Steel City Ruby Conference 2013

August 16-17, 2013

Pittsburgh, PA

Inviting Rubyists from across the land to a two-day conference in the heart of the Steel City - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With an emphasis on learning and conversation, Steel City Ruby Conf is the ultimate community experience for Rubyists of all skill levels.

SPEAKERS

 
 
Avdi Grimm
@avdi
 
Konstantin Haase
@konstantinhaase
 
Angela Harms
@angelaharms
 
Jim Weirich
@jimweirich
 
Ashish Dixit
@tundal45
 
Julie Pagano
@juliepagano
 
Carina C. Zona
@cczona
 
Greg Baugues
@greggyb
 
Kerri Miller
@kerrizor
 
Leon Gersing
@rubybuddha
 
Stephen Ball
@stephenballNC
 
John Downey
@jtdowney

SCHEDULE

  Friday, August 16 Saturday, August 17
8:00AM - 9:00AM Check-in Sleep In
9:00AM - 9:30AM Carina C. Zona
"Handcrafting Community"
10:00AM - 10:30AM Julie Pagano
"I Am a Front-End Web Dev (And So Can You!)"
Konstantin Haase
"Architecting the Chaos - Building Travis CI"
11:00AM - 11:30AM Greg Baugues
"Developers and Depression"
Stephen Ball
"Deliberate Git"
11:30PM - 1:30PM LUNCH BREAK
1:30PM - 2:00PM Lightning Talks Lightning Talks
2:30PM - 3:00PM Angela Harms
"A Collaborative Approach to Making"
Avdi Grimm
"You Gotta Try This"
3:30PM - 4:00PM Ashish Dixit
"How to be Productive on a New Team"
Kerri Miller
"You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure"
4:30PM - 5:00PM Jim Weirich
"Friendly Flying Robots with Ruby"
John Downey
"DevOps for the Rubyist Soul"
5:30PM - 6:00PM -- Leon Gersing
"Keep Software Weird"
6:00PM - 10:00PM ModCloth Party
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CONSOL Energy Center
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VENUE

Steel City Ruby Conference is held in Pittsburgh's Senator John Heinz History Center. The Heinz History Center is a Smithsonian institution, showcasing local history including the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum and several other long term exhibits.

The venue, located in Pittsburgh's Strip District neighborhood, offers our guests a glimpse of the city's character that was built over 100's of years. Guests of Steel City Ruby are permitted to browse the exhibits while the conference is in session.

Parking is available at daily rates at lots across the street and next to the venue.

SPONSORS

ModCloth
littlelines
Branding Brand
Sparkbox
4moms
chargify
Enova
dnsimple
Coffee and Code
Omnyx
Bloomberg
codeclimate
YourTalentAgents.com
Philips Respironics
American Eagle
Yammer
neo
WebKite
The Pragmatic Bookshelf
Stack Builders
Entropi
TrueFit Innovation
TeamSnap
Financial Tailor
TEKsystems
LANtek
Zip Code Services
New Relic
LeanDog
ShowClix
Gittip
e-Staff Consulting
HoneyBadger.io
Stitch Fix
Intridea
Carney+Co.
Squaremouth
AlphaLab

REGISTRATION

Steel City Ruby 2013 has sold out! Thank you so much for your support! If you are interested in attending, you can sign up for our waiting list and we will notify you as tickets become available.

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