Gapstars hosts Virtual Tech Conference

Gapstars – a B2B service provider helping innovative Dutch software companies grow rapidly with high-performing agile offshore development teams in Sri Lanka, successfully concluded their largest virtual Tech Conference – ‘Explorer Expanded’.

The two [02] day virtual tech conference became the first of its kind to be held specifically for the Sri Lankan Community, and was aimed at uplifting the tech community through knowledge-sharing, networking and kick-starting the dialogue on innovative solutions through collaboration.

‘Explorer Expanded’ is an Extension of the popular webinar series ‘Explorer Series’ hosted by Gapstars. ‘EX 2022’ has been regarded as the first of its kind and largest in scale, virtual conference to have been held for the local industry.

Organised and powered by Gapstars, the game-changing conference was hosted by Digital Creator, Comedian and Entertainer – Gehan Blok, and welcomed over 500 registrants to the programme.

The conference was carefully curated with the objective of providing Sri Lanka’s tech community with access to global industry-leaders, experts and innovators. Attendees received invaluable learnings from eight [08] key speakers, across all emerging technology markets, namely – Author of Continuous Architecture in Practice – Murat Erder, Founder, Carv.com/ Founder and former CEO, Harver.com – Barend Raaff, Senior Engineering Manager, Front – Chandni Jain, Practice Lead – XR and 3D, Boston Consulting Group – Mukundan Govindaraj, Software Architect, Gapstars/ Rentman – John Pereira, Software Architect, Atlassian – Roshan Paiva, Co-Founder, Nuclei Technologies/ Technology Consultant, Gapstars – Anjana Somathilake, and Vice President of Engineering, :Different – Hasitha Liyanage.

CEO – Hugo Hemmen stated: “In a time where most events were cancelled, Gapstars organised ‘EX 2022’ with two main goals in mind. (1) To create a platform to uplift and support the momentum of Sri Lanka’s tech industry through knowledge-sharing via our network of global experts, and (2) provide our Gapstars members with a creative outlet that would also rejuvenate and inspire them to forge forward in industry”.

Topics at the event covered included ‘Continuous Architecture in Practice’ by Murat Erder, ‘Building a World-Class Product’ by Barend Raaff, ‘Engineering Management and the Way Forward’ by Chandni Jain, ‘Entering the Metaverse’ by Mukundan Govindaraj, ‘Preparing for System Failure: An Incident Response Framework’ by John Pereira, and ‘Lessons Learned Building Platform Services’ by Roshan Paiva.

Gapstars, Associate Technical Lead – Ashani Ganlath, stated “It was a very worthwhile experience! The sessions and the experiences shared by the speakers expanded my knowledge on how to build a quality product and how to blend with and manage a team effectively.”

From its earliest days, Gapstars has invested in several initiatives towards the personal and professional development of its employees.