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Business Interviews

Dev Evolution: Meet Fernando from Yeeply!

Developing new software or an app is no small task. It takes a whole team of dedicated people working across different departments. How do you make sure you create value as a project platform startup that brings all these people together to work in sync? Our partner, Yeeply, shares a few challenges and how to overcome them.

Who?

Fernando Ballester, Business Development Manager at Yeeply

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Tell us a little bit more about Yeeply

Yeeply is a platform bundling certified developers – focused on the development of webs and apps as well as additional marketing and design services. Our network includes on one side our developers, marketing specialists, and design experts. And on the other side, we work with startups, SMEs and big companies. Our platform simply brings these two parties (clients and professionals) together in a quick and easy way.

Currently, we have over 150 certified teams spread over more than 40 countries worldwide, who carried out over 600 technical projects. We make sure that our developers, only receive projects that are truly matching their knowledge and experience.

What challenges have you faced as a company?

As a marketplace business, one of the main challenges we faced was to conceptualize Yeeply as a platform that provides value to two kinds of users – both clients and developers. Without highly qualitative development teams, clients have no incentive to use our project platform and to pursue a tech-project with us. And, without a quality list of clients, we cannot convince the developers to get on board either – the typical “chicken and egg problem”. In order to provide both sides with the service that they needed we noticed we had to focus on quality, trust, support, and the direct relation between saving time and costs.

Secondly, as a startup, it wasn’t enough for Yeeply just to be profitable in the first place. We needed to be scalable. Finding a niche market and differentiating ourselves from our competitors was the first step – covering the demand for a customised platform in the sector of mobile applications, focusing on the quality and objectivity of our projects.

Besides, technology moves at an incredible speed, and keeping up with the changes can be a challenge for startups. Facing rapid growth, one of our next challenges was to find and hire new talents with new profiles and experience to help tackle the startup’s growing needs.

How do you make sure only the best professionals are included in your project platform?

We created our own certification method in order to validate the quality of professionals that are included in our network – freelancers, agencies, development companies, and large technology enterprises.

They all have to pass a verification process to prove their knowledge and experience before getting certified. After filtering and validating the applicants’ profiles we conduct an interview with them to verify their technical and professional skills.

Previous projects, references, and language skills are evaluated. The last one depends on the markets they want to work for. In the next phase, we validate their references by contacting previous clients. At least one valid reference from a previous client is required to proceed with the process. Finally, the experts get officially certified after they completed one of our smaller projects to prove their skills and abilities.

Only 1% of the certification requests are eventually accepted to the platform. We are looking for teams and professionals with technical skills and experience in the development of mobile applications, both native and hybrid, websites and mobile games.

What are the reasons for developers to work with Yeeply?

Our current network of developers decided to work with us based on several reasons. The most common ones are:

  • The quality of the projects;
  • The ability to decide your own prices;
  • The freedom to accept or reject an assigned project;
  • The support provided by Yeeply to solve doubts or commercial issues;
  • The possibility to communicate openly and transparently with the customer.

What about the salaries and professional growth developers get out of the projects?

As mentioned before, there are no fixed salaries for our professionals. We only check 5% of the established prices. Besides, Yeeply is free for our developers/professionals. Because of this, they are able to focus completely on creating high-quality developments for clients. By cooperating with us, they do not only gain technical experience in the implementation of full-stack projects, but also in customizing the development to client’s needs.

As our certified developers are able to decide independently whether they want to accept or reject a project, they can define their expertise and reputation in specific fields further and grow their skills in the tech-area of their preference.

With our technical support and guidance provided to back complex projects, our experts also trade their team-working-skills and networking. Partnering with us, they can benefit from the synergy effects of being part of a network as opposed to competing on the market alone.

What are some of the best / favourite technologies devs work with and why?

Our experts are specialized in native and hybrid mobile app development, such as Swift for iOS and Kotlin for Android. To cover the full Web-app / Mobile-app / Backend-CMS ecosystem, many of them expanded their field of expertise to Django/Python and React / React-native as well.

