That was our Campus Conference 2024!

The Campus Conference, our internal training event, took place for the sixth time at the end of September. A good 300 employees came together to exchange ideas, gain new input and take away plenty of inspiration from around 17 presentations and workshops by various speakers.

For us, further training is based entirely on the motto “From employees for employees”. Sharing knowledge with each other is what sets us apart. This was also the focus of the conference: 18 colleagues gave exciting presentations and workshops on topics such as IT security, communication and motivation, artificial intelligence, digital accessibility, human skills, the Internet of Things (IoT) and much more.

Among others, our colleagues Daniel Nyga and Andreas Wulfes (neusta data intelligence) opened the conference with a keynote on the topic of AI. They carried out a reality check on the topic of AI and established that we are definitely not facing a new AI winter. Our colleague Lena Kluge (neusta software development) showed how you can motivate yourself and others through words. She showed, for example, that by paying attention and observing, someone is able to give really good and appreciative feedback. One of her tips was to say motivating words to yourself in the mirror in order to take a more positive approach.

We also brought in three external speakers to provide further expertise. Lars Roewekamp from Open Knowledge showed us various challenges that can arise when integrating AI into your own software development and provided pragmatic solutions. Trainer and agile coach Daniel Otten explained how the right habits can help you achieve your goals with ease. One lesson learned was that the first step towards a goal is the most important and also the hardest. However, you don't have to take this step alone, but can get support from colleagues, friends or family. Rainer Möller from Amazon Webservices concluded the event. He gave an exciting insight into Amazon Q, a generative AI assistant, and its influence on the application development process on AWS. With such an assistant, even non-developers can have code checked for errors, for example.

Our conclusion: This conference impressively demonstrated the enormous expertise and creativity in our team. Strengthening our knowledge together and promoting our teamwork are the keys to our success.

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