Serverlessconf NYC

Serverlessconf is a community led conference focused on sharing experiences building applications using serverless architectures. Serverless architectures enable developers to express their creativity and to focus on meeting user needs rather than spend time managing infrastructure and looking after servers.Our aim at Serverlessconf is to discuss how to design, build, deploy, maintain, and gain efficiencies from software built with modern (serverless) cloud technologies such as:

• AWS Lambda and API Gateway
• Microsoft Azure Functions
• Google Cloud Functions
• IBM OpenWhisk
• Webtask
• IronFunctions
• Firebase and DynamoDB
• Auth0
• ...and other Function as a Service and Backend as a Service products

Serverlessconf is for everyone wanting to discuss and learn how to build serverless applications, understand best-practice, and participate in the movement toward serverless-ness.

What you'll experience and get if you come to Serverlessconf NYC '17:

World class speakers 

+ awesome sessions 

+ full access to keynotes (Tuesday and Wednesday) 

+ lightning talks and panels 

+ all onsite networking events 

+ access to experts from AWS, Microsoft, IBM and Google 

+ competitions and prizes 

+ sponsor exhibition hall and heavenly swag 

+ special discounts from A Cloud Guru

The main conference takes place October 10th and 11th, 2017 at the New World Stages in New York (340 West 50th Street New York, NY 10019)

Workshops

We are running unique workshops that you will not find anywhere else. Our workshops are designed to teach you serverless architecture and give you the skills needed to succeed. Our workshops are run by experts who work with serverless technologies every day.

Workshop #1: Build your own serverless video sharing website with Lambda and Firebase 

Learn how to build your very own video sharing website, like YouTube, using serverless technologies. During the workshop you will build an entire end to end system (along with an HTML5 website) that's powered by AWS Lambda and API Gateway, S3, Elastic Transcoder, Firebase, Auth0 and much more. As you are guided through the workshops you will also learn about useful patterns and architectures such as "compute as backend" and "compute as glue". This workshop is suitable for beginners and experts alike (and if you are an expert we'll be sure to challenge you just a little bit more)

Workshop #2: Build a chatbot using Lambda and Serverless Framework 

Everybody likes chat bots so why not build your very own!? In this workshop you will design and a build a serverless chatbot using AWS Lambda and the Serverless Framework. You'll get to integrate your bot with Slack and learn a bunch of cool serverless tips and tricks. At the end we might even add a few more AWS services to make your bot super intelligent. Step-by-step guidance and example code will be provided throughout the workshop so it is suitable for beginners and experts.

Workshop #3: Event driven security in AWS with Lambda 

Serverless security might be one of the hottest topics of 2017. Public cloud and serverless architectures throw up challenges to traditional security approaches. First up Mike and Adrian discuss these challenges. But in addition, this workshop will explore the many ways that serverless components can enhance AWS cloud security for both serverless and ‘traditional’ cloud workloads. This workshop bridges ‘traditional’ and serverless cloud on AWS, and is a must for anyone targeting secure production systems with Amazon's technologies.

Workshop #4: Develop a Serverless weather bot with OpenWhisk and Serverless Framework

Learn the basics and strengths of IBM's open-source serverless platform OpenWhisk. In this workshop you will learn how to develop serverless applications composed of loosely coupled microservice-like functions. You'll explore OpenWhisk's latest CLI and UI and become an OpenWhisk star by implementing a weather bot using IBM's Weather Company Data service and Slack. You will also investigate how to use the recently added API Gateway and Web Actions capabilities. Finally, you will find out how to package and deploy your entire serverless application together using the Serverless Framework.

All workshops take place on October 9th in New York. Venue TBA.

Hackathon

Join our hackathon with a difference. Build cool stuff, meet new people, learn serverless tech, and win awesome prizes. This is one hackathon you don't want to miss. Rules for this special Serverlessconf NYC edition hackathon are to be announced soon.

The hackathon will take place on October 8th in New York. Venue TBA.

If you want to learn more about the conference see nyc.serverlessconf.io