GOTO is a vendor independent international software development conference with more that 90 top speaker and 1300 attendees. The conference cover topics such as .Net, Java, Open Source, Agile, Architecture and Design, Web, Cloud, New Languages and Processes

Speakers at GOTO Chicago 2013

 Aaron  Bedra
Aaron Bedra,
Application Security Lead, Braintree and Co-Author of Programming Clojure, 2nd Edition
 Adam  Hoffman
Adam Hoffman,
Microsoft Developer Advisor
 Aino Vonge Corry
Aino Vonge Corry,
Retrospectives Facilitator, Member of Program Advisory Board
 Andy  Gross
Andy Gross,
Co-Creator of Riak, Chief Architect at Basho
 Artur  Laksberg
Artur Laksberg,
Development Lead on on the Parallel Patterns Library and the Casablanca Project at Microsoft
 Bjorn  Freeman-Benson
Bjorn Freeman-Benson,
Software Psychologist. VP Engineering, New Relic
 Brian  Goetz
Brian Goetz,
Java Language Architect at Oracle
 Chris  Nodder
Chris Nodder,
Interface Tamer
 Christophe  Coenraets  Christopher  Bennage
 Clark  Sell
Clark Sell,
Microsoft
 Dan  North
Dan North,
Agile troublemaker, developer, originator of BDD
 Dave  Bost
Dave Bost,
Microsoft Developer Advisor
 Dave  Thomas
Dave Thomas,
Father of OTI, CEO of Bedarra Corp. Member of Program Advisory Board
 Dean  Wampler
Dean Wampler,
Big Dataist, O'Reilly Author
 Don  Reinertsen
Don Reinertsen,
Consultant and Author of "The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development"
 Eric  Evans
Eric Evans,
Author of Domain Driven Design
 Erik  Meijer
Erik Meijer,
Founder at Applied Duality, Inc.
 Garrett  Smith
Garrett Smith,
Organizer of the Chicago Erlang Group and Programmer at Cloudbees
 Gil  Tene
Gil Tene,
CTO and Co-founder, Azul Systems
 Gilad  Bracha
Gilad Bracha,
Software Engineer, Google Inc.
 Greg  Levenhagen
Greg Levenhagen,
Senior Software Engineer Consultant at Skyline Technologies
 Hadi  Hariri
Hadi Hariri,
Developer, speaker, podcaster and Technical Evangelist at JetBrains
 Ibrahim  Sallam
Ibrahim Sallam,
Director of Development and Technical Publications, Objectivity
 Jesper  Richter-Reichhelm
Jesper Richter-Reichhelm,
Head of Engineering at Wooga
 Jim  Webber
Jim Webber,
Chief Scientist at Neo Technology and Co-Author of "REST in Practice"
 John  Allspaw
John Allspaw,
Engineering Culture Hacker
 Linda  Rising
Linda Rising,
Queen of patterns. Author of numerous books
 Liz  Keogh
Liz Keogh,
Lean / Agile coach and developer
 Martin  Thompson
Martin Thompson,
High-Performance & Low-Latency Specialist at Real Logic
 Michael  Feathers
Michael Feathers,
Author of "Working Effectively with Legacy Code"
 Mike  Lee
Mike Lee,
Mayor of Appsterdam
 Mike  Miller
Mike Miller,
Co-Founder & chief scientist, Cloudant
 Miko  Matsumura
Miko Matsumura,
VP at Kii Corporation
 Nathan  Marz
Nathan Marz,
Creator of the Storm and Cascalog open-source projects
 Ola  Bini
Ola Bini,
Language Geek
 Pamela  Fox
Pamela Fox,
Front-End Engineer at Coursera
 Ray  Mayfield
Ray Mayfield,
UX Engineer, Lextech
 Reid  Carlberg
Reid Carlberg,
Principal Developer Evangelist at Salesforce.com
 Rich  Hickey
Rich Hickey,
Creator of Clojure
 Rick  Lane
Rick Lane,
CTO, Trading Technologies
 Steve  Vinoski
Steve Vinoski,
Senior Architect - Basho Technologies
 Thomas  Rodgers
Thomas Rodgers,
Senior Developer at DRW Trading Group
 Tim  Pettersen
Tim Pettersen,
Stash Developer at Atlassian
 Todd  Montgomery
Todd Montgomery,
Network, Systems, and DevOps Geek

Speakers Sorted by Name/Company

First name Last name Company
Aaron Bedra Application Security Lead, Braintree and Co-Author of Programming Clojure, 2nd Edition
Adam Hoffman Microsoft Developer Advisor
Aino Corry Retrospectives Facilitator, Member of Program Advisory Board
Andy Gross Co-Creator of Riak, Chief Architect at Basho
Artur Laksberg Development Lead on on the Parallel Patterns Library and the Casablanca Project at Microsoft
Bjorn Freeman-Benson Software Psychologist. VP Engineering, New Relic
Brian Goetz Java Language Architect at Oracle
Chris Nodder Interface Tamer
Christophe Coenraets Adobe
Christopher Bennage Microsoft
Clark Sell Microsoft
Dan North Agile troublemaker, developer, originator of BDD
Dave Bost Microsoft Developer Advisor
Dave Thomas Father of OTI, CEO of Bedarra Corp. Member of Program Advisory Board
Dean Wampler Big Dataist, O'Reilly Author
Don Reinertsen Consultant and Author of "The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development"
Eric Evans Author of Domain Driven Design
Erik Meijer Founder at Applied Duality, Inc.
Garrett Smith Organizer of the Chicago Erlang Group and Programmer at Cloudbees
Gil Tene CTO and Co-founder, Azul Systems
Gilad Bracha Software Engineer, Google Inc.
Greg Levenhagen Senior Software Engineer Consultant at Skyline Technologies
Hadi Hariri Developer, speaker, podcaster and Technical Evangelist at JetBrains
Ibrahim Sallam Director of Development and Technical Publications, Objectivity
Jesper Richter-Reichhelm Head of Engineering at Wooga
Jim Webber Chief Scientist at Neo Technology and Co-Author of "REST in Practice"
John Allspaw Engineering Culture Hacker
Linda Rising Queen of patterns. Author of numerous books
Liz Keogh Lean / Agile coach and developer
Martin Thompson High-Performance & Low-Latency Specialist at Real Logic
Michael Feathers Author of "Working Effectively with Legacy Code"
Mike Lee Mayor of Appsterdam
Mike Miller Co-Founder & chief scientist, Cloudant
Miko Matsumura VP at Kii Corporation
Nathan Marz Creator of the Storm and Cascalog open-source projects
Ola Bini Language Geek
Pamela Fox Front-End Engineer at Coursera
Ray Mayfield UX Engineer, Lextech
Reid Carlberg Principal Developer Evangelist at Salesforce.com
Rich Hickey Creator of Clojure
Rick Lane CTO, Trading Technologies
Steve Vinoski Senior Architect - Basho Technologies
Thomas Rodgers Senior Developer at DRW Trading Group
Tim Pettersen Stash Developer at Atlassian
Todd Montgomery Network, Systems, and DevOps Geek