For now, IoT mobile Apps, 3D applications, AR and VR are the most popular technologies, simply due to their increasing popularity and future potential in digitalisation. For the same reason, more and more devs are looking into potential Artificial intelligence (AI) and Blockchain applications for the mobile ecosystem.

What would you advise developers looking for work and working in web or app development services, as an expert in the industry?

In my opinion, the most important thing to do as a web or app developer is to take care of your personal branding. As teleworking is very common in this type of industry it’s significant to be present online. With this I mean being active on social networks, having a strong portfolio, and giving your opinions in forums for example.

It could also help to create articles or videos about specific topics in order to show people your expertise. Sharing this type of content on your LinkedIn, for example, could help to encourage others to work with you. If you want to take it a step further, you could even try to ask tech blogs if you could write a guest post for them.

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Community

Developer Economics survey Q2 2018 prize draw winners

Welcome to the full rundown of the Developer Economics survey Q2 2018 prize draw winners. Below you’ll find a table comprised of the winners. We’ve listed the name and countries of all the people that have won and given us permission to share their details. For those where we are awaiting permission, their emails are displayed (but obfuscated for security reasons) and finally those who’d prefer not to share their details, we’ve simply displayed their initials and country.

Winners have already been notified by email – if you recognise the email fragment as yours and we haven’t contacted you, please drop us an email at survey@slashdata.co.

Please note that the list only includes prize-draw winners and not runner-ups. If the prize draw winners do not claim their prizes within the timeframe mentioned in the respective e-mail they received, then runner-ups will be asked to claim them instead.

Congratulations to all the winners!

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Exclusive Community Member prize-draw

This exclusive prize was open to all existing members of our Community. Not yet a Community Member? Join here.

Prize Draw Winner Country Prize
P.K. Russia $1000 credit towards a software subscription of your choice

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Community Member prize-draw

Prize Draw Winner Country Prize
*us**n@j**st**.us United States $500 credit towards a software subscription of your choice
Vincenzo. M Italy $250 credit towards a software subscription of your choice
hi***dr**m@gmail.com Italy a Lenovo tablet Yoga Tab 3 10
e**cle**om**a@gmail.com Brazil a Corsair STRAFE RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – Cherry brown
Lucas P. Brazil a Corsair STRAFE RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – Cherry brown
lu**tw@gmail.com Taiwan a Tile Sport bluetooth tracker
a.**ra**@gmail.com Latvia a Tile Sport bluetooth tracker
Titus B. The Netherlands a Tile Sport bluetooth tracker
***oru**@hotmail.com Spain a Tile Sport bluetooth tracker
Matias M. Argentina a Tile Sport bluetooth tracker

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General prize-draw

Prize Draw Winner Country Prize
i**o@ja***.com.ar Argentina an iPhone X
**nta**or@**nta**or.me United States a Samsung S9 Plus
m**o82*@gmail.com Japan a GitHub 12 month Developer plan
David B. United Kingdom a GitHub 12 month Developer plan
**ltion**@gmail.com United States a GitHub 12 month Developer plan
***es**dio@me.com Italy a Codeacademy Pro subscription (12 months)
**nda2*@hotmail.com United States a $100 USD Alibaba Cloud voucher
*in**ong3*@gmail.com Hong Kong a $100 USD Alibaba Cloud voucher
**ra**i@gmail.com United States Udemy vouchers worth $80
b**aro@gmail.com Ireland a $20 Redbubble voucher
**bloh8*@gmail.com Spain a $20 Redbubble voucher
ma**.**rna**@hotmail.com Canada a $20 Redbubble voucher
ju**itad**k*au*@gmail.com United States a $20 Redbubble voucher
Alex L. Israel a $20 Redbubble voucher

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Surprise prize-draw

Prize Draw Winner Country Prize
S.S India a book of your choice up to $50 – please let us know what book you’d like
Michael T. Japan a Sublime Text 3 license
Lewis T. Malaysia a HyperX Cloud Revolver S Binaural Head-band Black headset
do**las**i*a1@gmail.com Brazil a UK Filco Majestouch-2, Tenkeyless, NKR, Tactile Action keyboard
L.T Spain a Tessel 2
**mar**tsho*@gmail.com Canada a $200 Amazon voucher
Swapnil A. India a T-shirt, mug and sticker bundle of your choice (up to $100 value) through Redbubble.com
d**ia*d**ian@gmail.com Argentina a PlayStation 1 pendulum wall clock
Mi***nya28**08@mail.ru Russia an Apple TV 4 Digital Multimedia receiver 32GB
afi**ml@gmail.com Malaysia a Gunnar Crystalline Vinyl Gaming Eyewear – Onyx/Crystalline

