TechLead Conf Amsterdam 2026: Adopting AI in Orgs Edition

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Two-day conference at De Kromhouthal in Amsterdam Noord for hands-on engineering leaders — VPs, CTOs, heads of platform, staff engineers — wrestling with how AI actually changes how teams ship software. Day one is talks, panels and case studies from startups through to scale-ups: rethinking engineering roles in an AI-disrupted org, measuring ROI on AI initiatives, managing AI-generated technical debt, developer experience, cognitive load and the supply-chain risk that comes with third-party AI dependencies. Day two flips to an Unconference — attendees set the agenda and bring the hard questions to open peer sessions. Speakers include Anna McDougall (engineering leader and author), Kevin Ball (VP Engineering, Mento), Maxim Salnikov (Senior UX Engineer, Microsoft) and Gregor (fractional CTO). Practical, peer-led, light on vendor pitches.