2025 Schedule
Schedule subject to change.
* Indicates a preliminary training topic
Monday, April 7th, 2025
Badge pick-up & Continental Breakfast on 3rd & 5th Fl.
Coffee Break
Track:
Architectures You've Always Wondered About
The Tech Powering the BBC's Olympic Coverage
Details coming soon.
Track:
Engineering Productivity and Developer Experience
Productivity Is Messing Around and Having Fun
Developer satisfaction, developer joy, and business results are strongly correlated. Developer productivity frameworks like SPACE recognize this, with Satisfaction being a key metric. And yet - our jobs are frustrating, filled with mindless work, and free of joy. How do we fix that?
Track:
Performance and Sustainability in Practice: How to Make Software Greener
What I Wish I Knew When I Started with Green IT
The path to sustainable technology involves complex technical and organizational decisions that aren't immediately obvious from industry best practices. This talk shares seven key lessons drawn from implementing Green IT at scale in a scaleup environment and in a public bank institution.
Mountbatten (6th Fl.)
Track:
The Path to Senior Engineering Leadership
Scaling to 100+ as a Director: Lessons From Growing Engineering Organizations
When I took on the Director of Engineering role at Nubank, I had no idea just how many times I’d need to reinvent my leadership style.
Track:
Health Tech
Lessons Learned From Shipping AI-Powered Healthcare Products
This talk provides valuable insights into Sword Health's real-world experience implementing AI in healthcare, focusing on practical strategies for developing consistent, safe and reliable AI-powered healthcare solutions.
Coffee Break
Track:
Architectures You've Always Wondered About
Developing Meta's Orion AR Glasses
Meta announced the Orion AR Glasses in September 2024. It is a time machine to demonstrate that it's possible to build an immersive augmented reality experience in a glasses form-factor. There were numerous technical challenges to make this a reality.
Track:
Engineering Productivity and Developer Experience
Achieve Optimal Efficiency for your Developer Experience Teams
Developer Experience teams are quite popular these days as organisations understand the value of optimising for developers productivity.
Track:
Performance and Sustainability in Practice: How to Make Software Greener
Building Better AI: Resource Efficiency and Responsible Development
Details coming soon.
Track:
The Path to Senior Engineering Leadership
Can You Have It All? Navigating Work-Life Balance in Tech Leadership
Details coming soon.
Whittle (3rd Fl.)
Lunch & Lunch topic discussions (1st Fl.)
Women & Allies in Tech Lunch (Gielgud, 2nd Fl.) (Sign-up needed)
Track:
Architectures You've Always Wondered About
Unconference: Architectures You've Always Wondered About
Rutherford (4th Fl.)
Track:
Engineering Productivity and Developer Experience
Impact of AI in Developer Experience
After almost 2 years of high attention on coding assistants, many engineering managers are disappointed by the measurable results, and engineers are suffering from hype fatigue, even the ones who have learned to love their new AI team mate.
Track:
Performance and Sustainability in Practice: How to Make Software Greener
Boosting Performance and Productivity with Local-First Development
Details coming soon.
Mountbatten (6th Fl.)
Track:
The Path to Senior Engineering Leadership
Shine Bright as an IC: Growing Yourself As Your Company Grows
Being part of a growing company is a fantastic opportunity to level yourself as an individual very rapidly, if you choose to grasp it. You've already immersed yourself with context and you might be the go to person for a key area of the organization.
Coffee Break
Track:
Architectures You've Always Wondered About
Kraken's Serverless Architecture for Scale, Security, and Sustainability
Details coming soon.
Fleming (3rd Fl.)
Track:
Engineering Productivity and Developer Experience
Beyond Spring Boot: Exploring New Golden Paths
Details coming soon.
Churchill (Ground Fl.)
Track:
Performance and Sustainability in Practice: How to Make Software Greener
Beyond Uptime: What the 'Metric' Is Going On with Green Software?
