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QCon London - April 7 - 11, 2025
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We've helped thousands of senior software engineers, software architects and tech leaders adopt the right patterns & practices for over 19 years.
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Discover what you’ll learn
Architectures You've Always Wondered About
Ian Thomas
Software Engineer @Meta, QCon London 2024 PC Chair
Apr 7
The Path to Senior Engineering Leadership
Leandro Guimarães
Senior Engineering Manager @ClassPass, former Chair of QCon in Brazil
Apr 7
Engineering Productivity and Developer Experience
Blanca Rojo
Executive Director, Distinguished Engineer and Cloud Engineer @UBS
Apr 7
Performance and Sustainability in Practice: How to Make Software Greener
Erica Pisani
Sr. Software Engineer @Float Financial
Apr 7
Health Tech
Dr. Jack Kreindler
Founder and CEO @Wellfounded Health, Chair of Leaders in Health, British Physician, Extreme Environments Physiologist, & Medical Technology Entrepreneur, Researching the Limits of Human Resilience & Technology for Optimizing Health & Patient Outcomes
Apr 7
Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Architectures
Dio Rettori
Multi-Cloud Strategy and Product @JPMorgan Chase & Co, Ambassador for Cloud Native Computing Foundation, Advisor for InfinyOn Inc., Previously @Solo.io, @Red Hat, and @ Pivotal Software
Apr 8
AI and ML for Software Engineers: Foundational Insights
Hien Luu
Sr. Engineering Manager @Zoox & Author of MLOps with Ray, Speaker and Conference Committee Chair
Apr 8
Building a Culture that Works
Nicky Wrightson
Engineering Leader @BeZero Carbon, Writer, Speaker, and Advocate for Building Cultures That Empower Teams To Create Groundbreaking Products, Previously @Topi, @Skyscanner, and @Financial Times
Apr 8
Resilient Engineering Practices for Security Against Modern Threats
Sonya Moisset
Staff Security Advocate @Snyk
Apr 8
Memory Safe Native Languages and WASM
Justin Cormack
CTO @Docker
Apr 8
Modern Data Architectures
Fabiane Nardon
Data Expert, Java Champion & Data Platform Director @totvs
Apr 9
Connecting Systems: APIs, Protocols, Observability
Daniel Bryant
Platform Engineer, Co-Author of "Mastering API Architecture", Java Champion, and InfoQ News Manager
Apr 9
The Changing Face of Architectural Practice
Andrew Harmel-Law
Technical Principal @Thoughtworks, Author of Facilitating Software Architecture, Trainer for O'Reilly, Consultant, and DDD (Over) Enthusiast
Apr 9
The Tech of FinTech
Ian Ellis
Technology Strategy Consultant, Venture Partner, and Angel Investor
Apr 9
Emerging Trends in the Frontend and Mobile
Sareh Heidari
Senior Software Engineer @F1 Arcade®
Apr 9
Featured 2025 Speakers
Learn from software leaders pushing the boundaries in today’s environment.
Keynotes
Learn actionable insights to help you adopt the right technologies and practices.
Curated learning set by senior software leaders
Essential topics. Emerging patterns and practices. Hand-picked speakers. Meet the QCon London 2025 Program Committee.
Level-up on emerging software trends
Get assurance you're adopting the right patterns and practices
- Rust
- Java 22+, .NET 9+
- WebAssembly (Wasm)
- eBPF
- Machine Learning @ Edge
- HTTP/3
- Cell-based Architecture
- Data Mesh
- Privacy Engineering
- Design for Sustainability
- AI-based Engineering
Assistants
- Java 21 (LTS) + .NET 8 (LTS)
- Policy as Code
- Design for Portability (Dapr)
- Micro frontends
- Platform architecture
- DevEx
- Zero Trust
- Staff+ Engineering Paths
- Team Topologies
- Enabling Fast Flow
- Software Ethics
- Go, TypeScript, React
- API Ergonomics
- Serverless: Orchestration &
Choreography - Microservices Patterns &
Antipatterns - Modular Monoliths
- Continuous Delivery
- Cloud Native Strategies
- DevSecOps
- Modern Data Pipelines
- Site Reliability Engineering
- Architecture Decision Records
Learn the emerging trends
Curated trends our Program Committee believes have the most impact in software development.
Explore the use cases
Learn how real-world practitioners are applying the tech to help you solve common problems.
Implement the best practices
Get implementable ideas to shape your projects that last beyond the conference.
I love the variety of topics. It is my annual recap of the technology industry and helps me keep up with what the industry considers modern and state of the art. And mostly I like the fact that people are open about sharing both their successes and failures.
Nikhil Mohan
Senior MTS/ Engineering @Salesforce
Learn from senior software engineers
Real-world technical talks from software leaders at early adopter companies
Domain leaders
Learn what's next from world-class leaders pushing the boundaries.
