BIOS SPHERE — Featuring Kent C. Dodds

Description

BIOS SPHERE is a one-day gathering for Vancouver's software community. Join us at Science World on Monday, November 2 for a morning workshop followed by an afternoon of talks, demos, coffee, and conversation.Tickets and timesChoose one ticket for the part of the day you are attending:Each Early Bird tier has 25 tickets and closes when sold out or September 30, 2026 at 23:59 PT, whichever comes first.Refunds and transfersFull refunds are available through October 19, 2026 at 23:59 PT. After that deadline, tickets may be transferred to another attendee but are not refundable. Refunds and transfers must be handled through Luma. Contact [email protected] for help.Explore the programme and event details at biossphere.dev.Made possible by DevinBIOS SPHERE is made possible by Devin, the AI software engineer created by Cognition. Devin works inside a team's existing codebase and tools: planning, writing, testing, and shipping production code across migrations, bug fixes, documentation, and multi-repository projects. The programme will also close with a Devin session; the presenter, title, and session details will be announced soon.Speakers announced so farKent C. Dodds · Software engineer and educatorKent created React Testing Library, represented PayPal at TC39, and has spent more than a decade teaching developers around the world. He now builds EpicWeb, EpicReact, EpicAI, and EpicProduct. At BIOS SPHERE, Kent will lead the morning workshop and take the stage during the afternoon conference.Adam W. (@theCTO) · Co-founder and CTO, OrchidOrchid is a personal assistant that helps people stay organized, find information, and get things done through messages. Adam will join the BIOS SPHERE main stage for Orchid. His session title and details will be announced soon.AgentGrid will give a 20-minute talk about coordinating coding agents. Its speaker and session details will be announced soon, with more speakers added as they are confirmed.Morning workshop · Presented by OrchidAI-Native Product Development with Kent C. DoddsKent leads the Product track at MEGA, where the goal is to direct AI toward meaningful system changes and verify what ships. This three-hour, hands-on workshop brings that framework into the room: using agents across the full product-development loop without giving up ownership or judgment.Orchid is fully subsidizing the workshop, making it possible for the BIOS SPHERE organizers to offer workshop-only admission for CA$100 and a workshop + BIOS SPHERE bundle for CA$125.Bring a laptop and expect to work. Workshop and BIOS SPHERE admission are sold separately. The workshop venue will be announced once confirmed.Monday, November 2 · 09:00–12:00 · 100 participants · Presented by OrchidBIOS SPHERE is for engineers, designers, founders, students, researchers, product people, and independent builders. You do not need to arrive knowing anyone.The day09:00–12:00 · Kent C. Dodds workshop · Presented by Orchid · 100 seats13:00–19:00 · BIOS SPHERE main conference · 200 seatsMonday, November 2, 2026Science World, 1455 Quebec Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 3Z7About the organizersThe organization behind BIOS SPHERE is being formed for public benefit and is in the process of registering as a B.C. non-profit society. Each quarter, we invite an educator or builder worth learning from, invest in their visit, and create a gathering around them.We exist to close the distance between the people shaping how software is built and the community building it in Vancouver. The goal is more shared knowledge, stronger relationships, and more reasons to come together.Stage presentations will be recorded and published after the event. Event photography and filming will also take place. Registration includes an optional media-consent choice; attendees who decline can request a no-photo identifier at check-in. Choose a conference-only, workshop-only, or full-day ticket during registration.