18:00 – 18:15 : Networking & beverages
18:20 – 18:25 : Opening talk (gr)
18:25 – 18:45 : JS Knowledge Quiz (gr) - Test your JavaScript skills for fame and glory. All you need is your smartphone – just make sure to be at the venue on time!
18:45 – 19:30 : An Emoji Introduction to React Native (gr) – Panagiotis Vourtsis, Senior Front End Developer at Orfium
React Native is the new kid in town. So what is it, what problems does it solve and “do I need to know native to work with it” are a some of the questions to be answered.
About the speaker:
Panagiotis is a software developer with much love in both back-end and front-end tech. He has 7 years of programming experience and currently working at Orfium. Usually on a regular day he is working with his headphones on, listening to music!
Audience prerequisites:
– This talk will be in greek;
– Familiarity with React is required;
– Java knowledge is helpful but not necessary, as we will go through some examples with native bridging.
19:50 – 20:00 : WTF is Venture Capital, startups and other tales for engineers (gr) – Apostolos Apostolakis, Co-founder at VentureFriends.vc
VentureFriends will share their view on startups and Venture Capital. They will also share some lessons learnt over the last 15 years they have been involved with tech startups
20:00 – 20:10 : A word from our sponsor: Accenture (gr)
Accenture is a leading global IT professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
They have a strong presence in more than 120 countries, including Greece. They partner with more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500.
Find out more at https://www.accenture.com/gr-en/home.
Apply for job opportunities at https://www.accenture.com/gr-en/careers.
20:10 – 20:55 : Next.js and the pursuit of happiness (gr) – Dimitris Michalakos, Lead Developer at Causaly
What is Next.js, which are the technologies involved and how do you use it? Most importantly why would you use Next.js and how do you make decisions in general as a software engineer?
About the speaker:
Dimitris is a software engineer, with 10+ years experience in web technologies, from back-end to front-end. He’s currently working as a Lead Developer at Causaly and serving as president of the GreeceJS Association for[masked]. He has 2 kids and no pets. He gets furious when people touch his laptop screen – he perceives it as the direct equivalent of sticking their dirty thumb in his eye.
Audience prerequisites:
– This talk will be in greek;
– Familiarity with React is appreciated but not necessary.
