Schedule

5:00 PM	Sierra Nevada Brewery Tour Limited capacity, contact Mark for details
6:00 PM	Speaker Dinner, Everyone Welcome Open to all attendees; come out and socialize and also meet our organizers and speakers. Non-alcoholic drink options available. Sierra Nevada 100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River, NC 28732 Map

8:00 AM	Registration, Coffee, Light Snacks The Collider (4th Floor) 1 Haywood St., Suite 401, Asheville NC 28801 Map
9:00 AM	Welcome, Day 1
9:30 AM	The Very Hungry Transaction Daniel Colson
10:00 AM	Break
10:30 AM	Simplicity: The Key to Software Success Brian Childress
11:00 AM	Break
11:30 AM	Nil - Nothing is Easy, Is It? Craig Buchek
12:00 PM	Open Lunch Various Locations (Signups on Slack)
2:00 PM	My Rails App is Old Enough to Drink: Over Two Decades with One App John Paul Ashenfelter
2:30 PM	Break
3:00 PM	Navigating Career Transitions - Stop Second Guessing and Let Go of Guilt Lauren Auchter
3:30 PM	Break
4:00 PM	Refactoring: The ASMR of Programming Talks Max VelDink
4:30 PM	Closing, Day 1
5:00 PM	Happy Hour 🍸 Little Jumbo 241 Broadway St. Asheville, NC 28801 Map

8:00 AM	Coffee, Light Snacks The Collider (4th Floor) 1 Haywood St., Suite 401, Asheville NC 28801 Map
9:00 AM	Welcome, Day 2
9:30 AM	Narrative Reflections: Transmuting Ruby Code into Storytelling Gold Travis Turner
10:00 AM	Break
10:30 AM	Glimpses of Humanity: My Game-Building AI Pair Louis Antonopoulos
11:00 AM	Break
11:30 AM	Validate Me! - Demystifying Rails Validators Rachael Wright-Munn
12:00 PM	Open Lunch Various Locations (Signups on Slack)
2:00 PM	Lightning Talks ⚡️🎤 8-10 Total (Signup sheet in lobby)
3:00 PM	Break
3:30 PM	The Pursuit of Happiness Dustin Haefele-Tschanz
4:00 PM	Short Break
4:15 PM	A Rubyist's Guide to Existential Dread Jeremy Smith
4:45 PM	Closing Thoughts and Thanks from Joe Peck

While we're not officially planning any, we do have a handful of recommended group activities for Saturday, June 1^st!