In the DaVinciLab online workshops, kids can fully develop their digital potential. DaVinciLab methodically relies on its newly developed learning platform. Action-based and blended learning, that means a sophisticated mix of guided online units and interactive learning content. With the help of microlearning and small hands-on tasks, the children and young people understand the learning content in a very short time and are encouraged to help shape their world independently. The focus in DaVinciLab formats is always the joy of trying things out. The children and young people receive competent support from our experienced trainers on their very individual learning paths.

The program:

• Monday: Game Design with Scratch – Corona Fighter
• Tuesday: Coding in Minecraft
• Wednesday: Python Basics
• Thursday: App Design & Coding – AI-based app
• Friday: Pixel Animation – Sneak Peak

The courses are available in German (90 minutes, max. 10 participants, 25 Euro per child and workshop) and can be booked online.

MongoDB has been named the "Most Wanted Database" for the 4th year in a row by the StackOverflow Developer Survey. Join this MongoDB hand-on workshop to experience the power of the document model and learn how to build a MongoDB Atlas cluster from zero to a live data-enabled web application. You will get valuable insights, tips and tricks as it comes to optimizing queries and real-time indexing. And in the course of our live challenge you can show your programming skills and win a MongoDB SwagBag.

After registration, you will receive your Zoom link via email before the livestream starts to join the workshop.

Welcome to the third edition of the WeAreDevelopers Live Week powered by the City of Vienna in partnership with the Vienna Business Agency. The welcome remarks will be given by Margarete Schramböck, the Austrian Federal Minister of Digital and Economic Affairs.

The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber encourages young people and apprentices to enrich their coding and digital skills with the WKÖ Coding Day and enables the international transfer of technology and innovation via the worldwide Advantage Austria Network.

Welcome remarks will be given by Amelie Groß, Vice-President, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber.

Developers always expected databases to work out-of-the-box, but historically it is the exact opposite. With the recent feature additions on Kubernetes and Openshift, database providers now can finally have more control over the infrastructure, which allows them to automate the majority of the maintenance operations and provide a DBaaS-like experience within your own cluster with more flexibility and no cloud provider Lock-in. In this session, we will talk about what you should consider before running your database on Kubernetes, what are the most popular database operators out there, and a live demo showing why this is something that you should start doing right away.

Apache Kafka is a complex system with multiple parameters to configure for different use cases. As a Consulting Engineer at Confluent, I can see many clients who need to benchmark their production systems and understand its capacity. Benchmark details can be used to optimize throughput and better utilize resources. Benchmarking and measuring aren’t just for finding a bottleneck; they’re about trying to better understand the loads you’re placing on the system. This talk will focus on methods and tools of Apache Kafka performance analysis and benchmarking. It will be helpful to anyone trying to operate a large Apache Kafka cluster and achieve the throughput and latency goals.

Searching based on a user's location is a feature of many websites and applications. This type of search can add relevancy and value to a website, especially when these results can include the distance from a point, within a rectangle or other shape, combined with fast text searches. In this talk, we'll take an in-depth look at how Elasticsearch supports geo-searching. We'll look at the different types of location searches and how to integrate them into your application. By the end of this talk, you will be able to add awesomely relevant location-based searches that will impress your users.

What is Democratization? What is Machine Learning and AI? How to get started with Machine Learning & AI? At the end of this presentation, you will know how to use different cloud providers within one decoupled application, learn the basic concept of Machine Learning and have an overall insight into how to use these completely new technologies without the need of being a professional in this particular field. We will look at customvision.ai – an Azure service that is a code-free image classification service. For testing purposes, some data will be automatically collected from the internet and pre-processed with using GCP’s cognitive services in order to train our model specifically for our use-case. The predictions of the model will be tested using Azure’s Predictions API, AWS CloudWatch, API Gateway, Lambda functions, Amazon SNS, and SQS. All of the analyzed data will be stored in AWS S3 and queried with Amazon Athena.

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My partner is a freelance photographer. She has gathered a ~5 terabyte collection of photos from over a hundred different occasions during the years. All the photos have to be backed up in at least two physical locations and organized for browsing. This talk is about how I built the solution for her in a serverless way, costing less than 10€ per month. We’ll walk through my solution, starting from the local network & Raspberry Pi to AWS S3 & Rekognition.

How can we make sure that AI and its underlying areas are accessible to most people? How can we make sure that everyone can get involved? What if I’m not a data scientist? How can I get started?

In this panel discussion, we want to listen to four women with different backgrounds working in the AI area or have been using AI in some projects to hear how they started with AI and what their experience as a woman in this domain is.

Women in AI Austria is a nonprofit organization that has the vision to represent and encourage women in Artificial Intelligence in Austria. We are pleased to join the WAD as a partner and close the day with a great discussion of how our panelists joined this area and their learnings.

Tune in to get your questions answered!

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In this startup competition, six pre-selected Austrian startups from the sectors industry, mobility, AI, and impact get the chance to present their high-growth business models to selected European industry players. The finalists are:

• ARTI – Autonomous Robot Technology GmbH
• Carployee GmbH
• finothek GmbH / halloSophia.com
• Kontrol GmbH
• Newsadoo GmbH
• Leftshift One

The pre-selected teams receive individual feedback from a jury of established companies:

• Oliver Blueher, Country Manager DACH, Slack
• Jochen Malinowski, Engineering Lead, Accenture ASG
• Gernot Schwendtner, Co-founder & Startup Coach, weGrow International
• Carlos Herrera, Digital Innovation, SEAT, S.A.
• Simone Mitterer, Global Head of Brand & Communications, Futurice
• Jorian Bos, Enterprise Innovation Strategist & Solution Scout, EIT Digital & Founder Keplar Agency
• Franz Dornig, Manager Cognitive Solutions, IBM Austria
  

The event takes place as part of the go-international internationalization campaign, a joint initiative of the Federal Ministry for Digitization and Business Location, and the Austrian Chamber of Commerce. 

The session will be hosted by Rafael Rasinger (WKO) and moderated by Georg Kuttner (WeAreDevelopers).

Register below and join the virtual startup pitch competition from your couch – watch who will be the lucky winner!

Single Page Application frameworks have brought us a boost in clean application architecture and also security, mainly because of better separation of concerns. But using a SPA framework alone does not automatically get you bullet-proof security. There is still a lot to look out for, and, for example, XSS is not a fully solved problem yet. In this talk, we’ll explore the most important security pitfalls SPA frameworks and how to solve them. We’ll also compare some of the security features of the most common SPA frameworks Angular, React, and Vue.js.

Data is everywhere, and more and more data visualizations are being put online. For example, online dashboards have become very popular, not least due to the Corona pandemic. Data visualization or information visualization is the study of (interactive) visual representations of data to enhance human cognition. Humans are much better at interpreting visual representations than reading numbers, so visual representations of data are needed more than ever. When integrating data visualization into a web application, certain aspects have to be considered, both in terms of performance and data security. In this talk, I will focus on current data visualization techniques for online data presentation and give an overview of current applications and libraries as well as common pitfalls.

Proper TypeScript types help your colleagues, your customers, and your future self understand your code way beyond the deployment on a Friday afternoon. But what makes a good type, and how can you craft them with TypeScript? Join Michael Hladky and Stefan Baumgartner on a journey to strengthen the typings of the popular rx-angular library. They set out to make a dull and unwieldy set of function overloads graspable and future-proof types with a set of recursive, conditional types. Learn how TypeScript's type-system allows you to express your intentions, and learn how to craft types that stand the test of time.

Do you have a feeling that adding a new feature in your enterprise application is more chore than it is a mental challenge? Copy-paste components, services, actions, reducers, effects... you are not the only one. All big applications eventually suffer from the same symptom – huge amounts of boilerplate code.

Luckily, TypeScript provides a solution! Join me on this quest to remove the clutter once and for all and bring out the essential parts into focus!

