Schedule & Presenters

Innovate Virginia is showcasing the best and brightest in our region, providing you with an opportunity to learn from well-respected thought leaders, passionate about innovative methods for software delivery. Whether you're a technologist, project manager, executive sponsor or novice Agile practitioner, each session offers four unique tracks - Leadership, Practitioner, Technical, and Novice, intended to appeal to a diverse audience of Agile enthusiasts.

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		Leadership Track	Practitioner Track	Technical Track	Novice Track
9:00am	Registration	Auditorium
9:45am	Opening Remarks	Auditorium
10:00am	Opening Keynote	Making the Entire Organization Agile - Steve Denning Download Slides
11:00am	Break
11:15am	Session 1	Cycle Time, Queues, and Innovation - Guy Beaver Download Slides	Dude where's my backlog? - Robin Dymond Download Slides	Tightening your Feedback Loop - Jared Richardson Download Slides	Create your Market Pitch Pretotype - Catherine Louis Download Slides
12:15pm	Lunch	Auditorium
1:30pm	Session 2	Innovation in Travel: A Case Study - Bob Dufour	Continuous Improvement Tricks - Arlen Bankston	Art of the Spike - Aaron Bedra	Agile Techniques for Innovative Project Planning - Arin Sime Download Slides
2:30pm	Break
3:00pm	Session 3	Business Value of Agile Methods - Dr. Dave Rico Download Slides	Creating Great Agile Teams - Lyssa Adkins Download Slides	The Utility of Patterns in Development - Dr. Peter Aiken Download Slides	Agile Tester: A Day in the Life - Dawn Cannan Download Slides
4:00pm	Break
4:15pm	Closing Keynote	Uncomfortable with Agile - Andy Hunt
5:15pm	Closing Remarks	Auditorium
5:30pm	Reception	Reception: Robbins Center

Leadership

The Leadership track is designed for business and IT leaders who want to better understand the business value of innovative methods including their impact on organizations. Speakers include C-level executives and thought leaders who have implemented these methods and speak from experience.

Practitioner

The Practitioner track is for people actively using Agile and Lean methods that want to further sharpen their skills. Speakers include leading experts on agile coaching, product planning and team performance.

Technical

The Technical track is for IT leaders, architects and developers who want to learn innovative techniques for more reliably delivering value to their organization. Speakers include experts on introducing technology into organizations, optimizing performance and data management.

Novice

The Novice track is for people at all levels who are new to Agile and Lean methods and want to better understand these new principles and practices. Speakers include experts on transitioning from Waterfall, product planning and testing.