Relatable challenges
Learn how senior developers are solving the challenges you face.
Diverse perspectives
Get new ideas and perspectives across multiple domains.
Valuable lessons
Actionable insights from those working on real-world projects.
Time to connect
Intentional time built-in for you to connect with speakers and peers.
No hype
No hidden marketing. No sales pitches.
I love the QCon vibe. Everybody is down to earth and open to showing and talking about how they solve real-world complex problems. The speakers are top-notch and represent the state of the art in the industry. I like that there is no product/marketing aspect to the main tracks. I always leave QCon feeling refreshed, and eager to return to work and tackle something new!
Kerrie Clark
Architect @Capital One Finance
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Stay current on development trends
Learn directly from senior practitioners who bring real-world experience and best practices.
Practical skills you can apply immediately
Each session includes projects and step-by-step guidance to help you master what you learn.
Fit to your schedule and professional goals
Choose one or two days of training to match your learning goals. Certificate of attendance available.
Direct instructor interaction
Small class sizes to ensure a collaborative learning environment and instructor support.
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Enhance your credibility with an optional certification of attendance.
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Training topics
Training tickets refundable until February 24, 2025.
Topics subject to change.
beginner to intermediate
Thursday Apr 10 / 09:00AM BST / FULL DAY
Success Patterns for Fast Flow and Team Topologies
Want to explore the success patterns for fast flow and Team Topologies? Gain insight and knowledge from Conflux’s award-winning digital transformation programs.
Matthew Skelton
CEO & Principal @Conflux, Co-Author of "Team Topologies", Leader in Modern Organizational Dynamics for Fast Flow
Val Yonchev
Head of Customer Success @Team Topologies, Theory Y Philosopher, Previously @Red Hat and @Digital.AI
Friday Apr 11 / 09:00AM BST / FULL DAY
Using LLMs Beyond Chatting
LLMs are amazing, but if you want to give your users anything more than a neat chat it becomes complex pretty quickly. In this session we want to take a complex business problem, dissect it into chewable bits for LLM agents and get a user interface up and running for it.
Jendrik Jördening
Chief Technology Officer @Nooxit, Developing ML Algorithms, MLOps Infrastructure, and Managing Internal Kubernetes Clusters
intermediate to advanced
Friday Apr 11 / 09:00AM BST / FULL DAY
AWS Kubernetes Security for Developers
Do you want to build secure Amazon EKS workloads or at least know what it is meant to look like?
Ashish Rajan
CISO @Kaizenteq Ltd, Host of "Cloud Security Podcast", and SANS Trainer for Cloud Security, 13+ Years Experience in the CyberSecurity Industry
intermediate to advanced
Friday Apr 11 / 09:00AM BST / FULL DAY
Microservice Bootcamp, a Practical View on Benefits, Costs and Challenges
During interactive hands on sessions and practical lectures we will explore concepts of microservice architecture. Apart from patterns, principles and technology we will also cover aspects of team structure and business alignment.
Andreas Kleinbichler
Division Head @ADMIRAL Technologies, Previously Principal Developer @ADMIRAL Technologies, Lector @Technikum Wien
intermediate
Thursday Apr 10 / 09:00AM BST / HALF DAY
Product Security Vulnerability Workflows Using Open Source
Getting started with Security in 2025 can be daunting: where do you start? How do you design a security pipeline? What is DevSecOps?
Andrea Medda
Founding Engineer @Smithy, ex Cloudflare and Curve
Spyros Gasteratos
Founder @smithy.security
beginner
Thursday Apr 10 / 09:00AM BST / HALF DAY
Dealing with Challenging People and Situations – Concrete Skills To Overcome the Awkward and Increase Connection
Do you ever find yourself...
Charlotte de Jong Schouwenburg
Co-founder of @Bravely, Business Psychologist, Executive Coach, Trainer, Speaker, 12+ Years Experience Enabling High Performing Teams and Leaders
beginner
Thursday Apr 10 / 01:00PM BST / HALF DAY
Mastering Tough Talks: Strategies for Navigating Difficult Conversations
We often face the challenge of having difficult conversations—whether it's addressing performance issues, resolving conflicts within teams, or delivering tough feedback. These conversations can be critical to maintaining a productive and healthy work environment.
Charlotte de Jong Schouwenburg
Co-founder of @Bravely, Business Psychologist, Executive Coach, Trainer, Speaker, 12+ Years Experience Enabling High Performing Teams and Leaders
intermediate
Thursday Apr 10 / 01:00PM BST / HALF DAY
From Kubernetes-Native to Ai-Powered: Java With Langchain4j
What happens when Java meets AI in a Kubernetes-native world? This workshop introduces you to building high-performance, container-ready applications using Java and Langchain4j to integrate modern AI capabilities.
