"Alexa, Make Me Rich!": Smart speaker and BOT development workshop.
ÜberConf
Denver · July 17 - 20, 2018
About this Presentation
Engaging your users has never been more important than it is today. Competition for user attention is fierce and ruthless. There are new players on the field, however, that are changing the competitive landsacpe: Smart Speakers and Internet Robots BOTs provide channels to engage and interact with your users in amazing new ways that we never before thought possible. Join us for this deep dive into the technologies, architectural and design patterns you will need to be successful in this new space. This is a hands-on workshop in which we will develop, deploy and secure test a number of fully functional applications and experiment engaging with them using Alexa, Google Home, Facebook Messenger and other user engagement channels.
Amazon Echo, Google Home and Apple HomePod … The Home Smart Speaker revolution has begun! Join us for an exciting workshop in which we will develop skills that can be used on each of these platforms!Learn how to design, author and publish BOT-style applications for use with chat clients, Amazon Echo, Google Home and other BOT-ready platforms. Learn why these technologies represent the future of how users will interact with merchants and services on the web. Don't be left behind! Get a head start on the next wave and add this amazing set of skills to your resume with this comprehensive, fun and exciting workshop!
In the 60s and 70s, we used heavy iron, client server applications running on mainframes, accessed through terminals. In the mid-80s, we switched to heavy-weight applications which you purchased and installed on your PC. Next, in the mid-90s, we collectively bought-in to web-based applications. The turn of the century brought us into the world of mobile apps running on hand-held devices in the mid 00s. A decade later, we are due for the next evolution in delivering knowledge and services to our end users. Enter the BOT!
Join me in this workshop as we explore this new and exciting world of internet robots (or BOTs, for short). We will cover the history of this new kid on the tech block, the tools available to assist you in building and deploying BOTs and we will design, build and deploy a number of BOTs and have them interact with you live via the Facebook messenger app, Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices.
Don't wait. Future-proof your skill set today and learn how to attract, engage, retain and amaze your users!

CTO, Censinet
Peter is the CTO of Censinet, based in Boston, MA.
Before joining Censinet, Peter was the Chief Software Architect at Embue Technologies, an Apartment Building Intelligence platform provider based in Boston, MA. Before joining Embue, Peter was the Principal Architect for EnerNOC Labs, a dedicated R&D group within EnerNOC, a Global provider of Demand Response and Energy Inteligence software located in Boston, MA. Prior to EnerNOC, Peter was a Principal Cloud Engineer with Kronos Incorporated, a global provider of on-premise and cloud-based workforce management solutions. Before Kronos, Peter held the position of Technical Director with Brokat Technologies, a global provider of mobile payment solutions. Prior to that, Peter was a Sr. Architect with GemStone Systems, providing distributed, enterprise-ready data grid and object persistence solutions and J2EE application server technologies.
Peter has a Honors degree in pure mathematics from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is a technology addict and evangelist and has led many grass-roots efforts to introduce leading edge, advanced technologies and development processes.
A lifetime learner, Peter thrives on digesting new technologies and sharing his discoveries with others. He has authored and delivered numerous technical seminars on a variety of topics including React, VueJS, Angular, Ruby on Rails, Grails, Git, Meteor, Flex, GWT and AOP.
To find out more about Peter, check out his LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterpavlovich