O’Reilly, the premier source for insight-driven learning on technology and business, has announced Sam Newman as the external co-chair of the O’Reilly Infrastructure & Ops Conference, a new franchise focused on foundational technologies including cloud services, containers, microservices, and AI and operations. Newman will join internal conference chair Kelsie Pallanck, a senior content director at O’Reilly. The 2020 Infrastructure & Ops Conferences will take place June 15–18 in Santa Clara, California, and November 16–19 in Berlin, Germany.
Newman is an independent consultant specialsing in helping practitioners ship software fast. His extensive work with the cloud, continuous delivery, microservices, and software deployment makes him a natural fit to oversee the Infrastructure & Ops Conference program. For the last few years, he has been exploring the capabilities of microservice architectures, working with a variety of companies globally in both developer and IT operations capacities. Previously, Newman spent a decade at ThoughtWorks. He is also the best-selling author of Building Microservices and the recently released Monolith to Microservices.
Alongside Newman, cochair Pallanck brings more than 15 years of event programming experience to the Infrastructure & Ops Conference, as well as the O’Reilly Open Source Software Conference (OSCON), which she also chairs. Previously, she was an event content producer at MIT Technology Review. Pallanck is skilled in analysing industry trends and enhancing attendee experiences, bringing the conference program to life.
The O’Reilly Infrastructure & Ops Conference was established to help practitioners successfully migrate their systems to a modern infrastructure with minimal interruption to their business. Keynotes and sessions will explore the latest advances, case studies, and best practices in IT infrastructures and operations. The call for speakers is open now through December 10, and the full conference agenda and speaker list will be available in February.
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