After a great day of attending sessions and learning about new and emerging technologies, come to the Code PaLOUsa 2014 Social Event. Join us in Grand Ballroom A on Tuesday, February 25 at 7:30pm to network with fellow conference attendees and seakers, talk with the event sponsors, and enjoy complimentary d'oeuvres and drinks from the cash bar.

Not only will you be able to enjoy social conversations you will also be able to listen in to a panel session talking about one of the top social issues in the software industry today - women in technology.

Debunking the Steve Rule

What does it mean to be a woman in programming? In a career where the "Steve Rule" means that there will be more guys named Steve than female conference attendees, what is it like to be a minority? How do we increase participation in our chosen fields, and how do we keep the women that are currently in the field? Should this even be a conversation topic?

Panelists

• Corinna Brock
• Colleen Slaughter
• Danielle Cooley
• Elle Waters
• Emily Schweiss
• Mandi Septer
• Terena Bell

The Code PaLOUsa 2014 SOcial Event is made possible thanks to GitHub, Sypris Solutions and WayPaver.

One thing about Code PaLOUsa attendees is that they are leaders, whether that be in the community as a whole or just within their company. Our attendees are the ones that the business folks look for leadership on how to build software that will make their companies work. As such you need more than just technical skills, but you also need those soft skills to propel you further in your career.

As such, we are happy to announce that Colleen Slaughter (@ALI_Coaching) will be a featured speaker at Code PaLOUsa 2014 to talk about leadership. Capitalizing on extensive education and experience in corporate leadership, executive coaching, and management consulting, Colleen founded Authentic Leadership International in 2009. She coach people and organizations to achieve lasting, satisfying change by aligning themselves with their true desires and talents. Colleen will be bringing this great content to Code PaLOUsa to help our attendees move forward.

We will have complete details about Colleen’s talk soon.

It has been a busy day here at the Code PaLOUsa offices. Earlier we announced that Leon Gersing will be keynoting and now we extremely pleased to announce that Tim Huckaby (@TimHuckaby) will also be keynoting at Code PaLOUsa 2014. Tim is focused on the Natural User Interface (NUI) – Touch, Gesture, and Neural in rich client technologies likes HTML5, Sliverlight, WPF, and iOS on a broad spectrum of devices that include computers, tablets, the Surface (tabletop), the Kinect, and mobile devices. Tim has been called a “Pioneer of the Smart Client Revolution” by the press. So we know our attendees will get a lot out of his talk.

We will have more details about Tim and Leon’s talk later in the week.

If you are interested in speaking at Code PaLOUsa, we are still taking session proposals at the Call for Speaker site until November 15, 2014.

We are ecstatic to announce that Leon Gersing (@RubyBudha) has agreed to be one of our keynote speakers for Code PaLOUsa 2014. He is an absolutely amazing speaker and everyone in attendance will be in for an amazing treat. We will have more details on the site in the next couple of days along with announcements of our other keynote and featured speakers.

If you are interested in speaking at Code PaLOUsa, we are still taking session proposals at the Call for Speaker site until November 15, 2014.