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5:00 PM JW Marriott: Salon C Don't Press That! Preventing the Next Black Hole LabVIEW is a graphical programming platform that enables engineers and scientists at CERN, SpaceX, Lawrence Livermore National Labs and NASA. These individuals put scientific creativity first. How do we enable "non-designers" to make UIs that are just usable enough to not blow up the world or create the next black hole. Darin Gillis, Jenica Welch Core Conversation // Advanced // #blackhole 5:00 PM JW Marriott: Salon D Dramatic Readings by Programmers of Bug Reports There is that disparity from a bug or error in a piece of a software to what's really important in the big scheme of things. When submitted, a bug report is the world's most important problem for the person submitting it. Issue requests are lost forever in time like a bug in amber from that movie. Only now, when the time is right, they are reawakened with dramatic fervor and flair. Christopher Schmitt, Sam Richard Dual // Intermediate // #bugreport TUESDAY, MARCH 17 9:30 AM JW Marriott: Salon A Learn to Embrace Your Immutable Servers Open source tools such as Vagrant, Packer and Docker allow us to embrace the con- cept of immutable servers. Developers and QA engineers have evolved their process- es to become more collaborative and agile. Join this session to hear first-hand how to embrace open source continuous delivery and DevOps tools across distributed teams, and discuss the technical and cultural risks and rewards of doing so. Nikhil Vaze Solo // Intermediate // #EmbraceCD 9:30 AM JW Marriott: Salon B Lessons Learned Building Web Apps With Go This presentation covers what the software engineering team at Public Good Soft- ware – a social benefit enterprise in Chicago – has learned in the process of design- ing, building, and deploying a large web application written in the Go programming language. Chris Gansen will discuss how Go is used, tools they have built, and key features of Go that make their applications unique. Chris Gansen Solo // Advanced // #GoLessons 9:30 AM JW Marriott: Salon C Innovation Principles and Practices This core conversation will use stories about advanced tech development projects from the US military and NASA to introduce a set of practices and tools that foster high-speed, low-cost innovation. Particular emphasis will be placed on the nature and role of simplicity in organizational and technical design. Dan Ward Core Conversation // Advanced // #innopract 11:00 AM JW Marriott: Salon A Opening The Door To Open Compute Facebook's Open Compute Project is no longer only for companies that look like Face- book. This presentation will discuss how companies at any scale can reap the many benefits of this quickly growing initiative. Finally, adopters will enjoy the strong sup- port of an open community. Come and learn what OCP can do for your organization. Ron Williams Solo // Intermediate // #OCP 11:00 AM JW Marriott: Salon B Artience: Art and Science in the World of Design When it comes to good design, art and science go hand in hand; you can't have one without the other. In today's market of extreme design talent, those who are embrac- ing data and science in their designs are creating winning products to take a step ahead of the rest. Steve Vassallo, Soleio Cuervo and Scott Klemmer will go 3 rounds, in a battle of design approach, philosophy and analytical acumen. Scott Klemmer, Soleio Cuervo, Steve Vassallo, Ann-Caryn Cleveland Panel // Beginner // #Artscience 11:00 AM JW Marriott: Salon C The Remaking of Airbnb and Eventbrite In mid-2014 Airbnb and Eventbrite both underwent major redesigns of their websites. These efforts touched virtually every page on the sites and affected every person in each company. Find out why each company made it a priority to undertake such massive efforts, and how design, engineering, and product teams came together to accomplish these feats. Daniel Silverstein, Justin Santamaria Core Conversation // Advanced // #redesign 11:00 AM JW Marriott: Salon D New Users Matter Too! Designing Better Onboarding First impressions count. A good first time experience for a new user establishes a foun- dation for future engagement, while a bad one can mean product abandonment. This window of opportunity is especially critical on mobile, wearables and other connected devices, where people need to learn quickly as they traverse the Internet of Things. Krystal Higgins Solo // Intermediate // #newusers 12:30 PM JW Marriott: Salon B Software Innovation Against the Odds In this panel, you will hear first-hand accounts of innovation failures and successes at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, and Boston's MBTA. These panelists are leading technological transformations within bureaucratic, long-running enter- prises through culture-challenging projects – find out how they have done it. Barbara Barry, Brian Kane, Jesse Kriss, Joan DiMicco Panel // Beginner // #culturechg ATTENDEES CALL THE SHOTS AT WORK SXSW Are the ultimate decision-maker Have a hand in many decisions Are involved in departmental decisions Have a hand in some decisions Aren't in a decision- making position 21% 29% 26% 19% 5% DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT JW MARRIOTT, 3 RD FLOOR: 110 EAST 2 ND STREET 112 SXSW 2015 Interactive Festival FESTIVAL SESSIONS