Bem-vindo a Lisboa! Welcome to Lisbon!

Scrum Alliance is thrilled to present the second Global Scrum Gathering of 2022 - a true hybrid agile event with the option to attend in person in Lisbon, Portugal or online from anywhere in the world. Register today for the Global Scrum Gathering 2022 - Lisbon + Beyond.

Global Scrum Gatherings are a can’t-miss opportunity to refine ideas, learn new scrum and agile concepts, and pursue career and business connections. We’ve got so many things in store this year and we hope you’ll join us and your fellow changemakers from across the world.

Learn From Experienced Scrum and Agile Practitioners

Virtual and in-person attendees can expect lots of agenda items during the event, including:

Educational Sessions

The educational sessions at Global Scrum Gatherings offer insight, tools and techniques, ideation, and the chance to connect with others on agile concepts. Each session is created and led by one of the Gathering speakers. Many are interactive and provide information you can put to use right away as you transform yourself, your organization, and the world.

Please take a moment to browse the agenda full of sessions presented by experienced agilists. Sessions are presented in one of the following formats:

• Live online
• Pre-recorded and available online (on demand)
• In-person and broadcasted live
• In-person only in Lisbon

In addition to searching by online vs. in-person sessions, you can filter the agenda by the following tracks and themes, which allows you to find the sessions that are most relevant to you. Below, see a small selection of the many session titles and topics under each track:

Business Agility

• Strategy in a Flow - Where Business Agility Begins (in-person and broadcasted live)
• Shaping Culture for Business Agility: A 4-Year Journey (in-person and broadcasted live)
• The Transformative Power of Thinking in Outcomes (online and pre-recorded)

Scrum Mastery

• The Stages of Scrum Master Maturity (in-person and broadcasted live)
• Improve Scrum Events with the “Why?” (live online)
• Building Capital “T” Teams with Team Agreements (in-person and broadcasted live)

Product Ownership 

• Product Strategy: The Land That Scrum Forgot (in-person and broadcasted live)
• Are You Really Using a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)? (live online)
• 6 Tips for Effective Product Backlog Refinement (in-person and broadcasted live)

Development Team

• What’s the Latest Tool Your High-Performing Team Needs? An Agile Canary! (in-person and broadcasted live)
• “Houston, We’ve Had a Problem”: Dealing With Conflict Positively (in-person and broadcasted live)
• Minimum Viable Architecture: An Agile Way to Grow a Product (in-person and broadcasted live)

Scrum in a Work-From-Home World

• How to Nurture an Effective Team in a Remote Environment Across Various Timezones (online and pre-recorded)
• Ingredients to Build a Successful Remote Team as a Scrum Master (online and pre-recorded)
• The Power of Focus: The Neuroscience Behind Multitasking, Learning, Innovation, and Productivity (live online)

Coaching

• “Am I Enough?” An Agile Coach’s Journey of Self-Worth Through Lockdown (live online)
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow and the Coach From Oz: The Story of Bridging Professional and Agile Coaching (in-person and broadcasted live)
• How SCARF Can Help You be a Better Scrum Master and Agile Coach (in-person and broadcasted live)

Real-World Agility

• Real-World Hybrid Agility (in-person and broadcasted live)
• Train (and Facilitate) with the Brain in Mind! (live online)
• What Mountaineering Taught Me About Agility (in-person and broadcasted live)

Agile Leadership

• The Best Agile Metrics (online and pre-recorded)
• Blame It On The Agile Coach! (in-person and broadcasted live)
• What We Are (Re)Learning About Leadership (in-person and broadcasted live)

Session tracks categorize presentations by where you are in your agile journey. Whether you’re in a leadership role, coaching position, or an individual contributor, there’s a session track for you. While we hope the tracks help you find the most meaningful presentations, we also encourage you to drop into any session that piques your interest. Learning from each other’s diverse experiences is part of how we transform ourselves, our organizations, and the world.

Please note that the recorded sessions will be available to all attendees for 30 days after the event.

Open Space

We will hold a one-day Open Space as part of the Gathering for all in-person and virtual attendees. You will create the program and schedule on the day of the Open Space. There is space for everyone who wants to offer a session. Everyone is invited to be part of the sessions you create. Often the best sessions come together when someone asks an urgent question that connects people to find the answer. The Gathering program will continue as part of the Open Space on this day, forming another stream of questions and ideas mixing into your spontaneous sessions and providing cross-pollination. 

*Note: For the Gathering, there will be an in-person Open Space and another virtual Open Space the following day.

Coaches Clinic

Whether you’re someone who wants to connect with an agile coach or someone on the path to becoming a coach, this feature of the event is right for you. You’ll have an opportunity to meet one-on-one with an experienced agile coach to get guidance on tough problems and challenges and to discuss your career goals, agility concepts, personal and professional growth, or virtually any growth/agile topic you can think of. The coaches are ready to provide their insight, guidance, answers, and ideas.

• Monday, October 17th: 10:00 - 12:30 PM
• Monday, October 17th: 12:30 - 04:30 PM
• Tuesday, October 18th: 10:00 - 12:30 PM
• Tuesday, October 18th: 12:30 - 04:30 PM
• Wednesday, October 19th: 10:00 - 12:30 PM

Network, Connect, Meet, and Celebrate

Global Scrum Gatherings are all about connection. Meet new people, reunite with friends, network with potential career leads, and strategize with your work team - all take place at these agile events. Past attendees know that socializing happens spontaneously at the Global Scrum Gathering! We’ve also organized these fun social events:

Face-to-face interactive sessions for virtual and in-person attendees. Connect in real-time with like-minded agilists. You never know what you’ll learn, share, or ideate when we get together as an agile community of changemakers.

Monday Mingle at Pátio da Galé. Ask anyone who has attended a Global Scrum Gathering before and they’ll tell you that Monday Mingle is one of the best parties of the year! In-person attendees will gather at Pátio da Galé - a beautiful venue at the heart of the city - to eat, drink, listen to music, and have a good time after the first day of the Gathering.

Tuesday Cocktail Reception. In-person attendees will come together after a day of sessions for a cocktail reception at the event venue in Lisbon. Relax, laugh, and enjoy one another’s company.

Don’t Wait: Register Today!

The Global Scrum Gathering in Lisbon is right around the corner. Get real-world agile ideas and knowledge to bring back to your job and get inspired to take the next steps in your agile journey, whether you join us in Lisbon or online.