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Agenda

16 April 2026      Prague, Czechia
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14 Talks

on main stage

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15 Workshops

for registered users

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11 Mentors

1:1 sessions with top leaders

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All day

networking with leaders

Morning

8:00

9:00

Open doors

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9:00

9:25

Opening Keynote

Anna Kozuch

Co-Founder & CEO @ ELC

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9:25

9:50

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

Aleodor Tabarcea

Engineering Manager @ Stripe

Home

9:50

10:15

Reading the Room: The Missing Competency in Tech Leadership

Carol Palombini

Tech Leadership Coach & Consultant

Home

10:15

10:40

The Collapse of the Product Trio

David Teodorescu

Senior Product Designer @ Meta

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9:30

10:40

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

Limor Bergman Gross

Former Director of Engineering @ LBG Consulting Services

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Home

9:30

10:40

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

Ladislav Novak

CEO @ Jablotron

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Home

9:30

10:40

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

Nithin SS

Head of QA @ Lodgify

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Home
Late Morning

10:40

11:10

Coffee Break

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11:10

11:35

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

Krzysztof Ras

Head of Engineering @ Keyrock

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11:35

12:00

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

Michal Poczwardowski

Founder @ Perspectiveship

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12:00

12:25

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

Vojta Vondra

Partner Director of Engineering @ Microsoft

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12:25

13:00

Building AI Into Critical Systems

Tatiana Stantonian

Principal Engineer @ The Financial Times

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11:10

12:20

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The AI Talent Gap Nobody's Talking About

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Alex Ponomarev

Founder & CEO @ Volt

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11:10

12:20

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

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Viktor Didenchuk

Lead Technical Program Manager @ JPMorgan

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11:10

12:20

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

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Petr Krebs

Head of Engineering @ Make

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Afternoon

13:00

14:00

Lunch

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14:00

14:25

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

Rizwan Iqbal

Director of Engineering @ Superhuman

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14:25

14:50

What's my job again? Developing self-management

Cate Huston

CTO @ Twill

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14:50

15:15

High Agency Is the New IQ

Tomas Rehor

Head of Engineering @ Aisle

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15:15

15:40

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

Jan Cerny

CEO @ Applifting

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13:55

14:45

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Burn Your Playbook: Context is Your Leadership Strategy

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Daniel Ondruj

Senior Engineering Manager @ Rohlik

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13:55

14:45

Workshop

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

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Goran Hielscher

Leadership Communication Trainer @ THE INSPIRACY GROUP

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13:55

14:45

Workshop

Complexity Is a Feature. Now What?

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Nilesh Kulkarni

Sr Engineering manager @ AccionLabs

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14:50

15:40

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Becoming the Villain: Manipulation and Politics in the Corporate Environment

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Jan Sovka

Product & Strategy Advisor @ BigHub

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14:50

15:40

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

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Anna Kurylo

Senior Software Engineering Manager @ SentinelOne

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14:50

15:40

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Same Code, Different Cultures: Managing Engineers Across Continents

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Moustafa Aboelnaga

Engineering Leader @ SolarWinds

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Evening

15:40

16:10

Coffee Break

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16:10

16:30

Building a Creator Ecosystem: The Art of Letting Go

Jan Zenisek

VP of Product @ Apify

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16:30

16:45

Debugging Self-Doubt: A Framework for Building Confidence

Natalia Nazaruk

Engineering Squad Lead @ Kingfisher

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16:45

17:10

The Tech Leader Profile Nobody Wants to Hire in 2026

Michal Matyjek

Sr. Engineering Manager @ Netflix

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17:10

17:20

Closing Remarks

Marian Kamenistak

Founder @ ELC

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16:10

17:10

Workshop

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

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Michal Poczwardowski

Founder @ Perspectiveship

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16:10

17:10

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Build an Elevator Pitch That Works For Networking and Job Interviews

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Carol Palombini

Tech Leadership Coach & Consultant

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16:10

17:10

Workshop

Wake Up, Brew Coffee, Deploy Three Teams

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Michal Licko

CEO @ Visionvolve

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Closing

17:20

20:00

🎉 Afterparty

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The agenda may be subject to minor updates.

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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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