Web Zürich, June 2017

Programme

1. Evening

   Doors open

   Grab a drink, find a seat and say hello.

2. 1

   Web Cryptography API - Use Cases

   • Jose AguinagaCo-founder and CTO, Tungsten

   On January of 2017, the Web Cryptography API became a W3C recommendation. Using native browser implementations of cryptography techniques, developers can provided client-side solutions to their users to protect their data, create zero-knowledge systems, and…

3. 2

   Metaphors We Compute By

   • Alvaro VidelaSoftware engineer, Microsoft

   We think in words, we talk with words, we understand the world thanks to words. Metaphors take words to the next level explaining concepts that were escaping our understanding before. In 1980 George Lakoff revolutionised the Linguistic and Philosophic worlds…

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4. 3

   my name is Bot, geoBot

   • Robert LeckenbyDigital geoscientist

   A short story of a geologist discovering the joys (and frustrations) of coding

5. After

   Food, drinks and conversation

   Stay as long as you like. This is where most of the community happens.