The Agile2023 Conference Schedule

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6:00 PM - 7:00 PMWelcome Reception 
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9:00 AM - 10:15 AMMultiplayers collaboration unleashed - let's get this conference started! Program Team
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMAgile Up Your Leadership GameAnne-marie Charrett
2:00 PM - 2:35 PMThe Human Element: Effective Strategies for DevSecOps Leaders (Abdel Fane)Abdel Fane
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMLightning Talks Round 1 (Eric Rapin)Eric Rapin
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMMake accessibility advocacy part of your everyday practice (Richard Teel, Lynn Stevens)Richard Teel
LYNN STEVENS
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMMore Than Agile -Wicked Questions (April Jefferson)April Jefferson
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMAgile Coaching- Wicked Questions (Reese Schmit)Reese Schmit
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMFeature Branching is Evil (Thierry de Pauw)Thierry de Pauw
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMThe Missing Link: Helping Companies Adapt to Being Adaptable (Robert Woods)Robert Woods
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMAgile Essentials: Help, My Company's Adopted a Framework! (Tobey Aumann)Tobey Aumann
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMA Design State of Mind Makes for A Successful Product Team (Spencer Putney, Newton Smith)Spencer Putney
Newton Smith
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMYou Need a Product Office (Dave Sharrock)Dave Sharrock
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Storytelling through the product lens (Stuart Young)Stuart Young
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMAgile Coaching - Fishbowl (Paul Tevis)Paul Tevis
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMRoadmap to a Product Career (Faye Thompson)Faye Thompson
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMStart Stopping! A Lean Approach to Portfolio and Budgeting Management (Randy Hale, Sally Tait)Randy Hale
Sally Tait
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMClean Interviewing: A Hands-On Approach to Customer-Centric Product Development (John Barratt)John Barratt
2:00 PM - 5:00 PMYour First Test-Driven Development (James Grenning)James Grenning
2:00 PM - 5:00 PMCreate your own Comic Agile strip - and convey difficult points effectively through humor (Luxshan Ratnaravi)Luxshan Ratnaravi
2:00 PM - 5:00 PMThe Magic of Beginnings (Megan Windle, Mark Teixeira)Megan Windle
Mark Teixeira
2:40 PM - 3:15 PMFaster, Better, Stronger with Ephemeral Environments (Marisa Smith)Marisa Smith
3:45 PM - 4:20 PMBetter Hiring: Tools and Feedback Loops to Reduce Bias and Improve Organizational Agility (Michael Silvi)Michael Silvi
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMAgile Essentials: DevOps and Delivery (Carlos Nunez)Carlos Nunez
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMAgile Essentials: Coaching the Team (Lindsey Steffens) 
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMScrum meets Org. Design (Hiroshi Hiromoto)Hiroshi Hiromoto
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMSustainable agility (Leor Herzfeld)Leor Herzfeld
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMBuild Shared Understanding Fast - Agile Modeling (Jason Piskiel)Jason Piskiel
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMCommon Practices - Curated Talk (Matt Barcomb)Matthew Barcomb
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMBuilding a Culture of Experimentation (Liora Raitblat)Liora Raitblat
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMCorporate Sustainability Gen Z Style (Pragna Nidumolu, Sarayu Chittepu)Pragna Nidumolu
Sarayu Chittepu
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMChange Management: The journey from decisions to actions (Arpita Mukherjee)Arpita Mukherjee
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMAgile Essentials: Planning (Omar McNeil)Omar McNeil
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMHow to Spark Joy in Your Backlog (Kathy Antol)Kathy Antol
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMSugar and Spice and all that's nice - that's NOT what relationships are made of! (Antoinette Coetzee)Antoinette Coetzee
