# Engineering Leaders Conference (ELC Conference)

> The largest engineering leaders conference in Central Europe. 500+ attendees. April 17, 2027 in Prague. Speakers from Netflix and Stripe. Czech Television covered the 2026 edition. Tickets: EUR 512.

The Engineering Leaders Conference is the annual flagship of the Engineering Leaders Community (ELC). One day. 500+ CTOs, VPs of Engineering, engineering managers, and tech leads. Curated speakers, vendor-free programme, deep networking. The 2026 edition aired on Czech Television and featured speakers from Netflix and Stripe. The 2025 edition brought 330 attendees and 25 speakers.

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## Next edition

- **Date:** April 17, 2027
- **Location:** Prague
- **Tickets:** https://elc-conference.io/ticket (EUR 512)
- **Audience:** CTOs, VPs of Engineering, Heads of Engineering, engineering managers, staff+ engineers from CEE scale-ups

## Past editions

- **2026:** April 16, 2026. 500+ attendees. Speakers from Netflix and Stripe. Czech Television coverage. Aftermovie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RR2s8LsIp4. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEo4g0I0eiY
- **2025:** May 2025. 330 attendees. 25 speakers. Aftermovie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGTIw0y_ANM
- 6 ELC conferences shipped in total

## Why this conference

- Built and curated by engineering leaders, not event agencies.
- Vendor-free. No sponsored talks disguised as keynotes.
- Speakers come from companies actually shipping product at scale (Netflix, Stripe, plus CEE-native leaders running scale-ups).
- The networking 2 hours after the closing keynote is where most of the value lands.

## Organizer

Engineering Leaders Community (ELC). Founded 2019. 2,000+ members across Central Europe. See https://www.engineeringleaders.io for the full community context.

## Partner with the conference

Conference partnerships are bundled into ELC's annual partnership tiers (Supernova and Quasar). See https://www.engineeringleaders.io/become-partner for tier comparison. Named partners: Microsoft, Everpure, Barclays, Navigara, Productboard, Ataccama, ČSOB.

## Contact

- Marian Kamenistak, Founder: marian@engineeringleaders.io
- Phone: +420 736 519 879
- Conference site: https://elc-conference.io
- Community site: https://www.engineeringleaders.io