DevOpsDays Chicago 2023
From development, to operations and security, DevOpsDays Chicago will cover everything
Look who's talking!
This year's program consists of talks on incident management, security and SRE, as well as talks on mental health in the workspace.
Kosli's top picks
Shifting security left and incident management in production is in our radar, but listening to a young girl explaining DevOps in her own words - priceless!
Our Chicago Guide
From a unique city like Chicago, you can expect no less than the best. From food, to drinks to accommodation, our picks will guide you through the city in 2 days.
Finding Opportunity in the Chaos: How Production Incidents Can Help Engineers (and Leaders) Grow Their Career.
Production Incidents are scary, stressful and extremely rewarding. If you ask engineers or leaders that have frequently been involved with Production Incidents what they are looking for the most in their day to day work, Production Incidents is probably not their answer.
This talk will change your perspective on that. Besides the unexpected opportunity to learn your systems and applications, Production Incidents highlight some of the most important social and soft skills you or your engineers will need to succeed in their career. By the end of this talk, you’ll leave with a newfound appreciation for production incidents and a desire to seek them out as opportunities to shine within your organization.
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From production incident chaos, to Beyonce-influenced security workshops
Eddie Knight
To the Left, to the Left: All Your Security Shifted to the Left
In 2023, the demand for secure software development skills is at an all-time high. As DevOps professionals, we need to focus on secure CI/CD pipelines, helping developers secure code, and securing supply chains.
During this workshop we’ll discuss best practices to lock down CI pipelines and how to find vulnerabilities in our dependencies. The OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities have remained the same for a long time, indicating that there’s still a lot of work to be done. This workshop is designed to take you through the entire SDLC with a critical eye on security.
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Sophia Stratton
DevOps is STILL Older Than Me And I STILL Know More About It Than You
Sophia is 11 years old, but her dad has been talking about DevOps her entire life. She will be talking about what she thinks DevOps is about from having to listen to him talk about it all the time, like all the time!
After you watch this talk you will know how DevOps works and maybe think more like a kid than you do today.
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Craig Katz & Dean Parke
Transforming Enterprise Culture – Discover’s Move to a Modern Software Platform
In a large enterprise, it can be difficult to move quickly due to competing priorities, risk aversion, and‚(being in the highly regulated banking industry)‚ to comply with. Plus, the introduction of Agile approaches resulted in teams coming up with unique approaches to application development to serve their own unique needs.
This is the story of our Journey thus far: what we’ve done, what we still plan to do, setbacks along the way, and how we have moved past those setbacks.
- Phase 1: Adoption of PCF and grassroots CI/CD development.
- Phase 2: Enterprise pipeline and change management.
- Phase 3: Cloud migration and observability
Discover how Kosli works at DevOpsDays Chicago
Drop by the Kosli booth to discuss the security, audit and compliance needs the DevOps teams in your organization are facing. Discover how you can deliver secure software changes at scale and deploy to production with speed and compliance.
Click the link below to book some time with Bill Bensing, Field CTO, to show you how you can:
- Remove risk and uncertainty from your software development process
- Pinpoint changes without digging in noisy dashboards to find them
- Deploy software freely with continuous compliance
DevOpsDays Chicago 2023
| Day 1 | August 9 |
| 08:00 - 09:15 | Registration, Breakfast, Sponsors & Opening Welcome |
| 09:15 - 09:45 | The State of DevOps - Capabilities for Building High-performing Technology Teams - Katie McLaughlin, Amanda Lewis |
| 09:45 - 09:55 | Sponsors |
| 09:55 - 10:25 | Finding Opportunity in the Chaos: How Production Incidents Can Help Engineers (and Leaders) Grow Their Career - Ana Lebron |
| 10:25 - 10:40 | BREAK |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | Breaking Down Barriers: How Containerization Promotes Equity in the Tech Industry - Rizel Scarlett |
| 11:10 - 11:20 | Sponsors |
| 11:20 - 11:50 | Never Tell Me the Odds: Navigating Organizational Politics - Joshua Zimmerman |
| 11:50 - 12:00 | Sponsors |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | LUNCH |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | IGNITE TALKS 5 Product Management Practices for Platform Teams - Hannah Foxwell Navigating DevOps & ADHD - Jacquie Grindrod Designing APIs That Stand the Test of Time - Pooja Mistry DevOps is STILL Older Than Me And I STILL Know More About It Than You - Sophia Stratton |