Elder Moraes
Principal Developer Advocate @Red Hat, Java Champion, Board Member @soujava, 20+ Years in Software Development
beginner
Thursday Apr 10 / 09:00AM BST / HALF DAY
Developing Secure and Robust Enterprise Java Applications with Jakarta EE
Jakarta Enterprise Edition (EE) provides a full suite of specifications that allow developers to build secure and robust enterprise Java applications.
Michael Redlich
Java Champion, Founder @Garden State Java User Group, Editor @InfoQ
Thursday Apr 10 / 01:00PM BST / HALF DAY
AI Native Development - Building Software With AI - Principles and Practices*
More details coming soon.
Certification
Certification
Thursday Apr 10 / 09:00AM BST / HALF DAY
Become an InfoQ Certified Software Architect in Emerging Technologies (ICSAET)
Elevate your career with a certification rooted in real-world learning and cutting-edge expertise.The InfoQ Certified Software Architect in Emerging Technologies certification empowers you to:
Wes Reisz
Technical Principal @EqualExperts, ex-Thoughtworker & ex-VMWare, 16-Time QCon Chair, Creator/Co-host of #TheInfoQPodcast
Become an InfoQ Certified Software Architect in
Emerging Technologies (ICSAET)
Elevate your career with a certification rooted in
real-world learning and cutting-edge expertise.
How does it work?
Attend QCon London Conference
Attend three days of live, practitioner-led sessions at QCon London 2025 international software development conference on emerging topics like AI, scalable architectures, and secure cloud-native systems.
Participate in the Capstone Workshop
Participate in a half-day, hands-on workshop solving real-world challenges in emerging technologies. Collaborate with peers and showcase your technical and strategic thinking skills.
Earn Your Certification
Successfully complete both the QCon London conference and the workshop to earn your InfoQ Architect in Emerging Technologies (ICSAET) credential, a recognized symbol of leadership and expertise in the software industry.
QCon Video-Only Pass
Can't attend in-person? Learn at your own pace with the QCon Video-Only Pass.
With 6 months of on-demand access, watch QCon London 2025 talks when it suits you.
Pause, revisit key moments, and refresh your knowledge anytime you need.
Recordings available from April 28, 2025.
Watch past QCon talks
Revisit real-world technical talks from innovative software practitioners
Actionable ideas. New perspectives.
A learning path that works for you.
Immersive experience
Free yourself from your distractions, connect with peers, and learn innovative ideas.
Problem-solve at
unconference sessions
Join facilitated sessions to help you generate new ideas to current challenges.
Unwind at QCon
social events
Connect with peers and reflect on your learnings at our social events.
Access video recordings after the conference
Get 6 months access to professionally edited session recordings after the conference.
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Attending QCon London is a great investment. I've got a lot of new ideas for our Generative AI tools that I want to try out.
Willem Meints
@willem_meints
QCon charges a premium price point, but I can't remember the last conference I attended (of 100s) where every single talk was interesting and I learned something.
Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D.
@dberkholz
What an excellent first day at QCon 2024 in London! 🚀 The sessions and speakers not only met, but surpassed all expectations, leaving me feeling incredibly inspired by the wealth of knowledge shared.
Jonathan White,
Senior Director Of Engineering, Liberty IT
As always hashtag#QConLondon becomes a source of inspiration for me. It is amazing the amount of things that are moving on the technology and software development worlds. The (current and future) impact of Generative AI in our ways of working, the socio-technical considerations that one has to make and the raise of Platform Engineering as a prominent need to be able to establish new things in the organization are just a few examples of topics covered in this amazing conference...
Javier Jimenez Roda
Lead Architect PCR Software Solutions at Roche Diagnostics International Ltd
This is a conference by engineers for engineers. I didn't feel like I was being sold something as part of the presentations, but rather like I was learning from what is actually happening in other companies.
Christopher Prigg
Senior Engineer, Tesco PLC
'We Care' experience
A safe place where everyone is welcome
Enforced Code of Conduct
All-Gender restroom
Prayer room
Lactation room
Quiet areas
Sessions feedback for constant improvement
Badge optimized for peer-sharing
Accessible event space
Variety of food options (vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, special diet meals)
Detailed food labels
Diversity scholarships
Community events
DEI guidelines for track hosts and speakers
All-day coffee
Flexible online experience
On-demand access for 6 months
Conference Venue
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre - London
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre - London
Situated in the heart of Westminster, the QEII Centre is ideally located to take advantage of everything London has to offer. Uniquely situated in the shadow of Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, and the London Eye, you will be within a five-minute walk to the Thames and surrounded by excellent transport links in and out of the capital.
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Conference Location
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre London
Broad Sanctuary, Westminster
London SW1P 3EE
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This is a conference by engineers for engineers. I didn't feel like I was being sold something as part of the presentations, but rather like I was learning from what is actually happening in other companies.
Christopher Prigg
Senior Engineer, Tesco PLC
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