ELC Conference · Prague · April 2027
One stage. 600+ engineering leaders in the heart of Europe.
Last edition drew 500+ leaders, speakers from Netflix, Stripe and Meta, and Czech Television covered it. We are building the 2027 lineup now, and we want war stories, not theory.
Main stage talk, hands-on workshop, or 1:1 mentoring sessions with you as the mentor. Pick your format in the form.
Our speakers come from
See the room you would stand in
The ELC 26 aftermovie. Prefer last year? Watch the 2025 one: 25 speakers, 330 engineering leaders.
Why this stage is different
Not sponsor-based
Sponsors do not buy stage time here. Every speaker earns their spot on content quality alone.
The refund bar
If the conference does not deliver, we refund tickets. That is the bar we hold ourselves, and every speaker, to.
Decision-makers in the seats
CTOs, VPs, and directors. People who can actually act on what you share, the same week.
No filler, no fluff
We curate for practical aha moments. If your talk would not change how someone works next Monday, it is not ready for this stage.
Engaged, not passive
Attendees build their own path through talks, workshops, 1:1 mentoring, and networking. People are in your room because they chose it.
Partners add value, not noise
You will not follow a 30-minute product demo. The whole program is designed to keep energy and quality high.
Become an ELC speaker: grow your reach, your network, and your Prague stories
One talk and you are in: the alumni group, the dinner table, and a recording you will actually reuse.
A room of 600+ decision-makers
Heading for 600+ engineering leaders in Prague, heart of Europe. Last edition drew 500+, with speakers from Netflix, Stripe and Meta, and Czech Television covered it.
The speakers’ dinner and a boat party on the Vltava
The evening before, you meet the other speakers properly: a private dinner, then a boat on the river. Networks get built here, not in green-room hallways.
The undercover beer tour
Our guided walk through Prague’s historical monuments, which is secretly a tour of the beer spots tourists never find.
Assets you keep
Professional recording and a promo video of your talk, plus the talk published in written form on our blog, linking to you.
You are not on your own
A public speaking coach, slide review, and an optional dry run before you step out to the big stage.
ELC Speaker Alumni
Our strongest speakers get invited into a standing group: private events, a private channel, first look at what is coming next.
Speaking at a meetup first is also a path: our monthly 100+ room is where many conference speakers started. Pitch a meetup talk instead.
The company you would keep
The full ELC 26 lineup, and what they spoke about. This is the bar, and the speakers' dinner table you would join.
Aleodor Tabarcea
Engineering Manager
"Smart but Not Wise: Path to AI-Native Engineering Leader"
Michal Matyjek
Sr. Engineering Manager
"The Tech Leader Profile Nobody Wants to Hire in 2026"
Rizwan Iqbal
Director of Engineering
"What am I doing here? - Engineering Management in the age of agents"
Vojta Vondra
Partner Director of Engineering
"From Talent Pool to Product Powerhouse: How Central Europe Won Microsoft's Trust"
Tatiana Stantonian
Principal Engineer
"Building AI Into Critical Systems: Lessons Learned"
Jan Zenisek
VP of Product
"Building a Creator Ecosystem - The Art of Letting Go"
Tomas Rehor
Head of Engineering
"High Agency Is the New IQ"
Michal Poczwardowski
Founder
"Decide Like a Senior Leader: Live Lessons on Building Strong Decision-Making Habits"
Natalia Nazaruk
Engineering Squad Lead
"Debugging Self-Doubt: A Framework for Building Confidence"
David Teodorescu
Senior Product Designer
"The Collapse of the Product Trio"
Cate Huston
CTO
"What's my job again? Developing self-management."
Marian Kamenistak
Founder
Ladislav Novak
CEO
"Most 1:1s are just surviving. Let's change that!"
Nithin SS
Head of QA
"From Doing OK to Doing Great: A 180-Day Playbook for building High Performing Team"
Jan Cerny
CEO
"Confessions of a Teal CEO: What Engineering Managers Can Steal From a Company With No Hierarchy"
Krzysztof Ras
Head of Engineering
"I’ve Built 3 Large Technology hubs in CE: A full guide"
Viktor Didenchuk
Lead Technical Program Manager
"The $$$ Behind the Code: How Technical Leaders Win Budget Conversations"
Petr Krebs
Head of Engineering
"Stop Apologizing for Your Codebase: Taking Radical Ownership of Tech Debt."
