Agile Yorkshire Meetup 04 March 2026

Our monthly gatherings offer a valuable platform for local practitioners to connect, share knowledge, and learn from one another. Attendees also have the opportunity to hear from some of the industry’s leading speakers, enriching their understanding of Agile principles and practices while fostering a collaborative environment.

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Our Line-Up

1) Maria Mora

Presentation Title: The Artist’s Sprint: Applying Agile to Creative Projects

What You’ll Learn:
Discover how agile frameworks can be applied to creative work – even when it’s “just a hobby”. Maria explores practical techniques such as time-boxing creative sessions, maintaining a personal backlog of ideas, and running retrospectives on finished pieces. Learn how shifting from perfection to iteration and building regular feedback loops can help overcome creative block and turn sporadic inspiration into consistent output.

Bio:
Maria Mora specialises in digital strategy and transformation project management, helping organisations turn strategy into action through agile delivery and cross-functional collaboration. Known for her creative mindset, clarity, and big-picture thinking, Maria supports teams navigating change as new technologies, trends, and values emerge. She regularly contributes to panels and events on digital transformation, leadership, and women in technology, sharing practical insights that inspire confidence and adaptability.

2)Andy Burgin

Presentation Title: DevOps 2014 Revisited – A Dozen Years of Noise and Confusion

What You’ll Learn:
In 2014, DevOps was a movement. Twelve years on, what did it become? Drawing on a recovered “time capsule” slide deck from his original Agile Yorkshire talk, Andy reflects on how DevOps evolved into Cloud, SRE, Platform Engineering, Team Topologies, Developer Experience, and even “VibeOps”. This talk explores what changed, what stuck, what went wrong, and—most importantly—what the future of DevOps can learn from its past.

Bio:
Andy Burgin is a Principal Platform Engineer at Flutter UK & Ireland and describes himself as a Kubernetes, AI, and DevRel fettler. He’s part of the organising team for DevOpsDays London and previously ran the DevOps meetup in Leeds for almost a decade, hosting over 50 events. A frequent conference speaker, Andy proudly considers himself an “all-round DevOps nuisance”.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Warm regards,

The Agile Yorkshire Team