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Events

Roundup of Developer Events in September – November 2018

Conferences, events and workshops are a great way to connect face to face with professionals who share the same passion as you. We’ve featured below a selection of developer events from around the world.

Europe
APAC
North America
South America
Middle East & Africa

Europe

London, UK – ODSC Europe: One of the largest applied data science conferences in Europe. Speakers include some of the core contributors to many open source tools, libraries, and languages.
September 19 – 22
Silver pass £429 GBP

London, UK – Rework Deep Learning Summit: Bridging the gap between the latest technological research advancements and real world applications in business and society.
September 20 – 21
Standard pass £795 GBP, Student / Academic pass £395 GBP

Hamburg, Germany – Next: Be there, when international digital minds share their knowledge about digital trends and their impact on human behaviour (find out more below).
September 21 – 22
€890 EUR (needs permission for application)

Riga, Latvia – Baltic Honeybadger: The Baltic Honeybadger conference is the first major event in Latvia dedicated to Bitcoin and the technologies built around it.
September 22 – 23
Late bird ticket price €399 EUR

Barcelona, Spain – OpenMPCon: The OpenMP Developers Conference is the annual forum for the discussion of all aspects of parallel programming with OpenMP. It is the premier forum to present and discuss applications, tools, techniques, libraries and trends relating to parallel programming with OpenMP.
September 24 – 26
OpenMPCon + Tutorial + IWOMP €700 EUR

London, UK – IP Expo Europe: With six top IT events under ONE roof, 300+ exhibitors and 300+ free to attend seminar sessions, IP EXPO Europe is the must-attend IT event of the year for CIOs, heads of IT, security specialists, heads of insight and tech experts. The event showcases brand new exclusive content and senior level insights from across the industry, as well as unveiling the latest developments in IT. IP EXPO Europe now incorporates IP EXPO, Cyber Security X, Developer X, AI-Analytics X, Internet of Things X and Blockchain X.
October 3 – 4
Access Plus Pass £650 GBP

Madrid, Spain – South Summit: South Summit is the leading Innovation Global Platform which connects top innovators from Southern Europe and Latin America to the world´s most powerful investors, and corporations, who are searching for the next big thing.
October 3 – 5
Attendee pass €198 EUR

London, UK – O’Reilly AI Conference: breakthroughs, best practices, and business transformation.
October 8 – 11
Bronze pass £1,195 GBP

London, UK – JAX London: The Conference for Java & Software Innovation. A four-day conference for cutting-edge software engineers and enterprise-level professionals. JAX brings together the world’s leading innovators in the fields of JAVA, microservices, continuous delivery and DevOps.
October 8 – 11
Four day pass £849 GBP

London, UK – Artificial Intelligence Conference: The Artificial Intelligence Conference brings the growing AI community together to explore the most essential issues and innovations in applied AI. We’ll delve into practical business applications, compelling use cases, rock-solid technical skills, tear-downs of successful AI projects, and dissections of failures in key topic areas.
October 9 – 11
Bronze Pass £1,195 GBP

Basel, Switzerland – Cloud Foundry Summit Europe 2018: From startups to the Fortune 500, Cloud Foundry is used by enterprises around the globe to automate, scale and manage cloud apps throughout their lifecycle. Cloud Foundry Summit Europe is the premier event for end users to learn the platform from those who build and use it every day. Join hundreds of developers in Basel to learn how to run apps at scale – using a platform or containers on multiple clouds.
October 10 – 11
Attendee registration € 549 EUR, or €494  + €285 registration plus Certified Developer Exam

Edinburgh, UK – The Linux Security Summit (LSS): a technical forum aiming to foster community efforts in analyzing and solving Linux security challenges.
October 25 – 26
Attendee ticket $100 USD

