Engineering the Future of Software
Feb 25–26, 2018: Training
Feb 26–28, 2018: Tutorials & Conference
New York, NY

Tuesday opening remarks

Brian Foster (O'Reilly Media), Neal Ford (ThoughtWorks)
9:00am–9:05am Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Location: Grand Ballroom
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Program chairs Brian Foster and Neal Ford open the first day of keynotes.

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Brian Foster

O'Reilly Media

Brian Foster is a content director at O’Reilly Media, where he focuses on acquiring and shaping content in the areas of software architecture and development. He is also cochair of O’Reilly’s Software Architecture conference. Brian has been working in the book publishing and media industries for over 10 years and has a wealth of experience developing content for business, finance, financial engineering, statistical computing, and related markets. You can follow him on Twitter at @brianatoreilly.

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Neal Ford

ThoughtWorks

Neal Ford is a director, software architect, and meme wrangler at ThoughtWorks, a global IT consultancy that thinks disruptively to deliver technology to address the toughest challenges, all while seeking to revolutionize the IT industry and create positive social change. Neal focuses on designing and building large-scale enterprise applications. He’s an internationally recognized expert on software development and delivery, especially in the intersection of Agile engineering techniques and software architecture. Neal has authored magazine articles, seven books (and counting), and dozens of video presentations and has spoken at hundreds of developers conferences worldwide on the topics of software architecture, continuous delivery, functional programming, and cutting-edge software innovations. Check out his website at Nealford.com. He welcomes feedback and can be reached at nford@thoughtworks.com.