PN
Priya Nadkarni
VP Engineering, Northwind
- 3
- days, two tracks
- 42
- speakers, no keynote fluff
- 1,200
- attendees, capped
- 11
- years running
Speakers
Who's talking
42 confirmed · more announced monthly
EL
Erik Lindqvist
CTO, Kestrel
DR
Dana Reyes
Principal Engineer, Lumen
TB
Tomas Bergman
Director of Platform, Fieldstone
AO
Amara Okafor
Head of SRE, Arbor
ML
Marcus Leclerc
Engineering Manager, Kestrel
JW
Joy Whitmore
Staff Engineer, Lumen
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34 more
Full line-up announced in August
Schedule
Three days, two tracks
| Time | Session | Speaker | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Registration & coffee | — | All |
| 10:00 | The org chart is the architecture Why your services look like your reporting lines, and what to do about it. | Priya Nadkarni | Leadership |
| 11:15 | Cutting a 40-minute build to four A year of unglamorous CI work, itemised. | Dana Reyes | Platform |
| 13:45 | Hiring without take-home tests | Marcus Leclerc | Leadership |
| 15:00 | Incident review, live A real postmortem run on stage, with the people who were there. | Amara Okafor | Platform |
| 17:00 | Opening party | — | All |
| Time | Session | Speaker | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | Platform teams that people actually use | Tomas Bergman | Platform |
| 10:45 | Migrating 400 services without a freeze | Erik Lindqvist | Platform |
| 13:30 | Performance reviews for engineers What to measure when velocity is a lie. | Joy Whitmore | Leadership |
| 15:15 | Open spaces Attendee-proposed sessions, decided that morning. | — | All |
| Time | Session | Speaker | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | Workshops begin Six parallel sessions, 25 people each. Workshop ticket required. | Various | Workshop |
| 14:00 | Unconference | — | All |
| 16:30 | Closing remarks | Priya Nadkarni | All |
Tickets
No tiered nonsense
Three options. Everyone gets the same seats, the same food and the same talks.
Community
Self-funded, students, between jobs
£145
- All three days
- Both tracks
- Lunch and the party
Standard
Most boughtCompany-funded
£495
- Everything in Community
- Talk recordings
- Invoice on request
- Free transfer to a colleague
Workshop
Includes Friday sessions
£790
- Everything in Standard
- One Friday workshop
- Capped at 25 people
Venue
Barbican Centre, London
Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS. Five minutes from Barbican and Moorgate, ten from Liverpool Street. Step-free throughout, with a quiet room on level 2 for the whole three days.
- Step-free access to every room
- Live captioning on both tracks
- Quiet room and a prayer room
- All catering vegetarian by default
Before you book
Can I transfer my ticket?
Yes, free, up to 24 hours before. Standard and Workshop tickets can be transferred to anyone; Community tickets only to someone who also qualifies.
Are talks recorded?
All main-track talks are recorded and go to Standard and Workshop ticket holders within three weeks, then public after six months. Open spaces are never recorded.
Is there financial support?
We hold 80 free tickets plus travel and accommodation each year. Applications open in June and are decided by a panel that does not see names or employers.
What's the refund policy?
Full refund up to 30 days before, 50% up to 7 days before. If you're unwell on the day, tell us and we'll refund you — no note required.