Lisbon, Portugal – PGConf.EU: PostgreSQL Conference Europe 2018 will be held on October 23-26 in Lisbon, Portugal at the Lisbon Marriott Hotel. At the biggest PostgreSQL event in Europe, you can expect three days packed with presentations about PostgreSQL and related technologies, one day of extended training classes, and the usual hallway and social tracks!
October 13 – 16
Standard ticket €270 EUR

Malta – Malta Blockchain Summit: Malta, with its new regulatory framework, is leading the pack. The Malta Blockchain Summit is a reflection of this momentum. Expect a buzzing expo and riveting discussions about the world-changing potential applications of the Blockchain as well as AI, Big Data, Quantum Technology and IoT. The Summit anticipates 5,000 delegates and will also feature a Hackathon as well as an ICO Pitch with hundreds of investors.
November 1 – 2
On-time ticket €129 EUR

Lisbon, Portugal – Web Summit 2018: Web Summit started as a simple idea in 2010: Let’s connect the technology community with all industries, both old and new. It seemed to resonate. Web Summit has grown to become the “largest technology conference in the world”.
November 5 – 8
Full attendee, early bird €675 EUR

Antwerp, Belgium – Devoxx Belgium 2018: The Deep Dive days is a chance to get heavily under the skin of a subject. There are several types of sessions running during these two days. Then Conference days provide a variety of session formats for attendees to enjoy.
November 12 – 16
Deep Dive tickets €350 EUR

Berlin, Germany – OpenStack Summit Berlin: Join the people building and operating open infrastructure, with over 200 sessions and workshops on Container Infrastructure, CI/CD, Telecom + NFV, Public Cloud, Private & Hybrid Cloud and members of open source communities like Kubernetes, Docker, OPNFV, Ansible, Ceph, ONAP, Open vSwitch , and OpenStack.
November 13 – 15
Tickets at $999 USD

Berlin, Germany – Disrupt Berlin 2018: If you’re serious about startups, we’re still keeping it as real as ever. At Disrupt, everyone is a startupper – no matter if you’re a founder, investor, hacker or tech leader. So much more than just on-stage interviews, Disrupt is where you’ll find the renowned Startup Battlefield competition, hundreds of startups in Startup Alley, Workshops and legendary networking at our After Parties… and we’re in Berlin, right where many startup dreams begin.
November 29 – 30
Tickets €745 EUR

APAC

Tokyo, Japan – TechInAsia Tokyo: Learn from the world’s tech leaders – Tech in Asia Tokyo 2018 expects to showcase over 120 exciting startups.
Sep 20 – 21
General Pass ¥49,000 YEN

Shanghai, China – Google Developer Days China 2018: Google Developer Days China 2018 will be held on Sep. 20th and Sep. 21st in Shanghai, with topics covering Machine Learning, ARCore, Android, Play, WearOS, Accessibility, the Mobile Web, Firebase, Assistant, IoT, Cloud, Flutter, Ads, Design and so on.
September 20 – 21

Singapore – PHP Conference Asia 2018: spreading the adoption, knowledge and professionalism of PHP and its derivative technologies.
September 26 – 29
Super early bird (conference only) $198 SGD

Singapore – Startup Weekend Singapore Mega 2018: Turn your ideas to reality in just 54 hours! Join forces with smart, passionate individuals to brainstorm, design products and validate your ideas with high caliber mentors and judges.
September 28 – 30
Ticket cost $104 USD

Bengaluru, India – Red Hat Forum Bengaluru 2018: Automation, AI, machine learning–these are a gift we gave ourselves, the luxury of reclaimed time to wonder. To ask not only “What if?” but also “What for?” and “With whom?”
October 4

Tokyo, Japan – Scaling Bitcoin Tokyo: Scaling Bitcoin ‘Kaizen’, focuses on the systematic identification of portions of the Bitcoin protocol that best lend themselves to continuous, non-’consensus layer’ improvement.
October 6 – 7
General attendance $300 USD

