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scrum day conference

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Get your tickets today for Madison's exciting Scrum Day conference set to take place on September 14, 2023 at the Alliant Energy Center. Join us as we bring together a remarkable lineup of speakers, including the esteemed Dave West, CEO of Scrum.org, and the visionary Keith McCandless, co-developer of Liberating Structures. Delve into a diverse range of topics, from implementing Scrum in your Human Resources team to optimizing your Jira board configuration. This event promises to be an engaging exploration of cutting-edge insights, offering valuable knowledge to enhance your Scrum practices.

September 14, 2023

8:00 AM

Registration opens

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Morning Keynote - Liberating Structures - Keith McCandless

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10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Community of Practice: One of the Colonel's Eleven Herbs and Spices to Enterprise Transformations
Presenter:  Quincy D. Jordan, VP of Agility at Agile Thought

The Secret to Effective Backlog Refinement - Behavior-Driven Development (non-technical)
Presenter:  Chuck Suscheck, Enterprise Agile Coach

Agile Transformation is not the Goal
Presenter:  Patricia Kong, Product Owner of Enterprise Solutions and Learning Enablement

Leading without Blame.  Presenter: Diana Larsen

Topic TBD
Presenter:  Ravi Verma, Professional Co-Active Agile Coach

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Eliminating Inefficiencies: Streamlining Scrum Events and Processes with Atlassian
Presenters:  Amanda Pitzo and Josh Kochelek, Modus Create

Shift Your Product Backlog Management From Frantic and Stressful to Focused and Strategic
Presenters:  Chad Beier and Jeff Bubolz, Organizational Agility Advisors, Wisconsin Agility

Empowering Agile Teams: Product Definition and Self-Organization
Presenter:  Michelle Brud, Enterprise Agile Coach at WPS Health Solutions

Meet the Agile Authors: Book Signing and Author Meet-Up
Presenters:  Gunther Verheyan, Ryan Ripley, Todd Miller, Diana Larsen, Don McGreal, Keith McCandless

Unconscious Bias and Its Impact on Small Teams
Presenter:  Deborah Biddle, Founder and Chief Consultant, The People Company Consulting Group

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Building Trust: Strengthening the Relationship between Product Owners and Leadership
Presenter:  Mary Iqbal, Scrum Day organizer and founder of Rebel Scrum

Agile, Promega & SAP: The story of Promega’s Agile adoption
Presenter:  TBD

Agile HR: Transforming WPS Health Solutions
Presenter:  Moira Klos, Chief People Officer, WPS Health Solutions

Microscopic Agility: Leveraging Scrum for Optimal Microscope Delivery
Presenter:  Keith Thompson, President of the Madison Chapter of the Project Management Institute

Basketball, Baseball, and Agile Teams
Presenter:  Prateek Singh, Head of Learning at ProKanban.org

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Lunch service begins

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Lunch Keynote: The Agile Personality: Selecting and Developing Individuals for Successful Agile Teams.  Presenter:  Dave West, CEO of Scrum.org

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Your Agile Transformation is a Crime Scene
Presenters:  Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley, Co-Authors of Fixing your Scrum

The 3 Vs of Product Management
Presenter:  Don McGreal, Author of "The Professional Product Owner"

The Empowerment Equation for Product Owners: Amplifying Influence and Impact
Presenter:  Avi Schneier, Principal Agile Transformation Consultant, Scrum Inc.

Dive into the Fishbowl: Interactive Agile Teamwork Q&A Session
Presenters:  Mary Iqbal, Robert Merrill,  Gunther Verheyan, Ravi and Prateek

The Art of Stopping to Start
Presenter:  TBD

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Value. Period.
Presenter:  Gunther Verheyen, independent Scrum Caretaker

Are you doing product management or bullshit management?
Presenter:  David Pereira

Hoover’s Inaugural Season
Presenters:  Carmen Allison and Stephen Bruer

Accelerating Growth: Peer-to-Peer Coaching for Agile Teams
Presenter:  Shawn Belling

Who’s On this Bus… And Where Are We Going Again? A team first approach to building Agile teams and work products
Steve Nackers, Director of Electronics and Connectivity, Sub-Zero

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Afternoon keynote - Keith McCandless - Liberating Structure

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2023

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