Friday 17th May 2019
10am – 3pm UTC (11am – 4pm BST) check your local time
in the Ether
An agile conference that you can attend from home, that creates connections with people in different parts of the world. With a mix of presented talks, a chance to discuss topics you are interested in with fellow participants and plenty of breaks and energisers to keep you going.
Tickets are £40 each and strictly limited to 25 people by the remote technology, get yours quick!
The tickets are sold out, you can join the waiting list here to be emailed if any become available.
Our speakers
Aino Corry 
Abisọla Fátókun 
Tessa Cooper
Aino Vonge Corry
About Aino
Aino is a teacher, a technical conference editor and retrospectives facilitator. She holds a masters degree and a
She also teaches how to teach Computer Science to teachers, and thus lives up to the name of her company;
Understanding learning
As an expert you will be asked to facilitate the learning of others, not to mention your personal eternal learning in your field. Join an interactive session about how our brains accept new knowledge and store it for later use. Your take-away will be three-fold; how to chunk information you give to others, how to improve your own learning AND something to entertain with at dull parties.
Abisọla Fátókun
About Abisọla
Abisọla is an independent agile coach who loves to work with large organisations starting their journeys towards adopting an agile mindset. The user centred approach to service delivery is one that he especially promotes.
Apart from the coaching he does in the UK, Abisọla also takes a keen interest in the tech scene in his country of origin, Nigeria, where he co-founded an oil and gas analytics business and also has invested in a number of early stage startups.
He invests a lot of time with digital leaders, helping them to build and foster high-performing teams, and is convinced that diverse teams make the best products.
Transformation — It’s about the peoples
We often talk about agile transformations in organisations in the same breath as about people. “It’s about the people”, we say. Very often the forgotten minority in organisations don’t have a voice in what transformation means for them and they become – at best – spectators in the process.
This talk will give some hints and tips to anyone working with organisations on their agile/digital transformation journeys on how to ensure that the silent minority are included. Hopefully with a degree of authenticity from someone who falls in this category.
Tessa Cooper
About Tess
Tess is a People Consultant who empowers diverse teams to create an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.
Tess previously spent many years working in product development teams at the Guardian, Comic Relief, and FutureLearn, where she eventually became Director of People and Culture due to her passion for building great teams and supporting them to be the best they can be!
She also runs Collaborative Future, a venture that combines her people and product experience with the aim of bringing diverse groups together to collaborate on ideas and solutions for creating a more equitable society.
An agile approach to diversity and inclusion
How adopting some of the agile approaches that we often use to develop great products can be used to develop a diverse and inclusive organisation that empowers everyone to thrive.
Through this talk you can expect to learn:
- how to run a ‘design sprint for inclusion’ that will enable your team to create and own a roadmap for a more inclusive workplace
- why it is so important to embed the practice of giving and receiving feedback within your team in order to tackle challenging issues effectively
- how to transform company culture through the power of example setting
Your event organiser and host, Emily Webber
About Emily:
Emily is a London-based independent Agile and digital delivery consultant, coach, trainer and speaker. Her focus is on connecting people, effective teams, skills and capability and creating the right environment for awesome delivery.
She is a regular keynote speaker, blogger (at emilywebber.co.uk) and event organiser. Emily set up Agile in Leeds, Agile on the Bench and Agile in the Ether, among others. Her experiences on the event circuit prompted her to create the Diversity Charter.
Emily will be:
Keeping things on track, facilitating during the conference, keeping you informed and keeping you energised.
Your friendly facilitators, Stephen Walker and Ian Ames
Stephen on twitter | Ian on twitter
Stephen and Ian will be:
Looking after the breakout rooms
Where is it?
The conference will happen online over video (we use zoom), which means it is wherever you are. You don’t need a zoom account, but you will need to install the software.
Zoom has built-in accessibility features if you want to discuss your accessibility needs, please get in touch..
What you need to take part
- a comfy spot to spend 5 hours (dialling in from home is best)
- a computer you can install zoom on
- decent internet connection to cope with a video call
- a webcam and microphone so everyone can see and hear you
- quiet space and headphones so you can hear everyone
- some lunch, liquid and snacks to keep your brain and body fed
- a desire to learn and take part
The timetable
The conference will run from 10 am – 3 pm UTC (
Agile in the Ether is
Supported by Tacit London