Shanghai, China – Huawei Connect 2018: To create new opportunities and boost efficiency, organizations must embrace digital platforms that are open, agile, and equipped with state-of-the-art AI capabilities. Join us at HUAWEI CONNECT 2018, and let’s explore new opportunities together.
October 10 – 12
Ordinary pass $120 USD

Beijing, China – Xilinx Developer Forum: XDF connects software developers and system designers to the deep expertise of Xilinx engineers, partners, and industry leaders. You will leave the forum with insights and inspiration to tackle your next breakthrough in application or system design.
October 16

Sydney, Australia – FutureStack18 Sydney: Accelerate to the Future. An intensive and informative day for modern technology professionals. Modern IT perspectives, Inspiring speakers, Success Stories, Meet our Software Engineers, New Relic University training, Demos and networking.
October 17

Shandong Sheng, China – National High Performance Computing Annual Conference: The industry leaders, scientific research scholars, program design, software development, engineering simulation, equipment procurement, operation and maintenance services, etc., as well as university teachers and students, government and media personnel are welcome to attend. For the first time, the world’s latest high-performance computing, cloud computing, big data, storage, system integration and other hardware manufacturing, software development, design and service of cutting-edge dynamics and technology trends!
October 18 – 20

Multiple locations – ARM Tech Symposia APAC: The Arm Tech Symposia is a global annual event designed to share with audience the first-hand market observation, the latest Arm technology roadmap, the up-to-date diverse Arm based devices and applications. This is also a platform where partners from over 1,000 Arm Community and ecosystem gather together demonstrating their products & solutions based on Arm, exchanging market intelligence and tackling the challenges.

China: Shanghai Oct 22 /  Beijing, Oct 24/ Shenzhen, Oct 26 ——- India: Bangalore, Nov 20 ——- Taiwan: Taipei, Nov 1 / Hsinchu, Nov 2 ——- Korea: Seoul, Nov 13 ——- Japan: Tokyo, Dec 6

Jakarta, Indonesia – Tech in Asia Jakarta 2018: helps your business stay ahead of the curve by uncovering the latest trends and building connections with industry leaders and passionate individuals in the tech community.
October 23 – 24
General pass $197 USD

Tokyo, Japan – LoRa Alliance Members Meeting and LoRaWAN™ LIVE – Tokyo LoRa: The LoRa Alliance will host our next Members Meeting from the October 23 – 25 2018 at the Hilton Tokyo.
October 23 – 25
Sponsor, Contributor, Institutional Members $250 USD

Shanghai, China – Cloud Foundry Day China 2018: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon is the place for the cloud-native community, and Cloud Foundry is synonymous with cloud-native.
November 13
Attendee All-Access Standard Early Bird ¥1,500 YEN

Singapore – BlockShow: attend to learn something new & meet a whole community of like-minded professionals.
November 27 – December 1
Standard ticket $988 USD (until Oct 8)

Sanya, China – 2018 International Conference on Algorithms, Computing and Artificial Intelligence: ACAI 2018 is to bring together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of Algorithms, Computing and Artificial Intelligence to a common forum. ACAI 2018, aims to bring together researchers, engineers, developers and practitioners from academia and industry working in all major areas and interdisciplinary areas of Algorithms, Computing and Artificial Intelligence.
December 21 – 23
Regular author ticket $500 USD

North America

New York, NY – O’Reilly Strata Data Conference: dissect case studies, develop new skills through in-depth tutorials, share emerging best practices in data science, and imagine the future.
September 12 – 13
Bronze pass $1,795 USD (until Sept 10).

Los Angeles, CA – Mobile World Conference Americas: Mobile World Congress Americas is the premiere event where industry leaders come to progress business. Attendees will gain valuable insights on trends and future predictions for the mobile technology industry.
September 12 – 14
Silver Pass $300 USD

Los Angeles, CA – Data Science Salon: a destination conference which brings together specialists face-to-face to educate each other, illuminate best practices, and innovate new solutions in a casual atmosphere.
September 13
Individual pass $350 USD.

San Francisco, CA – The AI Summit: now in its 3rd year, The AI Summit is the world’s first and largest conference & exhibition to look at the practical implications of AI for enterprise organisations, the actual solutions that are transforming business productivity.
September 19 – 20
Full price conference pass $1,999 USD.

