Venue
Nest, Ghent
Gears is Ghent. So we chose a unique location in the heart of this vibrant city. Nest is a creative hub in the former city library of Ghent. Combined with King Albert Park, the perfect location for Gears during summer.
Gears is a conference by and for developers who think beyond their boundaries. Who want to submerge themselves in next generation technology. Who want to explore, share, surprise and be surprised. Gears dares them: What would you create in a world without constraints?
Speakers
Dr. Gavin Wood
Founder, former Parity UK Director, Lead Developer Co-founder and former CTO of the Ethereum Foundation
For anyone fascinated by blockchain, cryptocurrency or Ethereum this keynote speech is a must-see!
Angelo Vermeulen
Space systems researcher, biologist & artist
From space systems, to biology to art, Angelo knows it all. If you're looking for someone who embodies "the infinite engineer" look no further.
Maarten Mortier
CTO @ Showpad
This talk fits perfectly in our theme! Maarten will question some of the natural limits to technology and scale. Let's find out how to push beyond those limits in the near or far future.
Roderik van der Veer
CTO & Co-founder @ Settlemint
Anoverview of the blockchain landscape: what types of blockchains are around, where do they differ and what are the drawbacks?
Jonathan De Moor
Back-end Competence Lead @ In The Pocket.
This session won't be like any other. You'll use power of AI to manipulate pictures and get hipsterified!
Nikolas Burk
Developer Relations @ Prisma
Best practices for building GraphQL servers with Node.js from the perspectives of frontend as well as backend developers.
Seth Vargo
Developer Advocate @ Google
What's the "next big thing" that will revolutionize the systems administration and DevOps space? Let's ask Seth!
Prakash Palanisamy
Solutions Architect for Startups in BNLX
Palanisamy will tell you how to make the most of AWS and how to leverage the existing trained models to speed up. Let's dive into AI!
Stephane Poppe
Software Engineer and Team Lead @ Showpad
This session won't be like any other. You'll use power of AI to manipulate pictures and get hipsterified!
Aron Wils
Corporate Affairs Officer @ Samsung Electronics
Corporate social responsibility, innovation and technology are a perfect match. Learn how emerging technologies can make a bigger impact!
Nicolas Deruytter
Managing Director @ ML6
Training AI requires expensive data-sets. New approaches can drastically reduce the time and cost spent of the collection of this information. Let's get creative and efficient in this track!
Julie Foulon
Co-founder of MolenGeek
This talk will focus on MolenGeek's mission to give accessible new technologies and entrepreneurship to all, especially to people without academic background or IT skills.
Eric Simons
Co-founder of Thinkster & Stackblitz
Discover a suite of new developer tools that make developing Progressive Web Apps a total breeze.
Leen Toelen and Christophe Bamelis
Developers @ TomTom
Learn how containers facilitated the migration of existing TomTom map transformation processes to the AWS cloud.
Thibaut Vandenbussche
Senior Software Engineer and Team Lead @ Showpad
This session won't be like any other. You'll use power of AI to manipulate pictures and get hipsterified!
Jonas Kint
Devops Engineer @ Showpad
During this talk you can expect a technical view behind Showpad. More info soon!
Erik Mannens
Professor Semantic Intelligence @IDLab
If Big Data is the new oil, Semantic Intelligence will be your next rocket engine!
Nils Tijtgat
Full-Stack Developer @ Showpad
Upgrade Addiction Syndrome. Why it matters, how to control it but first and foremost: how to get your upgrade shipped fast and safely.
Elias Meire
Front-End Engineer @ Showpad
Have you ever wished you could extend CSS functionality? Wish granted! You can now do it with the magic of Houdini
Schedule
- - Registration & breakfast
- - How to build a biological starship, by Angelo Vermeulen
- - How can corporates make a positive impact on society? By Aron Wils
- - Presentation of MolenGeek, a tech incubator and a Coding School based in Molenbeek, by Julie Foulon
- BREAK
- - Emerging Tech Creative ways of training an AI, by Nicolas Deruytter
- - Emerging Tech The Blockchain Landscape, by Roderik van der Veer
- BREAK
- - Emerging Tech Leveraging AWS AI services to quickly deploy amazing solutions, by Prakash Palanisamy
- - Emerging Tech Make Data Big Again, by Erik Mannens
- BREAK
- - Front-End Rapid Prototyping with Progressive Web Apps, by Eric Simons
- - Back-End Hipster as a Service, by In The Pocket & Showpad
- - Devops Scaling Showpad, by Jonas Kint
- BREAK
- - Front-End How GraphQL empowers frontend developers, by Nikolas Burk
- - Back-End How containers and the AWS cloud helped TomTom become a more efficient map maker
- - Devops What's next for infrastructure, by Seth Vargo
- BREAK
- - Front-End Upgrade Addiction Syndrome, by Nils Tijtgat
- - Back-End Best practices for building GraphQL servers with Node.js, by Nikolas Burk
- - Devops ..and beyond: about limitations, by Maarten Mortier
- - Front-End Houdini: Bring Your Own CSS, by Elias Meire
- BREAK
- - The Pitch, powered by AWS
- - Closing Keynote, by Gavin Wood
- - Food & drinks
Tickets
Early Bird
Sold out!
€180
Regular
Don't wait too long!
€220
Lazy Bird
For the lazy birds out there!
€270