Metrics such as availability and latency have long been the cornerstones of software engineering. Now, carbon emission is joining their ranks as a golden signal in a world increasingly focused on sustainability.
Track:
The Path to Senior Engineering Leadership
Unconference: The Path to Senior Engineering Leadership
Rutherford (4th Fl.)
Track:
Health Tech
Healthcare Reimagined Through Tech-Enabled Transformation
Details coming soon.
Windsor (5th Fl.)
Coffee Break
Track:
Architectures You've Always Wondered About
Improving Efficiency with Vision-Assisted Package Retrieval
Details coming soon.
Fleming (3rd Fl.)
Track:
Engineering Productivity and Developer Experience
Modern Tooling for the Modern Developer
Details coming soon.
Churchill (Ground Fl.)
Track:
Performance and Sustainability in Practice: How to Make Software Greener
Unconference: Performance and Sustainability in Practice
Rutherford (4th Fl.)
Track:
The Path to Senior Engineering Leadership
Building Your Leadership Toolkit: Essential Skills for the Next Level
Details coming soon.
Whittle (3rd Fl.)
Track:
Health Tech
The Truth About Developing an AI Software for Longevity
Details coming soon.
Windsor (5th Fl.)
Coffee Break
Track:
Architectures You've Always Wondered About
The Sound of Innovation: A Symphony of Features in Digital Audio Workstations
Details coming soon.
Fleming (3rd Fl.)
Track:
Engineering Productivity and Developer Experience
Unconference: Engineering Productivity and Developer Experience
Rutherford (4th Fl.)
Track:
Performance and Sustainability in Practice: How to Make Software Greener
The Efficiency Paradox and How to Save Yourself and the World
Details coming soon.
Track:
The Path to Senior Engineering Leadership
Leading High-Performing Teams in an AI-Driven World
Details coming soon.
Whittle (3rd Fl.)
Track:
Health Tech
The Rise of Virtual Care: Telemedicine and Beyond
Details coming soon.
Windsor (5th Fl.)
Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
Continental Breakfast on 3rd & 5th Fl.
Coffee Break
Track:
AI and ML for Software Engineers: Foundational Insights
Deploy MultiModal RAG Systems with vLLM
While text-based RAG systems have been everywhere in the last year and a half, there is so much more than text data. Images, audio, and documents often need to be processed together to provide meaningful insights, yet most RAG implementations focus solely on text.
Track:
Memory Safe Native Languages and WASM
Bringing Memory Safety to Complex Systems
Details coming soon.
Windsor (5th Fl.)
Track:
Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Architectures
Building Distributed Event-Driven Architectures Across Multi-Cloud Boundaries
“Event-driven architecture” is a frequently discussed topic in architectural conversations. However, in today’s multi-cloud landscape, the more pressing question is: “How can we implement these patterns across cloud boundaries without compromising reliability?
Track:
Resilient Engineering Practices for Security Against Modern Threats
Proactive Strategies for a Cyber-Resilient Future
Details coming soon.
Mountbatten (6th Fl.)
Track:
Building a Culture that Works
Identifying and Tracking Cultural Indicators in Your Startup
Details coming soon.
Coffee Break
Track:
AI and ML for Software Engineers: Foundational Insights
How to Unlock Insights and Enable Discovery Within Petabytes of Autonomous Driving Data
For autonomous vehicle companies, finding valuable insights within millions of hours of video data is essential yet challenging.
Track:
Memory Safe Native Languages and WASM
New Approaches to Systems Programming for the Web
Details coming soon.
Windsor (5th Fl.)
Track:
Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Architectures
Building Resilient Platforms: Insights from 20+ Years in Mission-Critical Infrastructure
In this talk, Matthew will describe lessons learned from over 20+ years of building cloud-based scalable, secure and stable infrastructure platforms for mission critical software in financial services (electronic trading, credit card processing etc.).
Track:
Resilient Engineering Practices for Security Against Modern Threats
Vulnerability Management in the Software Supply Chain
Details coming soon.