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMNecessary Evils - Debate (Melissa Boggs)Melissa Boggs
4:25 PM - 5:00 PMCommunicating Change Made Easy (McCaul Baggett, Tom Bullock)Tom Bullock
McCaul Baggett
7:00 PM - 10:00 PMIcebreaker Reception 
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9:00 AM - 10:15 AMThe Four Fears that Undermine Agility (Ryan Gottfredson)Ryan Gottfredson
9:00 AM - 10:15 AMCommon Practices - Fishbowl (Tobey Aumann)Tobey Aumann
9:00 AM - 10:15 AMFlow Like Water-Sustainable Practices for Creative Flow (April Jefferson, Anjali Leon)April Jefferson
Anjali Leon
9:00 AM - 10:15 AMLet's Get Real: Meeting the Challenge of Creating & Keeping Diverse Work Environments (Deena McKay)Deena McKay
9:00 AM - 10:15 AMLeading From Within, and From Without (Woody Zuill)Woody Zuill
9:00 AM - 10:15 AMAgile Maturity: An Agile Anti-Pattern? (Jeremy Berriault)Jeremy Berriault
9:00 AM - 10:15 AMAgile Essentials: Great Facilitation (Kadidra Hurst)Kadidra Hurst
9:00 AM - 10:15 AMStuck in the Middle with You: Beyond the Product Team (Peter Anderson)Peter Anderson
9:00 AM - 10:15 AMStrategic Vision to Delivery - How to Break Down Work Effectively! (Kevin Sutherland)Kevin Sutherland
9:00 AM - 12:00 PMCheck Out My Flow: Agile Metrics For Smooth Delivery (Tommy Norman, Juan Carlos Rivera)Tommy Norman
Juan Carlos Rivera
9:00 AM - 12:00 PMIs your Product lacking flavor - Add a Dash of Innovation! (Paul Boos, Marissa Bornholdt)Paul Boos
Marissa Bornholdt
10:45 AM - 11:20 AMAgility@Altitude - delivering faster through each of the Kanban flight levels (Tony Richards)Tony Richards
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMWhy Product Coaching is Hard (Holly Bielawa)Holly Bielawa
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMTransforming Backwards - Unexpected Ways Agile Coaches BLOCK Agility (Jesse Fewell)Jesse Fewell
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMAI for Agilists: How to use AI to be more human (Luis Pavel Gomez Valenzuela)Luis Pavel Gomez Valenzuela
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMPutting the AI into Agile: The potential of AI for coaches and beyond (Michael Easson)Michael Easson
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMWorking with Team Conflict: Don't Go Too Deep Too Soon (Paul Tevis)Paul Tevis
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMAgile Essentials: Influencing the Organization (Melissa Betts)Melissa Betts
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMThe developer-centric mindset will disrupt how all of us work (Jen Krieger)Jen Krieger
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM3 Steps to Leap from Agile Teams to Business Agility (Sanjiv Augustine)Sanjiv Augustine
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMAgile Essentials: Estimation and Forecasting (Sabine Khan)Sabine Khan
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMAgile Essentials: Design Thinking (James Evans)James Evans
11:25 AM - 12:00 PMAgile Accessibility (Sukriti Chadha)Sukriti Chadha
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMFacilitating Mob Programming as a Less Technical Coach (Nazee Hajebi)Nazee Hajebi
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMAgile Coaching - Curated Talk (Chris Murman)Chris Murman
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMMore Than Agile - Curated Talk (Tim Ottinger)Tim Ottinger
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMVanilla Ice Was The PERFECT Agile Coach - Understanding Fixed vs Growth Mindset (V. Lee Henson)V. Lee Henson
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMSustainable Team Energy - Our Future Depends On It (Billie Schuttpelz)Billie Schuttpelz
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMSay It Like You Mean It. Finding your voice, in the crowd and on the stage. (Annelie Coetzee)Annelie Coetzee
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMPutting Agile Marketing to the Test with a Product Launch (Elisia Choi)Elisia Choi
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMOodles of Doodles: Capture & Communicate Big Ideas with Simple Drawings (Nicole Smith)Nicole Stephan Smith
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMBusiness Thermodynamics (Thomas Perry)Thomas Perry
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMApply product mindset strategy and team topology to future ready your business (Pranay Kumar Chanda, Saravanan Varadan)Pranay Chanda
