Future of Tech - UnConference

At the Future of Tech - Unconference, the stage is yours

This gathering shatters the conventional barriers of rigid agendas (although we do have one) and preordained presentations. It's an organic expedition into the Future of Tech, navigated with Panel and Open Space collab.

We will have amazing people in the panel discussion: Katy, Anja, Vuksan, and Branislav to share their perspectives and hear yours. This panel is not a classic one, and we will include all of you as much as possible to make it as interactive as possible...

Aaaaand then more of our friends will be bringing great topics to the open space, navigating everything from HR, People, Agile, Product, Leadership, AI, and Engineering topics for the Future of Tech - Jelena, Olgica, Malisa, Aleksandra, Ana i Nenad, Filip, Duana.

Keep in mind that the process of an Open Space is designed to be highly participatory, inclusive, and collaborative. There will be no one speaker and one person accountable for the topic and its journey...

Everyone participating in a selected stream fully controls their sharing experience and the session's outcomes. As a result, there is highly engaged group discussion, exchange, and networking.

Let's talk about mind-bending advancements in the realms of AI, blockchain, and beyond and how it affects our reality, our human nature, our leadership, and our future…

Your voice will be heard, your ideas echoed, and your visions amplified at the event.

Remember: Innovation knows no bounds, and neither does this unconference! 
 

Who is this event for:

This Unconference is for everyone who feels like a leader in the tech world, having the leadership role or not.

It is for ones who are coming to share, exchange, and interact, not just sit and listen. This format will be inclusive in every possible way, so if you like events where you can sit behind an off-camera and eat popcorn 😅, this is probably not for you. Therefore we would appreciate it if you would leave space for those excited about this live and intense exchange.
 

What can you expect:

This Unconference is a half-day event, starting at 17.30 and riding an exchange wave until 22h.
Besides the Panel and Open Space, there will be a nice after-networking, snacks, and drinks.

Agenda:

• Welcome 17:30 - 18:00
• Panel discussion 18:00 - 19:30
• Short break 19:30 - 19:45
• Open space  19:45 - 21:00
• Networking 21:00 - 22:00
   

Organisers and Sponsors:

This event is organised by Software Crafters Serbia and Devistify
It is kindly hostedby Tenderly, being official sponsor for the event.

Meet the crew and the flow:
Panelists navigating the topic Future of Tech:

Katy brings 12+ years of extensive tech, talent, and leadership experience in multicultural environment.
She graduated from psychology and business.
She specialises in working strategically with the business and leading People & Talent teams in engineering & product, growing start-ups, and scale-ups to mid-size, pre-IPO stage companies.
Previously, Katy was leading a global Talent Team for BRYTER & The Workshop and acted as a Senior Recruiting Partner for Technology in music tech companies like SoundCloud and Native Instruments, as well as gaming companies like Wooga.

As both a software engineer and a leadership coach, Anja brings an engineering approach to people topics — and a humanistic approach to managing systems.

With 15+ years of experience in tech, organizational transformation, and team development, she helps leaders set organizational boundaries, shape roles and responsibilities, and make their organizational development and process improvement efforts employee-centric.

Vuksan brings 7+ years of experience in the web3 industry. He started his professional journey as a software engineer, contributing to both product and research and development teams.

During his tenure at the esteemed Blockchain Solutions Provider, MVP Workshop, Vuksan swiftly progressed into technical management positions, initially as a Tech Lead and later as an Engineering lead. His proficiency extends to employing agile methodologies throughout the software development lifecycle.

Vuksan serves as the Founder in Residence at Attic42, a web3 venture builder, where he established Trapesys, a Blockchain Protocol Solutions Studio. Leading a talented team of Software Engineers, he spearheads the development of groundbreaking blockchain protocols. Their most prominent achievement is the creation of Polygon Edge, a core technology powering multiple products in the portfolio of one of the industry's leaders - Polygon.

Branislav is being our 4th and last but not least panlist.
From where we are standing, having someone bringing university 👨‍🏫 perspective into the talk about Future of Tech, is simply amazing and at most diverse...

Branislav started his career in 2009 by working in several cutting-edge startups. Since then, he has spent his time mostly in academia sharing his vast knowledge, with a focus on making difficult tech topics as accessible as possible. He has taught distributed systems, OS internals, software testing, and entry-level programming courses. He is currently employed Tenderly in the role of Tech Talent Development. He is pushing the boundaries of L&D for all Tenderly engineers and spreading some of that knowledge to the larger developer community.
 