Mountbatten (6th Fl.)
Track:
Building a Culture that Works
The Culture Evolution: Adapting and Thriving Across Company Stages
Details coming soon.
Lunch
Track:
AI and ML for Software Engineers: Foundational Insights
AI for Food Image Generation in Production: How & Why
In this talk, we will conduct a technical overview of a client-facing Food Image Generation solution developed at Delivery Hero.
Track:
Memory Safe Native Languages and WASM
The Universal Runtime for the Next Generation of Applications
Details coming soon.
Windsor (5th Fl.)
Track:
Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Architectures
Unconference: Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Architectures
Rutherford (4th Fl.)
Track:
Resilient Engineering Practices for Security Against Modern Threats
Trust No One: Securing the Modern Software Supply Chain with Zero Trust
Can you truly trust your software supply chain? As cloud-native software development surges, threat actors increasingly target the supply chain, exploiting vulnerabilities in CI/CD pipelines, dependencies, and container images.
Track:
Building a Culture that Works
Redefining Culture Fit for a Modern Workplace
Details coming soon.
Coffee Break
Track:
AI and ML for Software Engineers: Foundational Insights
Foundation Models for Recommenders: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned
Recommender systems are an integral part of most products nowadays and are often a key driver of discovery for users of the product.
Track:
Memory Safe Native Languages and WASM
Unlocking the Web's Potential with Memory-Safe Languages
Details coming soon.
Windsor (5th Fl.)
Track:
Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Architectures
Multi-Cloud with Governance and Traceability Baked-In
Details coming soon.
Fleming (3rd Fl.)
Track:
Resilient Engineering Practices for Security Against Modern Threats
Secure by Design: Building Security into Engineering Workflows and Teams
Security doesn't have to be a blocker- it can be an enabler. In this session, we’ll explore how to seamlessly integrate secure development practices into engineering workflows while fostering a culture of collaboration and shared ownership.
Track:
Building a Culture that Works
Unconference: Building a Culture that Works
Rutherford (4th Fl.)
Coffee Break
Track:
AI and ML for Software Engineers: Foundational Insights
Building Embedding Models for Large-Scale Real-World Applications
Embedding models are at the core of search, recommendation, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, transforming data into meaningful representations.
Track:
Memory Safe Native Languages and WASM
Unconference: Memory Safe Native Languages and WASM
Rutherford (4th Fl.)
Track:
Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Architectures
The Untamed Frontier of Multi-Cloud Networking
Details coming soon.
Fleming (3rd Fl.)
Track:
Resilient Engineering Practices for Security Against Modern Threats
Securing AI Copilots: Including Supply Chain Security in AI Strategy
Details coming soon.
Track:
Building a Culture that Works
Navigating the Complexities of Engineering Organizations
Details coming soon.
Churchill (Ground Fl.)
Coffee Break
Track:
AI and ML for Software Engineers: Foundational Insights
Lessons Learned From Building LinkedIn’s First Agent: Hiring Assistant
In October 2024, we announced LinkedIn’s first agent, Hiring Assistant to a select group of LinkedIn customers.
Track:
Memory Safe Native Languages and WASM
Performance Optimization with WASM and Native Code
Details coming soon.
Windsor (5th Fl.)
Track:
Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Architectures
Choosing the Right Tools for Multi-Cloud Control Planes
Details coming soon.
Fleming (3rd Fl.)
Track:
Resilient Engineering Practices for Security Against Modern Threats
Unconference: Resilient Engineering Practices for Security Against Modern Threats
Rutherford (4th Fl.)
Track:
Building a Culture that Works
The Ripple Effect: How Individual Actions Drive Culture Change
Details coming soon.
Churchill (Ground Fl.)
Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
Continental Breakfast on 3rd & 5th Fl.
