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Der Verein www.Guild42.ch organisiert in Bern Veranstaltungen zu Themen aus dem Bereich der Softwareentwicklung:
* Programmiersprachen * Frameworks und Libraries * Tools und Plattformen * Patterns * Methodiken * Projekt Management * Applikations- und Software Architektur
Im Vordergrund steht der Wissens- und Erfahrungsaustausch für Softwareentwickler und Software Entwicklungs-Unternehmen, aber auch die persönlichen Kontakte sollen gepflegt werden.
Wir erhoffen uns durch diese Initiative eine Steigerung der Attraktivität des Standortes Bern für Softwareentwickler und Software Entwicklungs-Unternehmen.
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Digital Sovereignty with Open Source including EMBAG
Turnhalle im PROGR, Speichergasse 4, Bern, CHAbstract
This presentation and discussion provides a concise overview of current trends and platforms in open source software, highlighting success stories and lessons learned from Switzerland. It introduces developments such as openDesk and openCode by the Centre for Digital Sovereignty (ZenDiS), European cloud initiatives, and the SDS – Souveräne Digitale Schweiz network, all of which advance digital sovereignty and are highly relevant to Switzerland’s IT landscape.
The talk also addresses the Federal Act on the Use of Electronic Means for the Performance of Government Tasks (EMBAG), which came into force in 2024. EMBAG establishes the legal framework for the federal administration’s digital transformation, with principles such as digital first, open by default for government data, and a strong emphasis on open source and interoperability. Together, these initiatives and frameworks illustrate how open technologies and legal foundations strengthen digital sovereignty and foster innovation in Switzerland.
The talk will be held in German with some Bernese sprinkled in.Bio
Matthais Stürmer is Professor at Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH), Head of the Institute for Public Sector Transformation at the BFH Business School and Head of the Research Center for Digital Sustainability at University of Bern. As lecturer (“Privatdozent”) he is teaching, researching and consulting on digital sustainability, open source software, open data, open government, ICT procurement and natural language processing (NLP). Previously he worked as IT advisory Manager at EY (Ernst & Young) and as project leader at Liip AG, a Swiss software company creating agile Internet solutions based on open source technologies. In 2009 Matthias finished his doctoral dissertation at the Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation at ETH Zürich focusing on open source communities and firm involvement. He studied business administration and computer science at University of Bern until 2005 writing his master thesis on open source community building.
Matthias Stürmer is president of the Digital Impact Network, president of the open source association CH Open as well as co-founder and member of the board of Opendata.ch, the Swiss chapter of the Open Knowledge foundation. As member of the steering comittee of the Smart Capital Region he is supporting digital transformation in the cantons Bern, Fribourg, Wallis, Neuenburg and Solothurn. He is secretary of the Swiss Parliamentarian Group for Digital Sustainability (Parldigi) and was member of the city parliament of Bern (2011-2019).Sponsors
Thanks to our sponsors, the event and the apero are free of charge.
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Moving out of systems programming into Kubernetes: is it time to adopt Rust ?
Turnhalle im PROGR, Speichergasse 4, Bern, CHDespite its initial systems programming focus, Rust has seen rapid uptake as a general-purpose programming language for modern application development – when does it make sense to adopt it in your own services over more established choices such as Java and golang?
In this talk, you will learn what makes Rust a compelling, if unconventional, choice for building web services, and the benefits it brings to the table when it moves beyond its low-level, performance-and-safety focussed origins. We’ll also address the cost of those benefits: the learning curve, ecosystem maturity, and where Rust may still fall short compared to other contemporary languages. We’ll do this with reference to a ridiculously but hopefully entertainingly contrived sample application, as well as with concrete anecdotes and experiences from Datadog and Amazon, our employers and fellow rust enthusiasts.
This talk will equip you with the skills needed to decide if and where Rust makes sense in your service landscape, and the shortcomings and tricks to keep in mind if you choose to adopt it.Ramon Lopez Narvaez
Ramon is a Solutions Architect at AWS. He has a strong background in distributed systems engineering and all things Cloud. From his past as a software engineer at Amazon Prime he learned how to build and scale web apps to 150+ million customers around the globe. He is a strong believer in the “You build it, you run it” operational model.
Scott Gerring
I’ve worked as various exciting variants of a code-pusher since who-knows-when. These days I work as a Developer Advocate @ Datadog. I live in Switzerland in the rather scenic Berner Oberland.
I focus on the technical foundations of software engineering – what does it take to build high-quality software, how can we best use our tools and languages, and how can an awareness of the lower levels of the stack help? I work on the opentelemetry-rust project and a couple of obscure tools that will hopefully, one day, be enormously popular.26 attendees
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