Second day at the Forge DevCon

With such a great first day at the Forge DevCon, how would the second (and final) day compare? Here it is, in pictures. 🙂

As for the first day, Jim Quanci, my long-time friend and former boss, acted as Master of Ceremonies.

Jim Quanci is a great MC

The first external presenter was Chris Anderson – who I mentioned yesterday. Chris is a very entertaining presenter, and talked about the evolution of the UAV industry. I love Chris’s vision for how drones should evolve: it aligns perfectly with mine.

Chris Anderson and the rise of the flying robots

I was very happy to see Thiago da Costa speaking next. Thiago was co-founder of Lagoa, a company we acquired a few years ago. Thiago and his team are working on next-generation capabilities for the Forge platform. We heard about how we’ll be moving from bounded, low-frequency data (files) to unbounded, high-frequency data. Exciting stuff!

Thiago Da Costa tells us about the future of the Forge platform

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