SASE Onsite

Planning for the next SASE Onsite happens in the Slack — join us to help shape it. Below is the archive of our inaugural 2024 event.

SASE Onsite 2024: Connect + Build

Our inaugural gathering was the only one of its kind specifically for automation software engineers across industries and disciplines — a place to share insights and expertise, join forces in real-time collaboration, and boost the visibility and future of the society.

Held over three days in Portland, Oregon, the event included panels with top experts, substantive participant-led conversations around key ideas, peer-to-peer learning, hands-on building, and meaningful connection — following through on our one-page plan to solidify our community.

Featured ASEs

Featured at SASE Onsite were ASEs who have been pioneering new concepts and methodologies in our emerging field for decades:

The format

Unlike other events and conferences, SASE Onsite creates a safe space for all perspectives, where everyone has an equal voice, and provocative ideas can flourish. The unconference format prioritizes collaboration, open discussion, innovation and problem solving. Participants brought questions from their companies, showed their work, and left with constructive feedback, validation, and community-generated solutions — expanding their network of peers across digital twins, agile development processes, source control with Git, UI in industrial spaces, CI/CD systems, and path planning.

Three days: a Connect kick-off and welcome reception, a full Build day at Loupe headquarters — keynote panel, breakout discussions, hackathon, and a happy hour themed "The time I was proud to say, 'I broke something!'" — and a closing coffee walk through Forest Park.

Code of conduct

Our Community Guidelines are enforced throughout all SASE events. SASE Onsite is for learning, collaboration, and connection; solicitation and sales conversations are not permitted.