The way we humans collaborate has always been related to our technological advancement – from the time of chapmen and merchants, over the time of the industrialization, until the digital age. But our progress did not stop: artificial intelligence, cloud computing, holograms, connected devices – what influence does this technological progress have on the way we collaborate - and therefore on businesses?

Michael Kaufmann believes that DevOps is the logical consequence of the tension between our current way of collaborating and our fast technological advancements. He explains in his keynote what factors influence our corporate culture and the way we create value for our customers.

You will learn how the role of engineers has evolved over the time and the impact it has on our daily work: teamwork in cross-functional teams, globally distributed teams that span multiple time zones, asynchronous ways of working, and a completely new approach to attract, retain, and train talent.

“Who wants to read in the future, must scroll in the past.” (André Malraux) – this talk invites you to see at the past with different eyes – to get a new vision for the future of work.