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Daniel Sogl is Director of AI Engineering at SHI GmbH. With a background in FinTech and IT consulting, he helps internal teams and enterprise clients put AI to work in two areas: AI-assisted software engineering and Generative AI. He speaks regularly at international conferences and workshops on turning AI tools into measurable gains in developer productivity and code quality.

Julia is a Software Global Black Belt at Microsoft, helping large-scale organizations accelerate dev workflows through pragmatic, end-to-end platform engineering. With a background as a Software Engineer, Dev Lead, and Cloud Solution Architect, she speaks fluent developer and management—and knows how to bridge the gap without losing either side in translation. She’s a big-picture thinker who also loves to understand the details. Web and frontend will always have a place in her ❤️. Outside work, Julia is a gamer, a proud fahrradmaus, and a former quarterback for a women’s American football team (yes, really). On Wednesdays, she smashes the patriarchy.

Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies

AI Architect @ Payoneer

Yomi is a Senior Software Engineer at Polar Signals working on continuous profiling visualization tools. When I'm not coding, I enjoy watching The Office and taking pictures on my analog camera.

**Dennis Nerush** is the Director of AI at Elementor, where he leads the company's AI strategy and guides teams through the integration of GenAI technologies that enhance productivity while preserving human creativity and accountability. With over 15 years of experience as a developer, manager, director, and adviser across multiple tech companies and startups, Dennis has dedicated his career to building people-first cultures rooted in continuous learning, curiosity, and growth. He believes that when individuals thrive, teams and businesses flourish, a philosophy that has guided him in founding dozens of teams and mentoring over 100 managers. Dennis is a seasoned public speaker and writer who shares his insights on AI integration, leadership, and team performance at international conferences. He's passionate about helping leaders develop the skills and confidence to excel in a world where human leadership and AI collaboration go hand in hand. In his free time, Dennis loves cooking and spending time with his kids. His main goal is to help people reach the next level.

Software Engineer, technical blogger, and speaker with over a decade of experience building modern web applications. Experienced in greenfield development, legacy modernization, and performance optimization. Passionate about JavaScript, modern web technologies, and sharing practical knowledge with the developer community.

Claude Code Templates Creator, AI Tech Lead at Hedgineer.

Juri Strumpflohner is Sr. Director of Developer Experience at Nx, where he works on Nx and Polygraph, and on how teams run AI agents across large codebases. Throughout his career he has worked in various roles from being a software developer, engineering manager as well as a software architect consulting for some of the world's biggest companies. Juri is a Google Developer Expert and international speaker. Find him at juri.dev or @juristr.

I lead the Incubator team at Callstack, where we’re pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with React Native even further. I’m also part of the Microsoft MVP program. I’ve created a couple of libraries used by many React Native developers in their day-to-day work: Rozenite, Harness, and Voltra. Most of my work lives somewhere between developer tooling, React Native internals, and figuring out how to make things work even when they probably shouldn’t.

Hands-On CTO | Software Architect | Principal Engineer | Consultant | Speaker | Mentor — AI Systems & Scalable Cloud Platforms With over 10 years of software architecture experience and over two decades of hands-on software engineering experience, I design and build production-grade systems — from cloud-native architectures to AI-driven workflows — with a focus on scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.

Dante is a consultant and software crafter, helping companies develop well-crafted software solutions, mainly with .NET and TypeScript. He believes great software is built by collaborative teams where quality, testing, and continuous improvement are part of the culture. As a public speaker, he shares his passion for software craftsmanship with developers who want to sharpen their skills, write high-quality code, and take pride in their work.

Maish Saidel-Keesing is a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS with over 20 years of trailblazing IT expertise. His visionary leadership in architecting intricate systems has driven industry evolution, with a keen focus on cloud, automation, and open-source solutions. Maish's mission to unify Developers and Operators has revolutionized operational harmony, erased silos, and mitigated disruptions. As a passionate advocate for automation, he propels efficient architectures, driving progress that enriches both technology and lives.

As a professional question asker and passionate learner, Natalie found that the intersection of AI, code, and security sparks joy. She is an AI Engineer, a former OpenAI Developer Ambassador, and a Google Developer Expert for Go. In addition to teaching DevOps at the university HTW Berlin, she is a public speaker and conference and community organizer in Berlin.

I'm a full-stack engineer at Corsearch with deep proficiency in TypeScript and modern front-end frameworks. I work on building and integrating AI agentic applications in production, from custom AI-powered tools to MCP-based service integrations. I'm passionate about AI-assisted engineering and using it as a practical force multiplier to ship better software, faster.

I’m an AI Agent Developer who has been coding with AI for the past six years,starting from the early days of GitHub Copilot. As one of Copilot and Cursor’s earliest users, I now primarily work on building coding agents and run workshops across different domains and speak frequently on AI productivity, helping developers unlock the full potential of AI-powered tools. My expertise spans the full generative AI pipeline, from fine-tuning models and optimizing prompts to running rigorous evaluations and building scalable agents. Grounded in a strong background in test architecture, I design AI agents that balance complexity with reliability. I focus on constantly refining and optimizing these systems to push the boundaries of what modern AI software can achieve

Eddy is a passionate Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience with a focus on front-end web development, but also expanding in backend, mobile development, and DevOps. Eddy works as a consultant at FrontValue, and he works on SaaS projects on the side.

Tushar is a software engineer at Abnormal AI, building the next generation lights-on Software Factory and leading the AI transformation initiatives

Tisha Chawla is a Software Engineer at Microsoft, where she builds agentic systems engineered to run reliably against production data. Her work centers on the structural foundations of agent infrastructure: durable state management, deterministic execution frameworks, and self-healing orchestration layers that scale beyond isolated demos. Alongside Susheem Koul, she is the co-creator of AgentPlane, an open-source infrastructure layer built for teams deploying production-grade agents. Tisha is a published researcher with peer-reviewed papers in applied machine learning across venues like APNET (SIGCOMM) and ASONAM. A frequent speaker on developer productivity and deterministic AI architectures, she recently presented at the AI Engineer World's Fair 2026 in San Francisco and regularly delivers deep-dive technical sessions to engineering teams across Microsoft.

Susheem Koul is a Software Engineer at Microsoft with 7+ years of experience in product development, currently focused on designing and building agentic systems. His work spans distributed systems, AI agents, software architecture, and the challenges of bringing AI-powered systems into production. He is particularly interested in the intersection of AI and distributed systems, exploring topics such as agent reliability, observability, token governance, and deterministic execution. He regularly speaks and writes about AI engineering, agentic systems, and software architecture. Susheem presented at the AI Engineer World's Fair 2026 in San Francisco and regularly delivers technical sessions to engineering audiences. Outside of work, he writes about the philosophy of learning, software architecture, and technology on his Substack.