London

June 28–29, 2027

New York

September 15–16, 2026

Berlin

November 9–10, 2026


LDX3 New York is live

Latest

The 8 software engineering metrics AI broke

Plus 3 metrics standing firm in the AI era.

Conference talks

Plum Ertz - LON 26

Game time: A playbook to (unsuccessfully) 10x in a week and (successfully) 10x in a year

A candid scaling story about why rushed 10x efforts fail, and how disciplined metrics, culture, and architecture win over time.

Rebuilding the kitchen: Human connection in distributed engineering teams

This is a practical, leadership-focused talk for managers who want their remote teams to feel connected, aligned, and human – not just productive.

Maude Lemaire - LON 26

Planning next moves: Improving performance when half your stack is someone else’s problem

Learn how to measure latency, set realistic goals, and improve performance even when critical parts of your system are out of your control.

Moving accessibility from debt to done at giffgaff

How accessibility became part of everyday engineering, improving inclusion and business impact without slowing delivery.

In partnership with incident.io

Accelerating sustainably with AI

Scaling AI coding across teams requires culture shifts, standards, documentation, and thoughtful sustainable engineering practices.

Randy Shoup - LON 26 (1)

We doubled engineering productivity at eBay, but couldn’t change culture

Learn how to use stories to improve your influence as a leader.

Karen Lee Rigg - LON 26

Up and down the management track: Equalising your leadership style across the pressure of scale

A real-world guide to shifting your mindset and skills as you move between managing people, managers, and entire organizations.

Reports

In partnership with Postman

The Engineering Leadership Report 2026

We asked 600 engineering leaders how the role is evolving, where the challenges lie, and what the future holds.

the state of AI driven software
In partnership with Harness

The State of AI-Driven Software Releases 2026

We asked 400 engineering leaders how they are measuring the performance of their systems and the impact AI is having on that performance. 

engineering performance report 2025
In partnership with Honeycomb

The Engineering Performance Report 2025

We asked 400 engineering leaders how they are measuring the performance of their systems and the impact AI is having on that performance. 

In partnership with O’Reilly

The Engineering Team Performance Report 2025

We asked 500 engineering leaders how and why they measure their team’s performance. Here’s what we found.

Upcoming panel discussions

The festival for modern engineering leadership

New York • September 15 & 16, 2026

Must read

Ageism is squeezing everyone out of tech jobs

Tech companies are steering clear of both younger and older generations.

Nobody knows what programming will look like in two years

We’ve been here before.

Open source has a big AI slop problem

AI has increased the strain on already stretched maintainers.

AI adoption has to be driven from the top

Not by mandate, but clear leadership and guidance over why AI is being adopted.

Put an end to being the “go-to” engineer 

Being the individual people run to in a fire may feel great short-term, but the negative effects can pile up.

On our LeadDev playlist

Lena Reinhard LeadingEng Berlin 2024

Make it count; A no-nonsense guide to engineering metrics for the busy leader

Gain practical insights on engineering metrics that help busy leaders prioritize effectively, address delivery challenges, and measure team performance to maximize impact and productivity.

Evan

Behind the scenes scaling ChatGPT

Evan Morikawa gives you a behind the scenes look at how we scaled ChatGPT and the OpenAI APIs. A story about staying nimble enough to release new capabilities and to respond quickly to a rapidly changing industry.

James Stanier Berlin 2022 talk

Shopify’s remote working toolbox

This talk presents Shopify’s remote working toolbox, which is a collection of learnings, best practices and ideas for other leaders that are wishing to work and attract talent globally, but must fundamentally shift their culture to do so.

Leveling up engineers in an AI-driven world

Learn how to mentor junior engineers in an AI-driven world by reinforcing core skills and balancing AI-assisted workflows.

In partnership with Draftt

Why software maintenance is stuck in 2015

The tech stack looks nothing like it did ten years ago, but the maintenance of these systems hasn’t kept pace, remaining slow, reactive and stressful.