====== Agile 2016 Conference in Atlanta, GA ======

Notes from the Conference.

2500 people 42 countries 1/3 SM, 1/3 Exec, 1/3 product owner

18 tracks 19 session at same time 220 sessions

====== Additional Activities ======

===== My Proposal =====

I sent the following proposal into the submission session. Past experience indicates that if you submit one session the probability of getting it accepted is pretty low but this one was accepted.

  * [[hans_samios_how_to_work_personality_issues_without_sounding_like_a_marriage_guidance_counsellor|Hans Samios - How to Work Personality Issues Without Sounding Like a Marriage Guidance Counsellor?]]

===== Volunteering =====

This year decided to volunteer and was happy to be accepted. Bottom line is that, as I got accepted as a speaker, I was put in as an "honorary volunteer". Had a lot of fun meeting a bunch of folks from all around the world.

Also I enjoyed attending sessions that I probably wouldn't have been inclined to see and, must say, it was pretty amazing at what you could learn. The session on (for example) strong-style pairing offered some serious learning both in terms of how to present something in a workshop (hint: everyone has a smartphone - figure out a way to use it) and in terms of how to learn.

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====== Sessions Notes ======

===== Monday =====

  * [[Jurgen Appelo - Managing For Happiness]]
  * [[Mike Cottmeyer - The Executives Step-by-Step Guide to Leading Large-Scale Agile Transformation]]
  * [[Llewellyn Falco and Maaret Pyhajarvi - Strong-Style Pairing]]
  * [[Troy Magennis - Forecasting Using Data - Quickly answering how big, how long and how likely]]

===== Tuesday =====

  * [[Lynn Winterboer and Cher Fox - Test Automation - Agile Enablement for Data Warehousing and Business]]
  * [[Matthew Hodgson - Dealing with Dysfunction – Using couples counselling patterns to manage conflict]]
  * [[Johanna Rothman - Growing Your Servant Leadership]]

===== Wednesday =====

  * [[Joshua Kerievsky - Modern Agile]]
  * [[hans_samios_how_to_work_personality_issues_without_sounding_like_a_marriage_guidance_counsellor|Hans Samios - How to Work Personality Issues Without Sounding Like a Marriage Guidance Counsellor?]]
  * [[Adam Yuret - Waiting for Godot- Concrete approaches to busting delays and why your enterprise should care]]
  * [[Kylie Castellaw - Fortune-teller To Scientist]]
  * [[Dean Leffingwell - One on One Meeting Through Icon]]

===== Thursday =====

  * [[Johanna Rothman - Agile Program Management]]
  * [[Troy Magennis - Data Driven Coaching – Safely turning team data into coaching insights]]
  * [[Chris Sims - Leadership Styles for a Successful Agile Transformation]]
  * [[Todd Little and Andrew Tuttle - Performance Reviews That Don’t Suck]]

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