Saravanan VC
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMLightning Talks Round 2 (Eric Rapin)Eric Rapin
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMAgile Essentials: Metrics (Agne Kelminskiene)Agne Kelminskienė
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMFrom Zero to Ally: Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace with Design Thinking (Celeste Benavidez, Valentina Navarrete)Celeste Benavides
Valentina Navarrete Barbieri
2:00 PM - 5:00 PMHow Target Tech Got Started with Product Inclusion (Daniel Bliss, Simon Halder)Daniel Bliss
Simon Halder
2:00 PM - 5:00 PMTuning Your Distributed Team with a Right Environment Exercise (Dave Prior, Mark Kilby)Mark Kilby
Dave Prior
2:00 PM - 5:00 PMLeading Together in a Volatile World (Sarah Baca, Jolene Jangles)Sarah Baca
Jolene Jangles
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMRaising the Bench: Helping multiple levels of leaders grow together (Christine Hudson, Ronica Roth)Christine Hudson
Ronica Roth
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMZombie Apocalypse! Burnout, Conflict, Stress (& hope) for teams facing Chaos (Ceri Sargunar)Ceri Newton-Sargunar
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMReboot: Start Fresh (Denisse Vega)Denisse Vega
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMBuilding an Inclusive Future: ChatGPT, the Gamechanger in Collaborative Environments (Rick Regueira)Rick Regueira
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMMore Than Agile -Debate (Zach Bonaker)Zach Bonaker
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMOne Size Doesn't Fit All: Supporting and Fostering Neurodiverse Teams (Becky Kuzma)Becky Kuzma
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMA Peek Behind the Curtain - A look inside the professional coaching relationship (Bryan Stallings, Jessica Guistolise)Jessica Guistolise
Bryan Stallings
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMWe're gonna need a bigger boat - Convincing leaders your team needs help (Marie Dingess)Marie Dingess
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMWhat they don't tell you about technical interviews (Fatima Taj)Fatima Taj
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMSolving User Problems Outside the Product Box (Liz Fox)Liz Fox
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMNecessary Evils - Fishbowl (Jenny Tarwater)Jenny Tarwater
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMLearn to be an engaging story teller with New York Times Best Selling Author- Melody Anne (Devin Anderson)Devin Anderson
Melody Anne
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMHow to Use Organizational Change Management to Make Your Agile Transformation Stick (Corey Post)Corey Post
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMLightning Talks Round 3 (Eric Rapin)Eric Rapin
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9:15 AM - 10:15 AMEmpowering People to Embrace Everyday LeadershipBushra Amiwala
10:45 AM - 11:20 AMLGTM (Nigel Brown)Nigel Brown
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMAgile Accessibility for Good - Sustainable Accessibility (Dylan Barrell)Dylan Barrell
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMLeveling Up Inclusive Leadership (Christopher Veal)Christopher Veal
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMNecessary Evils - Wicked Questions (Kim Brainard)Kim Brainard
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMEmbrace these Three Fearsome Words: Test In Production (Nayan Hajratwala)Nayan Hajratwala
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMCommon Practices - Debate (Zach Bonaker)Zach Bonaker
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMCooking with the Wrong Ingredients: Why your educational design choices matter (Chris Li)Chris Li
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMThe Planet is calling - How can you respond to our planet's challenges? (Joanne Stone)Joanne Stone
11:25 AM - 12:00 PMAgile at Engineering: how to develop physical products in large organizations (Massimo Terzo)Massimo Terzo
2:00 PM - 5:00 PMA Taste of the Dojo - An Immersive Learning Experience (Joel Tosi, Dion Stewart)Joel Tosi
Dion Stewart
2:00 PM - 5:00 PMEveryone is...an Agile Coach (Bob Galen, Kimberly Andrikaitis)Kimberly Andrikaitis