| 13:30 - 13:40 | Sponsors |
| 13:40 - 14:15 | Open Space Opening |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Open Space #1 |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | BREAK |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Open Space #2 |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Enforce Fine-Grained Policy Control Across Development and Production Environments - Dewan Ahmed, Peter ONeill (Workshop) |
| 16:00 - 16:45 | Open Space #3 |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Close Day |
| Day 2 | August 10 |
| 08:00 - 09:15 | Registration, Breakfast, Sponsors & Opening Welcome |
| 09:15 - 09:45 | Transforming Enterprise Culture – Discover’s Move to a Modern Software Platform - Craig Katz, Dean Parke |
| 09:45 - 09:55 | Sponsors |
| 09:55 - 10:25 | Your Distributed System is Talking to You: OpenTelemetry - Jessica Kerr |
| 10:25 - 10:40 | BREAK |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | Application-layer Reliability On Top Of Infrastructure Reliability - Fitz |
| 11:10 - 11:20 | Sponsors |
| 11:20 - 11:50 | Threat Modeling for everyone - Ell Marquez |
| 11:50 - 12:00 | Sponsors |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | LUNCH |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | IGNITE TALKS An Ode to Technical Debt - sugaroverflow How to Write a Tech Blog - Kedasha Kerr How to Fail at DevOps the Cloud Native Way - Jason Yee Nothing has changed, Everything has changed - Kris Buytaert How DevOps Is like Making Paper Airplanes - Laura Santamaria |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Sponsor Giveaways |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Open Space Opening |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Open Space #1 |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | BREAK |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Open Space #2 |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | To the Left, to the Left: All Your Security Shifted to the Left - Eddie Knight (Workshop) |
| 16:00 - 16:45 | Open Space #3 |
| 16:00 - 16:45 | Automating Away SRE Toil - Doug Sillars (Workshop) |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Closing |
How to get to Convene
Convene
233 S Wacker Dr.
Chicago, IL 60606
The venue is located conveniently in the city center of Chicago, in the famous Willis Tower block. Whether you choose to take the subway, the train or the bus, there are a ccesible public transporation options close by.
Bus stop
Jackson & Franklin: buses 1, 7, 28, 126, 130, 151, 156
Wacker (Upper) & Adams: bus 121
Subway station
Quincy: Brown line, Orange line, Pink line, Purple line
Train station
Chicago Union Station
Nearby Parking
One Parking 227 W Monroe St
Public Parking 111 S Wacker Drive
183 Monroe Garage 183 W Monroe St
Whats good nearby: The Kosli Guide
STAY COZY
Canopy By Hilton Chicago
🚶 0.1 miles from Convene
⭐ 4.5 on Tripadvisor
Set in the bustle of the loop neighborhood surrounded by award-winning restaurants and theatre. Legendary attractions such as Millennium Park, Chicago Riverwalk, and the shops on State are under 10 minutes away.
JW Marriott Chicago
🚶 0.2 miles from Convene
⭐ 4.5 on Tripadvisor
Historic JW Marriott Chicago exudes Burnham’s refined style combined with 21st-century sensibility, providing downtown Chicago with a one-of-a-kind authentic destination.
The Lasalle Chicago
🚶 0.3 miles from Convene
⭐ 4.5 on Tripadvisor
Sophisticated and tailored, The LaSalle Chicago is the preeminent destination within the heart of downtown Chicago.
STAY FED
The Berghoff Restaurant
🚶 0.5 miles to Convene
⭐ 4 on Tripadvisor
The Berghoff is a rarity in America’s restaurant industry—100% family-owned and family-operated for more than 124 years.
Exchequer
🚶 0.8 miles to Convene
⭐ 4 on Tripadvisor
Decades-old pub with pizza, ribs, burgers & other American grub plus a large beer selection.
The Marq
🚶 0.4 miles to Convene
⭐ 4 on Tripadvisor
The Marq offers an ever-evolving, globally inspired menu of seasonal fare. We provide our guests a delicious, upscale, & easily approachable experience.
STAY REFRESHED
Vol 39
🚶 0.4 miles to Convene
⭐ 4.5 on Tripadvisor
When you set foot inside Vol. 39, you might feel as though you’re stepping into a decadent cocktail bar from a bygone era. Our menu offerings, of impeccable craft cocktails, are versions of the classics with a modern twist and a hint of irreverence.
Three Dots and a Dash
🚶 1.2 miles to Convene
⭐ 4.5 on Tripadvisor
Chicago’s premier tropical bar and craft cocktail destination hidden below the bustling streets of River North. The secret hideaway – named one of The World’s 50 Best Bars by Drinks International
Millers Pub
🚶 0.8 miles miles to Convene
⭐ 4 on Tripadvisor
Chicago institution since 1935 serving up traditional American grub & craft brews in a warm space.
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