And open space will be enriched with these topics and people:

Malisha is an emerging young entrepreneur with computer science background. He loves building software products and teams, and creating value along that way. Malisha is a geek that’s fascinated how internet is shaping our world, and is continuously learning about the “bleeding edge” technology advancements that can make a similar impact.
Topic: Future of money

Aleksandra brings Lean approach to organizational development and 14 years of great pleasure to serve people as HR professional.  

She worked as Business Partner in manufacturing most of her career and had amazing opportunity to witness cultural changes while participating in implementation of Lean Six Sigma methodology from the scratch. Aleksandra specialized in bringing Customer perspective into every project and connecting good people practices with organizational needs.

She lead people processes, from hire to retire, in mid-size to large domestic companies and multinational corporations, and recently took active role as independent consultant. Last year she also co-founded OBRT initiative to help companies of different sizes and industries in developing people, organization and communication.

Aleksandra is certified business coach (ICF ACC) and enjoys equally working with teams, individuals  and leaders to support exploring and bringing their potential to full capacity.

Topic: HR as a strategic partner in change managment, transformation

Olgica played chess for over 20 years, and spent the past 10 years in STEM, where she encountered various challenges.

From her earliest days in STEM, Olgica faced an array of challenges, navigating uncharted territories where psychological safety was lacking, health issues were rising, technical debt loomed, and unrealistic deadlines haunted even the most ambitious projects. But rather than accepting defeat, she embarked on a quest for solutions. Determined to find the best tools, techniques, and paths to overcome these obstacles, Olgica ventured into uncharted territory, unearthing the secrets that would change and benefit not only herself but also her colleagues.

Moreover, she took on the challenge of rethinking the very essence of how programming is taught in schools, seeking ways to ensure future generations would thrive in STEM environments. Her focus is on methodologies such as pair and mob programming.

Imagine a world where programmers can fearlessly collaborate, innovate, and ideate without the burden of anxiety or stress. Picture a workplace where empathy, exploration, innovation, higher purpose, and fearless, laser-focused action are the foundation, fostering creativity and unleashing the full potential of every team member. That's the world Olgica envisions.

Today, Olgica proudly holds several impactful roles - a dynamic CPQC Coach (Certified Positive Intelligence Coach), a visionary Software Engineer, and a Technical Coach. In parallel, Olgica explores the world of Reiki.

Topic: Psychological safety in pair/mob programming (Empathy over Saboteurs). 

Ana i Nenad 

Nenad is Product manager and coach with more than 20 years of international experience gained working for companies ranging from startups to Fortune 500. My focus in the last 10 years has been on building products and product development teams, which are tasks that I equally enjoy and find inseparable. In addition to leading in-house teams, I am helping clients as a product coach. Currently working as Senior Product Manager at deskbird.

Ana is Principal Product Manager with over 20 years of experience in IT under different domains. She has worked in from FinTech, to Navigation, Gaming, etc. developing digital products, but also in outsourcing companies, startups and corporations. Ana is mentoring and coaching people in the domain of product management and product leadership. She is the founder and organizer of the Serbian Product Community.Currently working as Senior Product Manager at @ Microsoft

Topic: Product development, who does it belong to
 

Jelena is Founder of Koučing centar and Associate professor of Organizational Development at University of Belgrade. She is curious to explore intersections between human & organizational development and technology.

Topic: AI, coaching and human development (Fear not, AI is with you)

Filip is an organizer of the Software Crafting Serbia community, where he gathers professionals with a common interest in well-crafted software while constantly adding value and building productive partnerships with customers.

Being a Tech Excellence Coach at Devistify, he is passionate about agile software development. He held software engineering and technical leadership roles in companies of varying sizes, stages, and industries.
He believes every team must have early and frequent feedback to deliver value and keep pace sustainable.

Topic: Future of Software Development

Duana is a software engineer with 15+ years experience, including 5 years of building microservices at global scale at SoundCloud in Berlin. Duana recently transitioned to ML because she grew tired of how complex software ecosystems have become. She loves mathematics, and learns and teaches maths as a hobby although she does not identify as a “maths person”. She has mentored over 16 women to pursue a career as in software development, and looks forward to seeing more women CTOs and VPs. She currently works as an ML Engineer for Cash App.

Topic: How to get more women CTOs and VPs