Premier DevOps Upskilling Event and Celebration: Global SKILup Festival 
Tags: devops
Published: 2020-11-24 22:49:17

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2020 has been the year focused on the human. As the pandemic unfolded, the Humans of DevOps worldwide did their part to help mitigate the many challenges we faced. We are grateful to the tech community for their tireless efforts in helping individuals and organizations adapt to the new ways of working in new and non-traditional ways.

After a long year, DevOps Institute wants to honor our member community and partners by coming together like never before. We’re hosting a week-long celebration 100% dedicated to advancing the Humans of DevOps from December 7–11: [Global SKILup Festival 2020](https://devopsinstitute.com/skilup-festival/#register)!

The premier DevOps upskilling event and celebration is not your traditional conference. The agenda will include a variety of different activities that focus on social, professional, and educational experiences. It also features a deep-dive into technology trends and presents career advancement opportunities. The world’s first such unique festival will take place virtually, and is sponsored by industry leaders Rancher, AppDynamics part of Cisco, CircleCI, Moogsoft, CloudHealth by VMware, Harness, and Epsagon.

**Want to learn more about DevOps?**
Then this premier DevOps upskilling event is for you! The festival runs continuously worldwide and includes a career fair, certification opportunities, courses, hackathons, our ever-popular Global SKILup Day conference, and more! The 2020 event also features keynote speakers Mirco Hering, Global DevOps Practice Lead / ANZ Modern Engineering Practice (Managing Director) at Accenture, and Patrick Debois, Director of DevOps Relations at Snyk.

Check out the rest of our [speaker line up](https://devopsinstitute.com/skilup-festival/#speakers) as well.

**Workshops, Hackathons, and Certifications**
Many of our partners, sponsors, and DevOps Institute Ambassadors are running seminars, hackathons, and certifications throughout the week. We recommend attendees start planning their schedule and save their spot by checking the agenda and [signing up in advance](https://devopsinstitute.com/skilup-festival/#register).

**SKILup Careers Fair**
Network with HR and hiring representatives and discover DevOps career paths at leading organizations worldwide. Hear from the hiring leaders themselves which skill sets are most important. Explore emerging and available DevOps roles.

**Get SKIL’d Up Days**
Enjoy learnings on gamification, LEGO Serious Play, Kubernetes, Relationship Agility, and more! You’ll also have an opportunity to learn more about DevOps and get certified with one of our education partners ([advanced registration is required](https://devopsinstitute.com/skilup-festival/#register)).

On Wednesday, join us for the Global SKILup Festival DJ Party — [send us your song requests](https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JMBMFGL?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Nd4Cqh3QgNWGkJatd7CL9GrliaysbsxKKgZhqc4_QJw3pBGoQFbjt6nstcEMTM7uBsf-R) and celebrate with us!

We’ll end the week with this one-day conference where you can listen and interact with speakers worldwide as they share their stories and experiences with you. You will have the opportunity to ask questions in the ‘meet the speaker’ sessions and join in some great discussions.

We look forward to celebrating with you soon!

[Register today](https://devopsinstitute.com/skilup-festival/#register).