Upcoming events
Find fresh ideas, useful conversations and new connections.
London • June 28 & 29, 2027
Learn what’s working for engineering leaders right now.
New York • September 8 & 9, 2027
Get fresh perspective on the challenges you’re facing.
Berlin • November 4 & 5, 2027
Close the gap between where you are and need to be.
Upcoming online panels
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In partnership with HarnessToken leaderboards are wrecking your AI ROI
November 18, 2026 • 1.00PMTie AI spend to outcomes you already trust, and catch runaway costs before finance does.
Discover our partner events
Explore conferences, workshops and events from our partners, bringing engineering leaders together to share ideas and discover what’s next in tech.
Explore partner events →Recent recordings
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In partnership with Chainguard
How to take the pressure off code review
Build safe foundations into the pipeline so reviewers don’t have to be the safety net.
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In partnership with Harness
Code quality is the new bottleneck
Verification is where speed is won or lost.
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In partnership with O’Reilly
The truth about engineering team performance in 2026
What your metrics are actually measuring, and what they’re missing.
Free online workshops
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In partnership with Gitkraken
Prove your AI gains, then improve them
Turn real usage data into a clear read on your agents’ ROI — and a plan to improve it.
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In partnership with Gitkraken
How to track your agents
A hands-on workshop where you’ll use a dashboard to track your AI agents.
Upcoming in-person events
London • June 28 & 29, 2027
Join Europe’s largest gathering of engineering leaders for fresh ideas, meaningful conversations, and practical insights to take back to your teams.
New York • September 8 & 9, 2027
Connect with engineering leaders facing the same challenges as you. Exchange ideas, explore new approaches, and make connections.
Berlin • November 4 & 5, 2027
Explore what’s working in engineering leadership today, from making AI count to navigating rising expectations and supporting teams through change.
LeadDev meet-ups are expanding in 2026
We run free events year-round in cities all over the world
Highlights from our recent events
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AI-native development: How to actually get the most out of your agents
This talk covers spec-driven development as a way to give agents better constraints, large language model (LLM) gateway and routing strategies for managing which model handles which task, test-driven development adapted for an agent-first workflow, and verification practices built for the volume and pace of AI-generated code.
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The first rung: Where the next generation of engineers will come from
A look at how apprenticeship can help engineering leaders develop the next generation of technical talent for an AI-enabled world.
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Beyond CI/CD: How platform abstractions unlocked developer productivity at scale
In this talk, I will share how our platform engineering team made a deliberate investment to simplify service-to-service connectivity by introducing uniform platform abstractions and out-of-the-box discovery.
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You’re already building a software factory
This session will give you a blueprint for building out your team’s factory, both technically and organizationally.
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Legacy as leverage: How brownfield work builds technical judgment
In this talk, I’ll share how brownfield work builds engineering judgment in ways greenfield environments often do not.
Recent webinars
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In partnership with ChainguardHow to take the pressure off code review
Build safe foundations into the pipeline so reviewers don’t have to be the safety net.
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In partnership with HarnessCode quality is the new bottleneck
Verification is where speed is won or lost.
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In partnership with O’ReillyThe truth about engineering team performance in 2026
What your metrics are actually measuring, and what they’re missing.
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In partnership with LaunchDarklyControlling your AI software factory
How do you stay in control of systems that never stop evolving?
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In partnership with TaxnovaInside the engineering finance paradox
The CFO discussion is coming. Here’s how engineering leaders can prepare for it.
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In partnership with HarnessWhat breaks when AI opens pull requests
GitOps was built for humans, not agents.
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In partnership with ChainguardClose the maintenance gap AI created
Teams are seeing more code rewritten or reverted soon after it ships.
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In partnership with Stanford UniversityWhat are durable leadership skills in 2026?
As code becomes cheaper, communication skills gain value.
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In partnership with HarnessHow can developer experience boost team productivity?
Want to learn some practical, realistic strategies that will make your developers’ jobs easier and more enjoyable?