Together with the security analysts of the Kapsch Cyber Defense Center we developed a customer portal solution to increase the efficiency and automation in detecting, analyzing, and responding to potential cybersecurity issues threatening customer network infrastructures.

Dealing with sensitive data, privacy topics, and integration of various security appliances while ensuring frequent release cycles, required a highly automated workflow to orchestrate feature planning, source code, and vulnerability scanning, quality assurance, release management and deployments to multiple customer environments.

This talk will outline the challenges we faced during the initial phase of development and how we managed to build up an integrated CI/CD pipeline utilizing Gitlab, Jira, SwaggerHub, Docker, Cypress.io, Karate, Ansible, and Microsoft Azure.

In this talk, you will learn what the problems are with currently available software testing approaches and how AI can be used to solve them. You will also see a live demo of how machines can test source code completely autonomously.

Located right in Vienna’s historic centre, the Albertina combines imperial charm with a contemporary art museum of the highest standards. Today a museum with an international reputation, it was the largest residential palace in the city at the time of the Habsburg monarchy. The name Albertina is synonymous first and foremost with one of the largest and most valuable graphic art collections in the world that attracts art connoisseurs and cultural tourists.

2018 Albertina was named one of the Seven Urban Wonders of the World.

Our guided tour will take you to the current Exhibition: "My Generation.The Jablonka Collection". It features the Jablonka Collection, which is one of the most high-profile collections of US and German art of the 1980s.

Let us take you on a journey with unexpected twists, where Artworks are disguised as traps, raw eggs stick on the wall or stuffed animals are transformed into artwork.Further details: My Generation. The Jablonka Collection – The Albertina Museum Vienna

Copyright: In the exhibition hall of the Albertina Museum Vienna, Photo © Robert Bodnar

Let me explain how Robotic Process Automation (RPA) works: A software robot just as human clicks on User interface and executes a particular task just as a human would do it. A robot logs into a particular application, it has an access to various data, just as a human. In many cases it has the same user rights as a government official, in order to be able to execute a particular task. Therefore, before we start, it is very important that we determine which risks are specific to our project and set methods to mitigate them.

So how do we eliminate those risks in RPA development and how do we make our customers happy? Make yourself comfortable, fasten your seatbelt, and take part in our RPA implementation journey.

This talk is about Alice. Alice is not only a smart, humble, and kind character but an excellent tester as well. The latter is hard to describe. You only find out what excellent testing is when you see it. Join Ingo Philipp, sharing what he has seen by outlining 18 characteristics of Alice's testing excellence. Join to learn that excellent testing is testing that is fast, inexpensive, credible, and accountable. Join to learn how to perform testing so that testing is no longer perceived as a cost center but as a value center by people who matter.

With the rise of Kubernetes, engineers and operators need better visibility to understand and explore the performance of their cloud native applications and infrastructure. To efficiently build and run modern software, you need visibility – especially when applications are running inside Kubernetes clusters.

During this session we will share general best practices for running a Kubernetes environment with confidence. We will also show you how to get observability into your Kubernetes environment with the help of New Relic.

The term "reactive" is more than just a buzzword. Reactive applications only need half of the resources during runtime and therefore only half of the cost – compared to classic Java applications.

In this session, I will provide insights on how you can develop with Quarkus REST APIs that are twice as fast as the synchronous Java code.

With the growth of omnichannel in an evolving global payments landscape, learn how Square's platform transforms payments for merchants by connecting the online and in-person world through a powerful set of APIs and developer experiences.

Rather than advocating to go full-on event sourcing, I will share my experiences using event sourcing in different degrees. You will learn some of the key aspects of event sourcing, and how to implement the ideas in a practical way.

With a couple of examples from the trenches, I will go from event streaming to full event sourcing. Along the way describing the pros and cons of making the architecture more about events and less about the state. In practice, most examples were implemented using Apache Kafka, so that will come up. But for the sake of the talk, it could be a message queue in most cases.

