Syntax Conference 2018 | Syntax Conference | 6 June 2018 | North Charleston Marriott, 4770 Goer Dr, North Charleston, SC 29406, USA

The Syntax Conference – more commonly referred to as ‘SyntaxCon’ – is Coastal South Carolina’s premier developer event. The conference is focused on fostering ongoing education among the developer community and provides language-agnostic sessions and talks across 3 main tracks:
• Front-End Development
• Back-End Development
• Platforms (game development, content management systems, cloud-hosted services, DevOps, mobile development, and more).

Why Attend?
• Master essential techniques and advanced tips to scale and optimize your systems and/or applications for trouble-free, time-saving performance
• Learn techniques you can use to write great code
• Discover the advantages of using code that you can get your hands on, instead of wondering what other people have built into it, and for what purposes
• Learn how to ensure that your code is really secure—don’t take someone else’s word for it
• Learn how to increase productivity and lower the cost of deployment, from databases to cloud computing
• Hear about to the most promising new projects, services, languages and tools
• Receive hype-free guidance to help your business build a solid footing for future success

2018 Speakers

Scott Addie
Senior Content Developer, Microsoft

Kito Mann
Principal Consultant, Virtua

Adrian Hall
Senior Developer Advocate, Amazon Web Services

Harrison Harnisch
Staff Software Engineer, Buffer

Belinda Hare
Software Engineer & Founder, Launchpeer

Zach Roof
Senior DevOps & Security Engineer, Snag

Mary Beth Westmoreland
Chief Technology Officer, Blackbaud

Priya Rajagopal
Mobile Dveloper Advocate, Couchbase

Tara Walker
Senior Technical Evangelist, Amazon Web Services

Michael Szul
Principal Software Engineer, Uva School of Medicine

Matt Williams
DevOps Evangelist, Datadog

Tom Wilson
Founder & Lead Instructor, Jrs Coding School

Nathan Hall
Senior Softwre Engineer, Tabula Rasa HealthCare

Dave Stokes
Community Manager, Oracle

Loren Crawford
Software Engineer, MailChimp

Scoot Hanselman
Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

Sarah Hudson
Senior UI Developer, Cardinal Solutions

Erica Stanley
Engineering Manager, SalesLoft

Chris Saylor
Lead Engineer, Zumba

Ethan Brooks
North American Community Lead, Toptal

Bhakthi Liyanage
Senior Architect & Tech-Lead, Bank of America

Eric Cobb
Database Development Manager, Centauri Health Solutions

Noelle Knight
Front End Web Developer, The Lukens Company

David Pine
Technical Evangelist, Centare

Andrew Mitry
Senior Distinguished Engineer, Walmart

Kesha Williams
Software Engineer, Chick-fil-A Corporate

Jen Luker
Lead Software Engineer, Formidable

Mike Astle
Chief Technical Officer, Somo

Jason Lengstorf
Lead Developer & Software Architect, Ibm

John Mutter
Chief Architect, Mobile Practice Worldwide, Ibm

Josh Weaver
Software Engineer II, LendingTree

Trip Ottinger
Lead Developer Instructor, Jrs Coding School

Richard Taylor
Director of Engineer, SentryOne

Nate Taylor
Senior Software Engineer, Aviture

Chris DeMars
Senior UI Developer, United Shore

2018 Sponsors

GOLD:
• Toptal

SILVER:
• Chick-fil-A

SUPPORTING:
• Jrs Coding School
• MySql

COMMUNITY:
• Lucent Photo Booth
• Refresh Charleston
• Tito
• Silicon Harbor