Upcoming events
Join us throughout 2025 for inspiring conferences, workshops, webinars and courses
London • June 2 & 3, 2026
Check out the festival for modern engineering leadership
Upcoming online panels
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In partnership with PostmanHow to avoid platform engineering anti-patterns
February 4, 2026 • 5.00PMWhat to do when your “golden paths” aren’t being used.
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In partnership with ChainguardRooting out sneaky sources of toil
January 28, 2026 • 5.00PMWhat to do next when unplanned work is killing velocity.
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In partnership with Dash0Are you ready for agentic observability?
January 27, 2026 • 5.00PMDesigning for observability in the age of AI.
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In partnership with FusionAuthUser authorization just got 10x harder
January 21, 2026 • 5.00PMWhat your old permissions model misses when AI agents are your users
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In partnership with HarnessThe AI capabilities that amplify your org
January 15, 2026 • 5.00PMIf AI is an amplifier, how do you ensure it is boosting the good and minimizing the bad?
Free online workshops
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In partnership with HarnessFrom Feature Flags to Measurable Impact
In this workshop, you can actively experiment with and benchmark your organization’s level of maturity.
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In partnership with HoneycombHow to understand the value of your code
Using observability tools to code with your eyes open.
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In partnership with CircleCIMove faster without losing control
Overcome the false trade-off between control and agility by rethinking platform governance so that standards become speed multipliers, enabling developer flexibility while reducing risk.
Recent recordings
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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.
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In partnership with Redgate
The database risks you can’t afford to ignore
From compliance breaches to fragile legacy databases, ignore these blinking red lights at your peril
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In partnership with Harness
How guardrails enable you to work at AI speed
AI risks we will move faster and break things more. Learn about the guardrails that enable you to safely release in the Age of AI
The Festival for Modern Engineering Leadership
London • June 2 & 3, 2026
A multi-stage festival of talks, activities, and real-world learning for leaders and their teams
Whether you’re a Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, Staff+, Director, VP, or CTO, you’ll leave with ideas and strategies to drive change.
2,500+
Attendees
6
Tracks of Content
150+
Speakers & Activity Hosts
150
Sessions
Featuring
Upcoming conferences
The engineering leadership conference for tech leads and engineering managers.
The technical leadership conference for staff, principal and
distinguished engineers.
Join a vetted audience of Director+ leaders to navigate a fast changing industry.
Join top engineering leaders for fresh insights on leveraging AI, leading high-performing teams, navigating industry volatility, and more.
LeadDev meet-ups are expanding in 2025
We run free events year-round in cities all over the world
Highlights from our recent events
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In partnership with LaunchDarklyFrom code tsunami to controlled innovation: Launching software in the age of AI
How to harness the explosive speed of AI-driven development without losing control, compromising safety, or putting customer experience at risk.
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What does innovation really mean? And how did Games Engineering navigate through it as a “startup” within Netflix
Learn how embracing paradoxes, discovery-driven learning, and integrative decisions enabled collaboration and unlocked innovation at Netflix.
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Hold on, let me prompt that
Explore how to lead with clarity and conviction in the GenAI era, balancing powerful tools with authentic, independent thinking.
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LLMs: An operator’s view
Explore a pragmatic approach to using LLMs to boost team productivity, enhance products, and evolve your leadership strategy.
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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.
Recent webinars
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In partnership with DrafttWhy 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.
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In partnership with RedgateThe database risks you can’t afford to ignore
From compliance breaches to fragile legacy databases, ignore these blinking red lights at your peril
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In partnership with HarnessHow guardrails enable you to work at AI speed
AI risks we will move faster and break things more. Learn about the guardrails that enable you to safely release in the Age of AI
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In partnership with HarnessHow McDonald’s and JPMorgan Chase safely scale experimentation
Learn how some of the largest multinationals safely run measurable experiments at the speed of AI — with guardrails not gates.
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In partnership with CloudflareEmbrace AI without losing control
How do engineering leaders move at AI speed without losing control and increasing delivery and security risks? You can do both.
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In partnership with HarnessHow AI is increasing systems resiliency
Facing more code than ever, learn the resiliency best practices used by SREs, including where AI can help
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In partnership with GitkrakenMeasuring the AI impact on developer experience
How to measure the impact of AI tools and agents on developer experience, and link this back to the business
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In partnership with MablAre you ready for agentic testing?
AI agents are no longer hypothetical — but are you ready to give them the keys to your test suite?