Agenda

      Prague, Czechia

  • 14 Talks

    on main stage

  • 15 Workshops

    for registered users

  • 11 Mentors

    1:1 sessions with top leaders

  • All day

    networking with leaders

Morning

to

Open doors

  1. to

    Opening Keynote

  2. to

    Smart but Not Wise: Path to AI-Native Engineering Leader

    Aleodor Tabarcea

    Engineering Manager @ Stripe

  3. to

    Reading the Room: The Missing Competency in Tech Leadership

    Carol Palombini

    Tech Leadership Coach & Consultant

  4. to

    The Collapse of the Product Trio

    David Teodorescu

    Senior Product Designer @ Meta

  1. toWorkshop

    What Your Manager Evaluates Before Promoting You: IC → Manager → Director.

    Limor Bergman Gross

    Former Director of Engineering @ LBG Consulting Services

  2. toWorkshop

    Most 1:1s are just surviving. Let's change that!

    Ladislav Novak

    CEO @ Jablotron

  3. toWorkshop

    From Doing OK to Doing Great: A 180-Day Playbook for building High Performing Team

    Nithin SS

    Head of QA @ Lodgify

Late Morning

to

Coffee Break

  1. to

    I’ve Built 3 Large Technology hubs in CE: A full guide

    Krzysztof Ras

    Head of Engineering @ Keyrock

  2. to

    Decide Like a Senior Leader: Building Strong Decision-Making Habits

    Michal Poczwardowski

    Founder @ Perspectiveship

  3. to

    From Talent Pool to Product Powerhouse: How Central Europe Won Microsoft's Trust

    Vojta Vondra

    Partner Director of Engineering @ Microsoft

  4. to

    Building AI Into Critical Systems

    Tatiana Stantonian

    Principal Engineer @ The Financial Times

  1. toWorkshop

    The AI Talent Gap Nobody's Talking About

    Alex Ponomarev

    Founder & CEO @ Volt

  2. toWorkshop

    The $$$ Behind the Code: How Technical Leaders Win Budget Conversations

    Viktor Didenchuk

    Lead Technical Program Manager @ JPMorgan

  3. toWorkshop

    Stop Apologizing for Your Codebase: Taking Radical Ownership of Tech Debt

    Petr Krebs

    Head of Engineering @ Make

Afternoon

to

Lunch

  1. to

    What am I doing here? - Engineering Management in the age of agents

    Rizwan Iqbal

    Director of Engineering @ Superhuman

  2. to

    What's my job again? Developing self-management

    Cate Huston

    CTO @ Twill

  3. to

    High Agency Is the New IQ

    Tomas Rehor

    Head of Engineering @ Aisle

  4. to

    Confessions of a Teal CEO: What Engineering Managers Can Steal From a Company With No Hierarchy

    Jan Cerny

    CEO @ Applifting

  1. toWorkshop

    Burn Your Playbook: Context is Your Leadership Strategy

    Daniel Ondruj

    Senior Engineering Manager @ Rohlik

  2. toWorkshop

    Why the Conversation You're Not Having Is having you!

    Goran Hielscher

    Leadership Communication Trainer @ THE INSPIRACY GROUP

  3. toWorkshop

    Complexity Is a Feature. Now What?

    Nilesh Kulkarni

    Sr Engineering manager @ AccionLabs

  4. toWorkshop

    Becoming the Villain: Manipulation and Politics in the Corporate Environment

    Jan Sovka

    Product & Strategy Advisor @ BigHub

  5. toWorkshop

    From "we're fine" to "here's the plan": how to write status updates your leadership actually reads

    Anna Kurylo

    Senior Software Engineering Manager @ SentinelOne

  6. toWorkshop

    Same Code, Different Cultures: Managing Engineers Across Continents

    Moustafa Aboelnaga

    Engineering Leader @ SolarWinds

Evening

to

Coffee Break

  1. to

    Building a Creator Ecosystem: The Art of Letting Go

    Jan Zenisek

    VP of Product @ Apify

  2. to

    Debugging Self-Doubt: A Framework for Building Confidence

    Natalia Nazaruk

    Engineering Squad Lead @ Kingfisher

  3. to

    The Tech Leader Profile Nobody Wants to Hire in 2026

    Michal Matyjek

    Sr. Engineering Manager @ Netflix

  4. to

    Closing Remarks

    Marian Kamenistak

    Founder @ ELC

  1. toWorkshop

    Decide Like a Senior Leader: Live Lessons on Building Strong Decision-Making Habits

    Michal Poczwardowski

    Founder @ Perspectiveship

  2. toWorkshop

    Build an Elevator Pitch That Works For Networking and Job Interviews

    Carol Palombini

    Tech Leadership Coach & Consultant

  3. toWorkshop

    Wake Up, Brew Coffee, Deploy Three Teams

    Michal Licko

    CEO @ Visionvolve

to

🎉 Afterparty

The agenda may be subject to minor updates.

Mentors

You can book a 1:1 with this mentor in the Conference App and discuss anything on your mind.

  • Jiri Brunclik

    VP Engineering @ Attacama

  • Jiří Helmich

    Founder @ B2B Minds

  • Shaun Dudley

    Host & Speaking coach

  • Jan Vrtiska

    Engineering leadership guru @ Everpure

  • Ivo Klimša

    Director of Engineering @ Tricentis

  • Jan Bleha

    Employer Branding Manager @ Datamole

  • Jan Fried

    Director of Product - Strategic Planning @ EUROWAG

  • Mariana Ecegiova

    TA Partner @ IP Fabric (ex-Productborad)

  • Michal Donat

    Organizational Designer

  • Vojta Kopal

    Head of Data @ Apify

  • Karin Van Hoecke

    Board Member, Digitalization & Innovation @ ČSOB

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