Jenny Burcio, Community, Docker and John Kreisa, SVP Marketing, Docker sit down with John Furrier at DockerCon 2020 in Palo Alto, CA. #DockerCon #theCUBE https://siliconangle.com/2020/06/03/dockercon-unlocks-knowledge-sharing-exchange-ideas-digital-event-dockercon/ DockerCon unlocks knowledge sharing during digital event As many industry events move to a digital format amid a global pandemic, companies are finding new ways to share knowledge and exchange ideas virtually. One example is the recent DockerCon online event. Docker Inc.’s experience in going digital showed a great deal of interaction from the open-source community, and an even greater number of questions discussed than during the traditional in-person format, according to John Kreisa (pictured, right), senior vice president of marketing at Docker. “In a normal conference you might be a certain small percentage of people come up with a question after — there’s a certain sort of social distancing, like people just don’t want to go and ask questions,” Kreisa said. “[In a virtual event] they’re sort of free to ask whatever question they want in the chat, and it really has unlocked a lot of knowledge sharing and exchange of ideas.” To ensure a vibrant event, Docker designed different types of sessions, such as presentations, interviews and chats. The idea was to attract as many people as possible and give participants the possibility to choose what they wanted to see and who they wanted to chat with, according to Jenny Burcio (left), manager of community, advocacy and developer relations at Docker. Kreisa and Burcio spoke with John Furrier, host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio, during DockerCon Live. They discussed the DockerCon event, including the tools and ideas put into practice to ensure an interactive environment and the community’s response to this model. (* Disclosure below.) It is necessary to know your community A key element in creating an efficient digital event is getting to know the company-related community and how it can get the most out of the content, according to Kreisa. “We really wanted to do everything we could to try to mimic as best we could the in-person event,” he explained. “Some of the things weren’t going to be there because we’re a virtual, so having chat in every single element … of the virtual conference was something that was very important to us, and we’ve seen it play out.” In addition, the “Captains on Deck” live Q&A sessions allowed participants to hang out with Docker experts. There were also pre-recorded talks, so that the live speaker could chat with the audience. This gave participants the ability to interact by asking and receiving responses from the speaker while the speech was in progress. Some of the highlights of the event were the real-life examples using Docker container technology to help society. For example, scientists at NOAA Space Weather have adopted containerized workflow to refine their models and predict space weather. And Children’s Cancer Institute has “Dockerized” its big-data analysis pipeline, enabling fast, efficient and cost-effective individualized cancer research for pediatric patients, Kreisa said. Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of DockerCon Live. (* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for DockerCon Live. Neither Docker, the sponsor for theCUBE’s event coverage, nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)