For the full event sourcing solution, the framework Axon will be used. This is also the exception to the rule. As it's not a real-world example. But a demo using cqrs, that originally was built with Apache Kafka.

The world of commerce has seen a shift in modern times where catering to a large, global, digitally-connected customer base is of utmost importance. With the growing number of connected devices and commerce touchpoints beyond the traditional web and mobile devices, we've seen increased adoption of headless solutions and development using JAMstack with both many of our customers and across the business landscape. Learn more about how headless and JAMstack commerce are the answers to building a scalable, modern commerce experience.

When you're a software vendor (ISV), system integrator (SI), startup, or an individual developer, this session is just for you. IBM will present a journey full of possibilities to extend your ecosystems and skills at no cost. They will present IBM's free offerings to become their partner and get connected to their customers, partners and internal stakeholders. Learn about their Developer Advocacy program with free technology trainings as well as their Startup With' and Build With' programs for free funding, founding & go-to-market support. Learn how "Big Blue" helps you rock the stage, learn about the importance of partners and your way to a wider audience and new ecosystems, powered by IBM.

About Sebastian Grodzietzki: I'm in the professional IT space for roughly 20 years, and started my journey as a Software Engineer at METRO Group after finishing my Diploma in Business Informatics. I'm a serial founder and additionally took several leadership positions across SMBs and corporates incl. leading Product Management, Presales, Business Development and Marketing. I spent 4 years at SAP where I was responsible for global Go-to-Market of the SAP Knowledge Transfer & Education solution portfolio including heading up the SAP Innovation Adoption group, the ownership of roadmaps, pricing, sales enablement, etc.. In my last position, as the CCO of an eduTech startup, my responsibilities comprised the ownership of the product vision and roadmap incl. Product Management and Go-to-Market. I'm very well connected to the innovation hubs in Berlin and across DACH. Last year I was running Berlin's largest IoT-startup conference. At IBM I'm currently leading the Developer Advocacy Organization for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. To relax and have fun, I do ballroom dancing – especially West Coast Swing, I play the guitar, piano, and squash. And I'm a passionate hobby cook.

About Marion Nehring: A true problem solver with a heart for tech and people. With a long history of over 15 years within the tech & development industry. Marion started her career within IBM Lab Services. Throughout the years she gained brought experience within the development world – from being a developer herself, supporting customers with their challenges and needs, to managing product development and customer engagements. This history builds the foundation for her current position as a Program Manager of the Developer Advocacy Team in Berlin, where she works with a global team of developer advocates in order to leverage developer communities for growing innovation and driving change throughout technology. As a mother of two kids and passionate snowboarder with a faible for smart homes she brings ideas to life and truly treasures wild ducks.

About Isabel Bahret: As a creative supermind in the partner and ecosystem area, Isabel supports accelerators and startups. With her deep knowledge in that area and about IBMs Partnership Programs, she brings people together to accelerate the growth of startups and innovation. She started her career at IBM sales organization 14 years ago, covering small and medium-size businesses over the complete IBM portfolio. Later on, when taking over responsibility for Business Partner Coverage and SAP System vendors she found her love for engaging with ecosystems – and stayed with it. Bringing her to what she does now with all her passion. With her heart for seeing businesses grow and as a mum of 3 Kids she really knows how to handle complex situations and how to motivate a whole ecosystem to bring its power to the road. Besides that, she loves sports of all sorts – depending on the season.

About Janina Lutz: I built my first website design when I was 13 – just for fun and because I could! I was fascinated by the process of writing code that is translated into an interactive interface. The decision was made: My professional career would revolve around everything digital, from E-Commerce to Social Media to UX. Thanks to my studies, I also developed a great interest in digital business models. In my current role, I'm helping Startups to leverage IBM Cloud for their projects and managing partnerships with Innovation Hubs in Germany. I'm spending most of my free time far away from the computer – at the gym. I'm a Crossfit Level 1 Trainer and especially Olympic weightlifting is my passion.

