Atlassian typically hosts one of the first technology conferences of the Spring season… and this year is no different.
The team collaboration and productivity software platform company hosts its Team ‘25 event from April 8-10 in Anaheim, California at theAnaheim Convention Center & Resort.
The company used itsTeam ‘24 conference and exhibition to showcase a large number of enhancements and extensions to its software and we can expect more of the same (let’s make some intelligent guesses and suggest that AI will feature more this year) during the keynote session… delivered as always by Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian co-founder.
This year Atlassian promises exclusive training and certification opportunities withlive training sessions. There will be certification exams and bootcamps with all raining tailored specifically to developers’ needs and others.
Networking connections
Atlassian is encouraging attendees to meet their peers and network withAtlassian experts and vendors on the expo floor. It says that whether attendees are justnetworking, or looking for more personalised advice, Team ‘25 is the place to get questions answered and build connections.
The event itself is designed to educate ITSM professionals, developers, Agile leaders and project management leaders, as well as business teams managers of both technical and non-technical teams.
It features 100+ speakers from Atlassian and companies who use Atlassian products who will speak on their experiences in AI, DevEx, enterprise collaboration, high-velocity service management and remote work productivity.
Example sessions
Of the many sessions on offer, we’ve picked a couple to showcase as examples.
Getting started with Forge is designed to help usersdiscover the power of building apps and customizations with Forge, Atlassian’s cloud app development platform. This is a beginner-friendly session for developers and admins to learn how to create and deploy apps that enhance Atlassian cloud products, including Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and more.
Intermediate Forge development: Common use cases is anintermediate-level workshop where attendees can learn about building Forge apps that address common use cases, including dashboards, gadgets, reporting, custom fields/field types and virtual custom agents for Rovo.
“The Atlassian System of Work is resonating with enterprises all over the globe, as business leaders increasingly turn to the Atlassian platform to help teams across their organization collaborate on the opportunities and challenges they face,” said Cannon-Brookes, in line with his company’s earnings statement earlier this year. “By infusing AI throughout our world-class cloud platform, we’re empowering all teams to accelerate collaboration and unlock organizational knowledge, further enabling them to unleash their full potential.”
Key technology themes to be explored at Atlassian Team ‘25 include (of course) AI and what it can do for us when coupled with human collaboration. Other key areas include:
Developer Experience (DevEx) to keep software application development professionals “in the flow” so that they are able to ship software faster.
ITSM – Atlassian says it is Increasing velocity, delivering better service, modernising our workflows and collaborating across development teams, operations teams and other divisions inside organisations.
Cross-functional collaboration – Central to the Atlassian product/platform mission is enabling cross-functional connections to get everyone on the same page across time zones, languages and departments.
One other session the Computer Weekly Developer Network has to highlight is as follows…The great debate: Developer experience vs productivity and AI.
This session is hosted byAndrew Boyagi, head of DevOps evangelism at Atlassian alongsidePaige Perusset, senior developer experience specialist at SAP, withjournalistJennifer Riggins from The New Stack.
Developer eXperience
According to the session preview materials, improving developer experience has become a top priority for organisations looking to enhance productivity, retain talent and foster innovation.
“Knowing where to start improving developer experience can be a challenge. Senior leaders are turning to AI to enhance both experience and productivity, but developers aren’t feeling the promised benefits. Simultaneously, organisations are working on ways to measure the impact and output of their engineering organization,” notes Boyagi and team.
Atlassian is hosting a party too and the band for the company’s annual user “Bash” isFitz and the Tantrums, what’s not to like?