Manc Web 24: The 12 talks of Christmas 🎄
Details
Hello Manc Webbers!
Our final meetup of 2023 is going to be something a little different: a Christmas mixer with 12 lightning talks! ☃️🎁🎄
The talks will be between 99 seconds and 5 minutes, and we’ll be hearing from a real mix of people from our community.
The meetup is at CTI Digital, and we’ll be sticking to our usual schedule of arrival after 5:45 for drinks and food with our first talk at 6:30.
In this festive-themed mixer, we’ll be hearing from…
- James Wright, original Manc Web organiser and Staff Software Engineer at Matillion with a crash course on Apache Kafka
- Jelena Skorodumova, Software Engineer at Street Group on the importance of application performance
- Mick Morse, Senior Architect at Slalom on platform engineering and improving developer experience
- Keith Marange, Graduate Data Scientist at THG on the use of data in the Rugby union
- Matthew Claffey, Lead Frontend Developer at AND Digital on RTK Query
- Harry Messenger, Senior Web Developer at Image+ on real-time notifications in PHP using WebSockets and push notifications.
- Anna Aitchison, Senior DevOps Engineer at CallCare on giving back to the engineering community
- Hamad Ali, Software Engineer at Credera UK on is TDD becoming a buzzword?
- Agnes Beviz, Women in Tech Excellence Awards Role Model of the Year Winner 2023 and Junior Software Engineer at DVLA on Hacking gone wrong: A Frontend Fiasco
- Thomas Redstone, Manc Web organiser and Contract Software Engineer at Redstone Technology on building a dynamic and customisable CV/professional profile
- Leon Dixon, Full Stack Engineer at Ignite Software Systems and Organising Board Member at MCR Tech Festival on The Power of Public Speaking and Networking
- Amy Newton, Festival Director at Manchester Tech Festival, Founder of Mcr DevCon, Inclusively Tech & Techs and The City and Manc Web Co-Organiser, on The Top 3 Things You Need To Know Before Contracting
Agenda
5:45pm - doors open, food, drinks and networking
6:30pm - Lightning Talks begin
7:15pm - comfort break
7:30pm - Lightning Talks continue
8:00pm - networking
8:30pm - event close and off to the pub!
As always, huge thanks to our sponsors, tact for helping us make this happen!
It’s going to be a good one folks! See you there! 🎄
Laura, Jack, Jim, Tom & Amy
Manc Web Co-organisers
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Have any dietary requirements, want to speak at the next meetup or have questions? Contact our organisers:
Laura - [laura@manchesterwebmeetup.com](http://mailto:laura@manchesterwebmeetup.com/)
Tom - tom[@manchesterwebmeetup.com](http://mailto:jim@manchesterwebmeetup.com/)
Jack - jack[@manchesterwebmeetup.com](http://mailto:jim@manchesterwebmeetup.com/)
Jim - [jim@manchesterwebmeetup.com](http://mailto:jim@manchesterwebmeetup.com/)
Manc Web 24: The 12 talks of Christmas 🎄