1. Workshops
  2. The Future of APIs
  3. Web and App Development
  4. Mobile Development
  5. Startups and Innovators

Conference Day 1

Thursday, November 21st

  1. 9:00am - 9:05am

    Welcome

    Ian Murphy

    Welcome to the Ultimate Developer Event!

  2. 9:05am - 9:45am

    Keynote - The Future: Zombies, Robots & Ice Cream

    Cali Lewis and John P.

    VHS dominated for nearly 25 years. DVD for a decade. Today the entire collection at Netflix can be had for $8 a month. And if history is a good predictor of the future, all of this will be gone in a decade if not sooner! Same goes for all the latest technologies: Gesture control. Wearable technology. The Connected Home. Google Glass. Induction Charging. Smart health devices. Or does it? Technology gurus Cali Lewis and John P. from GeekBeat.TV give you a sneak peek into the future! What will the world look like in a decade? And most importantly, will there still be ice cream - or will the zombies eat it all?

  3. 9:55am - 10:35am

    Consumer vs. Enterprise - Why Your Startup Will Either Be Sexy or Successful

    Joe McCann

    Everyone, especially the media, loves a great story -- Instagram exiting for $1 Billion, Zuckerburg's success with Facebook, Dennis Crowley and Foursquare's explosion and dominance in the geolocation space -- but great stories don't always make great companies. Let's explore the where opportunities may exist in the less sexy, but certainly more sustainable enterprise, or industry-specific, startup space and why companies are begging for entrepreneurs to build their next suite of products.

  4. 11:05am - 11:45am

    Doing it Our Way: Bootstrapped, Remote, and Built to Scale

    Todd Garland

    The most popular way isn't the only way. In this session, the founder of BuySellAds shares why he skipped the accelerators and venture capitalists to build a large scalable business with a remote, bootstrapped team.

  5. 11:55am - 12:25pm

    Spotlight Session

    Speaker to be Announced
  6. 2:00pm - 2:40pm

    The Culture War Myth: Startups in the Enterprise

    Jeffrey Burlin

    The typical Enterprise business is traditional, slow to change, process-centric, and full of bureaucracy, but many companies today are taking lessons from the startup world and applying it to form more agile, innovation focused internal organizations that are attempting to change the way they do business. As a result, the culture gap between the two business models is beginning to narrow and in fact the two cultures can be complementary and greatly enhance the quality and quantity of the output/products of each. This talk will focus on exploring the reality of the perceived culture gap, the factors influencing corporate cultural changes, and discussing some real world examples of companies who are becoming more startup like.

  7. 2:50pm - 3:30pm

    The Future of Online Learning

    Gregg Pollack

    Everyone at some point in their career will need to create teaching material online. This could be teaching your customers to use your product, or teaching other developers how to use your API. In this talk we'll take a look at in person teaching techniques and how they're being migrated online by looking at eight different EdTech startups.

  8. 4:00pm - 4:40pm

    Panel - How To Get Press For Your Startup

    Panel of Speakers

    Hear from pros in the press why they take notice of an up and coming startup.

  9. 4:50pm - 5:30pm

    Keynote - "It Depends" Is Not an Answer

    Russ Reeder

    What does a successful next-gen web developer look like and how do they achieve success and keep building on it? Russell Reeder, President and COO of web hosting and cloud services provider (mt) Media Temple, will share insightful business advice that will help web developers take charge to reach ultimate success. Reeder will talk about why “It Depends” is neither an acceptable answer nor a winning state of mind, and why developers should put their business hat on when they approach their work. He will then walk the audience through different scenarios to show that, when developers put blinders on, they are not aiming for success, but for failure. Through collaboration with all elements of the business, developers can be the key to sustainable success. Reeder will also explain how developers should look beyond the code and identify the problem they are addressing. How? By fully understanding their competitive advantage and the market they are targeting.

Conference Day 2

Friday, November 22nd

  1. 9:00am - 9:05am

    Welcome

    Ian Murphy

    Welcome to Day Two!

  2. 9:05am - 9:45am

    How Consumers Engage with Apps

    Jamie Turner

    Apps come in many forms - games, e-commerce platforms, educational tools and many other variations. But critical to any app is understanding how consumers engage with apps and the companies that create them. Jamie Turner will take you on an interesting and engaging exploration of how humans connect with businesses via apps and what makes some apps succeed while others fail, with special attention paid to monetizing apps and trends and strategies for creating business apps.

  3. 9:55am - 10:35am

    Flattening Treehouse

    Ryan Carson

    Details Coming Soon ...

  4. 11:05am - 11:45am

    The Reality of Business: How to Achieve Success Through Personal Growth

    Gary Whitehill

    The majority of our time is spent wondering about operational questions. But here’s the thing: Do you want to make a difference in the world? If so, let’s learn together how - and why - it’s important to look at yourself as a product.

  5. 11:55am - 12:25pm

    Spotlight Session

    Speaker to be Announced
  6. 2:00pm - 2:40pm

    You've Got To Be a Marketer (Like It Or Not)

    Drew Willams

    Only 5 percent of startups ever achieve their dream of rapid growth. Why? One of two reasons: 1) the market doesn't really want your product, or; 2) the market does want your product but just doesn't know about it. Drew Williams, serial entrepreneur and author of “Feed The Startup Beast”, will give you a proven 7-step marketing roadmap that lets you focus on the 20% of marketing that actually pays back, so you can hit your growth goals (even on an uber-tight budget), and then get back to what it is you really got into business to do (which probably wasn't marketing).

  7. 2:50pm - 3:30pm

    Using Civic Technology to Encourage Civic Behavior

    Nigel Jacob

    Over the last several years there’s been tremendous energy behind the movement to change the way that local governments use technology to better connect with residents. Civic hackers, Code for America Fellows, concerned residents, and offices line mine, the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics in Boston, are working together to create a more collaborative environment in which these various players can develop new kinds of solutions to urban challenges. In this talk, I'll explore some of the themes and trends of this new Civic Innovation movement and will dive into some of the technologies that we've been working on.

  8. 4:00pm - 4:40pm

    Ask An Entrepreneur - A No Limits Q&A;

    Panel of Speakers

    Details Coming Soon ...

  9. 4:50pm - 5:30pm

    Keynote - Automotive Connectivity: More Than Just a Phone with Wheels

    Nick Pudar

    Automakers are re-thinking their structure and business models to move in-sync with the broader connected ecosystem and consumer trends. GM's dev kit will expand access to the infotainment environment, bringing developers new ways to make money on their apps. It's a flexible software framework that includes HTML5 and JavaScript. We don't want you to build apps for today's vehicle; we're looking for apps that will be fresh well into the future.

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