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LeadDev Berlin 2025

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The conference for engineering leaders shaping the future of software

Berlin • November 3 & 4, 2025

Pat Kua

Seasoned Technology Leader & Coach

Emma Bostian

Engineering Manager
Spotify

Charity Majors

Co-Founder & CTO
Honeycomb

Bruce Wang

Engineering Director
Netflix

James Stanier

CTO
Nordhealth
Sam Newman

Sam Newman

Independent Tech Consultant & Author
Sam Newman & Associates
Humera Noor LeadDev

Humera Noor

CTO
Digital Munich Tech GmbH
  • Working sideways

    Working sideways

    Aish Raj Dahal touches upon this slightly less talked about aspect of the job as a technical IC leader, which is creating peer relationships and working with other Staff engineers in shaping an organization’s technical roadmap.

  • Scaling your influence through documentation

    Scaling your influence through documentation

    James Ford reflects on his two year journey as a Staff Engineer and how a mix of documentation and working groups has been a surprisingly effective strategy for influencing the opinions of the individual engineers as well as the non-technical stakeholders.

  • Building a shared vision: Creating alignment across autonomous teams

    Building a shared vision: Creating alignment across autonomous teams

    Maria Neumayer’s talk will explore how to overcome these challenges, get buy-in from engineers to promote cross-team collaboration and alignment, all while establishing and refining shared standards and working towards a shared vision.

  • Building a diverse and inclusive guild from the ground up

    Building a diverse and inclusive guild from the ground up

    Liem Pham’s story, a France-born developer with Asian heritage, finding his space in the London tech scene. You will hear about his journey, from being the first frontend engineer at Accurx, to building a diverse and inclusive guild of 20+ members in two years.

  • Librarian's Guide to Documentation

    Librarian’s guide to documentation

    Kaitlyn Tierney wants you to learn how to leverage librarian skills to create and maintain internal documentation that works for you. Improve technical decision making by fostering a culture of documentation excellence and inspiring clear, effective written communication with a few simple practices.

  • Solving the puzzle of Staff+ time management

    Solving the puzzle of staff+ time management

    Blanca Garcia Gil looks at how the expectations of your role imply changes in how you manage your time, strategies to avoid feeling like you are being stretched in multiple directions, understanding how you work best, and identifying which strategies apply to you.

  • Practical Systems Thinking for Software Engineers

    Practical systems thinking for Software Engineers

    Laura Nolan covers methods such as EAST-BL, System Dynamics, and the Energy Barrier perspective, with a specific focus on how these methods can be applied to the development and operation of distributed software systems.