Monday, 6 August, 2018 UTC


Summary

As you soak up the beautiful rays of summer, don’t forget to register to JS Interactive happening in Vancouver, Canada from October 10 – 12. The conference gives developers and open source community members the opportunity to collaborate face-to-face, network, and learn how to better their skills with JS in IoT, backend, frontend, serverless and more. The program will cover a broad spectrum of the JavaScript ecosystem including Node.js, frameworks, best practices and stories from end-users.
A few panels and keynotes include:
  • JavaScript: Enterprise Adoption and Usage at Disney
  • Leaving the CDN Behind: Building a JavaScript SDK in a Serverless World and Offline-First
  • Making Your App Awesome When the Network Isn’t
  • Cross-Platform Progressive Web Apps
Beyond the amazing roster of speakers, panels, and keynotes, the event will host several add-ons. Below are a few items to look forward to, more to follow!

Workshops

Along with panels, sessions, and keynotes, there will be six workshops. The workshops cover everything from Intro to Web Components and Polymer to Reading the Repo: A Workshop on Clear, Effective Communication Techniques. If you are looking for a more hands-on approach to understanding JavaScript, JavaScript frameworks, open source and more, workshops will be a perfect fit for you.

Speed Networking & Mentoring Session

Are you looking to grow your technical skills, join the open source community that surrounds JavaScript or tackle a career change? Whether you’re new, or not so new, to open source and JavaScript this mentorship program will pair you with someone to help you on the next chapter of your career. Would you like to become a mentor for this? We welcome you to apply too! More on how to register as a mentee or a mentor here.

Student Tickets Available

Are you a student? You can attend the event for $100 USD. This is a great opportunity to learn more about JavaScript and how to get more involved with various JavaScript communities and open source in general. Information on student and academic pricing here.

Support the Diversity Scholarship Effort

Lastly, we had 300 people apply for our diversity scholarship. We want to ensure that we can offer as many scholarships as possible, but we need your help! Ask your company to become a diversity scholarship sponsor. More information on costs and how to participate in this opportunity here.
You have the opportunity to support diversity on an individual level by donating money to diversity during the JS Interactive check out process.

Register

We look forward to seeing you at the event! Remember, standard registration ends September 28. Purchase your ticket by then to save $200 USD.
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