FLOSS UK Spring Conference 2016
15 - 17 Mar 2016 at Mary Ward House

FLOSS UK's annual Spring conference. This is the UK's only conference aimed specifically at systems and network administrators. It attracts a large number of professionals from sites of all shapes and sizes. As well as the technical talks, the conference provides a friendly environment for delegates to meet, learn, and enjoy lively debate on a host of subjects.

Schedule

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All sessions Starred only
Title Title & Description

Wednesday 16th March 2016

08:00
1
Reception and Coffee (1 hour)

Reception and Coffee
09:00
0
Welcome in Lethaby Room (10 minutes)

Welcome
09:10
2
Keynote
Keynote by Mandi Walls in Lethaby Room (50 minutes)

Keynote
10:10
1
Getting The Maximum Out Of Systemd
Talk by Julien Pivotto in Lethaby Room (50 minutes)

Getting The Maximum Out Of Systemd
0
When Applications Make Promises
Talk by Thom May in Voysey Room (50 minutes)

When Applications Make Promises
11:00
0
Coffee Break (30 minutes)

Coffee Break
11:30
0
Logical Replication In PostgreSQL
Talk by Petr Jelinek in Lethaby Room (50 minutes)

Logical Replication In PostgreSQL
0
Configuration Management With Ansible And Git
Talk by Paul Waring in Voysey Room (50 minutes)

Configuration Management With Ansible And Git
12:30
0
OpenNMS And Cassandra – A Marriage Made In Heaven?
Talk by Dr Craig Gallen in Lethaby Room (30 minutes)

OpenNMS And Cassandra – A Marriage Made In Heaven?
0
Ansible Virtual Machine Bootstrapper
Talk by Toshaan Bharvani in Voysey Room (30 minutes)

Ansible Virtual Machine Bootstrapper
13:00
0
Lunch (1 hour)

Lunch
14:00
0
Tuning Linux For Your Database
Talk by Colin Charles in Lethaby Room (50 minutes)

Tuning Linux For Your Database
1
#Monitoringsucks To #Monitoringlove
Talk by Kris Buytaert in Voysey Room (50 minutes)

#Monitoringsucks To #Monitoringlove
15:00
0
Nftables
Talk by Richard Melville in Lethaby Room (50 minutes)

Nftables
1
Icinga2 In The Middle Of Your Toolstack
Talk by Bernd Erk in Voysey Room (50 minutes)

Icinga2 In The Middle Of Your Toolstack
15:50
0
Coffee Break (30 minutes)

Coffee Break
16:20
0
Writing Books (The Easy Bit)
Talk by Dave Cross in Lethaby Room (30 minutes)

Writing Books (The Easy Bit)
0
Perl CLI For Fun And Profit
Talk by Tom Bloor in Voysey Room (30 minutes)

Perl CLI For Fun And Profit
17:00
0
Lightning Talks
Event Related by in Lethaby Room (50 minutes)

Lightning Talks
18:00
0
Drinks Reception (1 hour)

Drinks Reception
19:00
1
Conference Dinner (2 hour)

Conference Dinner

Thursday 17th March 2016

08:30
0
Reception and Coffee (1 hour)

Reception and Coffee
09:30
0
Admonitor – simple server monitoring
Talk by Andrew Beverley in Lethaby Room (30 minutes)

Admonitor – simple server monitoring
0
‎Developing Your Brand – From A Job Seeker , Business To Sole Contractor/Consultant‎
Talk by Rick Deller in Voysey Room (30 minutes)

‎Developing Your Brand – From A Job Seeker , Business To Sole Contractor/Consultant‎
10:10
0
Multiple Choice: Open Source DNS Servers
Talk by Jan­Piet Mens in Lethaby Room (50 minutes)

Multiple Choice: Open Source DNS Servers
0
Is Configuration Management Still Relevant In A Containerised World?
Talk by Stephen Grier in Voysey Room (50 minutes)

Is Configuration Management Still Relevant In A Containerised World?
11:00
0
Coffee Break (30 minutes)

Coffee Break
11:30
0
MariaDB/MySQL Security Essentials
Talk by Colin Charles in Lethaby Room (50 minutes)

MariaDB/MySQL Security Essentials
1
Architecture Automation, One Alligator At Once
Talk by Matt S. Trout in Voysey Room (50 minutes)

Architecture Automation, One Alligator At Once
12:30
0
Open Source, A Job And An Adventure
Talk by Dawn Foster in Lethaby Room (50 minutes)

Open Source, A Job And An Adventure
0
An IoT Style Heating Control System
Talk by Ben Dooks in Voysey Room (50 minutes)

An IoT Style Heating Control System
13:20
0
Lunch and Birds of a Feather (1 hour, 50 minutes)

Lunch and Birds of a Feather
15:10
0
Coffee Break (30 minutes)

Coffee Break
15:40
1
Data Revolution Catalyst
Keynote by Lameck Amugongo in Lethaby Room (50 minutes)

Data Revolution Catalyst
16:30
0
Prize Giving and Close in Lethaby Room (30 minutes)

Prize Giving and Close