collaboration, it can also lead to challenges such as blurred boundaries, and miscommunication. We’ll explore these pitfalls through practical examples and we'll introduce actionable strategies to avoid them. Tune in to explore how engineers can embrace servant leadership while navigating its complexities for greater success.
 

Throughout his working life, Matthias has flip-flopped between leadership & engineering roles. Having worked along both tracks for many years gives Matthias a unique perspective on challenges that are both technical and organizational in nature.

Matthias is the engineering lead for Spotify's infrastructure group. His team builds the infrastructure and platform on top of which Spotify delivers its experience. As a manager by trade and engineer by heart, Matthias feels most comfortable in the intersection between leadership and technology.

Matthias Grüter

Jess Fraser-Darling

Agile & Portfolio Management Global Business Owner, Eficode

Stop thinking DevOps is just for your tech teams
Is DevOps something only technology and digital teams should worry about? In this lightning talk I highlight why we should care about the impact of DevOps at an organisational level and what questions we should be asking to know how DevOps practices support the various framework and methodology choices.
Jess Fraser-Darling is a Senior Agile Coach at Eficode. Her motivators and drivers lie in how people, teams and organisations explore, grow and evolve in a changing landscape. Jess has been working in the digital Banking and Financial Services for the last 16 years in both the UK and Sweden. With a strong experience in change management, transformation and strategic portfolio agile practices, Jess enjoys understanding the variety of perspectives and evolving mindsets to invoke change at a level that delivers real value. Jess is a certified SAFe SPC and is an avid speaker for Agile learnings and practices.
Jess Fraser-Darling

Kalle Sirkesalo

CTO of Managed Services, Eficode

What made you fast yesterday, is making you slow today

As the world accelerates year by year, sticking to the same tech stack can become a hindrance rather than a help. In large companies, a plethora of tools often coexists due to historical adoption, initially aimed at speeding up delivery. However, these tools can eventually slow down the organization. In this talk, we'll share real-life experiences of how migrating from a best-of-breed toolset to a unified solution like GitHub or GitLab can significantly enhance developer productivity.

We'll discuss the benefits we've seen by removing Jenkins, Artifactory, and SonarQube from our pipeline and leveraging GitHub or GitLab comprehensive features. By the end of this session, you will understand how to effectively migrate to a single solution, recognize the strengths of current tools, and be aware of key considerations during the transition.

As CTO of Managed Services at Eficode, Kalle Sirkesalo has years of experience in DevOps managed services and is familiar with maintaining and migrating DevOps and cloud tools and the challenges related to adopting new ways of working.

Kalle has attended many tech conferences and webinars as a speaker for Eficode, covering a variety of topics, including security, managed services, and IoT.

Kalle Sirkesalo

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Pinja Kujala

Pinja Kujala

Agile and Product Management coach, Eficode

Pinja Kujala is a Senior Consultant at Eficode, with a specialization in agility and product development practices. With a background in legal and compliance, she helps others achieve excellence in operations while maintaining a human-centric approach.
Marc Dillon

Marc Dillon

Lead Consultant, Transformations, Eficode

Marc Dillon is Lead Consultant in transformations at Eficode. He is a seasoned professional in the field of DevOps with an extensive background in product development. Marc is highly skilled in channeling his energy and enthusiasm into inspiring others and is known for being a strong advocate of the cultural aspects of DevOps.