London Tech Week, the week-long festival celebrating tech and innovation, is coming to the capital again this June and we’re part of it! We’re hosting an event on Wednesday 13 June called How Ticketmaster Tames Web Traffic.

At the talk, our experts – Paris Apostolopoulos, Associate Director Engineering Nicolo Taddei and Director of Technology Strategy Simon Tarry – will discuss how Ticketmaster handles millions of fans buying tickets simultaneously across the globe. Come along and learn about the technical challenges we face and how we tackle them with innovative technologies including Kubernetes, React and Node JS.

Here’s the full programme: 

18:30 – Networking drinks in the basement bar
19:00 – Kubernetes + Developers = Love @ Ticketmaster
19:20 – How to build a very light presentation layer built for performance
19:40 – Building a data driven culture
20:00 – Q&A, pizza and more networking drinks
21:00 – Event closes 

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Everyone is welcome to attend including developers (Front End, Full Stack, Back End), product owners, technical leaders and influencers.

Having served fans for 41 years, 2017 saw the Ticketmaster team provide 500 million tickets to fans around the world. Currently operating in 29 countries, come be inspired by our digital transformation which may help you rethink your own approach.

To register for the event or get more information click here