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Thirty-plus in-depth, sixty-minute sessions across the tracks that matter most to engineering leaders. No keynote fluff — just the material.

32
SESSIONS ON THE BOARD
Sixty focused minutes each
4
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
From AI adoption to agile
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT ✦ AI ADOPTION ✦ LEADERSHIP ✦ TALENT ACQUISITION & TRAINING ✦ AGILE METHODS ✦
32 / 32 SESSIONS
01 / SESSION CATALOG
Michael Carducci

Michael Carducci

SOFTWARE ARCHITECT & MAGICIAN

04 SESSIONS
01 Effective Leadership - The Six Principles of Persuasion 02 Leadership: How to be a Force Multiplier 03 Managing Tech Teams: Rules, Tools & Insights 04 Tech Leader Toolbox
Erica Woods

Erica Woods

DIRECTOR, CONTRACTOR PROGRAMS & PHILANTHROPY, APEX SYSTEMS

02 SESSIONS
01 Your Ultimate Culture/Teambuilding Playbook 02 AI Adoption Adventures: Our Playbook for Driving User Engagement!
Brian Sletten

Brian Sletten

FORWARD LEANING SOFTWARE ENGINEER @ BOSATSU CONSULTING

04 SESSIONS
01 Designed In 02 Empowering Generalists 03 Tech Trends for Tech Leaders 04 Tech Leadership in the Time of AI
Paul Wilhelm

Paul Wilhelm

TECH LEADER AND ARBINGER CORPORATE FACILITATOR FOR MASTERCONTROL

03 SESSIONS
01 Making your mindset your greatest advantage 02 The 6 Types of Leaders 03 The Art of Helping People Change
Pete Behrens

Pete Behrens

FOUNDER/CEO @ AGILE LEADERSHIP JOURNEY

06 SESSIONS
01 AI is a Force Multiplier – What are you multiplying? LEADERSHIP 02 Power & Influence: Leading Beyond Your Title LEADERSHIP 03 Organizational Tension is not the Problem, it's the Point LEADERSHIP 04 Strategic Leadership: From Decision to Destination 05 From Coder to Catalyst: Mastering Tech Leadership at Every Level 06 Stop Chasing Answers: Step Into the Fog
Matthew Porter

Matthew Porter

SENIOR PARTNER & CO-FOUNDER OF EONOVA

02 SESSIONS
01 Beyond Technical Debt 02 Why Great Leaders Are Like Coders—Falling in Love with Problems
Billy Williams

Billy Williams

SPEAKER, SEEKER, WRITER, IGNITER, AND GLOBAL POVERTY FIGHTER

01 SESSIONS
01 Leading from Within: Strategies for Personal Excellence and Team Success
Venkat Subramaniam

Venkat Subramaniam

FOUNDER @ AGILE DEVELOPER, INC.

03 SESSIONS
01 Cultivating Great Teams 02 Leading a Team of Developers Using AI 03 Modern Architectures for Software Development Leaders
Hunter Milligan

Hunter Milligan

DEVELOPER-TURNED PRODUCTIVITY COACH FOR DEVS & LEADERS

05 SESSIONS
01 Delegation Without Guilt: How to Hand Off Work and Actually Let It Go 02 Staying Sharp in the Chaos 03 Staying Sharp in the Chaos 04 Who Am I If I'm Not the One Writing the Code? 05 Who's Accountable When AI Wrote the Code?
Pratik Patel

Pratik Patel

DEVELOPER ADVOCATE @ AZUL SYSTEMS

01 SESSIONS
01 AI Architecture for Tech Leaders: Building Blocks for AI Applications
Robert Harris

Robert Harris

FOUNDER OF CODED2LEAD

01 SESSIONS
01 An Anthropologist’s Guide to Engineering Cultures
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