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:
- Demonstrate expertise: The ICSAET certification is more than a badge—it's a testament to your commitment to continuous learning, strategic vision, and ability to navigate emerging trends in the software industry.
- Stay ahead of the curve: In a fast-changing tech environment, staying relevant is critical. The ICSAET credential proves you're not just keeping up but leading the way.
- Enhance your professional brand: Whether on your resume, LinkedIn profile or in conversations with peers, the ICSAET certification signals your authority as a senior technical leader and your dedication to continuous growth.
According to The Future of Jobs Report 2025 from the World Economic Forum, “85% of companies planning to upskill their people and 59% of the global workforce needing training by 2030,”
What is the ICSAET certification?
The InfoQ Certified Software Architect in Emerging Technologies (ICSAET) is a unique certification designed for senior technical leads and architects to demonstrate their commitment to continuous learning and leadership in the tech industry, backed by a minimum of five years of experience and rigorous ongoing education through exclusive InfoQ and QCon events, workshops, and conferences.
Key components:
- Attend QCon London conference (April 7-9, 2025):
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. Gain actionable insights directly applicable to your team’s projects and roadmap.
- Participate in the capstone workshop (April 10, 2025):
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 Certified Software Architect in Emerging Technologies (ICSAET) credential, a recognized symbol of leadership and expertise in the software industry.
Time Commitment: 3.5 days - QCon London 2025 conference and workshop (April 7-10, 2025)
What makes ICSAET different?
Unlike traditional certifications, the ICSAET is rooted in real-world learning and application:
- Learn from innovators and early adopters: All sessions and workshops are led by senior software practitioners actively solving today’s complex challenges.
- Hands-On focus: Practical, actionable insights ensure you can implement what you learn immediately.
- Backed by trusted leaders: Created by InfoQ and QCon, global leaders in supporting software development teams for nearly two decades.
Learn from a 16-time QCon Chair
Step into the world of cutting-edge software development under the guidance of Wesley Reisz, a 16-time Chair of QCon events in London, San Francisco, and New York. With a rich background as a Principal Consultant, Platform Architect and co-host of The InfoQ Podcast, Wes brings unparalleled expertise and vision. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to maximize your takeaways from the conference. Wes will provide exclusive guidance to the cohort before the event and lead the capstone workshop on the final day.
How to get certified
- Meet the experience requirement: To be eligible, candidates must have a minimum of five years of experience as senior technical leads or architects.
- Attend QCon London (April 7–9, 2025): Join three days of live, practitioner-led sessions on emerging trends like AI, cloud-native systems, security, and more.
- Participate in the capstone workshop (April 10): Collaborate with peers to solve real-world technology challenges in a half-day workshop.
- Earn your certification: Demonstrate your expertise and receive the ICSAET credential, recognized by the software industry.
Take the next step
Are you ready to validate your expertise, elevate your career, and lead the charge in emerging technologies?
Speaker
Wes Reisz
Technical Principal @EqualExperts, ex-Thoughtworker & ex-VMWare
Wes has been an active member of the QCon and InfoQ communities since 2015. Professionally, he is a Technical Principal at Equal Experts, where he specializes in app modernization and platform engineering. Wes embraces the notion of the T-shaped engineer, blending broad expertise across a wide range of software domains with deep technical knowledge in the cloud-native ecosystem. He believes in the transformative power of speaking, teaching, and continuous learning.
Wes has over 20 years of experience in software engineering. During that time, he has chaired more than 15 QCon software conferences in San Francisco, London, and New York; created the well-respected InfoQ Podcast; and spent over 10 years teaching 400-level courses on software architecture and programming at the University of Louisville. These experiences have provided him with broad knowledge across a wide range of areas in software while fostering technical depth in software architecture, cloud-native engineering, and platform thinking.
Before joining Equal Experts, Wes held technical leadership roles at Thoughtworks, where he focused on cloud and modernization; at VMware, as a Tanzu Platform Architect specializing in Spring, Kubernetes, and the developer path to production; and at an edge-related startup, where he served as VP of Technology, driving innovation at the edge.
