2025 Schedule
The schedule is subject to change.
Wednesday, October 15th, 2025
Badge Pick-Up and Breakfast
Conference Introduction and Keynote:
Keynote Presentation with Katharine Jarmul
Break
Practical Performance Tuning for Serverless Java on AWS
Java is for many years one of the most popular programming languages, but it is known for its high cold start times and high memory footprint, compared to other programming languages like Node.js and Python.
Image Processing for Automated Tests
The final step in UI test automation is to check the correct appearance. What seems to a simple image processing task makes even modern AI struggle. It surprisingly fails to correctly attribute many simple changes.
Practical Robustness: Building and Debugging an Autonomous Mobile Robot Control System in Rust
Controlling autonomous mobile robot fleets demands a system that is not only powerful but also robust, especially when deployed on customer sites with restricted access serving critical processes.
Break
Building the Foundations of Agentic Computing with LMOS
Details coming soon.
Essential Soft Skills for Collaborative Development
Details coming soon.
Lunch
Theme Systems at Scale: How To Build Highly Customizable Software
Efficient theming systems require an architecture that supports different users at various stages. Shopify has been pioneering that with Liquid themes for years, in this talk I'll explore the critical components that make it possible, and how to build them from authoring to rendering.
Platform Engineering for Everyone - Success Can’t Be Coded
Most Internal Developer Platforms fail not because of technical limitations, but because they're built like infrastructure projects rather than products developers want to use.
Break
Architecting Applications for the European Sovereign Cloud
Details coming soon.
Lessons Learned From Shipping AI-Powered Healthcare Products
Details coming soon.
Break
Reimagining Platform Engagement with Graph Neural Networks
This session will explore how graph neural networks (GNNs) can help enhance recommender systems and personalisation algorithms for e-commerce and entertainment industries.
Beyond Speed Limits: Exploring the Performance Power of Valkey
Details coming soon.
Attendee Social - Snacks & Beverages - Located in the Smart Cafe
'Birds of a Feather' (BoF) - After Hours Unconference & Peer Discussions
Join us at the end of the day to socialize with other participants and expert speakers while discussing topics you bring to the table.
Thursday, October 16th, 2025
Badge Pick-Up and Breakfast
Conference Introduction and Keynote:
AI Innovation in 2025 and Beyond
Break
Leveraging ML for Enhanced Software Development Workflows
Details coming soon.
Road to Compliance: Will Your Internal Users Hate Your Platform Team?
Enforcing rules and best practices consistently while enhancing operational efficiency, reducing risks, and controlling costs is a tricky journey, that often leads to frustration, loss of productivity, and friction between engineering teams and yours because the challenge is not purely technical.
Building a Serverless PDF Rendering Pipeline in Rust
Details coming soon.
Break
Clean Architecture for Serverless: Business Logic You Can Take Anywhere
As cloud platforms evolve, serverless functions offer scalable solutions, but cloud-specific requirements often make it challenging to keep business logic portable.
Product Thinking for Cloud Native Engineers
Want to level up your engineering career? Product management and ownership skills will help you showcase the business value of IT investments and align technical solutions with company goals.
Lunch
Evolution of a Backend for a Streaming Application
"Because customers are watching TV right now, not planning to watch it tomorrow."
Leveraging Adversary Emulation for GenAI Red Teaming
Securing GenAI systems is a constantly evolving challenge that requires innovative security measures. Unlike traditional systems, GenAI responses are typically non-deterministic, making them challenging for traditional cybersecurity approaches to address.
Break
Practical Strategies for the Everyday Developer
Details coming soon.
Are We Ready for the Next Cyber Security Crisis Like Log4shell?
In a world where vulnerabilities like Log4J, Spring4Shell, and the XZ Backdoor make headlines, securing our software ecosystem has never been more critical.
Break
4 Patterns of AI Native Development
Development is experiencing a new phase of automation, similar to what we saw with DevOps. Numerous new tools are emerging, and it can be challenging to keep up with them.
Challenging Google Analytics: Building a Scalable, Cost-Effective User Tracking Service
In the quest for greater control over our analytics infrastructure and to ensure full compliance with GDPR, we embarked on a journey to replace Google Analytics with a custom-built user tracking service.
Attendee Social - Snacks & Beverages - Located in the Smart Cafe