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Banski Dvor / Banja Luka
Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Init is a non-profit technology conference focused on developing a thriving software development community in Banja Luka and the region.

Organized by developers for developers, Init is your chance to spend a day upgrading your skills and connecting with some incredibly talented people.

Why attend
Init 2022

Init 2022 is a unique opportunity to hear directly from 17 prominent speakers from the development community and hear their thoughts on the current state and the future of software development.

With two speaker tracks and one workshop track devoted to both veterans and software industry newbies, Init 2022 caters to all members of the community, bringing them closer together for a day of learning and skill building.

Connect

Meet the software industry professionals from the city and beyond. Get connected, find jobs, or start new projects. Init is primarily about you. Get yourself connected, find jobs, or start new projects.

Learn

Hear stories from industry veterans who have been there and done that. Improve your problem-solving skills, get a new sense of direction for your career and upgrade your thinking.

Give back

Init is non-profit and completely funded by donations. Buying a ticket is your way of showing support for our small but brave development community, and one little step towards building a brighter future.

1 DAY

We pack a ton of valuable content into a single day, which makes INIT perfect if you are on a busy schedule.

20 SPEAKERS

Two speaker tracks, hand-picked content for both veterans and newbies. Whatever you are into, INIT offers an exceptional learning experience.

500 ATTENDEES

We are a small scale conference taking place in a beautiful historic venue. It is a unique experience, so get your tickets today.

Workshops

All workshops will be held day before the conference on September 23rd 2022, at Banja Luka College

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Vladimir Jovanović

Senior Android Engineer at Block

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Dejan Sarka

MVP, MCT

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Nenad Trajkovski

DEDA

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Miloš Radivojević

Head of MSSQL database engineering @ Entain

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Speakers

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How to Implement {_BUZZWORD_}

Timothy Mamo

Senior Cloud Native Engineer
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Remix your UI & UX to another level

Arisa Fukuzaki

Developer Relations Engineer at Storyblok
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Ordering the chaos - cleaning logs and ordering events in microservices

Adam Furmanek

Software Developer, Blogger, Public Speaker, Book Writer
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So, you wanna be a game developer?

Leo Tot

Your Game Dev Senpai
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From the Six Feet under, to the Stars and Above

Scrum u praksi - kako ne treba raditi *WORKSHOP*

Nenad Trajkovski

Deda
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Blockchain, hype cutting & pragmatic approach - An engineer's perspective

Mladen Milanković

Blockchain specialist at HTEC Group
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Can we all just agree for once?

Luka Gospodnetić

PKE Sistemi d.o.o.
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A Guide To Functional Programming

Jemima Abu

Front End Developer
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Stop using JavaScript for that: moving features from JS to CSS and HTML

Kilian Valkhof

Founder at Polypane browser for developers
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IdeaVim is a King

Nemanja Vasić

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From the Six Feet under, to the Stars and Above

Romeo Mlinar

Never Give Up!
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There and Back Again of Software Architecture: Monoliths vs. Microservices

Zoran Horvat

Principal consultant at Coding Helmet s.p.r.l.
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Dizajniranje i optimizacija indeksa u SQL Serveru *WORKSHOP*

Milos Radivojević

Head of MSSQL Database Engineering at Entain
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My first Android app *WORKSHOP*

Vladimir Jovanović

Senior Android Engineer at Block
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It’s Easy To Create A Good-Looking Product, But How About A Useful One?

Eleftheria Batsou

Community Manager at @Hashnode | Front-end Dev | UX Researcher | Content Creator
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Will artificial intelligence (AI) replace or assist developers?

Tomislav Bronzin

Digital Transformation Advisor
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Clean Software Architecture with Clean Code tips

Boris Janjanin

ProductDock, Senior software engineer
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Azure vs AWS, containers, scaling, k8s platforms, cost, winner

Ratomir Vukadin

Devtech group, Software Engineer
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Will artificial intelligence (AI) replace or assist developers?

Gabrijela Vratarić

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional – M365 Apps & Services
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Advanced Analytics with Transact-SQL *WORKSHOP*

Dejan Sarka

MVP, MCT

Schedule

Open schedule in the application

Stage One

Registration & Check-In

08:00 - 09:00

Opening Words

09:00 - 09:30

Nenad Trajkovski,

Romeo Mlinar

From the Six Feet under, to the Stars and Above

09:30 - 10:15

Jemima Abu

A Guide To Functional Programming

10:30 - 11:15

Timothy Mamo

How to Implement {_BUZZWORD_}

11:30 - 12:15

Zoran Horvat

There and Back Again of Software Architecture: Monoliths vs. Microservices

12:25 - 13:10

LUNCH BREAK

13:30 - 14:25

Eleftheria Batsou

It’s Easy To Create A Good-Looking Product, But How About A Useful One?

14:30 - 15:15

Luka Gospodnetić

Can we all just agree for once?

15:30 - 16:15

Mladen Milanković

Blockchain, hype cutting & pragmatic approach - An engineer's perspective

16:30 - 17:15

Kilian Valkhof

Stop using JavaScript for that: moving features from JS to CSS and HTML

17:30 - 18:15

Closing Ceremony

18:30 - 19:00

Stage Two

Nemanja Vasić

IdeaVim is a King

10:30 - 11:15

Adam Furmanek

Ordering the chaos - cleaning logs and ordering events in microservices

11:30 - 12:15

Arisa Fukuzaki

Remix your UI & UX to another level

12:35 - 13:20

LUNCH BREAK

13:30 - 14:25

Tomislav Bronzin,

Gabrijela Vratarić

Will artificial intelligence (AI) replace or assist developers?

14:30 - 15:15

Boris Janjanin

Clean Software Architecture with Clean Code tips

15:30 -16:15

Leo Tot

So, you wanna be a game developer?

16:30 - 17:15

Ratomir Vukadin

Azure vs AWS, containers, scaling, k8s platforms, cost, winner

17:30 -18:15

Closing Ceremony

18:30 - 19:00

Venue

Banski Dvor is one of the most beautiful historical buildings, located in the very heart of the city it was built in the period 1931-32 as the seat of Duke of Vrbas Banovina. The building is close to all major hotels and city attractions, with plenty of restaurants around. Parking spots are available on several nearby locations.

Banski Dvor
Trg Srpskih Vladara 2, Banja Luka
Bosnia and Herzegovina

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INIT is completely funded by donations. We are grateful to our sponsors and friends who are making the conference possible.

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