Multiple locations in USA – Domino Data Science Pop-up: These day-long events bring together the data science leaders of today and tomorrow who are passionate about asking the right questions, identifying problems worth solving, and connecting the dots between quantitative research and business value. Our goal is to present model management methodologies, techniques, and real stories that will improve the way data science work happens.
Austin, Sept 19 / NY, Oct 16 / Chicago, Oct 30 / Boston, Nov 6.

San Francisco, CA – Crypto Economics Security Conference (CESC) 2018: This conference will explore the economic security aspects of blockchain protocols, including game theory, incentive design, mechanism design and market design along with other topics related to crypto-economics security, and to foster collaborations among researchers and practitioners working on these topics.
October 10 – 11
Early admission, general pass $125 USD

Boston, MA – International Conference on Predictive APIs and Apps (PAPIs): the 1st series of international conferences dedicated to real-world Machine Learning applications, and the innovations, techniques and tools that power them.
October 15 – 17
Passes from $25 USD

Las Vegas, NV – AI Deep Dive at Money 2020: bringing together the artificial intelligence (AI) thought leaders who are disrupting the way in which consumers and businesses manage, spend and borrow money.
October 21 – 24
Attendee pass $3,200 USD (until Sept 7)

Toronto, Canada – Rework Deep Learning Summit: bridging the gap between the latest technological research advancements and real world applications in business and society.
October 25 – 26
Standard pass C$1,995, Student / Academic pass C$695

San Francisco, CA – Open Data Science Conference: Attend ODSC West 2018 and learn the latest AI & data science topics, tools, and languages from some of the best and brightest minds in the field.
October 31 – November 3
Silver ticket $599 USD

Las Vegas, NV – World Crypto Con: World Crypto Con (WCC) is a global stage for industry leaders to share their projects and technologies with thousands of investors, experts, developers, businesses and attendees who are using blockchain and cryptocurrency to redefine our everyday lives.
October 31 – November 2
General admission (discounted ticket) $899 USD

Miami, FL – Data Science Salon: a destination conference which brings together specialists face-to-face to educate each other, illuminate best practices, and innovate new solutions in a casual atmosphere.
November 6 – 7
Individual pass $285 USD.

Los Angeles, CA – RubyConf Los Angeles 2018: RubyConf has been the main annual gathering of Rubyists from around the world since 2001.RubyConf is brought to you by the team at Ruby Central, as well as a small but dedicated corps of volunteers. While we depend on the awesomeness of the whole Ruby community to contribute to a terrific experience every year, there are a few individuals that work especially hard to produce RubyConf.
November 13 – 15
$400 USD

San Francisco, CA – MLconf: This single-day, single-track event will host a variety of relevant presentations of today’s application of machine learning techniques and algorithms from experts from Google Brain, Uber, Facebook, Baidu, Tesla, & More. The event will host presentations on novel applications of machine learning within real-world arenas such as: geospatial data, cancer metastasis detection, various NLP challenges, and more to be announced soon.
November 14
Starting price $250 USD

Houston, TX – RE•WORK Applied AI Summit Houston: Real-life AI applications, case studies, business insights & results from leading companies leveraging AI to solve problems in enterprise. Attendees including CTOs & CEOs, Chief Data Scientists, Technology Transformation Manager, Applied Data Scientist, Business Strategists, Innovation Leaders, Chief AI Officer & CIOs, Head, Enterprise Architecture, Founders.
November 29 – 30
Early Bird Pass (exp. Oct 5) $1,095 USD

Las Vegas, NV – AWS re:Invent: Join us for deeper technical content, more hands-on learning opportunities, keynote announcements, a bigger and better Partner Expo, exciting after-hours events, and the best party in technology—re:Play.
November 26 – 30
Full conference pass $1,799 USD

Montreal, Canada – NIPS 2018: The Thirty-second Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) is a multi-track machine learning and computational neuroscience conference that includes invited talks, demonstrations, symposia and oral and poster presentations of refereed papers. Following the conference, there are workshops which provide a less formal setting.
December 3 – 8
Regular registration $400 USD

