Abstract
Architecture is increasingly about ensuring that the right conversations are happening at the right time and involving the right people in the right ways. More and more it’s important that those conversations involve a broader range of skillsets and perspectives that those of software and systems architects. This panel will bring together the presenters in this track so you can hear their perspectives in conversation, and present them with some of your own questions and puzzlers.
76%
senior dev or higher
1:11
speaker ratio
60+
practitioners
QCon London 2025 is a three day conference for senior software engineers, architects and team leads. An international program committee of working engineers selects every session. Patterns and practices, not products and pitches.
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Wednesday 9 April
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