The project "Austria Experience Data Hub" focuses on the exchange and interlinking of touristically relevant data such as points of interest, mobility data, weather reports, or routes, with the aim to develop new solutions for the tourism industry. One example is "makemyday.wien" which is an initial prototype that creates individual itineraries for a day in Vienna for locals as well as visitors.

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What shall we do tomorrow? Whether you are a local or a visitor, you have asked yourself this question. "Make My Day" is a web application that answers by planning your day in Vienna depending on your interests, weather, opening hours, public transportation, etc.

Join in on a walk through this prototype for the "Austria Experience Data Hub". We aggregate 22 different data sources and use machine learning to build individual itineraries. We will discuss architecture, design decisions, implementation details, and share our experience with handling touristic data.

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With the Mercedes-Benz /developers platform Mercedes-Benz has opened up its data ecosystem. All kinds of developers, start-ups, and enterprises could select from an increasing range of data products and development tools. Join the guided tour and interact in some coding examples to access vehicle data.

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Customer orientation is the focus of Wienerberger for this we implemented a very complex Architecture which includes SAP Marketing Cloud, SAP Customer Cloud and several integration services into the backend ERP System. As a presentation layer, we decided to go with the Adobe Platform. Wienerberger and our partner are going to provide you insights in their working style.

Customer orientation is one thing but on the other hand we need a good employee experience. For this Wienerberger decided to use Mendix as a low code platform because the integration of the SAP FIORI Library is easy to use. We streamlined all application with a SAP Fiori Layer to establish a common “Backoffice” standard. Follow us to the journey in rapid development with clear guidelines.

What makes technology work? A simple question with a not so easy answer. But experiences show that efforts put into technology have only one success factor – the user. And this is where the journey of the digital transformation program at the Rail Cargo Group starts.

Cargo1492 started two years ago with three transformation targets. The base of this transformation journey lies in the technological transformation with the business and agile culture transformation on top.

And the exciting thing is, we are transforming everything together at the same time. The obvious question is – why everything at the same time. Because one experience we had in the last year is that things are highly integrated these days.

So starting to change one of those three areas has a significant impact on the others. Means, changes in the technology area crystallize out as business enabler. We've seen that this kind of change starts a creative process on the business side.

"Hm... I never would have thought that this is possible?" – was an observable human reaction during the last 2 years. Design Thinking, LeanUX, and agile methods span the tools we used, supported by a curious mindset of some enthusiastic people.

So let's see what is possible when the user is in the eye of the storm of a digital transformation.

The proliferation of no-code platforms on the market presents developers with an increasingly challenging decision - to code or not to code? The answer, particularly for those with existing coding skills, is often somewhere in the middle. In this talk, we examine the benefits of building apps with no-code, showcasing the versatility of modern no-code platforms and how they can dramatically speed up the development process. We also delve into the weaknesses of many such platforms, exploring opportunities for developers with technical skills to boost their application's UI/UX and backend by injecting coded elements such as plugins, APIs, etc.

The No-Code movement is very active (again). So active, that there are people on the market saying that No-Code will replace developers. But what is No-Code really capable of? Where is the No-Code Tool market going to? This and more questions will be discussed by the host Michael Ionita and his panel guests (names drop in later). So if you want to find out if No-Code is an addition to your toolset or another marketing hype this is for you!

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Having your code be localization ready means that your app, blog, helpdesk, or any other type of digital content can reach a wider audience. However, localization is usually an afterthought in your development efforts. A thorn in your foot that some guy adds on top of your to-dos one random Tuesday, but it doesn’t have to be this way. It's also true that the bottleneck is on how localization is currently approached, by holding true to the origins from where it emerged: the 90s desktop applications. Is there a better way to localize? The answer is YES! A cloud-based localization solution is a must. On top of this, if that solution eliminated the need for files altogether and worked closer to the core of a developer’s flow, IDEs, editors, and code environments, would work even better. Having a truly CI/ CD workflow for localization, leveraging all the available localization automation, equals to faster go to market, increased translation quality, and peace of mind for the developers.