Atlassian Summit 2019 in Pictures

The 2019 Atlassian Summit user conference took place in the Mandalay Bay Conference Center. On April 9-11, over 5,000 customers, Solution Partners, and Atlassians descended on the city of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Atlassian opened the conference with singing, dancing, and their leadership dressed in Elvis Presley costumes. The Elvis song “Viva Las Vegas” was rewritten and performed as “Jira Las Vegas.” Shawn Anchor, author of “Big Potential” taught us about the science of happiness and effective teams.

Atlassian leadership dressed as Elvis
Shawn Achor shares happiness boosters

Lots of announcements were shared in the general sessions. Anu Bharadwaj, Head of Product Management, introduced a premium offering for Jira and Confluence Cloud. Scott Farquhar, Co-founder & CEO, announced the acquisition of a portfolio management tool. AgileCraft was rebranded as Jira Align. Cameron Deatsch, Head of Server and Enterprise, shared significant board, reindex, and JQL performance improvements in Jira 8.0. Jay Simons, President asked co-founders amusing questions from the “Wheel O’ Truth”.

Anu Bharadwaj announced Cloud Premium
Scott Farquhar announced Jira Align
Cameron Deatsch says Jira 8 is “Jira RG8”
Atlassian leadership fireside chat

60% of conference attendees were first-timers! Atlassian hosted a special welcome reception and I was honored to share my Summit survival tips.

Rachel Wright shares Summit survival tips
First-timers Welcome Reception

The Summit giveaways were available in full force. ServiceRocket gave away copies of Matt Doar’s Practical Jira Administration book, my Jira Strategy Admin Workbook, and Bill Cushard’s The Art of Agile Marketing. I left with a new shirts, sunglasses, and new additions to my growing flair collection.

ServiceRocket book giveaway
Rachel’s growing flair collection
Code Barrel improves on a political slogan
Summit swag

With over 5,000 attendees, there was excitement, activity, and opportunity in every direction. I met up with so many friends and colleagues on the expo floor. New friends took time out of their schedule to introduce themselves to me. This Community is truly a family.

Chris Lutz & Rachel Wright
Atlanta Community
Community Leaders
With the Deiser team
At the Beecom booth

Atlassian reserved the Beach at Mandalay Bay for Bash, the conference party. Attendees dressed for the 1980’s theme and the B-52’s performed.

80’s themed Bash
Community Leaders
The beach at Mandalay Bay

Some attendees took side trips to explore the area around Las Vegas. I visited the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes of Death Valley National Park and the red rocks of Valley of Fire State Park.

Rachel Wright at Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes

As a foodie, I’m always excited to try everything Las Vegas has to offer. My favorite meal was the sweet and spicy waffle breakfast sandwich at Bruxie, near the New York New York casino. Thanks DEISER team for telling me about it! It’s on my “to eat” list for Summit 2020 too.