Unleash Agile & DevOps in Toronto

Jan 16, 2024, 6:00 – 11:00 PM (UTC)

Join fellow Atlassian product users, agile & DevOps practitioners, and super fans for a user-driven Atlassian Community event!

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Unleash

About this event

Join our community of innovators to explore today’s agile trends and challenges and how to tackle them with industry best practices, customer stories, and peer-to-peer connections. At this Atlassian Community event, you’ll walk away with actionable insights on how to inspire your teams to build and ship world-class products, together. 
All Attendees will receive a voucher for the Atlassian DevOps Essentials on-demand course.

Speakers

Neil Mansilla

Atlassian

Principal Developer Advocate

Mark Cruth

Atlassian

Modern Work Coach

Mike King

iTMethods

VP of Sales & Customer Success

Maruan Haidar

IGM Financial

Agile Coach

James Ciesielski

Rewind

Co-founder and CTO

Lotta Mikkonen

Atlassian

Senior Solutions Engineer

Peter Kerrigan

Adaptavist

Solution Engineer

When

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
6:00 PM – 11:00 PM (UTC)

Where

Vantage Venues
150 King Street West
Toronto, M5H 1J9

Agenda

6:00 PM	Registration
6:15 PM	Intro by Toronto ACE Leaders	A short welcome from your Toronto ACE leaders (Danny, Susan and Saurabh)
6:30 PM	Developer Experience Discussion	Mark Cruth (Modern work evangelist, Atlassian) will walk us through an interactive discussion of the Developer Experience
7:00 PM	Mike King (IT Methods) - Cutting Costs, Not Corners: Tackling DevOps Tool Sprawl	Explore strategies to streamline your DevOps toolchain, reduce complexity, and cut costs without sacrificing quality. We'll dive into real-world challenges, discuss consolidation and best-of-breed approaches.
7:20 PM	Agile and DevOps - 2 Sides of the Same Coin - Peter Kerrigan (Adaptavist)	Discover the powerful synergy between agile and DevOps at the Atlassian Unleash event. Join Adaptavist experts as they explore how these methodologies revolutionize businesses, enhance collaboration, and drive efficiency.
7:40 PM	How to Increase Developer Joy with the Atlassian Toolstack - Lotta Mikkonen - Atlassian Senior Solutions Engineer	Learn why developer experience matters and how to boost productivity with Atlassian's latest innovations. You’ll also get a look at new features in Jira Software, Compass, and Atlassian Intelligence that help you build a world-class engineering organization.
8:00 PM	Coffee/Tea Break	Take a refreshment break, meet our sponsors
8:45 PM	Magic Show	Mike King will start off the afternoon with a magic show
9:00 PM	Build a Backup & Recovery Strategy for Atlassian Apps - James Ciesielski - Rewind	In this session, we’ll delve into the importance of securing your Atlassian cloud data with a secure and reliable SaaS backup and recovery solution and the impacts of not having one. We’ll discuss how your data is currently stored in the cloud and how to build a robust and dependable Backup & Recovery Strategy. We’ll also weigh the pros and cons of building an in-house solution versus outsourcing–and how Rewind can help.
9:20 PM	Super-charging Agile & DevOps workflows with Forge - Neil Mansilla, Atlassian Developer Advocate	Developer Productivity is top of mind for many software teams these days, and Jira’s flexible workflow engine allows teams to streamline workflows to improve the efficiency of their developers. But in the age of Artificial Intelligence, wouldn’t it be great if Jira workflows were a bit… smarter?
9:40 PM	The Never Ending Agile Transformation Journey by Maruan Haidar	sharing my personal experience of being part of a small, medium and large Agile Transformation. What it takes to make it lasting, robust and embedded into the organization DNA o Agility is not linear o The fusion team working with the top/mid/button ledgers to create the self-sustain energy to keep Agility machine alive o Stop the tree-huggers, get dirty o Fit-4-Purpose, be real and pragmatic
10:00 PM	Cocktail hour	Enjoy some cocktails and network with your colleagues, Atlassians and sponsors. Thank you Sponsors!!

Community Leaders

Susan Hauth

Toronto ACE Leader

Atlassian Event Leader

See bio

Saurabh Sharma

Banking and Financial

Atlassian Community Leader

See bio

Majken Longlade

Tatari

Toronto ACE Leader

See bio

Jovanka Jazic

Adaptavist

Operations

See bio

Danny Zuccaro

TD Bank

Senior Manager

See bio

Join free, user-led meet-ups hosted by the community, for the community!

Unleash Agile & DevOps in Toronto

About this event

Speakers

Neil Mansilla

Mark Cruth

Mike King

Maruan Haidar

James Ciesielski

Lotta Mikkonen

Peter Kerrigan

When

Where

Agenda

Community Leaders

Susan Hauth

Saurabh Sharma

Majken Longlade

Jovanka Jazic

Danny Zuccaro

Atlassian

Adaptavist

IT Methods

Rewind

Contegix

Valiantys

Where Atlassian users meet and share best practices

Join free, user-led meet-ups hosted by the community, for the community!

Unleash Agile & DevOps in Toronto

About this event

Speakers

Neil Mansilla

Mark Cruth

Mike King

Maruan Haidar

James Ciesielski

Lotta Mikkonen

Peter Kerrigan

When

Where

Agenda

Community Leaders

Susan Hauth

Saurabh Sharma

Majken Longlade

Jovanka Jazic

Danny Zuccaro

Global sponsor

Atlassian

Sponsors

Adaptavist

IT Methods

Rewind

Contegix

Valiantys

Where Atlassian users meet and share best practices