{"id":167,"date":"2019-09-04T09:44:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T09:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/?p=167"},"modified":"2019-09-04T09:44:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T09:44:58","slug":"the-2019-edition-of-the-programmers-week-conference-to-be-held-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"The 2019 edition of the Programmer\u2019s Week Conference to be held in September"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2019 edition of the Programmer\u2019s Week Conference, one of the largest technology events in Romania, will be held September 9-13 in Bucharest. New to this year\u2019s event is the ability for developers from across the globe to join in select activities, including Tech Talks presented by Cognizant Softvision executives and other technology luminaries.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This year, Programmers\u2019 Week will highlight the intersection of business and technology.\u00a0 Activities will include 4 days of technology discussions, the 256 Conference that brings together top national and international speakers, and announces the largest Coding Contest organized in the country to date. The first edition of the event took place 5 years ago in Romania; last year, Programmers\u2019 Week was available to Cognizant Softvision associates around the globe.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe live in an era where technology is business, and business is technology,\u201d said Alin Turcu, Mobile and Artificial Intelligence Community Manager at Cognizant Softvision. \u201cWe are pleased to create a bridge between the business and technologies communities to encourage innovation and generate ideas that transform not only business, but society as a whole.\u00a0 Through Programmers\u2019 Week, we\u2019re offering developers the opportunity to hear from some of the best and brightest while challenging them to create ground-breaking solutions that use some of today\u2019s most sought after technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Programmers\u2019Week precedes the largest Coding Contest organized so far in Romania.\u00a0The competition aims to bring together over 200 programmers, grouped into approximately 50 technically diverse teams, who will be challenged to provide the best ideas on topics such as: Chat Bots, AR \/ VR, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and technologies from Machine Learning. Participants will have the chance to win prizes between USD 5,000 and USD 25,000.<\/p>\n

Highlights of Programmers\u2019 Week, taking place at the InterContinental Hotel in Bucharest, include:<\/p>\n