Coffee Break
Track:
Connecting Systems: APIs, Protocols, Observability
Timeouts, Retries and Idempotency In Distributed Systems
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again” - this quote attributed to Einstein warns us of the danger of magical thinking, hoping that trying something just one more time will achieve success when before we failed. But is this really insanity?
Track:
The Tech of FinTech
Fighting Financial Crime with AI
Details coming soon.
Churchill (Ground Fl.)
Track:
Modern Data Architectures
Reliable Data Flows and Scalable Platforms: Tackling Key Data Challenges
There are a few common and mostly well-known challenges when architecting for data. For example, many data teams struggle to move data in a stable and reliable way from operational systems to analytics systems.
Track:
The Changing Face of Architectural Practice
Holistic Engineering: Organic Problem Solving for Complex Evolving Systems
Every day developers have to work with code influenced by past decisions made by non-technical departments. Every day there are defects and other obstacles caused by non-technical factors that are nonetheless reflected in your code.
Track:
Emerging Trends in the Frontend and Mobile
So You’ve Decided To Do a Technical Migration
It seems like there’s always a hot new library or framework promising great things. But people often forget about the pain and effort required to move from an old technology to a new one. How long will it take? If you finish, will it be worth it?
Coffee Break
Track:
Connecting Systems: APIs, Protocols, Observability
Deploying WebSockets with AsyncAPI and Architecture as Code
Details coming soon.
Track:
The Tech of FinTech
Exploring Innovations in Digital Transactions
Details coming soon.
Churchill (Ground Fl.)
Track:
Modern Data Architectures
Achieving Precision in AI: Retrieving the Right Data Using AI Agents
In the race to harness the power of generative AI, organizations are discovering a hidden challenge: precision.
Track:
The Changing Face of Architectural Practice
The Friction Fix: Building Collaborative Relationships Between Teams
In today's fast-paced and interconnected world, the friction between product and technology teams often feels inevitable.
Track:
Emerging Trends in the Frontend and Mobile
Building Immersive Frontend Experiences
Details coming soon.
Windsor (5th Fl.)
Lunch
Track:
Connecting Systems: APIs, Protocols, Observability
gRPC, REST, and Beyond: Choosing the Right Protocol for Your Needs
Details coming soon.
Whittle (3rd Fl.)
Track:
The Tech of FinTech
Building Scalable and Secure Financial Infrastructures
Details coming soon.
Churchill (Ground Fl.)
Track:
Modern Data Architectures
Building a Global Scale Data Platform with Cloud-Native Tools
As businesses increasingly operate in hybrid and multi-cloud environments, managing data across these complex setups presents unique challenges and opportunities. This presentation provides a comprehensive guide to building a global-scale data platform using cloud-native tools.
Track:
The Changing Face of Architectural Practice
Security and Architecture: To Betray One Is To Destroy Both
Flawed architecture introduces vulnerabilities that even the best security cannot mitigate. Likewise, a well-architected system without robust security remains a ticking time bomb in the face of modern threats.
Track:
Emerging Trends in the Frontend and Mobile
Mobile Server-Driven UI at Scale
Delivering changes to mobile applications is always painful: dealing with store reviews, users that don't update their apps and multiple concurrent versions being used at the same time.
Coffee Break
Track:
Connecting Systems: APIs, Protocols, Observability
Building an On-Call System with Excellent Observability
Details coming soon.
Whittle (3rd Fl.)
Track:
The Tech of FinTech
Navigating the Regulatory Landscape in FinTech
Details coming soon.
Churchill (Ground Fl.)
Track:
Modern Data Architectures
Streaming into the Future: Architecting for Real-Time Data Insights
Details coming soon.
Fleming (3rd Fl.)
Track:
The Changing Face of Architectural Practice
Empowering Teams: Decentralizing Architectural Decision-Making
In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, centralised architectural decision-making can become a bottleneck to delivery performance and innovation.
Track:
Emerging Trends in the Frontend and Mobile
The Need for Speed: Optimizing Frontend Performance for a Faster Web
Details coming soon.
