We Tech Together New Date:
3rd of October 2020

Conference Program

Morning Session

Focus: Career Advice 

Lunch Break 

Focus: Networking

Afternoon Session

Focus: Technology Trends

Closing & Award Ceremony

Award Ceremony

Kids Workshop 

Kids Day Program

For kids age 9-16

Workshop Sessions

Registration for workshops will start mid September.
Ticket holders will be informed by email about how to register.

 

Room

Topic

Organizer

Technopark

Room: Basic

Visualizing with Splunk Data Analytics

English – bring your own laptop

Workshop Description

The lock-down due to the Covid 19 pandemic led to a record amount of parcels at Swiss Post. How was this phenomena visualized and detected at the parcel sorting center? Get to know the program Splunk, a logging, monitoring and reporting tool that makes machine data accessible and usable for all users. Learn hands-on how to investigate data and create your own insightful dash-board!

 

Technopark

Room: Auditorium

Tips & Tricks to launch your next career step – Morning Session

English – bring your laptop

Workshop description

Whether you would like to be found by the right people on LinkedIn or you are planning to actively apply – in this 3 in 1 workshop, our Talent Attraction Experts equip you with useful insights from behind the scenes of the recruiting process.

We will hold three times three 30 minutes sessions on:

  • Tips & tricks for your LinkedIn presence
  • Tips & tricks for applying
  • Tips & tricks for interviews

The small group sizes will give you the opportunity to ask your personal questions and to have an active discussion with our experts.

 

The originally planned Cyber Security Workshops will be conducted after the conference during a separate event. #wetechtogether ticket holders will be informed accordingly.

Technopark

Room: Auditorium

Deep-dive on Security with Natalie Hirsch

– Afternoon Session

English

Workshop description

Following her input speech in the afternoon (knowledge session) Natalie will share in this session even more insights with you.

Use the opportunity to deepen your understanding and knowledge of security and engage in an active discussion with Natalie.

Technopark

Room: Pascal

How to Successfully Negotiate Your Salary

English

In this workshop, you will learn how you can take matters around salary negotiations into your own hands.
You will be introduced to the basic, yet often overlooked principles and facts surrounding the establishment and negotiation of salaries in the business world.
This workshop will provide you with solid core know-how and tips and tricks that will enable you to improve your negotiation skills in general and – more importantly – during the negotiation of your salary.
You will be challenged to assess, practice and improve your competence in this context to ensure that you leave the workshop well-equipped to negotatiate the best possible salary for yourself in the future.

If possible, bring your employers’ wage system information, to make role plays/discussions more realistic.

Technopark

Room:
Newton 1010

Flutter Study jam for beginners and mid-level

English – bring your own laptop with Flutter installed (see description)

Workshop Description

Flutter is a fast-growing Google’s cross-platform framework for developing apps for mobile, web and desktop from a single codebase. In this workshop, you’ll learn the basics about Flutter and how to use development tools for a faster development cycle. You’ll get hands-on experience with Flutter, get to know about different Widgets and build beautiful Material-Designed App.

Requirements:

For the best experience, the laptop should have Flutter installed on it prior to starting the study jam to save time. Windows/Linux/Mac would all be fine. Check out: https://flutter.io/get-started/install/

 

Technopark

Room: Super Computing Systems Office

AI Challenge for Data Scientists (morning & afternoon)

English – bring your own laptop (modern browser)

Workshop Description

The participants will get a brief introduction to the challenge show-case application using deep learning. We have a biased data set ready – hence participants get to experiment on the importance of unbiasing data. In groups, the attendees design and train a neural network for the introduced show-case in an online notebook. At the end of the workshop, the groups present their results. The winning team with the best score gets a small price. The goal is that attendees get hands-on experience on how to design a deep learning application and to realize alternative implementation strategies with their pros and cons.

This workshop requires some preliminary knowledge in Python, deep learning framework (e.g. Tensorflow, PyTorch) with Python interface, a google account, and have fun with data science!

 

Technopark

Room: Super Computing Systems Office

Artificial Intelligence for Smart Dummies (morning & afternoon)

English – bring your own laptop (modern browser)

Workshop Description

The participants will get a brief gentle introduction to deep learning – a field in artificial intelligence. As a specialty, we will take a look at the importance of unbiasing data.  During the main part, each participant has the chance to play around with an existing framework of a trained neural network. Everyone can modify certain parameters and adjust single lines of codes in an online notebook. The goal is that attendees get a hands-on experience on how to tune a deep learning application with its merits and limitations. 

Prerequisites: A google account and don’t be scared by a few lines of code.

 

 

Technopark

Room: Fortran

Get hands-on experience with AWS and serverless applications

English – bring your own laptop
The morning session will have an additional focus on founders.

Workshop Description

In this workshop you’ll deploy a simple web application that enables users to request unicorn rides from the “Wild Rydes” fleet. The application will present users with an HTML based user interface for indicating the location where they would like to be picked up and will interface on the backend with a RESTful web service to submit the request and dispatch a nearby unicorn. The application will also provide facilities for users to register with the service and log in before requesting rides.

 

Remark:
The morning session will be focusing on startups and entrepreneurs.

 

No previous AWS experience requirement, and basic IT knowledge.

 

Technopark

Room: Cobol

Blockchain – Behind the magic

English – bring your own laptop, no prior knowledge needed

Workshop Description

Opinions are divided on Bitcoin: either the crypto-currency is praised to the skies as the digital money of the future or it is demonized as a threat to the financial system and a safe haven for money laundering. But enthusiasts and skeptics agree on one thing: the technology behind Bitcoin, the Blockchain, is a sophisticated masterpiece of cryptography and applied game theory. Together we will venture a look behind the technical scenes of a Blockchain.

 

 

Technopark

Room:
Newton 1011

Get into the AWS world by setting up your own blog

English – bring your own laptop, no prior knowledge needed

Workshop Description

This workshop is designed to get you into the AWS world. We are going to illustrate how to make use of the AWS services to host your own blog. You will learn how to quickly and easily set up a WordPress site taking advantage of many of the benefits of the AWS Cloud.

Technopark

Room: 
Newton 1009

How agile and tech are helping SIX to transform the Swiss Financial Market

English – no laptop or prior knowledge needed, be curious about FinTech

Workshop Description
  • Discover how the b.Link, SIX’ open banking hub, supports financial institutions and FinTechs to partner and drive innovation
  • Learn about the technologies and methodology used by the SIX IT team
  • Understand how close collaboration between IT and business delivers results and creates a great environment to work in
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