We had two guest speakers:
Hard skills (technology) track guest speaker was Masih Omid who talked about micro services. Summary of key points:
Micro-service architecture characteristics

• Componentization via Services
• Self-contain
• Deployable independently
• Cloud-native
• Organized around business capabilities
• Smart endpoints and dumb pipes
• Decentralized Data Management
• Design for failure
• Infrastructure Automation

The Soft Skill track guest speaker was Fatima Omar who talked about 3 Steps To Writing A Book:

• What’s your why?
• Provide a SOLUTION for your ideal client.
• Open KDP Account, Enter Book Details and Upload your Book