Windsor (5th Fl.)
Coffee Break
Track:
Connecting Systems: APIs, Protocols, Observability
Unlocking the Power of Connectivity to Build a Seamless System Landscape
Details coming soon.
Whittle (3rd Fl.)
Track:
The Tech of FinTech
Data Engineering for AI in Financial Services
Details coming soon.
Churchill (Ground Fl.)
Track:
Modern Data Architectures
Building a Scalable and Cost-Effective Data Infrastructure
Details coming soon.
Fleming (3rd Fl.)
Track:
The Changing Face of Architectural Practice
Panel: Taking Architecture Out of the Echo Chamber
Architecture is increasingly about ensuring that the right conversations are happening at the right time and involving the right people in the right ways.
Windsor (5th Fl.)
Track:
Emerging Trends in the Frontend and Mobile
Beyond Frames Per Second: Metrics that Matter in Mobile
Details coming soon.
Mountbatten (6th Fl.)
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
Breakfast
Training
FULL DAY09:00AM BST - 04:00PM BST (7 hours)
Success Patterns for Fast Flow and Team Topologies (Continued)
Matthew Skelton - Conflux
Gielgud (2nd Fl.)
Training
HALF DAY09:00AM BST - 12:00PM BST (3 hours)
Dealing with Challenging People and Situations – Concrete Skills To Overcome the Awkward and Increase Connection
Charlotte de Jong Schouwenburg - Bravely
Certification
09:00AM BST - 12:00PM BST (3 hours)
Become an InfoQ Certified Software Architect in Emerging Technologies (ICSAET)
Olivier (2nd Fl.)
Training
HALF DAY09:00AM BST - 12:00PM BST (3 hours)
Developing Secure and Robust Enterprise Java Applications with Jakarta EE
Michael Redlich - Garden State Java User Group
Lunch in Westminster (4th Fl.)
Training
HALF DAY01:00PM BST - 04:00PM BST (3 hours)
Mastering Tough Talks: Strategies for Navigating Difficult Conversations
Charlotte de Jong Schouwenburg - Bravely
Training
FULL DAY09:00AM BST - 04:00PM BST (7 hours)
Success Patterns for Fast Flow and Team Topologies (Continued)
Matthew Skelton - Conflux
Gielgud (2nd Fl.)
Friday, April 11th, 2025
Breakfast
Training
FULL DAY09:00AM BST - 04:00PM BST (7 hours)
Using LLMs Beyond Chatting (Continued)
Jendrik Jördening - Nooxit
Training
FULL DAY09:00AM BST - 04:00PM BST (7 hours)
AWS Kubernetes Security for Developers (Continued)
Ashish Rajan - Kaizenteq Ltd
St James (4th Fl.)
Training
FULL DAY09:00AM BST - 04:00PM BST (7 hours)
Microservice Bootcamp, a Practical View on Benefits, Costs and Challenges (Continued)
Gielgud (2nd Fl.)
Training
FULL DAY09:00AM BST - 04:00PM BST (7 hours)
Building Effective Platform Teams* (Continued)
St James (4th Fl.)
Lunch in Westminster (4th Fl.)
Training
FULL DAY09:00AM BST - 04:00PM BST (7 hours)
Using LLMs Beyond Chatting (Continued)
Jendrik Jördening - Nooxit
Training
FULL DAY09:00AM BST - 04:00PM BST (7 hours)
AWS Kubernetes Security for Developers (Continued)
Ashish Rajan - Kaizenteq Ltd
St James (4th Fl.)
Training
FULL DAY09:00AM BST - 04:00PM BST (7 hours)
Microservice Bootcamp, a Practical View on Benefits, Costs and Challenges (Continued)
Gielgud (2nd Fl.)
Training
FULL DAY09:00AM BST - 04:00PM BST (7 hours)
Building Effective Platform Teams* (Continued)
St James (4th Fl.)