DIY Appsgiving: Forge Edition

Event Details:
Get ready to roll up your sleeves for DIY Appsgiving: Forge Edition! We're showcasing real Forge apps built by developers who aren't afraid to share their construction stories - the blueprints, the rebuilds, and everything in between.

Join us for live demonstrations of Forge apps in action - from marketplace solutions to internal tools. You'll hear honest accounts of the building process, learn practical tips you can apply to your own projects, and get your questions answered in our Q&A session.

Whether you're considering building your first Forge app, currently mid-construction, or just curious about what's possible on the platform, this event offers valuable insights from builders who've been in the trenches. Come connect with fellow developers and see what can be built with Forge!

Type of Event: Virtual

About the Toronto Atlassian Community 

As one of the official communities of Atlassian, we meet regularly to share and help with questions & sessions about Atlassian (Jira, Confluence & all other products) and the Atlassian Marketplace App universe.

What is an Atlassian Community?

Here is a video from Atlassian – https://youtu.be/6xKBN4Rm_iA .

Why should I participate?

Are you an enthusiastic Jira and / or Confluence user and want to exchange ideas with like-minded people? This is the right community for you! Do you seek other topics for future meetings? Get in touch and share your ideas: toronto_canada@atlassiancommunity.com.

Agenda

3:00 PM: Intros & Welcome

Welcome to the job site! Grab your hard hat and say hello to fellow builders across the country while our MCs lay the foundation and get this construction project started. We'll make sure the scaffolding is secure and get things framed up with as few structural issues as possible.

3:10 PM: Build your own Forge

Join Bree Hall (Atlassian) while she walks you through how to build a Forge App

3:30 PM: How to get your forge app onto the Atlassian Marketplace

3:45 PM: Crew Photo

Say cheese! Turn on your cameras and smile! Time for the whole construction crew to get in frame. 📸

3:45 PM: Ask the Foreman - AMA(oA) Panel Time!

Bring your toughest questions to our crew of expert builders! Our speakers are opening up the tool shed for 20 minutes to answer anything about apps and integrations you can think of. No blueprint is too complex, no question is off-limits for this experienced team!

4:00 PM: Tool Belt Trivia - It's Quiz Time!

How well do you know your Canadian Trivia? What about Atlassian's history in Canada? How well do you know your own country? Come test out your knowledge and see what prizes you can nail down from one of our lovely Canadian sponsors. Let's see who's got the sharpest tools in the shed!

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Speakers

Bree Hall - Atlassian

Bree is a frontend software engineer turned senior developer advocate at Atlassian. She has a passion for coding and making technology more accessible to everyone. Bree creates technical content to help developers create and build autonomously. When she isn't working on the Developer Advocacy team at Atlassian, you can find her playing video games, baking, or traveling to magical destinations.…

Daniel Laframboise - Rewind (Sales Engineer)

Moderators

Heather Ronnebeck - Work Wranglers (Founder | Atlassian Community Champion)

Heather is a self-motivated, detail orientated, PMP-certified project manager with several years of experience managing multiple portfolios and projects ranging from small improvements to large data center builds. She is highly skilled in Waterfall project management principles, project reporting, networking and server administration.
Certification includes Project Management Professio…

Arielle Unterberger - Adaptavist (Technical Consultant)

Brendan Byers - Absolute Security (Senior Program Manager)

Hosted By

Susan Hauth, Atlassian Event Leader

15+ years working with Atlassian products

Saurabh Sharma, Atlassian Community Leader

• Successfully led multiple Strategic Transformation Initiatives using Atlassian Tools resulted in saving of CDN 400,000+.
• Mentored multiple Program Teams working in Scaled Agile framework using Advanced Roadmaps for Jira (Portfolio).
• Coached various Enterprise teams like Agile, Scaled Agile, Infrastructure Performance, SRE and Automation Transformation. Independently setup 100+ Jira Service Desks in production for various Business and IT teams.
• Responsible for DevOps Collaboration Tools enablement and Process transformation for Enterprise Teams. Conducted coaching and presentations for 200+ teams on Jira, Confluence and JSD automation for various IT and Business teams.
• Set up Service-level objectives, service-level agreements and service-level indicators for Atlassian tools on Data Center. Ensured improved reliability, continuous improvement, toil reduction through lean methodology & automation to ensure 99.90% uptime target for these tools.
• Responsible to generate and monitor metrics using Dynatrace and Pagerduty, troubleshooting of infrastructure components and production support for Atlassian tools during business as well as off-business hours.
• Possess 10+ years of strong Hands on development and automation skills. Developed numerous Jira automation scripts for SAFE Program Increment teams. Coached large number of Business and IT teams to address their automation requirements.
• Held Product Owner and App Custodian role of Enterprise Collaboration Tools Suite (Jira, Confluence, Jira Service Desk and Lucidchart). Solely Responsible to manage 15,000 licenses of colleagues on critical applications.

Majken Longlade, Toronto ACE Leader

Jovanka Jazic, Operations

Danny Zuccaro,

Danny Zuccaro, Senior Manager

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Global Partner

Atlassian (http://atlassian.com)
Millions of users globally rely on Atlassian products every day for improving software development, project management, collaboration, and code quality.

Partner

Astro Docs by Spoke.dev (https://www.spoke.dev/)
Spoke.dev is a technology company that owns and operates a portfolio of small to medium-sized SaaS apps

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