StackTech 3

StackTech 3: A cross-government unconference for the Technology Community across government.

Registration from 9:30am
Welcome: 10am

We want to help you meet other like-minded government colleagues so you can highlight common issues, find common solutions, and understand what people from different parts of government are working on. This will be your opportunity to leave the day job behind for a day so you can think about the future and the kind of digital government we’re trying to build together.

How the day will work
Lunch will be at 12.30 to 14:00. Each session will last about 45 minutes before you are told to wrap up, and there will be 10 minutes between each session for you get refreshments, have a break, and review the sessions again.

We can't provide refreshments or lunch for you all, so you'll either have to bring lunch with you, or brave the wilds of Euston, hunting and gathering from a wide variety of cafes in the area. Friends House also has a cafe with snacks and drinks and there is a coffee cart in the grounds.

For those of you who haven't been to an unconference before, you may be surprised by the lack of the agenda. An unconference is all about inspiring conversations between the attendees rather than learning from an esteemed expert. Therefore you will be able suggest the sessions that will be held, each defined as topics about which you want to have a discussion. These could cover almost any topic,from the DD&T career framework, web performance, how to interview developers, what cloud services people are finding valuable, counter fraud mechanisms that work, having security that says “yes” or whatever you would find most useful.

We will then arrange the sessions into the slots, and we will split into different groups (depending on number of topics). You can attend the sessions that you think look interesting and we'll cover how this works at the beginning of the day.

Because of this style of event, we'd love it if you'd think about what problems you've recently faced, anything you are currently facing and want advice or help with, and anything you've recently solved that you may be able to help others with.

Who should attend?
Anyone who is part of the government Technology Community including developers, operations of any flavour, security operations, infrastructure, technical architects and data engineers, scientists and architects.