Limor Bergman Gross
Former Director of Engineering
LBG Consulting Services
"What Your Manager Evaluates Before Promoting You: IC → Manager → Director."
Jiri Brunclik
VP Engineering
"Platform/DevEx/DevOps"
Anna Kozuch
Co-Founder & CEO
Jiří Helmich
Founder
"Product Management"
Jan Sovka
Product & Strategy Advisor
"Becoming the Villain: Manipulation and Politics in the Corporate Environment"
Moustafa Aboelnaga
Engineering Leader
"Same Code, Different Cultures: Managing Engineers Across Continents"
Anna Kurylo
Senior Software Engineering Manager
"From "we're fine" to "here's the plan": how to write status updates your leadership actually reads"
Jan Vrtiska
Engineering leadership guru
"Engineering leadership"
Goran Hielscher
Leadership Communication Trainer
THE INSPIRACY GROUP
"Why the Conversation You're Not Having Is having you!"
Ivo Klimša
Director of Engineering
"AI development"
Jan Bleha
Employer Branding Manager
"Employer Branding"
Jan Fried
Director of Product - Strategic Planning
"Strategy/OKRs"
Alex Ponomarev
Founder & CEO
Volt
"The AI Talent Gap Nobody's Talking About"
Daniel Ondruj
Senior Engineering Manager
"Burn Your Playbook: Context is Your Leadership Strategy"
Nilesh Kulkarni
Sr Engineering manager
"Complexity Is a Feature. Now What?"
Michal Licko
CEO
"Build & Lead Your First Agentic Product Team — Wake Up, Brew Coffee, Deploy Three Teams"
Mariana Ecegiova
TA Partner
"People/HR"
Vojta Kopal
Head of Data
"Data"
Karin Van Hoecke
Board Member, Digitalization & Innovation
Carol Palombini
Tech Leadership Coach & Consultant
"Build an Elevator Pitch That Works For Networking and Job Interviews"
Shaun Dudley
Host & Speaking coach
"x"
Michal Donát
Organizational Designer
"Value Delivery and Agility"
Topics our audience is hungry for
A starting list, not a fence. If your best story lives outside it, pitch that instead: the form has a field for exactly that. Still not sure? The2026 agendashows what actually made the cut.
AI-native engineering
- Running the org where agents write most of the code: what breaks first
- Who owns an agent's mistake? Accountability for autonomous AI in production
- Code review is the new bottleneck: rebuilding quality gates for AI output
- The new technical debt: how AI-written systems fail differently
Measuring what matters
- Your token bill is growing faster than your productivity. Now what?
- AI impact metrics that survive the CFO: beyond acceptance rates
- Evaluating AI dev tools without the vendor drama
- What 2,000 CEE engineering orgs should measure in 2027 (and stop measuring)
The manager's job in 2027
- The EM role is splitting in two: pick your half
- Leading the flat org: bigger spans, fewer managers, same humans
- The AI-augmented EM: which parts of your job to hand to an agent
- Back to IC: why senior leaders step off the ladder, and when you should
Talent and the human side
- The junior crisis: who trains your next seniors when agents do the junior work
- Hiring in 2027: please blink if you are human
- Burnout as a team failure mode, not a personal one
- Mentoring when learning goes quiet: growing engineers who let AI think
What actually wins the big stage
Actionable over generic
A Monday-morning toolkit beats another framework slide.
War stories over success theater
What actually broke, and what you would do differently.
Connection over lecture
Polls, questions, energy. We want a room, not an audience.
English delivery, with pro support
We provide professional speaker coaches to refine your narrative and delivery before the big day.
Context, not sales
No vendor pitches. No product demos wearing a talk as a costume.
Ready to pitch?
About 3 minutes, 9 short steps, and your answers are saved in your browser as you go, so you can leave and come back. Once we confirm your slot, our team takes over the logistics: scheduling, tech checks, optional speaker coaching.
Submit your talkNot sponsor-driven. Nobody buys a slot here.
Doubts? Our public speaking coach is here for you. You will shine on stage.