October 5-9 2015, Portland, OR

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Whether you’re a beginner, intermediate or advanced user of Puppet products, this year’s PuppetConf has something for everyone. Sessions will range from how to get started with Puppet, modules and related technologies to advanced tips and tricks for using Puppet, PuppetDB, Razor, Facter and more. 

Learn from your Puppet community members how to drive change across your infrastructure, your team, and your organization’s culture. You’ll also do more than sharpen your Puppet skills; this year’s session includes valuable sessions focused on career development and people-related topics such as team building, management and more.

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September 27 - October 2, 2015, Anaheim CA

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Born to Test Software

STARWEST is the premier event for software testers and quality assurance professionals—covering all your testing needs with 100+ learning and networking opportunities:

• Keynotes featuring recognized thought-leaders
• In-depth half- and full-day tutorials
• Conference sessions covering major testing issues and solutions
• Enjoy complimentary bonus sessions
• Pre-conference training classes
• The Expo, bringing you the latest in testing solutions
• Networking events including meeting the speakers, the Test Lab, and more!

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October 12-14, 2015, Portland , OR

2015 Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference

Announcing the 33rd Annual Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, October, 2015 in Portland, Oregon.

PNSQC has a strong Pacific Northwest region attendance profile with a substantial proportion of national and international presenters and invited speakers.

The conference attracts a diverse audience and is considered a “must attend” event for software product managers, quality professionals, Agilists, managers, contractors, consultants, customers, developer-testers, tester-developers, and maintenance engineers.

What can the software quality industry learn from quality in other industries like education, health care, manufacturing, government? What can other industries learn from us? Come and learn with us at PNSQC 2015.

PNSQC Mission: Enable knowledge exchange to produce higher quality software.

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November 8-13, 2015, Orlando, FL

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Agile Development Conference East

Discover the latest in agile methods, technologies, tools, and leadership principles from thought leaders who deliver inspiring keynotes, in-depth tutorials, and a wide range of conference classes. Join industry experts and peers within the agile community for a week jam-packed with 100+ learning and networking opportunities:

    •   Keynotes featuring recognized thought-leaders
    •   In-depth half- and full-day tutorials
    •   Concurrent sessions covering major issues and solutions
    •   Pre-conference training classes
    •   The Expo, bringing you the latest in software development solutions
    •   Networking receptions, breakfasts, networking breaks, and lunches included
    •   A full-day to explore unique challenges at the Agile Leadership Summit

Register for the Agile Development Conference East and receive full access to Better Software Conference East and DevOps Conference East as well!

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May 16-18, 2016, Milwaukee, WI

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Career Development
There are more than 100 sessions and workshops for you to choose from. Each session will present real-life applications, solutions, and results based on quality principles, while the workshops allow you to dive deeper into quality theories with hands-on learning activities. The “After 5” sessions will even demonstrate how quality can be translated into social activities.

Knowledge Transfer
As a conference attendee, you are able to purchase access to all of the session recordings, including more than 100 flash video recordings available, and each will be accompanied by a copy of the presentation, an MP3 audio file of the session, and an MP4 file to view on your smart phone or tablet. See sessions you missed, review sessions you attended, and share sessions with your colleagues once you return.

More Than Just a Conference
Training budgets are tight. But at the World Conference, opportunities to attend courses, sit in on sessions, get certified, network with leaders in quality, and learn about the newest products and services in quality from suppliers are all available for one week, in one location. Only the World Conference can provide you with this opportunity.

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May 16 - 20, 2016, Austin, Texas

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OSCON, the open source community's annual gathering

Knowing that open source communities are everywhere and after reviewing the many years’ worth of OSCON demographic data, we’re excited to announce OSCON 2016 is moving to Austin, Texas May 16-20, 2016. Austin is home to many software communities from Austin’s All Girl Hack Night to their very own Google Development Group (GDG). Several major tech companies make their home in Texas as well, just to name a few: Rackspace, Dell, SoftLayer, Continuum, and OpenStack. In addition to amazing software engineers and developers, Austin is a very vibrant city much like Portland. As with OSCON in Amsterdam (October 26-28, 2015) we want to explore these communities and offer those software engineers and architects the OSCON experience.

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