TechLead Conference London 2026

About TechLead Conference London 2026

Engineering leaders get a one-day conference on Friday, October 23, 2026 at The Brewery, 52 Chiswell Street, London, run by GitNation. TechLead Conference 2026 (London Edition) is in person and aimed at an intermediate to advanced level. Topics include AI-powered development workflows, interviewing engineers in the AI era, upskilling engineering teams, maintaining quality in AI tool adoption, and overcoming AI adoption resistance.

The site lists 28 speakers and 40 sessions. Speakers include Gregor Ojstersek (Engineering Leadership newsletter), Anna J McDougall (Engineering Manager, HashiCorp / IBM), Matt Pocock and Dünya Kirkali (Engineering Leader, Remote.com). Sessions include Interviewing in the Post-LLM World, Usage Lies - What Actually Proves an Internal AI Tool Works, and Proving What an AI Won't Do.

The Regular Ticket (2nd batch) is £590. A Combo Full Ticket that includes React Advanced Conf is £790.

Location

52 Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4SD, United Kingdom

Venue: The Brewery

Agenda

Friday, October 23

• 10:15–11:00 · New Era, New Skills, Same Old Story — Anna J McDougall
• 11:15–12:00 · Why Software Fundamentals Still Matter — Matt Pocock
• 12:15–13:00 · Interviewing in the Post-LLM World — Dünya Kirkali
• 13:15–14:00 · Usage Lies - What Actually Proves an Internal AI Tool Works — Yusuf Tayman
• 14:15–15:00 · One Team, Many AIs — Pablo Ibanez
• 15:15–16:00 · Proving What an AI Won't Do — Fabio Dias
• 16:15–17:00 · Your Coding Agent Is Only as Good as Your Company’s Memory — Eugene Sergueev
• 17:15–18:00 · Panel: AI-Era Hiring: What Skills Last?
• 08:00–09:00 · Registration
• 09:00–09:15 · Opening Ceremony
• 09:15–09:35 · Why Software Fundamentals Still Matter — Matt Pocock
• 09:35–10:00 · QnA with Matt Pocock
• 10:00–10:20 · How to Build AI-Native Engineering Teams — Gregor Ojstersek
• 10:20–10:40 · QnA with Gregor Ojstersek
• 10:40–11:00 · Beyond Rubber Ducking - Engineering in Times of AI (LLMs) — Carlos Fuentes
• 11:00–11:10 · QnA with Carlos Fuentes
• 11:10–11:30 · Coffee break
• 11:30–11:50 · Your Coding Agent Is Only as Good as Your Company’s Memory — Eugene Sergueev
• 11:50–12:10 · QnA with Eugene Sergueev
• 12:10–12:30 · Faster and Lonelier: AI, Isolation, and the Erosion of Engineering Collaboration — Daniil Mazepin
• 12:30–12:40 · QnA with Daniil Mazepin
• 12:40–13:40 · Lunch
• 10:00–10:20 · One Team, Many AIs — Pablo Ibanez
• 10:20–10:40 · QnA with Pablo Ibanez
• 10:40–11:00 · Usage Lies - What Actually Proves an Internal AI Tool Works — Yusuf Tayman
• 11:00–11:10 · QnA with Yusuf Tayman
• 11:30–12:10 · Panel Discussion: Manager or Maker? The Leadership Identity Crisis — Kevin Ball, Gregor Ojstersek, Freddie Tibbles, Kanika Arora, Daria Stroganova
• 12:10–12:30 · Putting a Ceiling on the Thing You Just Told Everyone to Use — Alexandru-Daniel Tufa
• 12:30–13:40 · Lunch
• 13:40–14:00 · New Era, New Skills, Same Old Story — Anna J McDougall
• 14:00–14:20 · QnA with Anna J McDougall
• 14:20–14:40 · Interviewing in the Post-LLM World — Dünya Kirkali
• 14:40–15:00 · QnA with Dünya Kirkali
• 15:00–15:30 · Lightning Talks
• 15:30–15:50 · Coffee break
• 15:50–16:10 · Talk TBA
• 16:10–16:30 · QnA with TBA
• 16:30–16:50 · Proving What an AI Won't Do — Fabio Dias
• 16:50–17:00 · QnA with Fabio Dias
• 17:00–17:30 · Closing Ceremony

Speakers

• Gregor Ojstersek
  Engineering Leadership newsletter
• Anna J McDougall
  Engineering Manager, Author of 'You Belong in Tech', HashiCorp / IBM
• Matt Pocock
  Independent TypeScript educator, Total TypeScript & AI Hero Author
• Dünya Kirkali
  Engineering Leader, Remote.com
• Yusuf Tayman
  Lead QA Engineer, Insider One
• Pablo Ibanez
  Independent Tech Lead
• Fabio Dias
  Programme Director, University of Surrey
• Eugene Sergueev
  Director of Engineering, Flo Health Inc
• Daria Stroganova
  Engineering Manager, Meta
• Nihan Bircan
  Senior Engineering Manager, Flo Health
• Carlos Fuentes
  Software Engineer, Auth0
• Kseniia Korostelova
  Senior Engineering Leader, Aristocrat Interactive
• Andrei Malyhin
  Engineering Manager, Flo Health
• Alexandru-Daniel Tufa
  Engineering Manager, Yelp
• Daniil Mazepin
  Senior Engineering Leader, CoreWeave
• Kevin Ball
  Mento
• Freddie Tibbles
• Kanika Arora
• John Adib
• Bogdana-Elena Avadanei
• Dmitry Kmita
• Vitor Alencar
  Chilipiper
• Sajal Rustagi
• Valerii Iatsko

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