Code Freeze 2021 - Humane Engineering

16th annual software engineering symposium

The University of Minnesota Software Engineering Center

in partnership with

Cprime 

host the 16th Annual Code Freeze Conference on Feb 25, 2021

There’s no doubt we live in an age of large-scale, software-intensive systems that involve complex interactions between humans, machines and the environment.  Sociotechnical thinking that considers the relationship between these systems is on the rise and, more than ever, there is demand in industry for holistic engineering approaches.

Join us for our 16th annual Code Freeze event, as we delve into emerging humane engineering practices by and for people by exploring a range of subjects from human-centered design to collaborative software development. This year’s event features an exciting line up of industry leaders and practitioners offering thought-provoking talks and interactive workshops on topics such as learning models, burnout, fairness in AI, human centered design, and more. Our productive and informative day of workshops and talks will be capped off by live, massively-parallel, facilitated, mob-programming sessions!

Keynote Speakers

Breakout Sessions

Sponsors

Agenda

8:30-9 a.m.Registration and Welcome
9-9:45 a.m.Scott Hanselman 
Author/Coder/Blogger, Microsoft
Beyond Mentorship - Storytelling and Sponsorship
10-10:45 a.m.Elizabeth Adams
Stanford University Human-Centered AI
Exploring AI Ethics through Public Oversight of Surveillance Tech In Minneapolis
11-11:45 a.m.Breakout Sessions:
Nate Ashford and  David Laribee
Cprime
Transformation as a Product

Soumitri Kolavennu and Tina Nguyen
US Bank
"Bias/Fairness in AI"

Andrew Rome and Ben Ortega
Best Buy
"Making It (Remote) Work -- Coding and Community"
12:30-1:15 p.m.Woody Zuill  
Coach, Programmer, Mob Programming Pioneer
Mob Programming 101
1:30-3:30 p.m.

Mob Programming in small groups

Facilitators led by Austin Chadwick and Chris Lucian

3:30-4 p.m.Retrospective and Closing