The Monktoberfest is a day long single track of sessions, but with a relaxed schedule that will allow for an equally rewarding hallway track. We attend a lot of conferences; we know how valuable the face to face time is. For those that would like to meet more privately, or set up demonstrations of their projects, we have a variety of onsite meeting rooms set aside for that purpose. See one of our onsite organizers for details on booking these; they’ll be scheduled on a first come, first serve basis.

Our day will open bright and not early at 10:00 AM  in Rines Auditorium and conclude at 5:00 PM. Following the conclusion of our scheduled sessions, you will have an hour and a half to return your bag to your hotel room, check email and so on before the buses depart for our beer tasting and dinner. Be careful not to miss the buses, however; a cab to the venue will be costly.

Here’s the schedule of sessions for the inaugural Monktoberfest.

Morning Sessions
10:00: Stephen O’Grady, RedMonk: Welcome to the Monktoberfest
10:30: Mike Olson, Cloudera: Big Data & Beer
11:00: Greg Avola, Untappd: Social Data and Beer
11:30: Matt LeMay, Bit.ly: What We Read vs What We Share

12:30: Lunch

1:30: Theo Schlossnagle, Omniti: Social Improvements in Monitoring
2:15: Zack Urlocker, Zendesk: Social and Distributed Development
3:00: Steve Citron-Pousty, Decarta: Social and Geo / Mapping
3:45: Donnie Berkholz, Gentoo: Assholes are Killing your Project
4:30: James Governor, RedMonk: What We Learned Today / Conference Close

6:30 (sharp): Buses Leave From the Portland Public Library for the Beer Tasting and Dinner