WSO2Con 2024: It’s time to go platformless!

2024 Issue #2 - March

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Ballerina is excited to be a part of WSO2Con 2024 - WSO2’s global user conference, which takes over the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, USA, from May 7-9.

During this 3-day event, you can immerse yourself in the latest industry trends and technologies, from cloud native development and integration, to API management and identity and access management.

Kickstart your learning with pre-conference tutorials on May 7th, designed for both developers and application architects. Then, immerse yourself in the two-day conference on May 8th and 9th, where you can experience inspiring keynotes, case studies, technical strategy sessions, and much more!

What can you expect from the Ballerina sessions?

Tutorial Day
Utilizing Ballerina for Cloud Native and Decentralized Integrations

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 | 9.00 a.m.

Join Ballerina team members Anupama Pathirage, Maryam Ziyad, Mohamad Shafreen, and Hasitha Aravinda for an in-depth tutorial, where you will gain a deep understanding of Ballerina's role in cloud native integrations and acquire hands-on skills to design, develop, and deploy effective solutions that are scalable, resilient, and maintainable.

Conference Day 1
Ballerina Product Update

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 | 3.30 p.m.

In this session, Sameera Jayasoma, Ballerina Platform Architect, will provide an informative update on Ballerina and show you how the language has evolved with enhanced tooling support and language capabilities to adapt to the evolving demands of integration projects.

Conference Day 1
Low-Code Integration Tooling

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 | 4.00 p.m.

Join Joseph Fonseka, Senior Director and Head of Developer Tooling at WSO2, as he explores the challenges of integration and how Ballerina's unique features, like the service designer, canonical data format, intuitive data mapping, and code visualizer, can help you overcome them.

Conference Day 1
Modernizing Legacy Systems Using Ballerina

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 | 4.00 p.m.

Chathura Ekanayake, Associate Director/Architect at WSO2 will focus on how Ballerina's built-in integration capabilities can bridge the gap between "old" and "new" technologies, modernizing enterprise applications without disrupting business operations.

To see the full lineup at WSO2Con 2024, check out the agenda.

Register today!

The Early Bird offer ends on April 5, 2024, and includes:

Accommodation at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL
Conference party on May 8
Engaging keynote speakers and insightful sessions
Access to the Oxygen Bar featuring tech demos and expert advice

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to meet the Ballerina team, hear inspiring keynotes, network with your peers from around the world, and learn about WSO2 technologies with dedicated hands-on sessions. Click here to register.

Want to win a Tesla CyberTruck or $100,000?

Enter the WSO2 Code Challenge for a chance to win big! Build and deploy an app on Choreo, WSO2's internal developer platform as a service, and you could win a Tesla Cybertruck or $100,000! Get bonus points for enhancing your app by using Ballerina to implement backend logic or APIs. Learn more.

Winners will be announced on May 9, 2024 at WSO2Con!

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