DevOpsdays NYC is happening March 3-4, 2020. The Call For Participation (CFP) is now open!

If you have any ideas that you want to share with the local community please submit your talks using the link below:

https://www.papercall.io/dodnyc2020

DevOpsDays is about 2 weeks away! Commencing on Tuesday, March 3 and lasting for 2 days, this is the best NYC-area DevOps conference you can attend. The speaker lineup is very impressive (if I say so myself :-) ).

• Tickets: Eventbrite
• Website: https://devopsdays.org/events/2020-new-york-city/welcome/
• Location: New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 5th Ave, New York, NY 10029

The best part about attending a local conference is that your boss only has to approve the ticket price (no hotel or flights, eh?).

Looking forward to seeing you there!

P.S. I'm speaking on the last day. It will be all new material that I haven't presented before. Please check it out!

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