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How to balance technical direction and leadership work
But as is often the case in business, priorities constantly shift and where you focus your efforts will too. So how do you strike the right balance between working on the technical direction of the business and those tasks that require you to put your leadership hat on?
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How to master the four Staff archetypes and elevate your impact
While the specifics of the job can vary widely, Will Larson has famously categorized the Staff+ experience into four archetypes: Tech Lead, Architect, Solver, and the Right Hand.
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How to get promoted beyond staff engineer
This month, we’ll be discussing how to promote to the next staff+ level in your organization.
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In partnership with HarnessHow to identify and fix CI pipeline problems
Our panel of engineering leaders will discuss how you can identify and remedy the most common CI pipeline difficulties, and how you can make sure they aren’t blocking your teams.
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In partnership with DXMeasuring developer productivity with DORA, SPACE, or DevEx
Join us for this webinar, where we’ll discuss how engineering leaders can measure and boost team performance using three well-known engineering productivity frameworks.
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In partnership with ApolloHow to implement platform engineering at scale
In this webinar, we’ll hear from enterprise engineering leaders who’ve overcome cultural barriers and team silos, and successfully adopted platform engineering practices in their orgs.
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In partnership with PantheonWhat does a ‘modern’ DevOps culture actually look like?
DevOps as we know it is constantly evolving. In this webinar, we find out if the latest trends are worth the hype.
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In partnership with HarnessDoes your org need platform engineering?
The panel digs into what the approach looks like in practice, and ask whether platform engineering really holds the key to unlocking happy and productive teams. You will leave this session with a better understanding of what platform engineering really is, how it relates to developer happiness, and whether it’s the right route to go down for your org.
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In partnership with LinearBAn engineering leader’s guide to reporting up
There’s no rulebook when it comes to how to report to your senior leadership team – but there are ways that you can feel more prepared, confident, and ready to showcase engineering’s impact.
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In partnership with PantheonBreaking down silos between frontend and backend
Join us for this panel, where we explore how can managers help break down cultural and technical silos, and foster better collaboration between these critical teams.
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In partnership with HarnessHow to build a culture of accountability in your teams
In this panel, we’ll discuss what a culture of accountability actually looks like in practice, and the role of the engineering leader in encouraging a culture of accountability, not blame, in busy developer teams.
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In partnership with PluralsightChoosing metrics your teams won’t hate
In this panel, we’ll explore how to go about choosing the metrics that accurately capture the complexity and nuances of your team’s work.
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In partnership with X-TeamEssential soft skills you need to succeed as an engineer
There is a big focus on technical expertise in software engineering – but soft skills are equally as important. Which ones are crucial to master and how can you do this?
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How to become a staff+ engineer
What do you need to be able to demonstrate to get promoted to a staff engineer?
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How to communicate effectively as an IC
How can ICs communicate the same piece of information effectively to different audiences?
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In partnership with FronteggHelp your engineering, product and security teams get on the same page
How can teams find alignment among competing priorities?
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In partnership with KaratWhat is the role of the engineering manager in the hiring process?
How can time-strapped engineering managers juggle hiring responsibilities alongside their day to day?
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In partnership with CodacyHow can engineering orgs move fast without compromising code security
An interview with Jaime Jorge from Codacy
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In partnership with CodacyTaking the risk out of software experimentation
How do we remain competitive as a business without exposing ourselves to risk?
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In partnership with SwimmA guide to creating a great code documentation culture
If your teams are struggling with code documentation, watch this on-demand webinar, where our panel of engineering leaders will discuss best practices and strategies to get started. Code documentation is often viewed as a necessary evil by development teams. There’s no doubt that mastering the art…
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In partnership with Cortex® XCOR™ by Palo Alto NetworksMaking cloud native work for your org
How can enterprises make the leap to cloud native? What do they need to know?
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In partnership with SabreHow enterprises can overcome the challenges of legacy code
How can enterprise engineering teams tackle the challenges of modernizing outdated codebases?
