Registration & Diversity Breakfast

Find your parking spot early and join us for a breakfast sponsored and hosted by Women Techmakers.

Welcome Address

Deployment 101 for Frontenders

We make amazing applications! how about the deployment process? Is there an easy way to get around shipping apps?. From a DevOps turned Frontend thanks to Vue.js learn quick ‘n easy ways to deploy your applications without frustration.

Modeling the conceptual structure of ffmpeg in JavaScript

A core tool in many video developers’ workflows, ffmpeg has a frustratingly steep learning curve and a difficult syntax to master. Many video developers write code to automate ffmpeg runs, and Node.js is a popular way to do that. However, current JavaScript interfaces to ffmpeg do nothing to ease the underlying difficulty of the tool. In this talk, I’ll introduce you to a new library I’ve built for Node.js to make that process easier and lessen the learning curve, covering both conceptual structure and motivation, as well as practical examples.

Break

CSS For People That Hate CSS

What’s the difference between Flexbox and CSS grid? Should I use a preprocessor? Why is it so hard to center a <div>?! Can’t I just use Bootstrap or Materials UI instead? Learn the basics of CSS, along with strategies and resources for writing better CSS. *Hating CSS is not a prerequisite for attending this talk

Building Machine Learning Products with TensorFlow 2.0

The talk will cover the newly released TensorFlow 2.0 and its exciting features for developing machine learning models and deploying them for integration with software products. Some of these new features include using Keras as the core high-level API for model design, using FeatureColumns to parse data as input into Keras models, and the ease of training on distributed architectures and devices. In addition, the talk will highlight the TensorFlow Extended (TFX) toolset for deploying machine learning models as software products.

Help Keep the Internet Safe with WebAuthn

Account takeovers continue to be part of major security incidents. Decades of password education haven't helped. Phishing campaigns have become more effective than ever. Sometimes it seems like we're losing. But there is hope! The WebAuthn protocol provides a stronger way for users to authenticate. It uses secure hardware and asymmetric cryptography to provide a strong addition to passwords, or a replacement. Best of all, it's easy to implement, and already widely supported. Come to this talk to learn how WebAuthn works, how you can use it yourself, and how to add support to your software.

Lunch

Lightning Talks

Deep Gratitude, Deep Focus by Ari Leo Frankel
Host a custom blog for FREE! by Pratik Patel
Conversational Design for AI Chatbots by Lynsey Gwin
What's your medium? by Élan

Serverless App Starter Kit: How to choose a cloud provider

Serverless apps are everywhere these days, but how do you get started? How do you decide which provider to go with? I’ve done the work for you. I have created a simple app with AWS, Google Cloud & Microsoft Azure. I’ll compare how each one from an idea to a professional production pipeline.

Break

Reader Beware, Choose Your Own Scare...

Everyone loves a good spooky story! (Or is cowering under their bed sheets… Either/or…) And what better to captivate the audience than letting them choose their own scare? We all can’t be in the same illustrious class of penmen as R.L. Stine, but we can create compelling experiences with tools such as Typeform! Code doesn’t always tell a compelling story, but conversational UIs developer with easy to use logic jumps can help you craft your own interactive adventure. See how to use the Typeform to give your conversational UIs a voice on the Google Assistant with Dialogflow. Now you can spread your stories reach to more than 500 million devices, including smart speakers, phones, cars, TVs, headphones, watches, and more.

Awesome data visualization on the web with Google Maps Platform and Deck.gl

The Google team recently announced initial support for the Deck.gl framework, which brings beautiful, WebGL-accelerated visualization of large data sets to Google Maps. In this talk we’ll look at how to integrate Deck.gl into maps on the web using the Maps JS API.

Break

Digital Ethics in an Unethical Era: How to Not Ruin The World

As we become increasingly reliant upon digital infrastructure and software in all aspects of our lives, technologists hold the safety and well-being of humanity in our hands. In this talk, we’ll take a journey through the history of digital ethics and explore what it means for all of us as technologists today. We’ll also examine some of the technical and social aspects of maintaining an ethical infrastructure and software development practice. Knowing our history and current limitations will help us to ensure that we understand our obligation, as stewards of technology, to do no harm.

Closing Address