Robert Galen
2:00 PM - 5:00 PMGratitude is the New Attitude: Activating Human Potential (Audree Tara Sahota)Audree Tara Sahota
2:00 PM - 5:00 PMEverything, Everywhere, All at Once: Leading an Agile Organization (Laura Powers, Evan Leybourn)Laura Powers
Evan Leybourn
2:00 PM - 5:00 PMLeadership Through Learning: why it matters to leaders and teams (Diana Larsen, Tricia Broderick)Tricia Broderick
Diana Larsen
6:30 PM - 8:30 PMSponsor Reception 
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9:00 AM - 10:15 AMTales of Dojo Coaching - Insights for All (Jess Brock)Jess Brock
9:00 AM - 10:15 AMThe Best Agile Metrics - Everything Else Sucks!!! (Alex Sloley)Alex Sloley
9:00 AM - 10:15 AMNecessary Evils - Emergent Talk & Discussion (Chris Li)Chris Li
9:00 AM - 10:15 AMBringing Shadow Product Operations Into the Light: Recognizing Hidden Contributions (Jenny Wanger)Jenny Wanger
9:00 AM - 10:15 AMTips, Tricks, and Hacks for Video Call Facilitation - ZOOM your way to a better experience (Jim Byers)Jim Byers
9:00 AM - 12:00 PMIt's Their Choice - 10 Ways to Encourage Autonomy (Damon Poole, Gillian Lee)Gillian Lee
Damon Poole
9:00 AM - 12:00 PMWhole Team Programming (Paige Watson)Paige Watson
9:00 AM - 12:00 PMThe Art & Science of Customer-centric Product Strategy (Ahmed Sidky)Ahmed Sidky
9:00 AM - 5:00 PMOpen Space (Jake Calabrese, Allison Pollard)Jake Calabrese
Allison Pollard
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMAll Aboard!! The fine art of Human Centred Persuasion (Roslyn Martin)Roslyn Martin
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMThe Undercover Scrum Master Returns (Dane Weber)Dane Weber
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMSustainable Organizations Need Sustainable People (Anjali Leon, Anna Urbaniak)Anjali Leon
Anna Urbaniak
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMZero-Downtime Data Migrations - Mastering Continuous Deployment (Chris Edwards)Chris Edwards
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMCommon Practices - Emergent Talk & Discussion (Jake Calabrese)Jake Calabrese
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMApplying Technical Practices outside IT (Andrés Joaquín)Andrés Joaquín
10:45 AM - 12:00 PMFinding Unmet Needs with JTBD (Jobs to be Done) (Jannette Brace)Jannette Brace
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMMore Than Agile - Emergent Talk & Discussion (Colleen Johnson)Colleen Johnson
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM10+ Years of Pair and Mob Programming - AMA (Jonathan Turner)Jonathan Turner
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMDramatizing the Customer Journey (Jeffrey Funaro)Jeff Funaro
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMBuilding Successful Communities of Practice to Accelerate an Agile Way of Work (Ray Arell)Ray Arell
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMThe Elements of Agile: Becoming Agile at an Atomic Level (Brian Milner, Mike Cohn)Brian Milner
Mike Cohn
2:00 PM - 3:15 PMLean Inception - Aligning product teams to accelerate delivery of the right products (Geoff Watts, Cristiane Pitzer)Geoff Watts
Cristiane PItzer
2:00 PM - 5:00 PMAgile Games: The Secret to a Happy and Energized Team! (Emilia Breton)Emilia Breton
2:00 PM - 5:00 PMEnabling Change Agility: Learn how to craft an adaptive approach to transformation(Ken Rickard, Jason Little)Jason Little
Ken Rickard
2:00 PM - 5:00 PMProvable Refactorings - Safety without Tests (Llewellyn Falco, Jeryas Bazuzi)Jay Bazuzi
Llewellyn Falco
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMBoundaries Aren't a Bad Thing! 6 Techniques for Collaborating Across Boundaries (Kerri Sutey)Kerri Sutey
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMIt's a Noisy World Out There (Linda Rising)Linda Rising
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMNot The Same Old Retrospective Panel! (David Horowitz)David Horowitz
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMThe Big Agile Conference turns 20: Why did we make it? What should it become? (Todd Little)Todd Little
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMTechnical Practices Walkthrough for Non-technical People (Nicolas Paez)Nicolas Paez
3:45 PM - 5:00 PMAgile Coaching - Emergent Talk & Discussion (Jason Hall)Jason Hall
7:00 PM - 10:00 PMConference Party: Agile Block Party