South America

Bogota , Colombia – TecnoMultimedia InfoComm Colombia: The TecnoMultimedia InfoComm Colombia is the main fair of the Audio, Video, Lighting, Domotics, Networks, Voice and Data industry held in Colombia. It will be representing the commercial audiovisual industry worldwide.
October 3 – 5
Free

Buenos Aires, Argentina – LatinCorr: The LatinCorr provide a space conducive to networking and business among the leading global companies, technology providers and their users directly. It focuses on the activities developed in Latin America. It will bring together professionals from different countries of the world, especially from Central and South America, to discuss topics ranging from microbiological corrosion to corrosion in the nuclear industry.
October 23 – 25
Full ticket price $450 USD

S.L.P., Mexico – Conisoft 2018: The 6th edition of the International Conference in Software Engineering Research and Innovation (CONISOFT’18) aims to bring together practitioners and researchers from academia, industry and government to advance the state of the art in Software Engineering, as well as generate synergy between academia and industry to define an agenda for collaboration to support and promote the development of the software industry in Mexico and at the international level.
October 24 – 26
One-paper author, ticket price $3,000.00 pesos

Buenos Aires, Argentina – International Symposium on Experimental Robotics: ISER is a single-track symposium focusing on presentations of the latest experimental research in robotics. The goal of ISER symposia is providing a forum for research in robotics that focuses on the novelty of theoretical contributions validated by experimental results.Each ISER Symposium also features outreach activities to the young generations of scientists and engineers in the host region and culture activities to facilitate understanding and appreciation of the unique heritage of the host region.
November 5 – 8
$970 USD

Fortaleza, Brazil – Bitconf (Summer Edition): The BitConf is the most traditional event about cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Participate and engage with leading solution providers in blockchain and crypto-coins in Brazil.
November 16 – 17
General Pass 450 BRL

Middle East & Africa

Cape Town, South Africa – AI Expo Africa: AI Expo Africa 2018 is focusing on real world applications & trends driving the AI Economy in Africa and creating the largest business focused AI Community across the region.  With an expected footfall of 800 people, delegates will enjoy a packed 2 day agenda.
September 9 – 11
Ticket R6,500

Cape Town, South Africa – RedHat Forum South Africa 2018: Join us on September 13th to learn more from leading enterprises and partners as they share success stories of their digital journeys.
September 13

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Red Hat Forum Riyadh 2018: The Red Hat Forum in Riyadh is the premier open source technology event to showcase the latest in cloud computing, platform, virtualization, middleware, storage, and systems management technologies. The event brings together CxOs, IT decision makers, architects and developers amongst others to discuss topics such as DevOps, hybrid cloud, containers, SAP Migration to SAP HANA, and many more topics that are driving innovation.
September 25

Johannesburg, South Africa – PostgreS Conf South Africa 2018: The second South African PostgresConf will take place in Johannesburg on 9 October 2018, with attendees representing a diverse class of professionals and companies from around the country and across the continent. This is an opportunity for the database administration and developer community who use PostgreSQL to get to know each other, exchange ideas and learn about the current features and upcoming trends within PostgreSQL.
October 9
Full ticket cost incl meals, R2 475

Challenge! Dubai, UAE & Lagos, Nigeria – Innov8Agric Challenge: the online application for MTFC’ 2018 Agric Innovation Challenge.
The MTFC Agric Challenge is aimed at promoting innovative ideas and enterprises that focus on food production, agro processing, farmers’ education, soil protection, agri-technology, and any other service in the agriculture value chain. USD 5,000 Grand Prize in grants to the winning team.

Cape Town, South Africa – Africacom 2018: AfricaCom is the largest and most influential Africa-focused technology event in the world – the meeting place for those driving Africa’s digital transformation. It is a vibrant learning and networking platform for everybody involved in powering Africa’s digital economy.
November 13 – 15

Cape Town, South Africa – AfricArena: A conference that showcases Africa’s best startups and innovators in front of an audience of local and international investors looking for world-class talent.
November 15 – 16
AfricArena 2-day pass, Early Bird, R3999

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