Those who are interested can sign up via the form on the website until May 5.

Among many excellent speakers from around the world and the region, the most prominent is certainly John Cohn, one of the leading IBM scientists, holder of the prestigious title of IBM Fellow and owner of more than 70 patents. Participants will have the opportunity to hear his lecture named Serious Play which will lead them through the engineering profession in a very interesting way. It takes a lot of work to succeed, but John believes that in addition to that we also need a cocktail of challenges and failures which helps us on the path to success.

Vast experience and knowledge of Peter Eeles will be of great help to all those who want to improve efficiency, reduce costs and improve quality in software development using the concept of DevOps. Peter is currently Executive IT Architect in DevOps Global Tiger Team of IBM. Besides DevOps for Banking lecture, Peter will hold a workshop on the last day of the conference to provide a better understanding of DevOps with examples from different industries.

Open data & transparency is becoming more and more common theme in conferences and in the media. Therefore, Eleanor Stewart will be sharing her practical experience from the UK on transparency and data sharing of government institutions. She will point out all the benefits and potential dangers of such approach and will provide practical advice on how to start such initiative. Eleanor is currently head of Transparency Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and is working on the implementation of digital methodologies and processes at the Ministry.

Mark Wilson is another very interesting lecturer coming from the UK. In addition to having over 35 years of experience in the IT industry in the field of security, he has received numerous awards as best speaker at leading international conferences. His lecture, The Dark Web…What’s all the fuss?, will certainly leave no one indifferent because it will focus on the hidden side of the Internet. He will be talking about TOR (The Onion Router), about the largest online darknet store – AlphaBay, the so-called eBay and Amazon on steroids, but he will also tackle the Bitcoin.

Andrea Tomasini is one of the founders of agile42 consulting company and one of the most famous faces in agile community today, with extensive experience in various industries – financial, telecommunications and automotive. He is also a well known and favourite speaker from previous QED editions, known for his insipiring and engaging talks. This year, in his lecture he will talk about how agile approach creates resilience and anti-fragility of the organization which are necessary for the troubled waters of today’s market.

Among local speakers we should point out Tina Pogačić who will speak about requirements of agile transition for an organization such as Zagrebačka banka. Participants at the lecture will be able to learn firsthand which changes need to take place and how can they alone ensure success in a challenging project such as agile transition of a large system.

CROZ has been a partner of this year’s highly successful international cycling race Tour of Croatia, and its main originator Vladimir Miholjević will be the first speaker of this year’s conference. This former highly successful cyclist will show, through interactive presentation, what is needed for the success of such a demanding project, how can we learn from failure and ultimately succeed.

The novelty of this year’s conference is that the sports part of the QED will include participation in the Wings for Life World Run race which will be held in Zadar on the first day of the conference. There are still few free registration positions left for the race, and the participants of QED can win them by putting “Application for Wings for Life World Run” in the notice section of the registration form.

QED conference is supported by two professional associations – Agile Croatia, civic associations dealing with agile methods of software development and PMI Croatia association, association for Project Management.

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Don’t miss the opportunity to use a 25 % discount if you register until April 8. We remind you that this year, instead of the standard QED race, the sports section includes the participation at the Wings for Life World Run, which takes place in Zadar on the first day of the conference.

Participants who sign up to participate at the Jubilee QED conference till 8 April, 2016 have the chance to win a free registration fee for the run (note on the application form “Application for Wings for Life World Run”).

See you in Zadar!

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Beautiful location, interesting main topic of the conference, a series of innovative lectures formats and top experts and lecturers are just some of the reasons to come enjoy in Zadar from 08 to 10 May 2016!

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Participants who sign up to participate at the Jubilee QED conference till 25 March 2016 have the chance to win a free registration fee for the run (note on the application form “Application for Wings for Life World Run”).

Global Race Wings for Life World Run begins at 13 am on a few dozen locations around the world, and more information are available here.

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Just like in the years before year, it all started with sporting activities on Sunday. Following that, there was the official opening of the conference where our Vedrana Miholić welcomed everyone present and gave an introduction to the theme of the conference – the evolution of IT. Next up on the QED stage were two experts that have been evolving with IT for more than 30 years: IBM’s software engineer Grady Booch along with the head of the Višnjan Observatory, Korado Korlević.

Lean, agile, creativity, innovation, cloud, knowledge and knowledge management, portfolio priority management – those are just some of the topics we discussed and debated over the two professional days of the conference. Many native and foreign experts shared their experiences and practices with the participants and we hope that many will benefit. We’ll quote Andrea Tomasini, another one of our guest speakers, who said: “Create an agile organization, not by copy-paste, but instead by choosing the methods and values that best suit the specific features of your organization.”

The photo gallery from the QED conference can be viewed on the official Facebook page, and all the details about the conference can be found here.

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The participation fee cost 2,200.00 HRK until 08.04.2016. The price includes participation in lectures, conference materials, coffee and juices during breaks and meals during the conference. From 08.04.2016 admission fee will increase to 2,750.00 HRK. In the price of early and late applications VAT is included.

The price of accommodation in a single room (including breakfast and accommodation tax) is 890.00 HRK per day, while the price of double room is 575.00 HRK per day/person.

Online registration form for interested participants is available here.

For further information regarding the Quality in Enterprise Development conference, please contact us by e-mail: qed@croz.net.

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In 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the IEEE in recognition of his contributions to the design automation for high performance custom circuits. John has authored more than 30 technical papers and has contributed to four books on design automation.  He has approximately 70 patents in the field of design automation, methodology, circuits and smarter systems

John  is active in education issues at a local, state and national level. He is so passionate about promoting STEM careers  that he spent 59 days living and inventing in an abandoned steel mill as part of Discovery Channel’s technical survival show “The Colony”.  John lives with his family  in a restored 19th century schoolhouse in Jonesville Vermont and is eager to share his love of science and technology with anyone who will listen.

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Representatives of over thirty organizations and companies had the opportunity to participate in numerous lectures and workshops held by prominent national and international speakers.

On the final collective discussion “How to increase the efficiency in IT” participants sought to offer solutions for a better efficiency of the entire IT industry, focusing on people and technology, and tried to answer the question of what is the efficiency and in what ways it can be improved.

“QED conference was the perfect combination of work and pleasure. We were discussing the latest trends and excellence in business, while enjoying the excellent hospitality of our hosts. Therefore, the Conference left an impression of  “family reunion” of joined creative thinkers. I really enjoyed it and I hope to come again at the conference, “said Niklas Modig after the conference.

Note: The photo gallery from the QED conference can be viewed on the official Facebook page, and all the details about conference can be found here.

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